F-117A Nighthawk

So far, so good with the photo etch. It really isn’t as daunting once you’ve done a few bends 

 

 

Glosscoat applied, and a bit of wash will be added before gluing the pre-painted photo etch 

 

Cockpit is mostly assembled. It think I prefer resin detail sets over the photo etch ones 

 

I’m still surprised at how big this fighter is. I’ve removed the horizontal control surfaces to put them in a negative attitude  

 

But if seam filling. This project has been put to the side for the time being 

 

 

A last look at the cockpit before I glue the canopy 

 

All external photoetch is attached. 

 

This idea popped into my head. It would be a neat variation of the farewell scheme. This rudimentary edit doesn't really capture what I'm thinking, but the general idea would be the american flag fading/coming out of the dark edges. A mix off medium/dark gray, black, navy, and rubber black would give it some nice dimension. My only concern is that in order to really make the effect work properly, I would need to cover too much of the farewell theme. 

Some filler where I cut the flaps off. I’m still looking for source material to see how the flaps are connected 

 

I’m a moment of madness, I attached the flaps before fully removing the seam between fuselage and wings. I also need to do some cleanup of the flaps as I got glue everywhere  

 

Seams are improving. One more round of sanding and putty should do the trick 

The glue mess has been fixed on the flaps 

Lots of progress today. The tail fins are attached and the landing gear bay doors are positioned to be painted 

 

Launcher assembly and gbu-27s are assembled. 

Fully primed. There are some imperfections that I’m still not fully happy with, so I will go back and do some touch ups with the putty