shan Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Greetings Finally finished my F117. Had a few upgrades on this one: -Eduard photo etched interiors and exterior -Eduard Brassin F117 Wheels -Aires Cockpit This is my Nephew Nathans fav aircraft and i built it for him to appreciate. its also a tribute to my all time fav band http:// For those who are not familiar with the band, they fly their own aircraft http:// and is piloted by their lead singer, the amazing Bruce Dickinson http:// Here are some pics of the finished model, hope you enjoy them http:// http:// http:// http:// the noseart on the bomb bay is from Iron Maidens second album http://http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r516/shan1968/HARRIER/maidencomparison_zps74badd56.jpg i had always wondered on the inspiration for the noseart, and finally one day, i got a reply from the man who inked the noseart himself. The following was his reply to a post i made on a forum Hey, I was looking through some F117 pics on Google and came across your pic with the Iron Maiden album cover. I was pretty excited to see that someone caught that! I designed that "nose art", and came up with the name, The Toxic Avenger. I'm Ron Harmon btw.... (SGT Ronald Harmon). http://http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r516/shan1968/F117%20NIGHTHAWK/c2_zpsbwnbilnc.jpg You asked about the art work on my jet (813), so here you go.... sorry if it's too long.In 1990 we didn't have the Internet so the closest thing we could come up with in Saudi Arabia for an example of "a" Toxic Avenger was Iron Maidens mascot Eddie. Somebody had the Killers CD and that was a perfect pose, so I had the guy painting it for us put a pilots uniform on him. I wanted him to be holding the stick with one hand and dropping that bomb with the other. It was his idea to have the stick ripped out with the wires hanging out if it. I loved that!The bomb that he's dropping comes from the previous nose art which never actually got painted on the jet. The jets name was Special Delivery when I first got on the crew. Somebody before my time had painted a picture and hung it in the hanger. It was an awesome picture of a skeleton in a delivery mans uniform with the big bus driver cap. He was holding that round bomb with the fuse lit and had the words Special Delivery at the top of the pic. I really wish I could have gotten a copy of that. Like I said, it was awesome!When we got a new Crew Chief - Jerry Bies we renamed it to The Toxic Avenger. I came up with that name from that old B movie with the same name. Seemed fitting since everything on that plane was toxic! I didn't really expect it to be approved. When we got a new commander, Col. Whitley, he chose our jet to put his name on. I assume that was because of my superior mechanical skills in maintaining my jet to the very highest standards in quality and workmanship! haha. Anyway, that's why my name and my nose art is on the decals. The Wing Kings jet gets photographed a lot!Oh, and I painted the 29 bombs under the canopy too. That's 29 missions where we dropped at least one bomb.Anyway, that's my story. Hope it wasn't too long! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 the Noseart was from their second album [/url]">http:// as mentioned by SGT Ronald Harmon [/url]">http://http://s1169.photobucket.com/user/shan1968/media/F117%20NIGHTHAWK/c2_zpsbwnbilnc.jpg.html'> 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Nice Nighthawk, looks cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Some additional pics 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Very nicely done, that's an awesome plane, very cool to have the full back story of The Toxic Avenger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Superb model! I have a 48 version in the stash and could only hope to make it as good as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Really nice Nighthawk, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Great model and great story. I too worship at the altar of METAL. Seen the mighty Maiden many times! \m/ . . \m/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Great model and great story. I too worship at the altar of METAL. Seen the mighty Maiden many times! \m/ . . \m/ Wow lucky you, I managed to attend their concert in Singapore for their final frontier album. Great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Thank you all for your kind words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) Looks great with a great art. The Somewhere in time or Powerslave Eddie would also look great on it. Up the irons!! From Killers/ The number of the beast: Edited August 10, 2016 by bbudde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shan Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Looks great with a great art. The Somewhere in time or Powerslave Eddie would also look great on it. Up the irons!! From Killers/ The number of the beast: Thank you, yes, the somewhere in time Eddie would be superb, also being a conflict in the desert the Pharoh Eddie would also be a good choice. thanks for the link on the video. Enjoyed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 didnt realize that the F117 was quite a huge aircraft untill i put it in my cabinet [/url]">http://http://s1169.photobucket.com/user/shan1968/media/F117%20NIGHTHAWK/scale%20comparison_zpsmtqsvhoo.jpg.html'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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