Sky Keg Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Good day to all, Let me warn you first. This is one awfully ugly airplane that I am about to unveil on you. My friends picked this kit for me to do after my previous project. Here are the highlights I found of the kit............ 1. Very good fit of parts 2. Excellent detail throughout 3. Main colors used..... A. Polly Scale Light Ghost Gray FS36375 B. Tamiya Sky Grey XF-19 C. Model Master Dark Gull Gray ( cockpit ) D. Mission Models White E. Exhaust section : AK Interactive Extreme Burnt Metal, Steel, & Metallic Purple 4. Vallejo washes : Black, Lt Gray, Dark Brown, & Maroon 5. Added pilot from Hasegawa Pilot / Ground Crew set ( #X72-7 ) 6. Weathering done with paint and washes. 7. Replaced both nose pitot`s with metal tubes. All kidding aside, while not a type I would normally build, I found this particular kit extremely delightful to put together. I decided to depict the “Guppy” a bit weathered towards the end of the evaluation phase. Oddly, I could not find any red and blue / green wing lights from pictures so I simply omitted them ( for now ). I believed this kit languished on my shelf for about 25 years. I had completely forgot that I had it. I used the kit supplied decals to complete the project. I recommend this kit to all skill levels. Thank you in advance!!!!! Mike 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadMax8 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 That is one ugly turkey, but you made it look about as good as it could! I just finished a kit that I started 11 years ago... you definitely beat me on longest time to complete! Way to stick with it, and finally wrap it up. Thanks for sharing, neighbor! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Awsome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Uglier than a knife fight at a Mafia wedding. Nice build though. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Have never seen a model of this aircraft before! High on the list of "ugliest Airplanes ever produced". At least, the air intake gives her some kind of a distorted smile … Thanks for showing! Greetings from Vienna, Roman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 That's fantastic. What a great job you've made. 👍 First model I've seen of this aircraft. When you see this though.... thank God that we ended up with the F-35! (even though that's the 2nd ugliest aircraft in the world) 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Very well finished, Mr Keg! Stands out well for a monochrome finish. Imagine if that had been the JSF contest winner 😮 the rentagob critics would have won and we'd be trailing the Russians /Chinese by now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 That one really took a pounding from the ugly stick! Very well modelled though. Well done, it looks as good as it ever can! Tony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getting Old Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 That's a lovely build of an ugly-a** aircraft! Very nice work ... and I enjoyed your 'parental guidance' warning in the intro - well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Very nice build! Like the weathering. As has been said before, the original was an ugly airplane and Boeing's proposed production variant with the change from a delta configuration to conventional swept wings wasn't much better ... if it could be considered better. Nice to hear that the kit goes together so well. I like the weathered look. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcNewitt Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Strangely I have just finished my version of this but it is the Italeri boxed one, I believe it is the same mould. As this is the Joint Strike Fighter Program double kit of X-32A and X-35B the decals supplied are very few and far between. Love your weathering, did you have any problems with the seam in the intake? I took one look and thought "No way am I going to even try and tackle that" so I have an ugly seam line in the intake lip. If I had the confidence I would post my version on the forum but my mojo levels are wafer thin as they are 😂. Great work on what I think is a rather beautiful beast, It may be ugly but I found some of the best aircraft are! Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedyGonzales Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Great looking model of an aircraft only its mother could love 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Great job on the Guppy. But every time I see this plane I think its laughing. Or just tickled it could get off the ground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Difficult to believe that huge, angular air-scoop would have been at all "stealthy". Would expect it to reflect radar-waves like a big barn-door. You made a marvellous job of building and painting her, my friend. Thanks for sharing with us. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 A great rendition of a peculiar looking aircraft with a very nice paint finish. One wonders what Boeing were thinking with this design. It would be interesting to know how the STOVL version would have looked. Not a lot of space for the lift fan, I would have thought. The huge intake doesn't look too stealthy but a shark mouth marking would make for an intersting 'What If'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin20 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Awesome Build Mike! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 My favorite "ugly" plane. It is rare to see that military plane looks like smiling, but this is only association i have when see this big intake. Great model Best regards Djordje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 On 4/23/2020 at 8:52 PM, Sky Keg said: Good day to all, Let me warn you first. This is one awfully ugly airplane that I am about to unveil on you. My friends picked this kit for me to do after my previous project. Here are the highlights I found of the kit............ 1. Very good fit of parts 2. Excellent detail throughout <snip> All kidding aside, while not a type I would normally build, I found this particular kit extremely delightful to put together. I decided to depict the “Guppy” a bit weathered towards the end of the evaluation phase. Oddly, I could not find any red and blue / green wing lights from pictures so I simply omitted them ( for now ). I believed this kit languished on my shelf for about 25 years. I had completely forgot that I had it. I used the kit supplied decals to complete the project. I recommend this kit to all skill levels. Thanks for a great presentation of a very overlooked subject. Good to see the positives for this kit, as I've had one in my stash since an Ebay purchase in 2004. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) On 30/04/2020 at 00:56, spruecutter96 said: Difficult to believe that huge, angular air-scoop would have been at all "stealthy". Would expect it to reflect radar-waves like a big barn-door. I think the theory was that even radar dishes would wince and turn away rather than look directly at it Edited May 6, 2020 by LostCosmonauts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 How do you tell someone they did a fantastic job, modelling an ugly plane? That's what I'm doing right now, I guess. 😁 Great job anyway! 👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Very nice model of s strange looking plane! Maybe they should not have changed the design for series production that late in order to win the contract! Would they have been quicker though? .... just some thoughts, sorry! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 This plane is an inspiration to us all. Does it let all the people calling it ugly get it down? No it does not, it just smiles a big smile and lets it all wash over it. Nice build, too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 A beautiful model of a hideous airplane! Nice one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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