"SU-15 standing in for J-8" Topic

looks like china is lacking in 1/600 airforce, I know that the J-7 is basically a Mig-21. How would a SU-15 do as a stand in for the J-8, has anyone else done this?

The joy of 1/600 is that its close enough. You could try add the dorsal ridge with green stuff. But paint will give you the best effect. I'm using a C-119 to stand in for a Nordatlas. I had thought about filling off the nose, and carving new windows on it (as that is about the only thing that stands out as different). Then said; "Naw, who would know?". At this scale unless someone picks up the model and starts going over it point for point, who cares?

Desert,
I've not tried it, but now that you mentioned it, it seems a good fit. The wingspan is exactly the same, although you would have to file off the SU 15's double sweep, and although the J 8II is a few meters longer who is going to know in 1:600.
I face the same problem for my PLAAF/PLANAF. So far I've kitbashed Q5s by adding Tubling Dice Etendard noses to Mig 19 bodies; and JH7s by taking plastic 1:700Mig 25s, shortening the noses, extending the cockpits with putty,shortening the wing and notching it, and shortening the horizontal stabilizer and replacing the twin rudders with a single plasticard one.
Cheers,
Bertie