tomprobert 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 Isar 30/07, florin13, Jan_G and 32 others 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Tom, you did a splendid job on the Lightning II, looking ever so realistic, hope to be able to top this (yeah ...right, no way) Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 That's a beauty, Tom! Cheers, Damian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Nicely done Lightning Tom! Your masking efforts truly paid off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Rademaker Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Well done, great job on the realistic look of the Lightning. . Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 nice build Tom! jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Well done, Tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Beautiful work Tom! Cheer's, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Lots of love in there. Congrats, Tom. Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicciuzzo Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Beautiful model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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