All fingers legs arms and toes crossed here that this coming week brings this particular model subject much closer to reality; subject to wind and tide, we should see a real Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier at sea for the first time since HMS HERMES paid off back in the 1980s (no through-deck cruisers here!).
The markings for 809 Sqn in HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH and HMS PRINCE OF WALES are largely from my own imagination and courtesy of my inkjet printer, but perhaps not that far from the truth.
This is Fujimi's delightful 1/72 F-35B kit, with a little hacking about from me (e.g. the rather obvious auxiliary air inlet is missing on the kit) and my own decals.
I haven't fitted any weapons in the open bays yet - some scratch built Meteors and SPEAR 3s are on the workbench!
And as a comparison, this is alongside Italeri/Revell's X-35B kit
FLY (ROYAL) NAVY !
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Lovely models of an horrible looking aircraft.Well tidy.
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Very nicely done, Fred. Hopefully the aircraft and carrier(s) will fulfill the RN's needs for a good few years - a mind blowing amount of taxpayer's money has already been spent. I still can't help but wonder whether we would have been better either buying F-18s or going with with the more conventional version of the F-35 as per the U.S. Navy and stuck to catapults (HM Govt changed its mind on those and yet more money went down the drain!).
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That looks very nice. The light grey paint around some of the panels always gives it a, 'not quite finished, still in primer' look. Even on the full sized machines.
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Gorgeous Fred! You'd think for the nearly $1 trillion the US govt. spent on this program, it would be a little more pleasing to the eye. At least have an on board coffee maker! On second thought, that would add an extra million$ to the price.
Anyway lovely model you did wonderful with it.
Anyway lovely model you did wonderful with it.
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Both are great looking builds, one day I might even grow to like them
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Well, despite a few heart stopping moments, today has gone really well and once the tide drops tonight, HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH will pass under the 3 (yes 3, there were only 2 when we started) Forth Bridges and proceed to sea.
The largest and most complex machine ever built in Europe, designed in Bristol, built in Scotland (genuinely from girders!), definitely the pinnacle of my professional career (how do you top this?) and I can't wait for the first of our F-35s to land on.
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The largest and most complex machine ever built in Europe, designed in Bristol, built in Scotland (genuinely from girders!), definitely the pinnacle of my professional career (how do you top this?) and I can't wait for the first of our F-35s to land on.
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Really pleased for you Fred, and for all the other people involved with the builds; it'll be great to see her 'flying off' the new F35s in due course
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