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That looks fantastic! The folding wings really are genius!
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I'm so on board with this build! It's looking excellent so far. Curious to see what you do with the inlet bump. Do you know armament yet? I was completing mine for a group build (ended this past weekend) so I had no choice but to finish! Super excited to see how @Rizon build turns out. Like MiG-37's, there can't be too many F-117N's.
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Thanks for the kind words guys, I'm glad you like it!
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I don't have a made up backstory, but in the 90's Lockheed was really pitching this idea to the US Navy. Here is a summary from Tacairnet:
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I just finished this for a GB on another site. Largely 3-D printed, with the front 2/3 of the upper fuselage coming from the Hasegawa F-117 kit. Vacuformed canopy and landing gear are from a 1:72 F-14.
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CCCP Стелс истребитель MiG-37B Ferret E
jalles replied to Mikey-1980's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
This is looking awesome! I really like the high contrast black (or is that a really dark grey)!- 102 replies
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😂 That's very true! The funny thing is I just read Yefim Gordon's book on the MiG-29/35 where he mentions what you're talking about. Had I know earlier, maybe I would have put them on the inside of the verticalish stabilizers. Although I think one of my other considerations was having the decals contrast enough with the paint that they could be seen so I put them on the lighter color. Thanks for the information Serge!
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I stretched the bottom fuselage of the kit, smoothed it out and used that as a mold for vacuforming. I scratch built the wheel wells and weapons bays with strip and sheet styrene as well as some Aves Apoxie Sculpt.
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CCCP Стелс истребитель MiG-37B Ferret E
jalles replied to Mikey-1980's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
I don't want to thread-jack Mikey-1980's interesting build so I just posted it in the finished build section https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235074933-mig-37-smt-172-whif/- 102 replies
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I mentioned this model in another post and I didn't want to thread-jack an interesting build so I thought I'd post it here. It's from a group build I did a couple years ago using the old 80's Italeri kit which I lengthened and modified. The original kit had two very small weapons bays, I wanted to give a it a more realistic internal payload which is why I lengthened it. My second goal was to make it look more "stealthy", as these kits were made before stealth aircraft where known to the public.
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CCCP Стелс истребитель MiG-37B Ferret E
jalles replied to Mikey-1980's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
I'm not sure if you're planning on hanging them under the wings or putting them in the internal bay, but I don't think they'll fit. I did a 1/72 version and lengthened it by 3cm and still barely got 2 KAB-500's in an internal bay.- 102 replies
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Wow, this is coming along well, I'm looking forward to the finished product. The landing gear look great, I'm going to need to learn how to do that since I always seem to be in need of landing gear.
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jalles replied to Mikey-1980's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
I love those old Testors/Italeri "stealth" kits from the 80's. I built a stretched version of the ferret that blends a little bit of the Mig-2000 with the testors kit (splinter camo too). I'm super excited to see how this one turns out.- 102 replies
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I'm using the 1/72 Hasegawa "Grey Dragon" kit. Like yours, there's not much left, I'm only using about 75% of the top and the vertical stabilizers. The rest is 3D printed with some scratch built details in the weapons bay and wheel wells. I'll be using F-14 landing gear. Your scratch built landing gear are really nice. What type of 3D printer did you use for the wheels, the detail looks very good. While I was doing research for this project I think I saw the same models you mentioned above. I think the geometry on mine is better, but not perfect either. I think the later concepts had more volume in the fuselage, mine seems a little flatter. I also went with the earlier V-shaped exhausts vs. the F-22 style. So cool seeing someone else doing this, I'm really excited to see more of your build. Jason
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Oddly enough, I'm working on an F-117N as well. It's interesting to see how you're tackling some of the same issues that I had. Although sadly, mine won't have folding wings or movable flaps, which look awesome by the way. I can't wait to see how yours turns out!