LM F-35A Lightning II 1/48 (Tamiya) [trying to make grey more interesting] Build and final reveal

I built Lockheed Martin F-35 A Lightning II 1/48 and really enjoyed this build Manufacturer Tamiya Model Number 61124 Date of release New tool 2022 Price paid 75€ Decals in the box For 9 planes Extras None Airbrush used Fengda FE-183K, Badger 360, Badger Xtreme Patriot 105 High points Very good surface details, goes together very nicely, many decal options, many options for open/close Low points Some raster in some decals Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:31 Reference pictures 0:40 Unboxing 1:22 Build 3:20 Cockpit done 3:35 Build continues 4:52 pin wash/panel lining methods 8:15 Masking 9:41 Painting 12:40 Decalling 13:28 Weathering 14:58 Final assembly 17:55 Final reveal rotating 18:44 Final reveal photos 19:11 Final reveal detail photos 19:48 With other planes 20:23 Conclusions There are a lot of partsin this box, and option is also for drag parashute. There are decals for 9 versions. Weapons bay is finest ejection molded details I have seen and there are no too many parts to include. I bought this F-35 for the nice weapons bay. Build was very enjoyable and kit vent together nicely as you expect from current Tamiya kit. I liked very much the landing gear strut installation style, as the landing gear legs goes automatically into right pose and are as sturdy as they can possibly be. There are weapons and pilot which is very nice and options for opened and closed weapons bay and canopy, which is really nice. I would build this again, but perhaps F-35B or F-35C (hopefully Tamiya makes this too..) instead. Music by: Lesfm / Pixabay