F-117A Stealth Nighthawk

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July 17, 2023
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July 17, 2023
I cut all the control surfaces of the wings.
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July 17, 2023
And I also cut the vertical fins.
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December 2, 2023
The fuselage is glued together and the cockpit is installed.
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December 2, 2023
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December 2, 2023
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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December 2, 2023
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December 2, 2023
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December 2, 2023
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December 2, 2023
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January 31, 2024
Painting started with a black primer coat.
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January 31, 2024
Started an attempt to create some pre-shading. Or is there an other term for this?
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January 31, 2024
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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January 31, 2024
The same on the underside.
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January 31, 2024
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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January 31, 2024
A bit more close up.
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February 10, 2024
Working on the landing gear bays.
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February 16, 2024
Started with applying the decals.
I used a set of Microscale instead of the original decals.
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February 25, 2024
Decalling is ready and quite satisfied with the result.
The decals are very thin and don't show any silvering.
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February 25, 2024
After another gloss coat, I'm now working on some slight weathering.
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March 3, 2024
Okay, and then after a coat of extra flat varnish the landing gear is completed...
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March 3, 2024
...and installed, together with the doors.
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March 3, 2024
All of a sudden, the kit is completed.
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March 3, 2024
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March 3, 2024
I'm quite satisfied with the result.
At the moment I'm working on a small base to display it.
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March 10, 2024
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.
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March 10, 2024
As a little bonus, some pictures of the kit displayed on the base.
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March 10, 2024
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March 10, 2024
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March 10, 2024
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March 10, 2024

Comments

31 17 July 2023, 21:57

Sergej I
Nice progress 👍

3 December 2023, 13:55

Jennifer Franklin
following 👀

1 February, 02:24

Maciej Bellos
Looking good!

1 February, 04:02

Remco van Haren
Welcome everyone. I hope the end result is worth it.

1 February, 17:53

Nicolas
I'm in.

2 February, 20:10

Album info

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.

F-117A Stealth Nighthawk

31 images

1:72

Completed

1:72 F-117A Stealth Nighthawk (Italeri 189)

1:72 F-117A Stealth Fighters (Microscale 72-618)

1:72 F-16 / F-18 Pilots (PJ Production 721124)

1:72 Lockheed F-117 "Nighthawk" wheels set (ResKit RS72-0016)

Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk

US Air Force (1947-now)
37 TFW
1990 - Tonopah, NV
black overall

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