Smiling F-32 1/72 Italeri

wacek85 · June 10, 2016, 07:56:14 AM

X-32 was finished!

It's a Italeri set in Tamiya box in 1/72.
Painted mainly with Tamiya paints and weathered with Tamiya paneliners and pigments. Decals are mix from spare box: F-14, X-32,Mi-24 & Mig-23

That's how hypothetical, smiling, visible on photos F-32 was created

DogfighterZen · June 10, 2016, 09:30:03 AM

Nice grin!

Captain Canada · June 10, 2016, 09:33:47 AM

That really accentuates the intake ! Great job on the weathering.

su27rules · June 10, 2016, 09:48:33 AM

PR19_Kit · June 10, 2016, 10:25:28 AM

Even a big sharkmouth can't improve that awful shape, but you did great work on the model nonetheless.

kitnut617 · June 10, 2016, 12:35:24 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 10, 2016, 10:25:28 AM
Even a big sharkmouth can't improve that awful shape, but you did great work on the model nonetheless.

It has to be one of the ugliest aircraft ever, I'm really glad it didn't get picked. On the other hand, I can understand that to feed a 43,000 lb thrust engine, the intake has to be pretty big and with the type of insides the intake had, pretty much dictated what it would end up as.

PantherG · June 10, 2016, 02:06:52 PM

This is simply AMAZING

zenrat · June 10, 2016, 04:02:36 PM

If The Joker had an airforce...

Lovely. IMO the grin does improve it's looks slightly.

FtF

kerick · June 10, 2016, 05:06:11 PM

Quote from: zenrat on June 10, 2016, 04:02:36 PM
If The Joker had an airforce...

Almost spit Mountain Dew on my laptop!

Wacek85
That is top notch work!

nighthunter · June 10, 2016, 11:09:38 PM

As a denizen of the Pacific Northwest of the US, I am a fan of Boeing. I have always thought that the Boeing design team had been told that Lockheed was getting the contract no matter what they did, so they came up with this design as a complete Joke on the DoD for screwing them.

NARSES2 · June 11, 2016, 05:55:24 AM

Fantastic work. Reminds me of Dick Dastardly's sidekick ; Mutley

Alvis 3.14159 · June 11, 2016, 07:53:56 AM

Fantastically funny and really really well done too!

Alvis Pi

Paper Kosmonaut · June 11, 2016, 12:44:48 PM

I am such a non-fan of the F-35 that this very ugly Fiat Multipla of jet aircraft actually starts to grow on me. Perhaps of its undeniable ugliness opposite the just chubby and uninspiring shape of the F-35 Pork Chop.
I really like the big grin is has gotten now. This would have been made obligatory on each F-32 if it would have been made the winner of the competition. Good idea and nice job!

flappydaffy · June 12, 2016, 03:33:23 PM

Say "cheese"!!

kerick · June 12, 2016, 06:21:42 PM

If this aircraft had actually gone into service this would have happened asap. It looks perfect!