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  1. my favs are F`s
    Awesome build so far! Just a hint: maybe these braces need some thinning. If they are like that with so huge flat sides, they would interupt the airflow quite a bit. 😉
  2. my favs are F`s
    And because it's hard to capture all the things that move on pix, I took a short vid 🙂
  3. my favs are F`s
    The trapezes are adjusted and glued... well, they move actually 🙂 I can't count how many hinges went in but they are a lot. Only the launching rails are testfitted on some of the pics. FIrst, a couple in an extended mode: Here is how they look retracted. THere will be plenty of space inside the bay even for bombs so they will be actually a little bit more extended.:
  4. my favs are F`s
    Oh, that's quite an improvement.... the bomb bay side walls are installed and that completely straighten the flat bottom of the fuselage. Check out now the longer edges of the bomb bay - absolutely straight:
  5. my favs are F`s
    Well, I need to postopone the NLG and continue with the bomb bay.... Why? Because I can thus solve 2 issues at once - the slightly bent fuselage on its entire flat side, right underneath the bomb bay. Check out the slight bending of the bomb bay side walls: It's a little bummer but all should be fine with the side walls of the bomb bay firmly instaled. The next issue is that the plastic is is too thin and hence the entire lower fuselage is an almost flat giant piece which bends easily... I mean that's what the gravity does: The NLG ba
  6. my favs are F`s
    FIrst, the NSL. I made a hybrid of the metal gear and the original plastic one, then i sanded and polished the metal parts quite thoroughly: All arranged and ready for assembly. The main retraction is hinged on 4 points - two are part of the bay (the 2 uppermost sides) and 2 are on the lowest portion of the diagonal strut. Here you see the three pins for the three hinges, the fourth one is actually the base/root of the metal pylon. Also only for the NLG i'm using the kit rims and tire instead of the GTR's. I think it's more correct that way.
  7. my favs are F`s
    My kind of builds :) Very well done so far!
  8. my favs are F`s
    Well hello! 🍓 Let's build that beast! This is my second model in this scale and after the B-2 in 1/72 - everything in it looks ginormous. 🙂 I somehow found out after the B-2 that the bomber planes have a slightly different structure and shape from the jetfighters, and i liked it too.... in a different way, but still i like it a lot and that's how i decided to build the Nighthawk. This F-117 kit is giant. It has metal landing gear, PE intake screens, rubber tyres and canopy with thin flat sides - almost like windows with no blurs or distortion whatsoever, while the decals are only a few:
  9. my favs are F`s
    This topic reminds me of the "First Man" movie. Such an awesome build!
  10. my favs are F`s
    Awesome looking cats! I'm more a fan of the clean looks so 101 is my fav. 😉
  11. my favs are F`s
    well, that's tricky. i normally don't make it cause the friction is enough. but i used to fill the two halves of the pylon with small pieces of plastic, so that after gluing them - there is a solid part of the plastic inside the pylon. then i drill the hole, and insert a tiny little bit inside, inserting it with a smaller rod for example. it's in the margin of an imperfection. or else, the riskier thing is first to make the tiny notch on the tip of the pin and prep the tiny bit fitting perfectly in the notch. then add a hint of glue ONLY on the bit, and insert the pin in the hole. after
  12. my favs are F`s
    Hi CJ 🙂, here is it. This is with the GBU just laying parallel on the wing and showing the connecting grit. (1) is the magnet, it's slightly bigger - 2 or 3 x7mm if recall justly. Note that actually in this case there is just one magnet - on the pilon side. I embedded a small piece of metal on the bomb side, which is more than enough to keep it attached cause the magnet is quite strong. (2) are the original pins from the kit that enter in the original holes. They can be completely removed but i kept them whatsoever... they ain't doing anything. (3) are the added pins/ho
  13. my favs are F`s
    I found out the next level in the attachment thing: just press fitting where the friction does the thing. :) for example a longer rod with a notch (from the bomb side) that enters snugly in a hole on the pilon side, and the notch makes a "click" that makes it impossible for free falling... Yeah... It works. I made the attachment of the giant bunker busters and fuel tanks of my 1/32 F-15 that way. A combo of magnets and press fitting is good too.
  14. my favs are F`s
    Nice! 1mm x 1mm magnets are really easy to conceal too.
  15. my favs are F`s
    Now we are talking! 🙂 Awesome build so far. Happy New Year from me btw! I'm taking notes cause i plan on this for my next build as well. I have a question from quite a while.... is the PE mesh too "fragile" if you glue it just like that? At first glance, the screen for the intakes looks quite a large piece, the meshes for the F(D)LIRs are quite large too. If they are not supported (glued only along the edges), only the slightest touch is enough to slightly bend them and corrupt the flat appearance. So, i plan on supporting them with a flat transparent piece underneath. Does th
  16. my favs are F`s
    A gorgeous model! Congrats on building it! What i like the most - the engine compartment. :) as a little setback: it could handle a bit more overall weathering. The colors are awesome!
  17. my favs are F`s
    Awesome, Steve! This beauty is one my favorites too! I was on the edge to choose it as my next and second 1/32 model, but after 3 Northrop models i needed something different. Nevertheless, keep up the good work and mood, and make her gorgeous although in this "tiny" scale! 🙂
  18. my favs are F`s
    wow, beautiful plane and beautiful display! I like the contrast of heavy weathering and the clean sparkling stand 🙂
  19. my favs are F`s
    Hi Chuck, Awesome outlook and weathering of the Spitfire! Awesome choice of the F-5 too! Just a note - i'm planning on a Nighthawk as my next build so we should make a nice combo with these black birds. 😉 Im looking forward to it with interest....
  20. my favs are F`s
    Oh, she's gorgeous! Awesome subtle weathering and colors!
  21. my favs are F`s
    Congrats Steve! It's awesome to see this giant beautiful beast finished. The natural sunlight make it look a little less weathered. And the vertical stabilizers look a little bit on the light side. Nevertheless it looks outstanding!
  22. my favs are F`s
    Ooh she looks fascinating! Perhaps some airflow weathering is missing but overall it's a very GJ!
  23. my favs are F`s
    Beauuuutiful! I just have no many words right now.... I like that contemporary spice in the build. 😛
  24. my favs are F`s
    She is Bautiful!
  25. my favs are F`s
    Hi Whiskey! If i can recollect, it was a pretty decent kit. The fit was perfect. I dont know why but now i remember the unusual rivet patterin on the top of the wings... they were quite "big" rivets. I needed to add more rivets all around the surfaces. Also the canopy was rather thick and made distortions. I also remember that i had the Kinetic's kit vertical stabilizers available and i used them, cause they were times better than the HobbyBosse's. I liked the build overall.
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