ThomasProbert Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Here's the latest model off the bench - Italeri's 1/32nd F-35A Lightning II. This was built out of the box, with the exception of Eduard's seat belt and cockpit set. The kit itself goes together really well, with the only filler being needed on the fuselage to wing join which wasn't the best. There's lots of nicely moulded detail in the landing gear and weapons bays, which with some careful painting comes up well. The most time consuming part of the build was the painting process - it took hours, and hours, and hours, and hours... you get the idea... of masking the RAM panels. I went for an early-build RAAF machine provided in the kit, which has the higher-contrast paint job. More recent deliveries have a far less contrasting paint finish which would have made life a good deal easier. Still, I think the earlier schemes are more pleasing on the eye. Apparently the jet pipe is a little undersized, but I didn't bother replacing it. Detail is a bit soft here to be fair, and the exhaust is the weakest part of the kit. Overall though, a nice and simple build, that takes up a lot of room on the display shelf! Regards to all, Tom 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Wow, very nice !!.....harv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Nice! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Very nice, I agree with your comments about hours of masking and painting of jets............only done one ...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBuildOne48 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 10:46 AM, ThomasProbert said: Here's the latest model off the bench - Italeri's 1/32nd F-35A Lightning II. This was built out of the box, with the exception of Eduard's seat belt and cockpit set. The kit itself goes together really well, with the only filler being needed on the fuselage to wing join which wasn't the best. There's lots of nicely moulded detail in the landing gear and weapons bays, which with some careful painting comes up well. The most time consuming part of the build was the painting process - it took hours, and hours, and hours, and hours... you get the idea... of masking the RAM panels. I went for an early-build RAAF machine provided in the kit, which has the higher-contrast paint job. More recent deliveries have a far less contrasting paint finish which would have made life a good deal easier. Still, I think the earlier schemes are more pleasing on the eye. Apparently the jet pipe is a little undersized, but I didn't bother replacing it. Detail is a bit soft here to be fair, and the exhaust is the weakest part of the kit. Overall though, a nice and simple build, that takes up a lot of room on the display shelf! Regards to all, Tom On 10/3/2020 at 10:46 AM, ThomasProbert said: Here's the latest model off the bench - Italeri's 1/32nd F-35A Lightning II. This was built out of the box, with the exception of Eduard's seat belt and cockpit set. The kit itself goes together really well, with the only filler being needed on the fuselage to wing join which wasn't the best. There's lots of nicely moulded detail in the landing gear and weapons bays, which with some careful painting comes up well. The most time consuming part of the build was the painting process - it took hours, and hours, and hours, and hours... you get the idea... of masking the RAM panels. I went for an early-build RAAF machine provided in the kit, which has the higher-contrast paint job. More recent deliveries have a far less contrasting paint finish which would have made life a good deal easier. Still, I think the earlier schemes are more pleasing on the eye. Apparently the jet pipe is a little undersized, but I didn't bother replacing it. Detail is a bit soft here to be fair, and the exhaust is the weakest part of the kit. Overall though, a nice and simple build, that takes up a lot of room on the display shelf! Regards to all, Tom Job well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 On 10/27/2020 at 3:20 AM, IBuildOne48 said: Job well done! dive in a have some fun. We are not precious about scale so have a browse in the Non LSM builds as well....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackster Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Stunning finish, time well spent! Cheers Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU 5137 Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 SLEEK, PRISTINE and one heckuva Beauty !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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