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American flag F-117
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:12 PM
i remember seeing a picture somewhere of a F-117 with the American flag on the bottom,,,i'm about to start building  a 117 and would like to see the picture again as a possible paint sceme to use,,,,,does anyone know where to look?
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Posted by TailspinTom on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:46 PM

Lone,

Send me your email addy and I'll send you a 3-view picture.

T.Young Propeller [8-]

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Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:41 PM
Here's 79-782 in the original flag scheme from 1983...


USAF photo


Here's the same jet with the second flag scheme at Edwards AFB in 2005...


USAF photo


And some more from 2005...
















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Posted by Gerarddm on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:26 PM
Looks like a giant kite from the bottom!  Not much stealth to THAT paint job, is there?   Cool [8D]
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Posted by Air Master Modeler on Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:45 AM

That is definatly not a paint job I'd want to tackle. I'd really screw it up bad if I tried that. My first notion would be to try reproducing it with MicroScale decal sheets cut to scale.

Just my My 2 cents [2c].

Air Master

Rand

30 years experience building plastic models.

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Posted by Mel Sharkskin on Thursday, October 12, 2006 2:23 PM

Go to the Meteor web site (www.meteorprod.com) and there you'll find that they put out a markings set for this machine in 1/48 scale. The stars are in decals, as I recall, and the stripes are done with Black Magic masks.

For references on this and every other scheme worn by the F-117, including the Have Blue, the pastel splinter and the F-117 gray scheme,  there is a nice, reasonably priced book just out from Specialty Press called F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter Photo Scrapbook (www.specialtypress.com). It has many photos of this bird both times it was painted with the flag motif, including closeup shots with good details.  It's 110 pages of color photos for $16.95.  Also included are  three-view drawings of this plane,  plus the "Red Scorpion" Nighthawk, and the one I plan to do one day, using the TwoBobs 1/48 decal sheet, featuring the giant Skunk Works logo on the belly, painted to commemorate Ben Rich's retirement.

TOM

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 12, 2006 6:04 PM
many thanks guys,,,,plenty of pics and i did order the Meteor decal set,,,,i just didn't want a drab looking stealth,love the color
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