My stash just grew again. (2022)

[NARSES2]

I've built the 1/72 F-35A, which is probably one of their most recent 1/72 kits and although it's not a bad kit, i'd say it's typical italeri with soft detail on some parts, fading ram panels on the bottom fuselage, ejector pin marks on awkward places, some fit issues with the fuselage halves and canopy, and overall detail is a bit simplified... but still, i think it's the cheapest 1/72 F-35 kit on the market. I say this after having compared it to the 1/72 Academy, Hasegawa's A variant and Orange Hobby's C variant i have in the stash.

Thanks for the info 

[Gondor]

I've built the 1/72 F-35A, which is probably one of their most recent 1/72 kits and although it's not a bad kit, i'd say it's typical italeri with soft detail on some parts, fading ram panels on the bottom fuselage, ejector pin marks on awkward places, some fit issues with the fuselage halves and canopy, and overall detail is a bit simplified... but still, i think it's the cheapest 1/72 F-35 kit on the market. I say this after having compared it to the 1/72 Academy, Hasegawa's A variant and Orange Hobby's C variant i have in the stash.

So what is the Orange Hobby C variant like?

Gondor

[Wardukw]

In the mail today...
1 x 1/48th Eduard Profipack MiG 21 BIS and holy crap pickles..this is a awesome kit but I did find one thing which made a certain part of my anatomy pucker.
The second decal sheet..the stencil sheet...glup!!!
I'm not kidding there's hundreds of decals on this sheet and I'm scared 
This will be from Finland ..I think.

[NARSES2]

I'm not kidding there's hundreds of decals on this sheet and I'm scared 
This will be from Finland ..I think.

Not sure what language the stencils are in but the Finn's wouldn't use Cyrillic, nor would many others. Therefore maybe the stencils are in multiple languages ? Just trying to be helpful   

[NARSES2]

I've built the 1/72 F-35A, which is probably one of their most recent 1/72 kits and although it's not a bad kit, i'd say it's typical italeri with soft detail on some parts, fading ram panels on the bottom fuselage, ejector pin marks on awkward places, some fit issues with the fuselage halves and canopy, and overall detail is a bit simplified... but still, i think it's the cheapest 1/72 F-35 kit on the market. I say this after having compared it to the 1/72 Academy, Hasegawa's A variant and Orange Hobby's C variant i have in the stash.

Thanks for the info 

Just read yesterday that the Tamiya 1/72 kit is a re-boxed Italeri one. Shame as I fancied one for some reason.

[Wardukw]

Chris from what I can see using my most powerful magnifying glass it doesn't look like there's a single russian word in the stencil data sheet.
One thing might be is that there's no russian plane choice with this model.
You get Finland..India..Poland..Hungary and Croatia..
Either way I think it would look good with them on but trust me ..that decision is not set in stone 

[kitnut617]

I've built the 1/72 F-35A, which is probably one of their most recent 1/72 kits and although it's not a bad kit, i'd say it's typical italeri with soft detail on some parts, fading ram panels on the bottom fuselage, ejector pin marks on awkward places, some fit issues with the fuselage halves and canopy, and overall detail is a bit simplified... but still, i think it's the cheapest 1/72 F-35 kit on the market. I say this after having compared it to the 1/72 Academy, Hasegawa's A variant and Orange Hobby's C variant i have in the stash.

Thanks for the info 

Just read yesterday that the Tamiya 1/72 kit is a re-boxed Italeri one. Shame as I fancied one for some reason.

I'm surprised that Tamiya did that, the Italeri F-35 kits are just swamped with way overscale panel tape lines which have to come off. Even the thickness of decals would be overscale from looking at the F-35B I saw and photographed down in Yuma.

[DogfighterZen]

I have one of these in The Stash, too, with the plan to give it an NMF livery with bright late WWII PTO markings (probably from a real Mustang). My kit also has a rather clumsy spinner, and I think a P-51 spinner/prop will be a good alternative. Quickboost does nice resin props for the P-51 with various blade variants, including the cuffless post-war blades. For a canopy alternative, there are nice 1:72 vacu pieces for the P-47 and the F8F around that should work well on the P-40Q, too. A Spitfire bubble canopy should also be a suitable contender.

