Italeri | No. 829 | 1:48 | Lockheed F-117A Stealth Nighthawk
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63 17 September 2021, 08:06
NeilHi Arif 🙂 thanks very much 😊 very kind. I'm a bit further along now too. So the blending looks better... Must get some of the newer pics on here 👍
19 December 2021, 17:48
Robert PodkońskiWatching, of course, with pleasure 😉 From time to time I am tempted to purchase a Nighthawk kit... 😉
19 December 2021, 18:07
NeilHi Robert 🙂 you're always welcome. 👍 I have four of these in the stash. This is bash one, i thought I'd build this simultaneously with the F-19 and U2c also currently on the bench... I spie myself a trio of stealthy builds on the radar mate! 😉
19 December 2021, 21:34
Konrad -A little bit late but here I am😬!
Looking forward to your next steps Neil
20 December 2021, 09:11
NeilHi Konrad and Ricardo 🙂 welcome aboard, thanks for your kind words. Hopefully I'll do your interest justice 🙂 👍
20 December 2021, 15:20
JvLooking good
Yes I think most of us don't have all the best tools we like to have
But its turning out very nice
Look forward to see what its going to look like
7 March 2022, 11:28
James CI've got the Tamiya kit in the stash, but haven't attempted it yet due to the large surface area and being overall black. No easy task to break-up the monotone colour like your doing. Following 👀
7 March 2022, 16:51
NeilHi Jv, Nathan and James C 👍 thanks for commenting. Yes, updated some imagery today, you're right @James C - I'm trying(!) to accomplish that... Very much glad to have you here mates 🙂
7 March 2022, 17:19
NeilThanks very much WhiteGlint and Roland, very kind 🙂 great to have both of you here 👍
9 March 2022, 21:39
NeilHi all 🙂 So I'm still catching up... I've got around to taking reveal pictures for many of my previous build albums. I shall be updating each and including a few build notes in the description too - especially on the bits I messed up! Broke! Dropped! etc. This time I present my version of the Italeri Nighthawk, completed back in 2022.
As usual I made a few mistakes on this build, not least broke (and lost) the antennas on the leading edge. Of course, I could have made something else work, but to be honest I've got this aircraft several times more in the stash. So I'll just make a better job next time! Hahaha! The aged decals with the kit were also completely unusable, so on this occasion I had to buy an aftermarket set.
I learned a lot about how to try and mimic/paint that stealth finish, my next effort will be better. I also used a healthy dollop of artistic licence too in highlighting the angular shape/edges. Thanks to all who showed interest and liked, it's very much appreciated from such a talented lot as you guys. Hope you like my efforts. 👍
5 March, 09:51
Album info
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a semi-retired American single-seat, twin-engine stealth attack aircraft that was developed by Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works division and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). It was the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology.
