WIP - F-117A

Simple cockpit

Nighthawk engines

Dry fit

1.Sand and putty 2.Goto 1

Putty, putty and more putty

I think it's ok now

Top view

Shaded and painted GBUs

Some bottom preshading

And experimental top one

Bottom with few layers of very thinned paint

Same on top

Closer view

More highlights

Another layers of thinned paint

Another layers of thinned paint

And another closer view

Bay doors

Gloss and decals top

Gloss and decals bottom

Finished GBU's and bay doors.

Added all parts and some mode highlights and dirt

Applied flat lacquer, attached wheels, removed masks and added some stains and striking.

Overall bottom view - top side is not ready still working on those tricky exhaust.

Closer view

Top wiew

With from close up

And engine exhausts - not very pleased with them - need to work some more

Preshading base

Painting stars

And white stripes

Base painted

Added postshading and pigments

With model

Comments

1 5 October 2018, 06:33

Wim van der Luijt
That black paint job is starting to look really good!

29 October 2018, 11:40

Scott Dutton
Three in 32nd, where do you find the time

29 October 2018, 12:44

Maciej Bellos
Following!

29 October 2018, 20:59

Przemek Przybulewski
Thank you Wim.
Scott - well, yes - in many cases I'm waiting for some parts, or models are in different stage, so I'm jumping from one to another.
Maciej - welcome and thank you.

30 October 2018, 14:44

Przemek Przybulewski
Close to the finish and as usual the closer to the end of the worse.
I'm working on exhaust and I got stuck.
There so little good quality pictures of Nighthawk exhaust. On most of them it looks different. Rusty, brownish, grey, dirty white, less shiny, metal shiny - Nighthawk is turning to Nightmare.

10 November 2018, 11:33

Scott Dutton
Mottled black looks great

11 November 2018, 13:35

Neuling
Wird super!

11 November 2018, 16:48

Łukasz Gliński
Nice shading Sir, will keep the link as an tutorial for my 1/72nd (to be built one day) 👍

12 November 2018, 17:49

Markus Antonius
real nice effort on that paint job... regarding those exhausts: well.. there is always more than one truth 🙂 but the ones i have seen are more like white... like a salty crust

12 November 2018, 18:20

Spanjaard
excellent on getting that black to look fantastic

12 November 2018, 23:36

Przemek Przybulewski
Thanks guys. Lukasz, no need to Sir me 😉
As for the exhausts - it bothers me a lot - if I could only lay my hand on one good photo then I would be able to replicate it. But now, I'm forced to experiment.

13 November 2018, 18:28

Markus Antonius
i got some photos, but i think they are b/w - and propably from books you have too... i can check this evening if you like

14 November 2018, 06:22

Przemek Przybulewski
Thank you Markus and yes, please - it would be great.

14 November 2018, 10:20