1/144 Dragon CAIC Z-10 "Pie Li Huo"

Gallery Article by Björn Leichsenring on Feb 3 2017

 

      

The original
With the help of the Russian helicopter manufacturer Kamov first developed in China gunships came and will primarily be used as anti-tank helicopter.  The first flight took place on 29 April 2003 and early 2011 the first copies could be handed over to the Chinese Army Air Force groups. So far over 100 pieces have been built and others are to follow.

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The model
The helicopter comes from the kit of Dragon 4632 and worked well. However, this kit still has to be an earlier prototype, since there are considerable deviations compared to the present originals. The kit lacked a cockpit, which therefore had to be created even with plastic remains. The shape of the tail boom was fed by means of a filler, various openings were closed and a few antennas and sensors were installed.

Painted with colors of Vallejo Air and a slight weathering. The identification represents a deployment machine of the 5th Army Aviation Regiment in Nanjing, the first regiment to have received the new helicopters.

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Björn Leichsenring

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