Blackstone
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Making progress, Jeff, I can't wait to see the finished model.
F-35A JSF in 1/72 Scale
- Thread starter Jeff Head
- Start date
Well, then...you shall see it completed today starting with the next post!
The Build Landing Gear, Bay doors, Weapons, Complete - May 19, 2015
I began this session by assembling and then placing the landing gear and tires onto the model. The two main gear and the forward gear.
I then added the pylons for the weapons, and though I will not be adding him into the model, I also assembled and painted the pilot. I may use him for my F-35C variant I will be building next.
I began this session by assembling and then placing the landing gear and tires onto the model. The two main gear and the forward gear.
I then added the pylons for the weapons, and though I will not be adding him into the model, I also assembled and painted the pilot. I may use him for my F-35C variant I will be building next.
Then it was time to paint and add the various bay doors, and then paint and add the weapons.
I placed a AIM-120 AMRAAM missile and a 500 lb lase guided bomb (LGB) in each internal bay, and then added a 1,000 lb LGB, another 500 lb LGB, and an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile to each of the wings weapon's pylons.
At this point I was ready to add the decals. Lots of decals for this model including all of the standard insignia, squadron designations (And I am making this aircraft a part of the Fighter Squadron at Eglin AFB in Florida), and the ejection and warning markings. But also numerous panel, refueling, sensor, and other markings all around the aorcraft.
With all of this, the aircraft was very near completion. All that was left was to add the two very small antennae on the nose of the aircraft, then do some touch up paint work, add the two coats of dull coat finish paint and then glue the canopy in place. Once that was complete, it was time to take the final pictures from all of the various angles:
With all of this, the aircraft was very near completion. All that was left was to add the two very small antennae on the nose of the aircraft, then do some touch up paint work, add the two coats of dull coat finish paint and then glue the canopy in place. Once that was complete, it was time to take the final pictures from all of the various angles:
She looks very nice and that completes my F-35A US Air Force Joint Strike fighter.
This is my second of the three variants. I had already completed the US Marine F-35B STOVL variant.
I will next build Orange Hobby's F-35C, US Navy aircraft carrier variant to complete all three.
These three aircraft will be the mainstay of manned combat aircraft for the US military (Air force, Marines, and Navy) for the next 40-50 years...easily for the rest of my life.
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Jura The idiot
General
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here I go
seeing "a pilot" ... is there a helmet-mounted display included?
(Jeff had already answered this: https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/f-35a-jsf-in-1-72-scale.t7335/#post-341379
