More
than just a model, this mighty Chinese H-6 in
a bombing raid escorted by an Academy Fishbed hastily
disguised as a J-7 was a home décor statement in a Chinese-themed room.
While moving houses and having removed the furniture, I took the pictures
of the model against the naked wall backdrop. (Sorry about the blurry
pictures but I had to zoom in).
The kit is very nice, but the instructions
are not so informative. My underside painting is wrong, and the weapons
configuration is more than dubious. Well, it’s my fault, I should have
done some research on the internet or simply checked out the article ‘Xían
H-6D by Ricardo
Cornejo Z.’ on ARC prior to building.
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images below to see larger images
The
bomb halves were glued together with a strip of clear film in
between. (about 2-3mm wide to keep the bombs from spinning. The film is common
wrapping stuff, try to matt it up). I am not sure if the kinetics of the
bombs falling are right, anyway, I am quite happy with the result.
(Comment
from a female visitor: “How lovely! It’s dropping bombs!”)
I hope this may have given you ideas on how
to display your next bomber model. And if you can convince your wife to
change your home interior to a Russian or Iraqi style, then you can build
one of the other versions proposed in this kit.
Nicolas
,
Thailand
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