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Today I continued with sanding the parts of the wings and fuselage.

Here is what the wing\'s upper and lower half are looking like after I sanded them down:


And then glued together:


Obviously the parts will need some trimming here and there but more or less they fitting together quite well.


The two parts of the fuselage.

The fuselage was sanded down to a certain degree, too. I opened up the air intakes and cut out where the cockpit will be placed later on.





The parts so far...


I expected the wing to need some major trimming and cutting before it will fit onto the main fuselage, but to my surprise it won\'t be necessary.


I added small stripes of styrene sheet to one side. It will help to align the two halves and gives the model some sturdiness.

[Sgt. Scream]

It\'s been a while since I last worked on my Q-5 \"Fantan\".

I have added the air intakes and put together the two halves of the fuselage. As you can see, a lot of green stuff was necessary to fill the gaps. :-(

I have not sanded the model yet so the filled gaps look pretty rough on those pics. Once having sanded them and adding a layer of fine putty (even more sanding afterwards) I am sure it will be looking OK.

I have ordered a 1/72 scale MiG-19 since the Fantan and the MiG are similar in appearance and the Q-5 is based upon the famous Soviet fighter. Some parts of this kit will come handy to complete the Fantan.

[Spike]

Sieht bisher schon sehr gut aus, freue mich schon auf das fertige Produkt. Für welche Fraktion ist der Jäger noch ma?

[Sgt. Scream]

Für meine Chinesen. PLA (Navy) air support  

[Spike]

Aber eher ältere Truppen oder? Weil die doch den Eurofighter Copy dings da haben ^^

[Arndie]

Ne Menge Arbeit aber als Lohn hast du dann nen sehr exotischen Flieger :thumbup:

[Sgt. Scream]

Nee, die Q-5 fliegt bis heute in geringer Stückzahl.

[Sgt. Scream]

Slowly everything is coming together. The cockpit canopy (which I took from a MiG 19) still needs some filling with green stuff, the fuselage needs another go with putty in some places but other than that its starting to look like a proper airplane. If work continues to go on like today I might be able to put primer on next weekend. :-)

[Spike]

Ich freue mich schon auf den fertigen Flieger. Bemalst du deine Fahrzeuge und Flieger eig mit der Airbrush oder altmodisch mit dem Pinsel? Was für Werte nimmst du dann für den Flieger, den bei FoF habe ich bisher noch keine Regeln für Flugzeuge gesehen?

[Sgt. Scream]

Ganz normal mit Pinsel. Eine Airbrush Pistole+Kompressor besitze ich gar nicht.

Flieger haben keine Werte bei FoF. Ich stell nur gern was auf den Tisch, wenn Airstrikes eintreffen, weil ich es ansprechender finde.

[Spike]

Ok nice ^^ Ja so mache ich das auch lieber, werde jetzt bei unserem Phanstaticcon in Rodgau bei Offenbach am Main 2 verschiedene Szenarios anbieten und bei dem einen werde ich auch 2 Apachies benötigen die ich noch bemalen muss.

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Another couple of hours went into the build and this is the current status: some more work with putty here and there and I think I really can go over with primer this weekend. *yeah!*   :thumbup:  

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I have put primer on ;-) All coming together now. Barely visible that it was not an injection-mould kit.
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[Spike]

Looks awesome ^^ Ich freue mich schon auf die Bilder der bemalung ^^

[Sgt. Scream]

I have decided to give the Fantan a classic gloss white paintjob like its used with the PLA Navy air units. It just had the first layers painted on, so this is far from being finished of course. I painted the pilot (he\'s missing one arm, because otherwise I won\'t be able to fit the ejection seat into the cockpit - I\'ll glue it in place once he\'s in there).

Four FAB-250 low drag bombs that will go under the fuselage can be seen as well as a WIP of the Fantan\'s flight base.

This is what I am looking to achieve once completely painted: