Nanchang A-5C Pakistan
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81 10 October 2022, 23:53
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After finding this kit nearly complete while unpacking my hobby room into my new house, I've finally been able to start working on it.
Thanks to Scott Head for his inspirational build here:
Nanchang A-5C 'Fantan' 1/48 | Album by yak23flora (1:48)
11 October 2022, 00:08
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Looks like you're off to a good start. 👍 The book "MiG Dynasty" has some excellent photos of the A-5C when operational with Pakistan.
11 October 2022, 03:59
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Thanks and welcome mates!
John: Thanks for the info. More photos are always useful.
Ben: This is a rather old tooling with very large panels and rivets. The main challenge was that the kit was tooled to have all the control surfaces functional but the fit of those surfaces left much to be desired and required many nights of putty/sanding sessions. Also the cockpit is non-existent. The rest of the main parts fit rather well though 🙂.
11 October 2022, 22:35
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Thanks Villiers de Vos 🙂
Added a shot of my replacement ejection seat compared to the kit part.
12 October 2022, 16:18
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Nice work Nathan 👍 I recently completed an AA Models kit also: Shenyang J-6, so have some knowledge of their kits - I have not done final photography. Obviously your work is more realistic than mine! 😉 Following this with great interest,
21 October 2022, 15:00
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Thanks Neil! I know that the J-6 is a nearly identical kit and there are many of the same problems to solve.
I have been working on the cockpit and hope to have some new images up soon.
22 October 2022, 13:16
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Aha!
I believe I saw this kit when I was at primary school, hopefully the assembly was smooth.
It's even hard for us to find this kit here…
No idea when it flew over Pacific over there, but with your hands the journey is worthy.
I'm following too.
22 October 2022, 16:15
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Thanks and welcome to the build Chan Li.
Added an image of the cockpit. I should begin closing it up soon. You will also see some preshading as a first test of my new compressor and paint booth.
24 October 2022, 23:59
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Some small advances this week. Attached the canopy and began work on the weapons.
4 November 2022, 00:22
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Work has started on the paint. I have painted both the wheel wells & landing gear as well as the underside. I also did a bit more pre-shading on the upper surfaces.
13 November 2022, 20:33
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Excellent work so far Nathan, liked it so much I purchased the trumpeter kit 👍
14 November 2022, 16:13
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Thank you Arif 🙂
I now have the gloss coat applied ready for decals and panel lining.
23 November 2022, 13:57
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Added shots of the completed kit. I see that I forgot to paint the running lights on the wing tips. 😂 I'll fix that soon.
27 November 2022, 22:42
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Eye catching. You captured the Pakistani camouflage very well.
28 November 2022, 04:49
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Thanks so much for all the nice comments and thanks for all the likes too!
29 November 2022, 20:50
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I'm overwhelmed by the positive response on this little build. Thanks again mates!
30 November 2022, 22:10
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Nathan, apologies for not following along on this one, but I am thoroughly enjoying the results! Beautiful work, brother! K/r, Dutch
18 December 2022, 16:57
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Thanks Dutch & Guy! Once I got past all the "moving parts" it was a fun build.
20 December 2022, 14:30
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Nice job on a niche topic - turned out great and probably more realistic than on the over-saturated title pic - well balanced camo I think... It´s also cool to see how small game-changing details enhance the whole - here the cannon muzzles with very scale-matching appearance with the thin walls & all - things like this make the rest look more believable in an instant 👍
14 March 2023, 19:25
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Slavo, good to have you back! Sorry Nathan for spamming your nice build thread...
14 March 2023, 19:44
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Thank you very much Slavo! This one was a big hit at the local club because no one knew what type of aircraft it was and also all their guesses as to the kit manufacturer were wrong. 😂
No problem Maciej! Nice to see Slavo back and building once more.
15 March 2023, 22:45
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Thanks very much Michael & Clifford! Hopefully I'll take more pics at some point but my skill set is very poor in this area which is hilarious considering I have close family members who are professional photographers.
2 June 2023, 16:56
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congratulations you made a pearl out of a very simplistic kit👍
1 November 2023, 05:20