Hobby Boss 1/48 YF-23 Black Widow II
This has been one of my favourite designs since I was a child. I had fun building this and tried a few new ideas like tinting the canopy and colour variation on the heat tiles in the exhaust. This was also the first kit I used pre-shading on. The canopy tint is very thin copper and Tamiya smoke layered up until I was happy with the effect. I think it works quite nicely. It was too big to fit in my display cabinet so it was wall mounted next to the 1/72 Valkyrie.
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Craig Abrahamson said on July 27, 2019
Great lookin' build, sir...I never knew the YF-23 was called the Black Widow II (ya learn sumthin' every day) - I like your B-70, too. 🙂
Matt Buxton said on July 27, 2019
Thanks mate!
Robert Royes said on July 27, 2019
Always liked the YF-23, yours came out great! That B-70 looks cool too, why not post that also.
Matt Buxton said on July 27, 2019
That's the only pic I have of it. Plus any closer shots will show had patchy the paint job is.
Tom Cleaver said on July 27, 2019
I remember seeing the YF-23 parked over in a corner of Hawthorne Airport some 20 years ago, very forlorn. I remember hearing it went to a museum, but not which one.
Nice work on this.
Matt Buxton said on July 27, 2019
Thank you.
Josh Patterson said on July 28, 2019
They are both in museums. PAV1 (the dark one) is at the NMUSAF in Dayton Ohio and PAV2 (your model) at the Western Museum of Flight in Torrance California.
George R Blair Jr said on July 28, 2019
I always liked the looks of the YF-23 better than the F-22. Your build really captures the look!
Matt Buxton said on July 28, 2019
Same here. Thanks.
Greg Kittinger said on July 30, 2019
Looks great! I too have build a -23 - I just love the shape of it.