SPA Modeler

Very nice stik!

Nice going on adding some detail to the pit! That kind of effort always pays off in the end! Great work!

Tom, Stuart, and John, thank you. I am much happier with the cockpit now....

Today’s update:
I added the last bit of detail to the cockpit rear wall that I was wanting put in, a noticeable pipe or conduit. That was made from an item in my spares bin.



Then I went to work on the IP. Now it at least resembles the real thing. I won’t claim that it replicates the IP...



And test fitting it all together

From the front



From the rear




All ready for paint now... and a harness that I am salvaging from my spares bin...

It looks great! With just a bit of time and spare parts you greatly improved on the kit.

Very cool! I didn't realize that the X-35 did not have the big flat panel display that the production ones did.

Looks really good, Carlos!

Bruce, Mike, and Clint, thanks for looking in.

Today I skipped ahead a few steps to do something simple

First up I added the weapons bays and wheel wells to the lower fuselage, as these are molded as separate parts



And then I added the weapons bays doors in the closed position. The X-35 had no weapons bays, so I need to fill and smooth the door lines to fair them into the airframe.

So the X-35 didn't even have the doors for the weapon bay? That's some good information.

That's really interesting about the bays Carlos.