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Kitty Hawk F-35B from the box
tigger917
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England - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, September 07, 2012 - 02:19 AM UTC
Hi Guys

here is my latest , it is the 1/48 scale Kitty Hawk F-35B Lightning II built straight from the box. I have built this for a future edition of Model Airplane International and as such I will not show more than the two images here . Hope that you like her?




John
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Alabama, United States
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Posted: Friday, September 07, 2012 - 12:49 PM UTC
That looks alright, though would really like to check one out in the real as you can't see as much from low res pics on the web.

A decent kit, but unfortunately like Hasegawa, the raised LO detail is quite overdone. There will be lots of sanding to get it to scale. Like I mentioned before, the wheel are totally wrong. On the plus side the cockpit is decent, though a bit on the soft side.

I was curious about the intake duct fit and clean up. The dry fit test I've done don't seem to be that clean.

One thing to note is that’s quite a fictitious display, as of course the canopy would be completely closed during flight and/or vertical take-off; not to mention the Weapons Bays would be closed as well.

Nice work though, and quick too seeing how the kit just came out.

Mike V
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