Shenyang F-8II question

Radish · December 10, 2011, 03:01:39 AM

Building the AA 1/48th kit of the Shenyang F-8IIM....otherwise known, I think, as the J-8D....not very good at these Chinese designations. To be honest, not bothered either! Anyway,I'm building it as REAL.
I also have another which may appear as either Pakistan AF in the A-5 camo scheme, or possibly Iranian.

BUT...QUESTION??

Was it given a name?

"Slumbering Dragon"?? "Fire Dragon"?? ""Any F*cking Dragon You Like"??

Rheged · December 10, 2011, 03:04:38 AM

Quote from: Radish on December 10, 2011, 03:01:39 AM
Building the AA 1/48th kit of the Shenyang F-8IIM....otherwise known, I think, as the J-8D....not very good at these Chinese designations. To be honest, not bothered either! Anyway,I'm building it as REAL.
I also have another which may appear as either Pakistan AF in the A-5 camo scheme, or possibly Iranian.

BUT...QUESTION??

Was it given a name?

"Slumbering Dragon"?? "Fire Dragon"?? ""Any F*cking Dragon You Like"??

The "Auspicious Dragon" perhaps?

Radish · December 10, 2011, 03:32:17 AM

"Auspicious" doesn't sound very Chinese...but hey?

"Slippery When Wet Dragon"??

PR19_Kit · December 10, 2011, 07:59:37 AM

'Dragon Chow Mein with Crispy Noodles'?

Radish · December 10, 2011, 09:39:50 AM

Might be......

pyro-manic · December 11, 2011, 12:31:18 AM

NATO reporting name is "Finback" IIRC...

Iranian F-14A · December 11, 2011, 02:38:22 AM

Yea, "Finback B" since the "Finback A" was the twin engine Mig-21 clone.

Radish · December 13, 2011, 01:42:59 AM

Yeah, was looking for a "mythical" connection....

.....made the bulk of it....fits well except for the intakes which have been filled/rubbed down twice. Otherwise OK, but I'll be adding a few lumps and bumps here and there, as well as detailing the cockpit and adding a rsein seat.
I should be ready to prime it at the weekend. It'll have a complete missile load out plus under fuselage tank.
Real and Chinese,and essentially a weathered grey scheme.

The next could well be a ground attack/strike version.
It'd look great in Albanian colours? Or Iranian? Or Iraqi?? Burma?? Pakistan???

Cobra · December 13, 2011, 02:46:42 AM

what about doing the 'finback' as an Eastern Alliance 'Frontal Aviation' Fighter? think that would work? Dan

MilitaryAircraft101 · December 13, 2011, 02:57:31 AM

Iraqi MiG-21 scheme, that would be one sexy SOB

Mossie · December 13, 2011, 03:36:04 AM

Quote from: Radish on December 13, 2011, 01:42:59 AM
Yeah, was looking for a "mythical" connection....

Well, in the abscence of something real, lets work laterally. A Finback is a type of whale, so a quick web search for whales in Chinese mythology brings up Yu-Kiang, a deity that ruled the sea & had the hands & feet of a man with the body of a whale.

QuoteYu-kiang
The ancient Chinese believed that a strange mythological figure, Yu-kiang, held sway over the sea. This dragon-riding water deity had the body of a fish but the hands and feet of a human being. It was not a true fish, however, but a kuan, a huge whale several thousand li long that came from the Northern Sea. Sometimes the monstrous kuan got angry, and when it did it turned into a gigantic bird (p'eng), whipping up terrible storms as it emerged aborve the ocean surface (M. Soymi�, in P. Grimal, 1963)

http://www.worldtrans.org/creators/whale/myths0.html

PR19_Kit · December 13, 2011, 05:40:14 AM

So would that make it a 'Yu-Kiang Dragon'?

Mossie · December 13, 2011, 05:42:45 AM

Wet dragon??? Soggy Dragon?

?

NARSES2 · December 13, 2011, 05:59:36 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 13, 2011, 05:40:14 AM
So would that make it a 'Yu-Kiang Dragon'?

If you say that out loud quickly it sounds rude

Radish · December 13, 2011, 08:52:28 AM

Yu-Kiang Dragon it is....especially if said quickly

"Finback" is the NATO reporting name...BUT it was/is used by the PLAAF and Navy too.