weirich1 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I built Meng's Ford F-350 pickup, it went together beautifully; same results with their F-35A so far. The weapons bays and landing gear wells snapped right into position during assembly. The intake assembly is simply amazing, no seams at all. The fuselage looks great, more details on that once the glue cures later and the tape is removed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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caudleryan Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Excellent! Just started one myself and the fit is phenomenal! I'm doing mine with the weapons bays closed, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ichitoe Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) This is kit is on my "To Buy" list. I'll be watching the progression of your build. Mike Edited December 17, 2018 by Ichitoe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weirich1 Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) After the glue is cured I only had to putty two areas--the strakes on both sides. Edited December 17, 2018 by weirich1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weirich1 Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Here is a testimony showing the tolerances on part fit--The vertical tails do not have any glue on them, being held in place by the airframe. Unfortunately the wing to fuselage seam is going to require some extra attention, holy gap! The lower are barely noticeable thankfully. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weirich1 Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 The Mission Models FS36170 Have Glass Gray really captures the unique coating on the aircraft; secondary color is FS36270. The "C" next to it is my previous build painted with FS36118 and FS36375. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weirich1 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) Weapons load crew visited yesterday I decided to paint all the SDBs in shades of green instead of Light Ghost Gray FS36375 to provide some contrast with the airframe. I painted the wingtip rail for the AIM-9Xs Gunship Gray FS36118. Edited December 31, 2018 by weirich1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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