BlrwestSiR Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 The feds have announced after much back and forth that Canada will be getting 88 F-35s with an initial order for 4 to arrive in 2026. With all the cool special paint schemes the RCAF has been known to do our CF-188s in, it'll be cool to see the F-35 in something other than grey. Good thing Tamiya just released their 1/48 kit. I should have bought a case when they were on sale last month. Carl 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npb748r Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 assume these will be A's ?? It would certainly be nice to see something other than a grey colour scheme as you say. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 What a surprise 😂 ! I would believe that, among the things not allowed to be touched in the sale contract, the paint, being a key part of the stealthiness of the airframe, can be no other than the specified grey. (Only the Israelis seem to have been able to play with the software suite, apparently) Hubert 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Our defence force experts here in Aus are taking pot shots at the government ... They reckon we should be buying F-22s instead of F-35s Rog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 F-22 line was shut down as far as I know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, smitty44 said: F-22 line was shut down as far as I know. Yup, just slightly harder to get than a Tamiya Thunderbird F-16. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 8 hours ago, smitty44 said: F-22 line was shut down as far as I know. I think they were referring to purchasing second hand ones off the USA ... the argument being that the F22 is still a far superior performer than anything anyone else can put in the air and will be for years to come. We could get more bang for our buck, in theory. Rog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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