STEALTH PLANES GROUP BUILD

Gilmund

Member since
December 2004
From: Haninge, Sweden

Posted by Gilmund on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 4:46 PM

Awesome cammo, Matt! Looks just great. And I´m glad that you liked my birds. Big Smile [:D]

Keep it up /Johan

- Johan Byberg - "Who´s the most foolish, the fool or the fool who follows?"

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blkhwkmatt

Member since
September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 4:06 PM

Here are the latest pics of the Blue Berkut - with a ruler of sorts, the markings on my cutting mat. Hope you like!!! Big Smile [:D]

(Scale is inches)

not much progress during the week, hopefully will get to work on it some this weekend!!!

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur!!! - Anything said in Latin sounds profound!

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Trigger

Member since
February 2004
From: Moooooon River!

Posted by Trigger on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 3:47 PM

Thanks for the pix Johan!

------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."

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blkhwkmatt

Member since
September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 3:20 PM

Gilmund - good looking raptor and X-35, they look at bit harder to model sine they have very smooth lines all over. Keep up the good work!!

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur!!! - Anything said in Latin sounds profound!

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Gilmund

Member since
December 2004
From: Haninge, Sweden

Posted by Gilmund on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 2:38 PM

This is how far I have come with my X-35 that I started in mid february. I haven´t done anything the last couple of weeks, I´ve been busy at work but now it´s all over.

I modified the nozzle so that it points backwards and opened up the intakes, otherwise it´s OOB After the first coat of paint I noticed some spots that wasn´t smooth so I added a bit of putty. I´m going to sand it down a paint it maybe tomorrow.

- Johan Byberg - "Who´s the most foolish, the fool or the fool who follows?"

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Gilmund

Member since
December 2004
From: Haninge, Sweden

Posted by Gilmund on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 2:27 PM

I promised trigger74 to post pics of my F-22 intakes, unfortenatly I coluldn´t take any good ones, despite several atempts. It´s very difficoult to light up. Here´s the best one, but even that is out of focus.

Here´s a pic of the pit. When I did it about three years ago I was very pleased. It has been covered with masking tape since then, and now when it´s removed, I think it looks a bit mediocre. This was my first dry-brush experience, but I seem to have missed everything but the seat. Lack of seatbelt was nothing I thought about back then. This is one of the drawbacks of buildin kits over several years, when your skills grow.

- Johan Byberg - "Who´s the most foolish, the fool or the fool who follows?"

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overkillphil

Member since
October 2004
From: Northern Indiana

Posted by overkillphil on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 12:17 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Gilmund

Phil, have you found the canopy yet?

Regrettably, no. After April 15 I hope to start a more thorough search for it. ( I work as a tax preparer so the next couple of weeks might be kinda busy)

my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35

"I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams

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Gilmund

Member since
December 2004
From: Haninge, Sweden

Posted by Gilmund on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 9:13 AM

here´s a built testors F-19, and it´s not the same as that other F-19

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/TESTORS%20F-19%20STEALTH%20PAGE.htm

- Johan Byberg - "Who´s the most foolish, the fool or the fool who follows?"

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Gilmund

Member since
December 2004
From: Haninge, Sweden

Posted by Gilmund on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 9:10 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by johnforster

Gilmund,
Not quite, but it looks a bit like it. Here's a link of some stills taken from the movie "Stealth".
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/stu/jet.htm
Cheers,
John

Yea, they both got the engines on top, but not no sumular in general.
That raises the question: what is that, if it´s not the testors/italeri F-19, and not the stealth from the movie. yarbird78, can you help us out.
Here´s the links again:

http://www.mkzobor.host.sk/foto/roman_kralovic/roman_kralovic.htm
http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/MONOGRAM%20F-19%20STEALTH%20PAGE.htm
http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~kasatosi/E.F-19.html

- Johan Byberg - "Who´s the most foolish, the fool or the fool who follows?"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 7:50 AM

Gilmund,
Not quite, but it looks a bit like it. Here's a link of some stills taken from the movie "Stealth".
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/stu/jet.htm
Cheers,
John

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 6:55 AM

Interesting how the box art of the F-19 looks totally different to the models on the link that Gilmund provided (thanks by the way). I assume that this is artistic licence being as the aircraft never existed, companies just made their own design and called it F-19? Strange though.

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Gilmund

Member since
December 2004
From: Haninge, Sweden

Posted by Gilmund on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 5:31 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by johnforster

The problem, Darwin, is that the whole canopy was molded in clear plastic, not just the windows. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a problem.
Cheers,
John

woo, that IS a problem...

Thanks for the info Darwin, I had a feeling that it was something like that.

John, isn´t this the plane from that movie!?

http://www.mkzobor.host.sk/foto/roman_kralovic/roman_kralovic.htm
ant these too...
http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/MONOGRAM%20F-19%20STEALTH%20PAGE.htm
http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~kasatosi/E.F-19.html

- Johan Byberg - "Who´s the most foolish, the fool or the fool who follows?"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 4:35 AM

The problem, Darwin, is that the whole canopy was molded in clear plastic, not just the windows. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a problem.
Cheers,
John

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yardbird78

Member since
January 2003
From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway

Posted by yardbird78 on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 11:47 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by johnforster
As for my 'old-school' SR-71, I'm still looking for the clear sprue. It seems to have developed active stealth on it's own! Cheers,John

All is not lost with the "stealth" clear sprue being MIA. Krystal Klear should work for the camera bay windows as well as cockpit windows. Those are pretty small and should actually look better.

Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

,,

The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 11:08 PM

I can't wait till one of the companies makes a kit of the stealth fighter-bomber shown in the movie "Stealth". That is one sexy plane!! Hopefully, Tamiya or Hasegawa get it into their heads to make it!
As for my 'old-school' SR-71, I'm still looking for the clear sprue. It seems to have developed active stealth on it's own! Big Smile [:D]

Cheers,
John

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yardbird78

Member since
January 2003
From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway

Posted by yardbird78 on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 5:30 PM

During most of the 1980's there were numerous rumors of various flying "things", UFO's if you will, operating out of Groom Lake Test Facility northwest of Las Vegas. The description of these "things" ran the gamut from extra-terrestial space ships to super secret, hyper velocity manned aircraft to the so called "stealth fighter or stealth bomber". Testor's Italeri initially released the F-19 as a supposedly accurate rendition of the stealth fighter that shortly afterwards was publicly released by the USAF as the Lockhedd F-117 of Desert Storm fame. The F-19 is purely the figment of someone's over active imagination.

Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

,,

The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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Gilmund

Member since
December 2004
From: Haninge, Sweden

Posted by Gilmund on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 3:46 PM

Guys, what do think of this

I found a kit like this one in my LHS today (I didn´t buy it, the pic is from modelsforsale.com) Looks pretty cool, but don´t know if there ever was a thing like that. The box said somethin like "The pentagon denies its existence, but Italeri has been able to produce a kit of this top secret steatlh plane". The box was dated 1991, so if there ever were a prototype or a mock-up, I guess it was cancelled.

- Johan Byberg - "Who´s the most foolish, the fool or the fool who follows?"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 11:29 AM

is the Dassault Rafale considered a "stealth" plane?

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 11:29 AM

Nice paint work Blkhwkmatt. I know what it's like to paint camo on 1/144 and that shows off the ablilities of the airbrush really well. Could I ask a favor? next time you post a picture of it could you put a ruler in the view for reference? Just for curiosity sake.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 9:58 AM

hey blkhwkmatt that paint scheme is AWESOME! It's really inspired me too get started on another kit that I have, an Su-35.

Have made little progress on the F117 due to pesky work! But I'll try to get some done over the weekend and post some piccies for you all to see.

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Gilmund

Member since
December 2004
From: Haninge, Sweden

Posted by Gilmund on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 1:48 AM

Phil, have you found the canopy yet?

- Johan Byberg - "Who´s the most foolish, the fool or the fool who follows?"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 4, 2005 8:11 AM

Looking really good, Matt!
Keep us posted!
Not much to report on the SR-71 Blackbird, because my Dad is rebuilding my wooden window frame. As a result there is dust, woodchips, sawdust and who-knows-what-else on my floor and modelling desk at the moment. I'm hoping he finishes soon. In the meantime, I may transfer my center of operations to another room.
Cheers,
John

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blkhwkmatt

Member since
September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Monday, April 4, 2005 7:35 AM

I actually added a third shade to the pattern so will have to post some new pics soon. It will probably be finished before the new pics get posted though!!! Gotta love 1/144 scale!!!!!!

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur!!! - Anything said in Latin sounds profound!

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Gilmund

Member since
December 2004
From: Haninge, Sweden

Posted by Gilmund on Sunday, April 3, 2005 4:11 PM

Matt, your berkut is looking really nice, it´s a very good cammo pattern that you came up with.
I got my camera now, so I wil post some pics tomorrow.

cheers /Johan

- Johan Byberg - "Who´s the most foolish, the fool or the fool who follows?"

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blkhwkmatt

Member since
September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Sunday, April 3, 2005 3:19 PM

here are the first pics of my Berkut - I abandoned the all black scheme of the demo bird in favor of a psudo-operational camo scheme. My first hought was to d othe digital looking scheme that the su-37 tail#711 had, but changed my mind. Also this is the first trials of my new badger 150 airbrush with the med size needle.

top view

bottom view

another top view

love to hear what you guys think bout this one.

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur!!! - Anything said in Latin sounds profound!

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blkhwkmatt

Member since
September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Sunday, April 3, 2005 7:59 AM

John,

No pics yet, i admit i have been remiss in that department!! Guess that i have been busy taking pics of my son's wrestling tourneys!!! WIll try to post some this evening!

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur!!! - Anything said in Latin sounds profound!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 3, 2005 7:53 AM

Any pics yet, Matt?
Cheers,
John

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blkhwkmatt

Member since
September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Sunday, April 3, 2005 5:52 AM

my Berkut is mostly assembled, now working on the pain scheme, so I hope to be done with it in the next couple of weeks!!

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur!!! - Anything said in Latin sounds profound!

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overkillphil

Member since
October 2004
From: Northern Indiana

Posted by overkillphil on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:02 PM

Well, not all hope is lost, I did find the instructions today.

my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35

"I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:44 AM

Yes, indeed. I'm still watching my every step in my room at the moment, as I also managed to lose my clear sprue.
Cheers,
John

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