So clean! Congratulations on assembly!
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Re: X-35A, Revell, 1/48
Hot-damn you’ve got yourself an airplane! And quite a nice-looking airplane at that! I really like that airframe design, and I’m enjoying admiring how this project has come together to this point. Very nice indeed, my man. Cheers!
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Bruce and Kenny, thanks!
Kenny, from looking at the model, I am seeing angles of the design that remind me certain birds due to the shape of the nose and forward fuselage. It does have some very attractive flowing lines, even if on the beefy side.
Kenny, from looking at the model, I am seeing angles of the design that remind me certain birds due to the shape of the nose and forward fuselage. It does have some very attractive flowing lines, even if on the beefy side.
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Getting 
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Very nice Stik! I like the F-35 but I seem to like the F-35C carrier version better.
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Re: X-35A, Revell, 1/48
That's a cracking looking build Carlos - that's come together really nicely.
The bigger wing is really noticeable in that shot - nice! I still think we should have gone with the C personally, but even so it's pretty damn cool that the UK's Navy is back into fast jets.
Medicman71 wrote:Very nice Stik! I like the F-35 but I seem to like the F-35C carrier version better.
The bigger wing is really noticeable in that shot - nice! I still think we should have gone with the C personally, but even so it's pretty damn cool that the UK's Navy is back into fast jets.Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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It would have been stupid expensive for the UK to go to a Cat and Trap carrier and I think they have a thing for VTOL aircraft now.
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True but it was on the cards at one point, they cancelled the order for the B's in favour of the Cs, and then changed their minds again. The new carriers do have the capacity for Cat and Trap and could be modified at a future date although I doubt they'll go down that route now. Like you said, since the Falklands we have a 'thing' for V/STOL.
Mind you, I think it's pretty awesome we're working so closely with the USMC!
Mind you, I think it's pretty awesome we're working so closely with the USMC!
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Yes it is. I keep up with all things aviation related online and in magazines.
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Thanks guys! I really like that photo of the C model coming aboard a carrier. The larger wing area is quite obvious in that view angle.
I did seam sanding on the main assembly today, so the only thing really worth taking a photo of was the inlet doors that I addressed. The kit parts sat too low in the openings on the ledges molded, so I created some new ones from thin sheet styrene cut to match the shape and sit on top of the kit parts. A few minutes of sanding after the glue had dried and I had nice flush fitting doors.
I did seam sanding on the main assembly today, so the only thing really worth taking a photo of was the inlet doors that I addressed. The kit parts sat too low in the openings on the ledges molded, so I created some new ones from thin sheet styrene cut to match the shape and sit on top of the kit parts. A few minutes of sanding after the glue had dried and I had nice flush fitting doors.
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