“Time has changed : on 11th January 2011, without being interfered, hundreds of people crowded into one of the Chengdu airfields to witness the ‘Most Classified’ J-20
stealth fighter’s maiden flight. It landed after 15~18 minutes flight and the ‘spectators’ ended up with
a ‘traditional’ fire cracker celebration.
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Although using the same number ‘2001’, it believes two were built in which it can be distinguished by the engine nozzle – one is
believed using the Russian built engine while the other is using the Chinese built WS-15 engine.
For the model itself, I don’t have any expectation from a 1/144 scale kit, classified prototype of Chinese
fighter in particular. But Dragon seems to have done a good job based on limited information. In building the kit, I followed the
instructions mostly except the pitot-tube which I placed slightly starboard. In general, it is simple and easy to build.”
Best regards Hong Kong,
Charles Leung
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