Nicolas
Following

CaptGPF
Same!

Akaidada
NICE J20!!!

Thomas Haberl (th_scale_models)
Welcome guys … some paint will be applied soon and cockpit section should be done in a few days

Bernd Grün
Interesting topic, Thomas. Following!

Thomas Haberl (th_scale_models)
Welcome Bernd! Managed to complete cockpit and front landing gear. The highly detailed 3D printed seats are a kind of mismatch to the rest of the cockpit as this doesn't show a lot of details - mainly decals give a litte bit of details. But from the very little amount of original pictures available for the J-20 and J-20S it seems the cockpit is very clean. The canopy will be applied in closed position so I don't spent more time on detailing it.

Cuajete
Following!

Łukasz Gliński
Joining this party 👍

Sergej I
in 👍

Vincent
This already looks good. Good luck with this one!!!

Maciej Bellos
Watching!

Finn
I'm in

Thomas Haberl (th_scale_models)
Welcome guys! Quite surprised about your interest in this build ... is not an every day build. Cockpit is finally assembled, canopy not glued in place as I'm still trying to find a way how to paint the detonation cords. Until now I didn't find a way, but it gives a little extra so I want to try to make them white

Akaidada
detonation cords ？following

Thomas Haberl (th_scale_models)
Welcome Akaidada! The cords that break the canopy glass in case ejection seat is activated.

Łukasz Gliński
Scribing them from the inside and using white wash perhaps? I know it sounds risky 🙂

Thomas Haberl (th_scale_models)
Thanks Lukasz - they are moulded but just 0.2 - 0.3mm raised. On the transparent canopy impossible to get to brush to the right place. Maybe it would work to do a similar approach as on self made masking of the canopy outside. Putting tape on, push it in the edges with a toothpick and cut it out. Everything will look better than handpainted in this case 🤷‍♂️

Sergej I
How about using thinly cut decal stripes? Or printing the decal yourself? Not sure how complicated the pattern is :/

Łukasz Gliński
If they're raised maybe you can use thin white marker or a drybrush?

Thomas Haberl (th_scale_models)
Thanks Lukasz - I already tried this approach but failed. It's so hard in 1/72 … either I skip it or try to mask it somehow …
@Sergej: a nice idea … but the pattern is quite small and has a complicated shape 🙈

Thomas Haberl (th_scale_models)
A little update on the build: I decided not to mess up the model with the detonating cords. I left them untouched ... maybe I will add a self-made decal from the outside, but I will decide this after I see the whole plane painted. Kit doesn't offer any rivets so I added a few ones that I could somehow detect on rare available original pictures. The new 1/48 kit from MENG helped a little bit. Nearly all defects from the injection mould itself, bad fittings, too big gaps have been fixed. Primer is on and pre-shading is done. At least I want to achieve a little tonal variation. Let's see if I have to do some post-shading.

Cuajete
Rivets and pre-shading looks great 👍

Thomas Haberl (th_scale_models)
Thanks @Cuajete. I'm excited to see the result after painting. I expect some post shaded ist needed as well