F-117A Nighthawk
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So far, so good with the photo etch. It really isn’t as daunting once you’ve done a few bends
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Glosscoat applied, and a bit of wash will be added before gluing the pre-painted photo etch
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Cockpit is mostly assembled. It think I prefer resin detail sets over the photo etch ones
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I’m still surprised at how big this fighter is. I’ve removed the horizontal control surfaces to put them in a negative attitude
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But if seam filling. This project has been put to the side for the time being
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A last look at the cockpit before I glue the canopy
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All external photoetch is attached.
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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.
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Some filler where I cut the flaps off. I’m still looking for source material to see how the flaps are connected
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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
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Seams are improving. One more round of sanding and putty should do the trick
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The glue mess has been fixed on the flaps
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Lots of progress today. The tail fins are attached and the landing gear bay doors are positioned to be painted
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Launcher assembly and gbu-27s are assembled.
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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
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Komentarzy
35 28 November 2021, 05:03
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Keep calm and carry on! 😉 Watching with interest and pleasure, of course!
28 November 2021, 07:29
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Take a seat - I made this in 2016 ( modellversium.de/galerie/artikel.php?id=12329 )
29 November 2021, 05:52
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A fantastic build oliver. Do you remember if you used the kit's intake parts under the photo etch intake grill, or just the photo etch part?
30 November 2021, 03:12
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I glued the under the photo etch intake grill on the kit´s part , did not cut a hole before 😉
14 January 2022, 06:03
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I ended up not using the kit part, nor did I hollow out the intake area. I'm very excited to be back on this build after quite some time away.
22 August 2023, 23:52
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Very cool, following! If I'm not mistaken there's a pretty new Detail & Scale for the F-117 out there, might have answers for your flap connection question.
15 September 2023, 13:48
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That's a fantastic suggestion, can't believe I didn't think about that
15 September 2023, 15:51
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This is my first time using extensive photo etch, so it will be a valueable experience for when I get started on the USS Freedom