F-117 1/144 [Dragon + Shelf Oddity]

[Lejgo_inc]

Hello everyone!
There is a locked subject somewhere in dungeons of kampfgruppe144 forum where I enthusiastically begin "quick build" of this kit ....around 2014. Then there was this idea of adding photoetched details to it. No one was doing PE for 1/144 F-117 so I ended up designing it myself. Thus, instead of a quick build it became prototyping tool for one of initial Shelf Oddity releases. Same goes for the decals. Looking at it from perspective - of the two: decals and photoetched - decals have far the more impact on end result. All this inevitably led to material fatigue, and the F-117 was lingering on WIP shelf for quite long.

Prototyping aspect of the model can be noted by comparing left and right main undercarriage doors. There are two types of the doors and I am here at my laziest by doing only one of each type.
Main u/c wheels have been replaced by res-im bits - the kit wheels are twice the required thickness.

 

This was in my sights:

 

...and where my journey finished:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for watching!

 

[F-32]

Love it, very cool!

[swralph]

Nice one.

Love the figure falling in the plane.😀

[foxhandybread]

This is really awesome, such a great level of detail for such a tiny model. And the mechanic who's dropped a tool inside is a great touch. Nice!

[HansReggelsen]

Great model and a funny setting! 

I didn't know that Ronald McDonald had a job on the side as a mechanic - you live and learn! 

 

Cheers 

Hans J

[alxzinbox]

So good! The landing gear especially look like they're a larger scale.  The weathering is subtle, and the streaks on the upper fuselage are perfect, especially given the scale

Couldn't help notice though- the streaks on the wing, shouldn't they be along the airflow as opposed to perpendicular to the panel line?

[Lejgo_inc]

20 hours ago, alxzinbox said:

So good! The landing gear especially look like they're a larger scale.  The weathering is subtle, and the streaks on the upper fuselage are perfect, especially given the scale

Couldn't help notice though- the streaks on the wing, shouldn't they be along the airflow as opposed to perpendicular to the panel line?

Thanks for taking a closer look! 

Glossy streaks coming from various spills and follow the airflow (the largest obviously being from aerial refuelling) - these are intuitive. The more dull ones are less so. It would seem they have something to do with structure of the wing. This can be noticed on the first photo in post - starboard wing. My other source photo shows them on starboard wing (again):

something is also happening closer to the root of port wing.

 

I noticed Ronald MacDonald really fancy working on F-117 - he even ditched his extravagant hairdo to stay on the job (cannot tell from this photo about the red nose though):

Edited December 19, 2020 by Lejgo_inc
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