jasman71 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Well before I completed the F-84E, I did these. The YF-22 and one 23 were strip-downs and repaints of kits first built in the early 90s. The dark grey 23 has decals from the Dragon kit, bought specifically for them. The details - The YF-22 is the Italeri kit with Airfix decals. All the original kit was still in one piece, I just removed the u/c, added a bit of filler, and the nose probe from the Airfix kit too. Both YF-23s are the Italeri mould (one from a Revell release). Not too much weathering on them but the decals on the dark grey one silvered quite badly. The YF-17 is the Anigrand tooling. Straightforward if not too accurate at the nose end. The nose probe I added is a bit on the long side! The canopy was quite cloudy though. The X-32 is (IMHO) a gorgeous looking machine! This was the Revell boxing of the Italeri moulds, of which I have another, and may well end up as the X-35B. Accuracy, again, is not all there, especially in the back end, but I couldn't be bothered to make new vertical stabs or move the wing, OR put in an exhaust on the back left fuselage.. but I enjoyed making it - went together well! Finally the Gnat and Vampire make up the Brit end, Airfix versions of course. They went together ok, but not superbly. A bit of filler and rubbing down on a few joints that didn't want to mate up, and panel lines that didn't seem as fine as the aforementioned X-32. On the Gnat, I had a lot of trouble with the Alclad orange peel effect, despite being rubbed smooth and properly primed. In the end I opted for Humbrol Metalcote overall, along with their 209. The Vamp was painted too initially in Alclad, but I wasn't happy with it (I have seen pics of Vampires having what looks to me like a greyish metallic colour, whilst the Alclad seemed a bit too... metallic?? So I opted for Xtracolour High Speed Silver instead.) You will also notice some of the display stands in their naked formats - I haven't gotten around to stain varnishing them all yet Also, I put the YF-22 next to an F-22, just for comparisons.. Apologies if this is a tad pic heavy URL=http://s764.photobucket.com/user/jasman71/media/null_zps13090729.jpg.html][/url] Thankyou for looking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 fantastic builds i love the x-planes thu bit jealus as im after the yf-23 been looking but ones seen gone for to much lol,they look great and love how are all displayed very nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis9444 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Very nice.. Really like the YF23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasman71 Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 Thanks just think if they had gone for the 23 instead of the 22?! And for that matter the x-32 instead of the x-35! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Interesting collection, Nice builds too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Great builds, lovely work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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