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1/72 Italeri Lockheed F-35A Lightning II & B61-12

Subject:
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
US US Air Force (1947-now)
422 TES 07-5009
2012 - Nellis AFB, NV
Scale:
1:72
Status:
Completed
Started:
November 24, 2020

This build started in 2018.

We visited RAF Marham in August which was during the RAF's transition period from the Panavia Tornado GR.4 to the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II.
After seeing my final ever Airborne Tonka and first ever RAF F-35B it inspired me to build a variant of F-35.
I got as far as painting but due to the very complex 2 tone grey scheme I shelved the model for nearly 6 months.

After restarting I had the aircraft itself finished within 2 weeks.

I modified 2 F-16 outer pylons into F-35 pylons and used a set of AIM-9X's from a previously built Tamiya F-16CJ.

She's sat in the display cabinet for up to a year now with empty bomb bays and a black afterburner until last night when I painted the inner after burner white.

I read up a few days ago that the USAF F-35A has just been certified to carry the B61-12 Nuclear bomb.
This got me thinking.
Maybe mine could carry one?
After looking through my online stash it turns out I have 2 B61's in the Italeri NATO Arms set so it's all go now!

Project inventory

Full kits
1331
Lockheed Martin
F-35A Lightning II
Italeri 1:72
1331 2013 New tool
Detail and Conversion sets
177
USA/NATO Aircraft Arms
Italeri 1:72
177 1989 New tool Multi-topic (27)
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Photoalbums

27 images
1/72 Italeri Lockheed F-35A Lightning II & B61-12View album, image #27
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1:72 F-35A Lightning II (Italeri 1331)1:72 USA/NATO Aircraft Arms (Italeri 177)

Part of my Collections

Fifth Generation Aircraft
Ideas 6×Completed 2×
Nuclear Madness
Ideas 9×Completed 3×
Red Flag
Ideas 10×Completed 11×On hold 1×
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Ideas 3×Completed 3×
United States Air Forces Europe
Ideas 9×In progress 1×Completed 4×

Comments

1 24 November 2020, 02:39