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Last of my 1/32 builds. The Trumpeter kit went together reasonably well with one exception. With all the internal lift fan and air intake structures built and housed within the fuselage, fitting became an issue. Especially where the intakes joined. Lots of Tamiya tape, poly cement and filler needed but other than that the kit went together surprisingly well! As with the 1/32 Harrier by trumpeter I had read and heard that the accuracy of the kit wasn't really there. So with that in mind I used a bit of artistic licence with the loadout. For a stealthy aircraft the loadout is a bit much but she has 2 Meteor missiles and 8 Brimstone 2 missiles in the internal weapons bay. I'm fairly sure that the F35-B has not, nor will not be qualified to use the Brimstones, but will use Spear 3 AGM's that look similar. I couldn't find any Spear 3's in 1/32 so went with the brimstones instead. On the wings she has 2 Stormshadow cruise missiles (I think these will be used on the F35's), 2 LGBU's (I cant remember the model number but I don't think they are used by the RAF) and a pair of ASSRAM missiles. Painted with Mission models have glass grey and a Flory wash. The only issue I had with these two was that I didn't prime the model initially and the paint seemed to peel off quite easily plus the colour just wasn't right to my eye. Primed the model with tamiya XF1 and re-sprayed and the colour looked pretty spot on. The Flory model wash highlighted the hazing/cracking of the gloss coat. This affected the missiles and the white elements most. After market extras used: Resin ejection seat from legend production Eduard Brimstone 2 missiles Eduard LGBU's Eduard ASSRAM missiles Thanks Rob
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https://imgur.com/a/iIrRBlX I was convinced that for the radome/intakes/wing edges I needed FS36270. But it's way too light and too blueish gray. Can I save this by just lightly spraying the base FS36170 over the lighter parts to blend it in to the base colour more? Tamiya F35-A kit here in 1:72. Paints used are MRP 280 camouflage grey (FS36170) and Gunze/Mr Colour 306 grey (FS36270) I feel dumb, somone told me I needed fs36270 and I believed them. And it's clearly incorrect! -
Hi everyone! I'd like to ask those who have built an F-35 of some sort to tell me the paints or combinations they used to achieve the correct colour for their F-35. I'm starting Academy's 1/72nd F-35A in the near future after a couple other kits have been completed but I'd like to know in advance what paints to buy. Many Thanks, Tom! Edit: wasn't meant to post this here, still new to this...
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