[MKM144002] Shenyang J-6/F-6 Farmer C ‘Chinese Supersonic Fighter’

Description

The MiG-19 was the first Soviet supersonic fighter developed in the early 1950s. Licence production of its clear-weather fighter model was started in China in 1961 under the designation Shenyang J-6 and in total 3,300 aircraft were built. It was a single-seat, all-metal monoplane powered by two WP-6 (a licence-built Mikulin RD-9B) turbojets and designed for interception, close air support and limited fighter-bomber roles.

Besides the Chinese Air Force, Pakistan can be regarded as the biggest foreign user of the Chinese models. Other operators of the Shenyang J-6 day fighter variants (export designation being the F-6) were Albania, Bangladesh, Congo, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Cambodia (Kampuchea), North Korea, North Vietnam, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Yemen and Zambia.

Colour schemes included in the kit:

1) Shenyang J-6 Farmer C, Red 10309, Chinese Air Force (PLAAF – Chung-kuo Shen Min Taie-Fang-Tsun Pu-tai), 1978

2) Shenyang F-6 Farmer C, Black 1911, No.19 ‘Phoenix’ Air Superiority Sq., Pakistani Air Force, Masroor Air Base, 1984

3) Shenyang F-6 Farmer C, Red 6023, 925th Fighter Regiment, North Vietnamese Air Force (VPAF – Vietnamese People’s Air Force), Yen Bai Air Base, 1969

4) Shenyang F-6 Farmer C, Red 3-77, Aviation Regiment 4020, Albanian Air Force (Aviacione Ushtarak Shquipëtare), Tirana-Rinas Air Base, 1993

Assembly instructions:

MKM14402 Shenyang J-6–F-6_instr web