Yeah, P-51 is my first choice for prop/spinner combo but i'm still considering several options for both of those and the canopy. Maybe this weekend i have time to test a few of them from the stash.
I did buy a Quickboost 1/48 spitfire 5 blade prop for similar ideas for the bigger kits.
Thanks for the ideas, Dizzy.

[DogfighterZen]

Yeah, Chris, the Tamiya 1/72 F-35 kits are Italeri molds. They have quite a few like that in this scale.

Gondor, the OH F-35C kit is, IMO, similar to the Academy kit as it has the over scale raised RAM tape detail but at least it's cleanly done and it's not as pronounced as on the Italeri kit.
Overall, i think it's good quality but it's also a bit on the expensive side.
Kitnut, i think the best option for 1/72 F-35 kits is Hasegawa, cause they provide decals for the tape but that itself can cause other problems like paint color matches and stuff related to setting solutions,etc.
Still, it's a smooth surface kit with engraved detail over which the decals are applied. It's probably the closest in this scale, isn't it?

[Dizzyfugu]

Yeah, P-51 is my first choice for prop/spinner combo but i'm still considering several options for both of those and the canopy. Maybe this weekend i have time to test a few of them from the stash.
I did buy a Quickboost 1/48 spitfire 5 blade prop for similar ideas for the bigger kits.
Thanks for the ideas, Dizzy.

A late Spitfire prop should work on the P-40Q, too (thinking of a Griffon-esque 5-blade or even 6-blade contraprop...  ), and they'd be a bit more pointed than a Mustang's spinner?

[Gondor]

Gondor, the OH F-35C kit is, IMO, similar to the Academy kit as it has the over scale raised RAM tape detail but at least it's cleanly done and it's not as pronounced as on the Italeri kit.

About the only C variant available in 1/72 as far as I know though.

Gondor

[The Wooksta!]

Yeah, P-51 is my first choice for prop/spinner combo but i'm still considering several options for both of those and the canopy. Maybe this weekend i have time to test a few of them from the stash.
I did buy a Quickboost 1/48 spitfire 5 blade prop for similar ideas for the bigger kits.
Thanks for the ideas, Dizzy.

A late Spitfire prop should work on the P-40Q, too (thinking of a Griffon-esque 5-blade or even 6-blade contraprop...  ), and they'd be a bit more pointed than a Mustang's spinner?

A Griffon prop won't work on a Merlin - rotates in the opposite direction.

[Gondor]

from the ebay fairy and dumped into a hedge by the postie 

1 x 1/72 eduard Bf110G-2 Weekend Edition 7421. To be real world though not necessarily in the markings provided.

Gondor

[Spey_Phantom]

new order placed:

-Revell 1/72 Boeing PT-13D Kaydet (to be painted in Belgian pre-war colors)
-Revell 1/144 Sepecat Jaguar
-Revell 1/144 Sea Harrier FRS.1
-Matchbox 1/72 SA365 Dauphin
-Airfix 1/72 Bristol Bulldog
-Hasegawa 1/144 Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai Hei Toryu (Nick)
-Hasegawa 1/144 Kugisho P1Y1 Ginga (Francis)
-Hasegawa 1/144 Mitsubishi G4M1 (Betty)

[jcf]

I've built the 1/72 F-35A, which is probably one of their most recent 1/72 kits and although it's not a bad kit, i'd say it's typical italeri with soft detail on some parts, fading ram panels on the bottom fuselage, ejector pin marks on awkward places, some fit issues with the fuselage halves and canopy, and overall detail is a bit simplified... but still, i think it's the cheapest 1/72 F-35 kit on the market. I say this after having compared it to the 1/72 Academy, Hasegawa's A variant and Orange Hobby's C variant i have in the stash.

Thanks for the info 

Just read yesterday that the Tamiya 1/72 kit is a re-boxed Italeri one. Shame as I fancied one for some reason.

I'm surprised that Tamiya did that, the Italeri F-35 kits are just swamped with way overscale panel tape lines which have to come off. Even the thickness of decals would be overscale from looking at the F-35B I saw and photographed down in Yuma.

Tamiya has been reboxing Italeri kits for decades. Originally it was only for the Japanese home market, it reduced the cost for Japanese modellers when compared to importation. The advent of easy internet sales led to them being available to modellers outside of Japan, so Tamiya went ahead and started selling them as part of their regular line. The boxes have always been clearly marked as being Italeri kits.