Homebee Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) Sources: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234951970-orange-hobby-new-172-f-35c-testshots/ http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=270957 Orange Hobby (http://www.orangehobby.com/) from China is to release its first 1/72nd injected kit: a Lockheed-Martin F-35C Lightning II. The initial release of this kit will include not only an aircraft but also a flight deck tractor. Note the PE set. To be followed. V.P. Edited November 7, 2021 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroubos Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Looks quite crude to me to be honest. Instead of Italeri's spaghetti surface detail we have noodles here. Separate outer wing panels... oh noes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I actually think this is a decent effort for a first injection kit. I like the cockpit detail and the bang seat alot. The shapes look good and option for folded wings is nice, but I can see this causing problems for those who want unfolded wings. I also really like the fact that someone is finally doing an F-35C. There is only one major flaw with this in my opinion, and it shares this with the italeri kit (which I made the mistake of buying). And that is the stealth coatings for the access panels etc, its meant to be like a tape in real life, if you scale up what is on this and the italeri kit to 1:1 you'd have the equivalent of a 2 by 4 covering all the panels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) Box art Source: http://tw.weibo.com/2975465393/3757340048255272 V.P. Edited November 7, 2021 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) Test build Source: http://tw.weibo.com/2072170723/3779802458292823 V.P. Edited November 7, 2021 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Any word when it's out for sale ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) On 25/11/2014 at 17:04, thomastmcc said: Any word when it's out for sale ?. December 15th, 2014 at Hobby Easy & Moje Hobby http://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/od3irv4bi9ucxpkt0qjq.html https://www.mojehobby.pl/products/Lockheed-Martin-F-35C-Lightning-II-VFA-101.html V.P. Edited November 7, 2021 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) Chinese open-box review with sprues pics: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/3458269946 V.P. Edited December 10, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoc Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Oh well. That surface detailing looks way overdone. Damn. I'll hold out until more reviews hit but from those pics it looks like we'll be waiting for a while longer yet for a good C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 god thats even worse than the kit HM based there diecast one off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) In the Orange Hobby homepage http://www.orangehobby.com/logs/272045985.html http://www.orangehobby.com/logs/272046948.html V.P. Edited December 10, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) Orange Hobby has just released - ref. A72-002-48 - Painting masking set for F-35C Source: http://www.orangehobby.com/logs/272106276.html - ref. A72-005-68 - Joint Strike Missiles (4 pièces) Source: http://orangehobby.blogbus.com/logs/272106277.html V.P. Edited December 10, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) In-box review: http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Rev8/7801-7900/rev7863-Orange-Model-A72-001-Jega/00.shtm V.P. Edited December 10, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff_B Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 The painting mask set should be handy, I wonder if were now expected to sand off the details and use the painting masks instead to get the two tone effect on the aircraft. A nice touch but I suspect the sanding off and placing the masks will be a long time consuming and probably frustrating process, but it should be worth it in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) In-box review: http://www.hyperscale.com/2015/reviews/kits/orangea72001148reviewmd_1.htm V.P. Edited December 10, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) New boxing - ref. A72-010-148 - Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II (VFA-125/147) Source: https://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/fyryj9fk7tcdqtenodmt.html V.P. Edited December 10, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMSLion Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I've built the original boxing. It's not a bad kit, but it's set up with both gear down and weapon bays open...and building them closed demands a lot of fit-and-file work. On the other hand, it came with a full set of external pylons (including the gun pod) and a good selection of stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroubos Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 It's a matter of taste but I prefer the Hasegawa approach to the F-35 kits with the closed bays. In the past I have also built planes like the F-117, YF-22 and YF-23 with the bay doors closed, they just look better that way. Particularly the F-35 and F-22 look really awful to me with all doors open and their guts hanging out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 New boxing - ref. A72-010-148 - Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II (VFA-125/147) https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10594701 V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pollie Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I have a gut feeling Hasegawa will announce a 1/72 F-35C at the Shizuoka hobbyshow coming May..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertone139 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I just purchased one of these. With the exception of the slightly raised RAM panels and the somewhat different styrene consistency, I believe they did a nice job, and I rather prefer the additional details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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