In this new series we're building Tamiya's new F-35 Lightning. Starting in Part 1 with the cockpit and engine intakes. My Patreon pages are at www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=50...
One thing to say about Tamiya kits is the fit of the parts is fantastic, I love hearing the 'click' as some parts snap together. I would like to wish you and your family a safe and Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year.
@DL Thomson Isn’t that the truth about Tami kits? Their 1/32 Corsair kits are so well-fitting that they are an addictive pleasure to build. They certainly hooked me: I’ve built all three. I thought they couldn’t top them until they released their 1/48 P-38, which is an absolute wonder in that respect. Topping them all might be their big 1/32 de Havilland Mosquito we saw built here. They must set a frustrating example for other manufacturers. Few ever come close to matching their quality.
Merry christmas Steve, hope you have a great one and thanks for another years supply of inspiration. Love watching your videos mate, you are a true craftsman.
Got one of these stashed to work on soon. A note about the colour scheme for the F-35s, the paint is known as 'Have Glass', which is that peculiar, greyish brown, slightly metallic, satin look. Tamiya themselves don't make it, but it does exist in the AK Real Color line, as well as Hataka. I used it on the Tamiya rebox of the Italeri 1/72 F-35B kit. It probably still needed a little colour tweaking, and I recall the callouts for the RAM tape and the nose being one that was a little too bright (I think the actual colour is Light Ghost Grey, although some of the more recent U.S. aircraft are just painted all Have Glass with no marked out tape at all). Still, the modern stealth jets are always tricky to get an entirely accurate look for, especially the finish that changes depending on angle.
Tamiya make excellent kits, i'm waiting for the B variant in 1/48th scale and with this kit i can't wait till the B comes out. Great video, lots of info and detail. Keep up the good work and i am looking forward to part 2 😁
Great start, and I like many Steve was crying "Nose wheel gear!" at the screen as you were building the nose wheel bay 😫😫. I really enjoy the way you put your builds together. Have a good Christmas and New year and look forward to what you make in 2023.
@@TheModelShed hope so, like you say I’m hoping it’s going to be a quicker build, opting for something a bit different and considering going for the Norwegian air to air version and maybe have a crack at a base depicting an icy runway or something, feels like a build unlikely to get bogged down with…I actually had a couple of hours earlier to start on the cockpit while everyone else popped to the in-laws🤫
Just finished watching your good and bismarck vids what an amazing job. The stamina and patience needed you must be model superman !!!!! 🙏🙏🍺🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
Hi Steve, this looks to be a very interesting build, so I will be following it with a lot of interest, not certain if I will get one, but never say never, and I think Tamiya is still one of the best if not THE build manufacturers about, all the very best to you and your family for Christmas and I hope you all have a safe and Happy New Year, best wishes for 2023 from a Kiwi living in Australia.
Love to see you build something outside your comfort zone - it lets us see new techniques and watch you puzzle through less familiar problems. Would love to see you do a car or a civil airliner sometime. Who are you building this for? Commission, or gift?
I wouldn’t worry about that Ronald you shouldn’t really be glueing painted surfaces anyway - it reduces the effectiveness of the cement if it’s styrene as it relies on plastic-plastic contact to work. Scrape the paint off the mating surfaces before applying the glue. Most poly cement will burn through paint anyway but I try to paint complete assemblies wherever possible.
Firstly love you builds and I am looking on with keen interest on this one as mine has just arrived to me and I am pawing over it now trying to work it onto my bench. One thing I have to ask though is what is the actual fuselage colour... I am presuming it is a mix but I have pawed over all the paper in the kit and I cannot see what or how it is mixed... driving me crazy. Thanks in advance for consideration of my question.
is there something special about that cement you're using (I'm assuming it's Tamiya but I don't know specifically) that lets you use it on painted parts?
Loving the way this is going together…however, tackling the cockpit decals atm…are they some sort of sick joke from Tamiya?🤨. Having to bring out my full range of decal solutions to try to get them stuck down let alone conform!
You're having the same experience as I Steve. The only way I could get them down was by using the softener type decal adhesive - feels like there is little or none on the decals themselves. I'm very dubious about using the panel borders on my version - I'm gearing myself up to painting them. I'd better get some more masking tape..............
@@TheModelShed yeah, i agree, seems like there was no way they would stick on their own! I had some luck with the Tamiya stuff but found the Mr Hobby Mark Setter + Softer Neo seem to be working really quite well on the last one I tried🤞🏻
@@TheModelShed I’m doing a late version RAM that I THINK might be the same colour as the panels and doesn’t use the tape decals🤞🏻 I honestly don’t think I could cope with decals for the tape, let alone with these ones! The last 2 cockpit decals went on rather nicely with the MR Mark white setter underneath and on top followed by a few copious layers the MR Mark Softer Neo and finally really pulled down with Tamiya MarkFit Super Strong Mine were on top of some Tamiya LP that was unmarked by any of the solutions
Hi Sean. It isn’t glued in at this stage - just held in place by the side bulkheads. Tamiya put the block on top to keep it tucked up in the gear bay during the next few stages of the build. Later in the build Tamiya have you cutting the block off allowing you to finish off the nose gear. It’s a bit unnecessary IMO which is why I cut the block off now. The legs stays up in the bay anyway.
