January builds

[hsr]

Actually I started the first just before Christmas and finished the last on Groundhog Day, but they are mostly January.

 

First is the Academy F-22. I like Academy kits, but hate their decals. These went on fairly well but still required work to fix all the silvering. Only issue is that they really want you to open the weapons bay doors, so the fit is bad when closed.

I used the Eduard interior and it came out nicely

 

 

Next is the Italeri X-32. pretty much out of the box.

 

 

Finally the Italeri X-35. I did a little work to try and fix the inaccuracies, and the decals were useless, so I had to scrounge from different sheets so make something like the original

 

Enjoy, or not as you choose.

[modelglue]

Consider them enjoyed! I know the Italeri kits are of prototypes but I still wish to add them to my collection. They seem pretty decent with your completed models!

[hsr]

Thanks. The Italeri kits are not of the prototypes, they are of the mock ups, so things changed by the time the prototypes were built. If you go for the X-35 get the Revell rebox, it at least has the right decals. The Italeri and Tamiya rebox decals bare no relationship to reality.

 

These 2 links discuss some of the problems with the 2 Italeri kits

https://designer.home.xs4all.nl/models/jsf/jsf.htm

https://designer.home.xs4all.nl/models/x35/x35.htm

 

Thanks

 

Howard

 

Edited February 15, 2017 by hsr

[Bedders]

My word, makes you think how far we've come since the likes of the Sopwith Camel a hundred years ago. So an interesting trio just from that perspective. Sweet models too though!

 

Justin