Thadeus Posted November 25, 2024 Share Posted November 25, 2024 Wonder if there will be a special boxing with the one featured in Top Gun 2... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kozlok Posted November 28, 2024 Share Posted November 28, 2024 (edited) So the most important question, when is the navy going to transition the Jolly Rogers to the F-35C? Edited November 28, 2024 by kozlok Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted November 28, 2024 Share Posted November 28, 2024 @kozlokI've been thinking the same but not deared to ask 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Williams Posted December 5, 2024 Share Posted December 5, 2024 Out now! In stock at Scale Hobbyist and Squadron as of this writing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Roof Posted December 5, 2024 Author Share Posted December 5, 2024 1 hour ago, Dave Williams said: Out now! In stock at Scale Hobbyist and Squadron as of this writing. Nice! Just ordered 4 of them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrew.deboer Posted December 5, 2024 Share Posted December 5, 2024 Stevens Distributing even has them in stock, and they historically have lagged behind online retailers. So I walked into my local shop and they ordered me one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 Sprue Bros has them today Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robert Garelli Posted December 11, 2024 Share Posted December 11, 2024 My local hobby shop called me today and let me know it has arrived as I had one on backorder. Looking forward to picking it up tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichB63 Posted December 11, 2024 Share Posted December 11, 2024 Interestingly, it’s the least expensive of the 3 in Tamiya’s range. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Williams Posted December 11, 2024 Share Posted December 11, 2024 16 minutes ago, RichB63 said: Interestingly, it’s the least expensive of the 3 in Tamiya’s range. Yeah that’s interesting. I can see the B being a little more with the lift fan parts, unweighted and weighted gear struts, stand, and exhaust position options, but I’m surprised the C is cheaper than the A. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sodasorb Posted December 11, 2024 Share Posted December 11, 2024 Still waiting for my pre-order. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor01 Posted December 11, 2024 Share Posted December 11, 2024 Ordered one from SB this AM. In Stock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Williams Posted December 14, 2024 Share Posted December 14, 2024 Mine arrived today. Pretty impressive kit. You get two sets of outer wings with a total of four AIM-9X and launchers, so you can build both extended and folded wings and swap them out later. Not sure how many people will actually be doing this, but it’s in there. A fair amount of new parts from the A kit. About the only reused parts seem to be the engine, intakes, canopy, most of the cockpit, the weapons and weapons bay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted December 14, 2024 Share Posted December 14, 2024 Furball has decals available for it too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annie.shikinami Posted December 14, 2024 Share Posted December 14, 2024 i just got mine in today. it's a fantastic looking kit as expected. however as someone who likes to build stuff in-flight i'm pretty disappointed in the way all the control surfaces are done. all of the control surfaces on the wings are molded in the down position, and the rudders are toed-in. unless i'm missing something there doesn't seem to be an option to build them any other way. i think some of them could just be fixed by clipping off the attachment tabs but the trailing edge flaps for example are molded in such a way that if you straighten them out there's a huge gap. funnily enough the nose gear doors seem like they could be closed up with a little work, something that was really difficult to do on the F-35A as the doors were too large to fit the nose gear bay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 14, 2024 Share Posted December 14, 2024 Picked one up today. But its going to sit in the un-opened box until decals come out with AJ on the tails. Sitting with the un-opened A model, waiting for Canadian decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted December 15, 2024 Share Posted December 15, 2024 I've just noticed the VMFA-314 option is in the box. I never seen it on the promotional materials. Nice though - both USMC squadrons OOB - if You like Tamiya decals that is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted December 15, 2024 Share Posted December 15, 2024 My kits are stuck in USPS Purgatory in Chattanooga. Apparently their tracking system went t!ts up a couple of weeks ago and no one knows where anything is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 15, 2024 Share Posted December 15, 2024 11 minutes ago, habu2 said: My kits are stuck in USPS Purgatory in Chattanooga. Apparently their tracking system went t!ts up a couple of weeks ago and no one knows where anything is. Be glad it did not route through Canada. We have been under a postal strike for a month now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarathi S. Posted December 16, 2024 Share Posted December 16, 2024 11 hours ago, habu2 said: My kits are stuck in USPS Purgatory in Chattanooga. Apparently their tracking system went t!ts up a couple of weeks ago and no one knows where anything is. I was fortunate, my Squadron order got caught in that same snafu but somehow escaped safely Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted December 16, 2024 Share Posted December 16, 2024 19 hours ago, habu2 said: My kits are stuck in USPS Purgatory in Chattanooga. Apparently their tracking system went t!ts up a couple of weeks ago and no one knows where anything is. Same with me. I should have just driven the 1.5 hours down and picked it up in person. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted December 16, 2024 Share Posted December 16, 2024 What I don't know is if the kits are really on their way but just not in the USPS tracking system, or if they're just sitting in a post office warehouse waiting for them to fix the problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted December 17, 2024 Share Posted December 17, 2024 On 12/13/2024 at 10:06 PM, phantom said: Picked one up today. But its going to sit in the un-opened box until decals come out with AJ on the tails. Sitting with the un-opened A model, waiting for Canadian decals. What squadron has AJ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Roof Posted December 17, 2024 Author Share Posted December 17, 2024 31 minutes ago, eraucubsfan said: What squadron has AJ? Whichever squadrons are assigned to CVW-8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted December 17, 2024 Share Posted December 17, 2024 2 minutes ago, Dave Roof said: Whichever squadrons are assigned to CVW-8 Thanks Dave, is there a F-35 squadron assigned to CVW-8 yet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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