Moments of Zen

[DogfighterZen]

So, i still haven't solved my keyboard problem yet but i have been working...

[TheChronicOne]

Nice! Looking like a plane there. 

And is it just ME or are these a touch hard to find for a decent price? I've been looking around and not finding much going on for a price I can live with.

[DogfighterZen]

  This is the Italeri kit but i think you're better off buying the Academy kit, its better and around the same price, if not cheaper.

[TheChronicOne]

This is the Italeri kit but i think you're better off buying the Academy kit, its better and around the same price, if not cheaper.

Ah yes, great tip! I'll bear that in mind. I don't need no sky-turds on my hands.   

I'm actually getting a little stoked to find one. Then I'd have it and a Raptor then I just need to find a Black Widow (II) then I'll have me a modern set going on.


EDIT: I wonder what the Tamiya one is like. . . . .   

[Old Wombat]

I've always found Tamiya kits to be a good balance between accuracy & ease of build, except the armour kits that are designed to be motorised but even they, if precise dimensions aren't your thing/necessary, generally look the part.

[DogfighterZen]

Italeri's is not that bad, just a bit less refined than Academy's kit. Tamiya only had the Italeri mold of the prototype X-35, also have it in my stash. Then the Academy kit, the Orange models' 1/72 and Kittyhawk's 1/48 F-35C and one more of these more recent Italeri kits.
This is the old X-35 kit: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/104892-italeri-1209-lockeed-x-35-jsf
Reviews further down the page.

[PR19_Kit]

This is the old X-35 kit: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/104892-italeri-1209-lockeed-x-35-jsf
Reviews further down the page.

I've got one of those, and I really should build it as I installed the machine that made the lift fans on all of them, and the F-35s too. [big head mode off] 

[NARSES2]

EDIT: I wonder what the Tamiya one is like. . . . .   

Point to be aware of mate. In Japan Tamiya rebox a lot of Italeri stuff. Apologies if I'm teaching granny to suck eggs

[TheChronicOne]

I think I'll stick with the Academy then!! Can't go wrong there and they aren't too expensive, either.

[DogfighterZen]

One thing i don't understand is why the Hasegawa kit is so expensive, it does have the best surface detail and decals for the RAM tape, and also a very nice stand but has no weapons bays or external weapons/pylons.
Maybe a temporary mold to wait for feedback on the panel lines/RAM issue? Their 1/48 F-22 got a lot of bad reviews for having raised detail...
Well, all this talk about modern jets has really got me into "Stealth" mode so i dug up this baby out of the stash...

[TheChronicOne]

Yeah!!   

[DogfighterZen]

Got some work done...

[DogfighterZen]

Another detail done, after this section is done, the rest of the build should be pretty easy.

[zenrat]

One thing i don't understand is why the Hasegawa kit is so expensive...

Because theirs all are.  Even the ones using ancient ill fitting moulds like the Dart & Dagger.

[PR19_Kit]

One thing i don't understand is why the Hasegawa kit is so expensive...

Because they're greedy.