J-10Z Twin-Firebird (Shuāng huǒ niǎo) - Finished page 2

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there is also a Northrop Grumman drone which is a twin-boomer (hurrah!)

Even if the Firebird drone was twin-boom, I may invent one more Twin-Firebird there:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Twin-Firebird-of-NorthropG.jpg

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The parcel arrived today from China via Belgium to my France, one month in advance!
This is very small, less than the size of a hand for each plastic bag:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6833_j10z.jpg

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I have opened the bags to see the content, then I kept the parts that may interest me (not weapons, not support pylon), then I put them back in the bag to start later the building and free my table (my hand for scale shows how small this is):



= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_IMG_6836-j10z.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_IMG_6841-j10z.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_IMG_6845-j10z.jpg

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I have started building the J-10Z, and I am glad this is taking shape quickly.
But... if I remove the connection parts, it will be fragile and requiring a lot of putty. I feel lazy and maybe I will make it less small: not truncated but normal length, not biplane but tandem wings, maybe. This is at least a temptation...

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_IMG_6849-j10z.jpg

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This model is so good (according to me) that I can mount one fuselage completely without glue, to compare with a truncated possibility:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6850_j10z.jpg
Ahem, I think at last that I will take my courage on again and go back on the short/biplane possibility. The normal is far too long and even with tandem wings (of my invention) this would be not-enough-whif according to me...

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Here are the two possibilities among which I am going to decide:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwH_ca.jpg]
I will chose the short one, I think, because I have not room enough on my shelves.

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My decision has been (courageously): SHORT J-10Z!
Then I started to sand away the plastic connections then apply glue.

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6852_j10z.jpg

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Then I have cut a little more the fuselage sides, ready to be glued to one another (and receive the lower wing):

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6855_j10z.jpg

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Then final gluing into the model, ready for paint:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6860_j10z.jpg
The miracle is: zero PSR! The upper wing covers most imperfect joints!

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Yesterday I have started to paint the underside:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6865_j10z.jpg

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And today I am starting to paint the side above (before the final black pen for the canopy):

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6867_j10z.jpg

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The little 1/144 model is finished now:



= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6870-j10z.jpg
+ link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6878_j10z.jpg
+ link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6880-j10z-x4.jpg

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Of course, a 4-engined 4-seat version is also "existing", no?

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6870-j10z-x2.jpg

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Ahem: when I compare my model to the very truth, I fear I am almost a what-ifer:    

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/IMG_6880-j10z-igr.jpg

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To explain why my model is so imperfect, the main explanation is that I am not a good modeller at all but there is a little other explanation: it is so small that it is very uneasy to be correct:  

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_IMG_6883_j10z.jpg