Hasegawa 1/72 F-117A Nighthawk
- Duke Maddog
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Re: Hasegawa 1/72 F-117A Nighthawk
Excellent choice Stuart. This will be fun to watch. I need to build another one too so I can replace the one stolen...
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
Re: Hasegawa 1/72 F-117A Nighthawk
Stolen? What?!
Now that I've finished my Sabre and FW190, it's time to get this one back on the bench - here's where I was with it...
(God I'm looking forward to getting rid of that shiny plastic!)
I just need to fix the canopy in place before I can start painting. Since touching this last in April, I've since purchased some black primer and some Tamiya NATO black as I hear it's a good copy. I've also just ordered some masks for the canopy as I don't fancy cutting tape to match all those triangles - & before anyone dies of shock at the thought of me actually masking, one of the things the FW taught me was the value of doing this - especially as I've moved over to spray clear coats...
I haven't tried the Mr Hobby Super Clear Gloss yet, but the Citadel was used on the FW, it dries a nice satin/semi-matt. I might actually spray the u/c bays on this one too.
Cheers!
Now that I've finished my Sabre and FW190, it's time to get this one back on the bench - here's where I was with it...
(God I'm looking forward to getting rid of that shiny plastic!)
I just need to fix the canopy in place before I can start painting. Since touching this last in April, I've since purchased some black primer and some Tamiya NATO black as I hear it's a good copy. I've also just ordered some masks for the canopy as I don't fancy cutting tape to match all those triangles - & before anyone dies of shock at the thought of me actually masking, one of the things the FW taught me was the value of doing this - especially as I've moved over to spray clear coats...
I haven't tried the Mr Hobby Super Clear Gloss yet, but the Citadel was used on the FW, it dries a nice satin/semi-matt. I might actually spray the u/c bays on this one too.
Cheers!
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Re: Hasegawa 1/72 F-117A Nighthawk
He's not the only one. I had not one, but TWO model.kits stolen from me under my nose IN MY OWN HOME!
I had a 1/48 scale Tamiya A-10 Warthog kit and a 1/144 scale B-52 Stratofortress kit that included markings for Griffiss AFB - at the time Griffiss was a victim of Air Force base realignment for closures.
I bought that kit at a LHS a the time where a lot of Griffiss AF personnel were grabbing them for keepsakes and to build them. (Griffiss AFB is located 1/2 hr drive from me)
I had moved in our house a year and I knew where I stored them in my basement. I suspected we had contractors fixing our drainage issues in the basement (Roto Router) that swiped them for themselves.
I keep convincing myself I must've hid them elsewhere but gave up searching. I had accepted they were stolen. By then, I couldn't prove they stole it because it could have been other contractors we had come to the house (furnace repairman, electrician or carpet folks on our stairs).
I still love to get that B-52 kit again though.
I had a 1/48 scale Tamiya A-10 Warthog kit and a 1/144 scale B-52 Stratofortress kit that included markings for Griffiss AFB - at the time Griffiss was a victim of Air Force base realignment for closures.
I bought that kit at a LHS a the time where a lot of Griffiss AF personnel were grabbing them for keepsakes and to build them. (Griffiss AFB is located 1/2 hr drive from me)
I had moved in our house a year and I knew where I stored them in my basement. I suspected we had contractors fixing our drainage issues in the basement (Roto Router) that swiped them for themselves.
I keep convincing myself I must've hid them elsewhere but gave up searching. I had accepted they were stolen. By then, I couldn't prove they stole it because it could have been other contractors we had come to the house (furnace repairman, electrician or carpet folks on our stairs).
I still love to get that B-52 kit again though.
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Re: Hasegawa 1/72 F-117A Nighthawk
I now how you feel Blacksheep. What hurt worse for me was that mine were already built. I have yet to build replacements so far. I've got to get on that....
The Duke
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
Virtuoso of Miniatures
"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
Re: Hasegawa 1/72 F-117A Nighthawk
Man that sucks Guys - I hope they superglued them to their arses!
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Re: Hasegawa 1/72 F-117A Nighthawk
Wow. I've never had a model stolen. That would piss me off and no one would be safe.
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Re: Hasegawa 1/72 F-117A Nighthawk
Come to think of it, while I was cleaning up debris from a downed limb of a past Friday's storm, I saw a tandem of F-117s over my head heading to Griffiss AFB direction.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Hasegawa 1/72 F-117A Nighthawk
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Re: Hasegawa 1/72 F-117A Nighthawk
Looks good Stuart! I only saw F-117s twice. Once as a ground display at the El Toro open house air show in the mid 90s, and a flight demonstration at Edwards AFB Open House a year or so later. The 117 is a lot more agile in flight than I thought that it would be.
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Re: Hasegawa 1/72 F-117A Nighthawk
Thanks Carlos! I'm just trying to sort out the streaking in the clear coats (I may have actually come up with a plan to get rid of that issue permanently) and then it's onto the final assembly.Stikpusher wrote:Looks good Stuart! I only saw F-117s twice. Once as a ground display at the El Toro open house air show in the mid 90s, and a flight demonstration at Edwards AFB Open House a year or so later. The 117 is a lot more agile in flight than I thought that it would be.
I'd love to have seen one. I hadn't appreciated just how big this jet was!
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