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 IRON MAIDEN. For those who are not familiar with the band, they fly their own aircraft and is piloted by their lead Singer the one and only amazing Bruce Dickinson "][/url] here are some pics, hope you enjoy them 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). 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. smile.png 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! wink.png 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! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shan Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 the noseart on the bomb bay is from IRON MAIDEN's second album here are some additional pics Quote Link to post Share on other sites
my favs are F`s Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Happy new model! Very good looking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Awesome! Had that one in 1/72 scale, liking the BIG scale!---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shan Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 and finally the icing on the cake...... the model next to the autograph of the founding member of the band. :punk: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 nice work! i didnt get that this nose art was Maiden inspired. good to know that! I will soon start to build the revell's Ed Force One 747!! up the irons! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shan Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 nice work! i didnt get that this nose art was Maiden inspired. good to know that! I will soon start to build the revell's Ed Force One 747!! up the irons! Up the irons indeed ROM, would love to see Ed force 1 with the Mayan motifs and all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Scaremonger Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Ah, that Bruce Dickinson fella... Not only has he got one of the greatest vocals there's out there, but also he fronts the very best Heavy Metal band ever. Oh, and also, he's a pilot! Envied threefold, anyone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrea Bolla Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Ah, that Bruce Dickinson fella... Not only has he got one of the greatest vocals there's out there, but also he fronts the very best Heavy Metal band ever. Oh, and also, he's a pilot! Envied threefold, anyone? he also own and fly a Fokker Dr.I replica: He fly with "The Great War Display Team" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shan Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 he also own and fly a Fokker Dr.I replica: He fly with "The Great War Display Team" Thanks Andrea That Bruce Dickinson sure never fails to impress. He even provides a mock WW1 battle on some of the airshows. Sure hope i could see him in action some day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Scaremonger Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 he also own and fly a Fokker Dr.I replica He fly with "The Great War Display Team" :blink: Oh? I didn't know about that... Okay, now it's official then; when I grow up, I want to be just like Bruce Dickinson :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Speechless for once! AMAZING All round.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shan Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 Thank yo Holmes, and than you all for your kind words and cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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