Dave Williams Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 For those brave enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Wow. I have one on preorder through Squadron. Yea, I’m brave. Or just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 4 hours ago, Dave Williams said: For those brave enough. Oh oh what am I flying into? The paint scheme appears to be challenging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 This one is gona make it home some day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 SprueBrothers has 20% off trumpeter this weekend brings the F-35B to 149 in cart phasephantomphixer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 36 minutes ago, Neo said: SprueBrothers has 20% off trumpeter this weekend brings the F-35B to 149 in cart Yea, just got the email and ordered it. $160 shipped. Sent message to Squadron to cancel my preorder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Has anyone seen the kit in person? Just wondering what the accuracy is like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 29 minutes ago, Out2gtcha said: Has anyone seen the kit in person? Just wondering what the accuracy is like. Well, I’m sure as usual the RAM panels will be way over exaggerated, I have seen sprue shots with some overly deep recessed areas at the base of the vertical stabilizers that will also need attention. probably will be the only game in town forever, so hopefully I can break out some mad modeling skills and make it happen. phasephantomphixer and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Wrong scale but Tamiya have announced a 1/48 F-35B that will be their own tooling and not the Italeri one. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 1 hour ago, ScottsGT said: Yea, just got the email and ordered it. $160 shipped. Sent message to Squadron to cancel my preorder. I think $160 would cover the shipping to Canada but not the kit as well sadly. Rick Griewski and Neo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted September 1, 2023 Author Share Posted September 1, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Out2gtcha said: Has anyone seen the kit in person? Just wondering what the accuracy is like. There are sprue shots over at Trumpeter’s web page. New upper and lower fuselage, obviously, but the common sprues seem carried over from their other kits. Same huge depressions for the RAM panels at the base of the vertical tails, and the nose radome is still a separate piece, meaning that it’s probably wrong, as in the previous kits. What looks like the 90 degree extension for the downward pointed exhaust looks to have even less detail than a 1/72 kit would have. But, like the F-35C kit, it’s the only one out there in 1/32 scale. ETA: Sprue shots at TMN. https://www.themodellingnews.com/2023/07/two-large-scale-kits-from-trumpeter-in.html Edited September 1, 2023 by Dave Williams Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 37 minutes ago, BloorwestSiR said: Wrong scale but Tamiya have announced a 1/48 F-35B that will be their own tooling and not the Italeri one. Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 8 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Has anyone seen the kit in person? Just wondering what the accuracy is like. well......the nose section remember? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 9 hours ago, ScottsGT said: Well, I’m sure as usual the RAM panels will be way over exaggerated, I have seen sprue shots with some overly deep recessed areas at the base of the vertical stabilizers that will also need attention. probably will be the only game in town forever, so hopefully I can break out some mad modeling skills and make it happen. I should add to tips section that a decent way to knock down and level out the RAM is to surround it with trimmed up Tamiya tape, then sand it to the tape level. Uncarina and Rick Griewski 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 23 hours ago, Rick Griewski said: Oh oh what am I flying into? The paint scheme appears to be challenging. Sounds like modeling skills are required. I do want to pose the model in the correct configuration for a take off. This includes the positions of all the flying surfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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