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Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 02:02 AM UTC
Coming soon from Kitty Hawk is a quarterscale kit of the F-35B STOVL strike fighter.

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Keeperofsouls2099
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Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 06:49 AM UTC
Finally I will take 1 please
Tojo72
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Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 07:24 AM UTC
That is good news,I must confess ignorance though as I have never heard of the company.what is the quality of their kits ?
Keeperofsouls2099
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Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 07:52 AM UTC
With little research they seem to be new on the scene with only a F-94 in the line.but from what i've seen of that aircraft they look very promising.
ViperEnforcer
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Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 12:51 PM UTC
The rendering doesn't look promising (way too chunky), so will have to wait and see what the plastic looks like. Seeing this and other F-35s taxi by on a daily basis sure has warmed me up to the jet. It's come a long way from ship 1.

Not holding my breath, especially on a subject that has very little access.

mike_espo
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Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 12:49 PM UTC
Looks Nice! Would like to see the "C" Carrier version.
Littorio
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Posted: Monday, May 28, 2012 - 08:51 AM UTC
Well I'll take a C variant if they do one and which ever the variant the FAA end up getting.
drabslab
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Posted: Monday, May 28, 2012 - 07:43 PM UTC
Promising!

But a bit too soon for me. I usually do not build prototypes. I would like to see that plane enter full production first.
ViperEnforcer
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Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 08:12 AM UTC
I agree.
Even though the prototypes are not flying anymore (only the EMD Aircraft are), there have been signifcant design changes to the airframe; enough so that it's just not a good time to be making a kit of the jet.

Once the final production versions are out, that would be the time to more accurately protray the F-35 line up in kit form.



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