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F-35A Meng, 1/48


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Hello, this is a Meng 1/48 F-35A wit Kasl Hobby resin cockpit, Brassin weapons, Caracal decals, Dream Model access ladder and Plusmodel figure...

Thanks for watching, bye!

 

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very reasonable F-35  with all those GBU-12s!

 

great color and masking work!

 

 

I will never get over this front opening canopy thogh... just why!

 

remindes me so much on the MiG-21 PF etc...

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A very detailed finished model. Paint finish is excellent. I have to confess what really got my attention was the pilot figure. Extraordinary work done on the painting. 

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4 hours ago, exdraken said:

very reasonable F-35  with all those GBU-12s!

 

great color and masking work!

 

 

I will never get over this front opening canopy thogh... just why!

 

remindes me so much on the MiG-21 PF etc...


The canopy opens from the front because the canopy on the F-35B is shorter due to the fan being behind it. Therefore the canopies are of different length but the same shape at the front. By having the actuators and mount at the front this standardizes the parts across the fleet. Instead of having two types of canopy actuators, the F-35 has one.

 

A byproduct of this design is the ejection seat can be removed without removing the canopy. And most the weight is in the front of the canopy and therefore this arrangement takes less force to lift the canopy which results in less wear in the canopy actuators.

 

Oh, btw, awesome build!

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20 hours ago, Norman said:

Great job ! can i ask what paints you used please

Hi Norman, 

I used Gunze paints but I mixed the two grays of the model using various leftovers of grays that I had at home and which in turn were leftovers from other blends, so I can't tell you which are the original colors I started from ...

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