Italeri

[Rick Lowe]

Heh - 'nuff said... 

[Spey_Phantom]

Aparrently, Italeri has reissued its Joint Strike Fighter condenders, the X-32 and X-35, in one box 
im definatly getting this, excellent WHIF potential 

http://shop.italeri.com/Products/21929-1419-jsf-program-x-32-and-x-35b.aspx

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1135115-italeri-1419-joint-strike-fighter-program-x-32a-and-x-35b

[Steel Penguin]

I must be more tired than I thought, as the first thing that came into my mind after reading the above was

" oh wow that will make an splendid dogfight double set"   

[zenrat]

Was that announced yesterday?

[Spey_Phantom]

ive checked, its no april fools 

[kitnut617]

Shame that the X-32 isn't the 'B' version, you'd have a ready made box of spare parts left over you could display next to it.

Mind you, I've got two X-35B's and an X-32A in the stash already.

[Weaver]

As a pure STOVL design, I always preferred the X-32:

I like single-engined vectored-thrust (nothing to stop/start/clutch/declutch in flight)
I like deltas
I like V-tails
I like ugly-ducklings 

I'd be the first to admit however, that it was easier to meet the requirement for CTOL and STOVL versions of the same airframe with high commonality with the X-35 design.

I've got an X-32. My intention was always to have it in the markings of the 1.JmA military discussion forum and have it flown by a penguin, which was their symbol (I've got the penguin too...). Sadly, that forum is no longer with us, so there's not much point...

[PR19_Kit]

I've had an X-32 for ages too, but I can't gather the strength to actually open the box, it looks SO awful! 

How good is it as a kit?

[kitnut617]

I've had an X-32 for ages too, but I can't gather the strength to actually open the box, it looks SO awful! 

How good is it as a kit?

It's actually a nice kit, typical Italeri style (I was only looking at the one I have yesterday). Just how accurate it is I wouldn't know. I'm planning on building mine as a tandem two-seater. It's a lot easier to do on the X-32 that the X/F-35 because of the different lift systems they use.

[PR19_Kit]

I've had an X-32 for ages too, but I can't gather the strength to actually open the box, it looks SO awful! 

How good is it as a kit?

It's actually a nice kit, typical Italeri style (I was only looking at the one I have yesterday). Just how accurate it is I wouldn't know. I'm planning on building mine as a tandem two-seater. It's a lot easier to do on the X-32 that the X/F-35 because of the different lift systems they use.

Yeah, the back-seater in an F-35B would be in extreme danger of getting sucked into the lift fan! 

[kitnut617]

I've had an X-32 for ages too, but I can't gather the strength to actually open the box, it looks SO awful! 

How good is it as a kit?

It's actually a nice kit, typical Italeri style (I was only looking at the one I have yesterday). Just how accurate it is I wouldn't know. I'm planning on building mine as a tandem two-seater. It's a lot easier to do on the X-32 that the X/F-35 because of the different lift systems they use.

Yeah, the back-seater in an F-35B would be in extreme danger of getting sucked into the lift fan! 

Interesting fact about the X-32 is it used a AV-8B canopy, it wouldn't be that hard to use a TAV-8B canopy and cockpit tub to make a trainer version.

[Thorvic]

I've had an X-32 for ages too, but I can't gather the strength to actually open the box, it looks SO awful! 

How good is it as a kit?

It's actually a nice kit, typical Italeri style (I was only looking at the one I have yesterday). Just how accurate it is I wouldn't know. I'm planning on building mine as a tandem two-seater. It's a lot easier to do on the X-32 that the X/F-35 because of the different lift systems they use.

Bloody awful !!!! 

https://designer.home.xs4all.nl/models/jsf/jsf.htm

[Thorvic]

As a pure STOVL design, I always preferred the X-32:

I like single-engined vectored-thrust (nothing to stop/start/clutch/declutch in flight)
I like deltas
I like V-tails
I like ugly-ducklings 

I'd be the first to admit however, that it was easier to meet the requirement for CTOL and STOVL versions of the same airframe with high commonality with the X-35 design.

I've got an X-32. My intention was always to have it in the markings of the 1.JmA military discussion forum and have it flown by a penguin, which was their symbol (I've got the penguin too...). Sadly, that forum is no longer with us, so there's not much point...

I quite liked the F-32B with a more conventional wing. To be honest the JSF competition was one hell of a cockup as the X planes were just technology demonstrators and they should have taken both designs to YF-3* status as that would have given a much clearer development cycle and possibly avoided the procurement nightmare the F-35 became as despite the LM guff and their fan boys the F-35 took virtually nothing from the X-35 apart from concepts and they couldn't even use them to develop the flight control systems, Boeing may well have been able to bring the F-32 into service better than LM in hindsight.

[Weaver]

I've had an X-32 for ages too, but I can't gather the strength to actually open the box, it looks SO awful! 

How good is it as a kit?

Yes, but think of the morale value of coming to work every day to be met by a plane that's so pleased to see you. If I was flying one, it would HAVE to be called 'Scooby'...

[kitnut617]

I've had an X-32 for ages too, but I can't gather the strength to actually open the box, it looks SO awful! 

How good is it as a kit?

It's actually a nice kit, typical Italeri style (I was only looking at the one I have yesterday). Just how accurate it is I wouldn't know. I'm planning on building mine as a tandem two-seater. It's a lot easier to do on the X-32 that the X/F-35 because of the different lift systems they use.

Bloody awful !!!! 

https://designer.home.xs4all.nl/models/jsf/jsf.htm

OK, that is someone's report on how to make it accurate, I still say 'as it's out of the box' and you just build it that way, it's not a bad kit to make. For what it's worth, the X-35 kit is totally wrong in almost the same amount, my first one I started to chop it about to fix it, but I've abandoned it and I bought another one just to build OOB.