Revell 1:48 F-117A Nighthawk

[andyrobs]

Hi guys, I haven't posted any of my builds lately, so I thought I'd share this one, the revell 1:48 scale F-117A Nighthawk!!!!

So far the cockpit tub is all assembled and fitted, along with the pilot.....

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...more updates to come!!!

Cheers, Andrew

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[Vajled]

nice cockpit and pilot ...

how is this kit? seems to be nice one?

Roman

 

[andyrobs]

Hi Roman, thanks for your comments, no problems with it so far, I'll let you know as I get on!!!!

Cheers, Andrew

 

[phalinmegob]

its a fun kit to build because its all straight lines so is easy for filling and sanding, its a while since i did this kit but i seem to remember it not needing much filling anyway

 

[Buttonman]

Gonna watch this buddy always wanted one but was woried about all the angles and serated edges.

Good luck

Martin

 

[yak face]

NIce kit andrew , great start too.I'll be watching this with interest cause ive got the monogram boxing of this kit in the stash, that one came with a P.E. fret too. cheers tony

 

[phalinmegob]

yeah mine had a fret of pe but was in a revell boxing, first time i had even seen a fret of pe and made a right pilchard of it, looked like i had applied superglue using a table tennis bat.

 

[andyrobs]

Hi guys, been a while since I posted on this one, mainly cosI kinda lost my modelling mojo for a while, but now its back and progress made!!!!

Some of the reason for my loss of mojo was down to the kit. I found a lot of the fit quite poor - big gaps with loadsa filling needed. It's mostly built and painted and decalling started.

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Cheers, Andrew

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[mossiepilot]

Thats a cracking Nighthawk Andy. I did the !:72 airfix, I think, ages ago, and putting the white inside the undercarriage bays was a pain.

Keep the pictures coming mate.

Tony.

 

[andyrobs]

Thats a cracking Nighthawk Andy. I did the !:72 airfix, I think, ages ago, and putting the white inside the undercarriage bays was a pain.Thanks Tony, the undercarriage bays were all seperate, and easy to paint inside before fitting

Cheers, Andrew

 

[Dave W]

A strange looking beast.I saw one fly over Dhahran Airbase in Saudi Arabia during the build up to the first Gulf war.One of our engineers from British Aerospace Australia got the sack for photographing one on the ground.Silly sod.

 

[yak face]

Looking good andy , its a fair old size when its assembled isnt it? I saw one of these at the waddington airshow in 1995 and was surprised at its size , in the pics yopu only imagine it to be quite small. cheers tony

 

[flyjoe180]

A weird aircraft indeed. They don't fly too well with a wing missing either. "It doesn't look like it could fly":

 

[andyrobs]

Another quick update, decals finished, rear wheels dry fitted, canopy painted and fitted, I messed it up a bit but it will have to do, this one has kinda done my head in a bit!!!!!

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And Tony, yup it is pretty big, about 40cm long I think

Next post will be in the completed section I think

Cheers, Andrew

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