F-117A Stealth Nighthawk
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I cut all the control surfaces of the wings.
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And I also cut the vertical fins.
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The fuselage is glued together and the cockpit is installed.
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The cockpit is occupied by a member of the PJ Productions family: an F-16 jockey that fits pretty good in this cockpit as well.
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Painting started with a black primer coat.
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Started an attempt to create some pre-shading. Or is there an other term for this?
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Anyway, it is to get some variety in the all black surface. This is the result after the first coat of Vallejo 71.251 NATO-Black.
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The same on the underside.
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And this is after a second thin coat of NATO-Black. The picture doesn't show the end result so well. The live view looks better.
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A bit more close up.
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Working on the landing gear bays.
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Started with applying the decals.
I used a set of Microscale instead of the original decals.
I used a set of Microscale instead of the original decals.
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Decalling is ready and quite satisfied with the result.
The decals are very thin and don't show any silvering.
The decals are very thin and don't show any silvering.
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After another gloss coat, I'm now working on some slight weathering.
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Okay, and then after a coat of extra flat varnish the landing gear is completed...
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...and installed, together with the doors.
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All of a sudden, the kit is completed.
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I'm quite satisfied with the result.
At the moment I'm working on a small base to display it.
At the moment I'm working on a small base to display it.
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The small base is ready and the F-117 can be displayed on it.
As you can see, it is made of a small photo-frame.
As you can see, it is made of a small photo-frame.
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As a little bonus, some pictures of the kit displayed on the base.
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31 17 July 2023, 21:57
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A trip down memory lane.
I got this kit some 30 years ago as a gift to a subscription on "Airplane - Aviation Encyclopedia". It was about the same time some F-117's were deployed to Gilze-Rijen AFB in the Netherlands for excercise Coronet Havoc.
This was of course a big sensation, especially for the Dutch airplane spotters.
So, I reckoned that it's about time to build this kit.