1/48 - Lockheed-Martin F-35A & B Lightning II by Tamiya - released

[Boman]

Nice!

[MBM]

21 hours ago, Bozothenutter said:

Hope it's not the Italeri kit.

Based on the price quoted in the Models2U Facebook link above with a price of £99 you would hope for that price you'd be getting Tamyia quality......

[IT_Man]

The A variant was £90 RRP, so you could deduce that as its similar ballpark, it will be a pure Tamiya kit? The Italeri one is a bit further back (about £75?).

 

Pure guesswork or trying to find logic with Tamiya!

[Jon Bryon]

Widely being reported on FB that people have received a marketing email from Tamiya confirming this is a new release as a follow on from their F-35A. FWIW.

 

Jon

[Homebee]

On 30/08/2023 at 16:54, Jon Bryon said:

Widely being reported on FB that people have received a marketing email from Tamiya confirming this is a new release as a follow on from their F-35A. FWIW.

 

Jon

 

Expected in November 2023 - 1/48th - ref. 61125 - Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning II

Reported NEW TOOL kit - so nothing in common with the Tamiya reboxing - ref. 38103 - from the Italeri 1/48th F-35B kit (link).

 

 

V.P.

Edited September 2, 2023 by Homebee

[tony.t]

Very^TM Intriguing^R release^TM

 

Tony

[Ali62]

I have been wanting a B, a good one, if this is a Tamiya tooled kit, then I shall be very interested.

[Sebastien]

And now for a good C...

 

S.

[Bozothenutter]

Tempting....tempting....

[AstroCanary]

Definitely interested in a B as long as, unlike so many model F-35s, it is not ribbed for her pleasure in an attempt to recreate the RAM!

[ESzczesniak]

Holding out hope again that there’s an option to accurately position the payload bay doors part open for inflight VTOL configuration.

 

It’s a fairly short duration of flight seen this way, but basically all kits of -B’s are setup for clean forward flight, or the nozzle and fan for VTOL. While the doors close pretty quick with WoW, the fan and nozzle return to normal positions fairly quick too. So if you’re going to build it in VTOL, most of the time spent in that configuration should have those doors partly open. 

Edited September 14, 2023 by ESzczesniak

[Fullofit]

Already on preorder! That was quick!

https://wheelswingshobbies.com/tamiya-1-48-lockheed-martin-us-f-35b-lightning-ii/

[Homebee]

Source: https://twitter.com/ModelArtInc/status/1707554155479577063

 

 

 

V.P.

Edited September 30, 2023 by Homebee

[viper-30]

Definitely a get for me look fabulous 

[viper-30]

[hairystick]

The 3 variants of engine positioning looks rather splendid!

 

Definately going to get this kit.

[Bozothenutter]

Uh...oh........this I want....

[petetasker]

Well I’m shocked. I’ve absolutely no interest in the F-35 what so ever but I find myself wanting to pre-order - what’s going on?

[viper-30]

5 minutes ago, petetasker said:

Well I’m shocked. I’ve absolutely no interest in the F-35 what so ever but I find myself wanting to pre-order - what’s going on?

I felt exactly the Same not really my thing but was impressed by what I saw detail wise and it’s all of a sudden a must have 

[Homebee]

Source: https://twitter.com/morinosatoclub/status/1707611434442694734

 

 

V.P.

[GMK]

That looks amazing!

 

As the F35 now has 12 European operators, is it the true claimant to the “Eurofighter” title? 

[SharkOwl]

Detailed presentation at Tokyo of the Tamiya 1/48 scale F-35B !

😎

SharkOwl

 

Facebook reference from Gustav Jung :

https://www.facebook.com/gustav.jung.7/posts/pfbid02sxtafCZNhmUGKrsBWEcTgQYDwAq9tLFVyCPg6RTcALr5KnBcj7ngR8XDwFZPEypQl

 

Edited September 29, 2023 by SharkOwl

[TEXANTOMCAT]

I wonder which air force first put a logo or similar on the lift door?!

 

TT

[stalal]

This is the version I will definitely consider to buy. 

 

With its flaps, doors open and exhaust turned down, it looks like some character from Transformers movie  . 

[DaveJL]

Will have a bit of that!