I remember seeing a review of the new Panda F-35B somewhere, but now for the life of me I don't know where I seen it. Can anyone fix my mental vapor lock?

Also has anyone tried any of the Panda kits?

Don Busack

FYI Panda is a new sub division of DML aka Dragon aka Shanghi Dragon. If they have the same quality as the parent company it should be a wonderful kit. I hear that the Panda UH-1 is a great kit too.

It looks like their 1/144th scale B-1s are getting good reviews as well. If they are part of Dragon, I may just need to get one each and give them a try.

Don Busack
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Could this be the one you are refering to? It is from hyperscale.com and it just references the Panda kit as being an in the ball park reprensentation of the real thing.
[url]http://clubhyper.com/reference/f35eereferencejb_1.htm]

I didn't think it was a very flattering description of this kit but I hope this helps.

Thank you MadCat!

That is exactly the review I was looking for. I remember that it wasn't one of the more flattering reviews I had seen but it sounded honest. I am still pretty sure I will try out the B-1's and the Hueys.

Thanks again!

Don Busack
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Hey dbusack, I found another review for the Panda X-35B VTOL? Marine version. It is a new review on internet modlers.com

[http://www.internetmodeler.com/2002/november/aviation/pan_f-35ab.htm]

This one isn't so negative about the kit's quality. I may even get one for myself for an early Christmas present just to see. They said the cockpit was sparse but if it is still a classified machine..........

One more thing, unlike last time, I hope I got the Hyperlink set to work. I only managed to do it once before and can't seem to remember how to do it. This time, I hit the [url] button then filled in the space inbetween the brackets. Hope this works. If not, I would appreciate it if some one told me how set it correctly. Thanks.

Hit the "[url]" button and "url" tags appear on the text screen. Paste your link between the url tags. Don't delete any url tag or bracket. Hope this helps

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2002/november/aviation/pan_f-35ab.htm