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Well, after more than 5 months of on and off experimenting, ordering
pieces, building, tearing apart, and re-building, I've reached a point
where I am ready to declare my version of Lockheed's F-117A Nighthawk
(aka stealth fighter) basically complete.
I'm not 100% satisfied with the aesthetic appearance of the model. There
are some gaps and discontinuities between panels in the outer skin that
have been difficult to overcome - there are only so many angles of
sloping bricks available! Fortunately working in a black color scheme
helps to minimize their visual impact. I am sure I will continue to
tinker with the model to improve the visual continuity. Nevertheless I
feel I have achieved my goals as far as the model's desired shape, size,
structural design, and features. I decided early on to use a smooth
brick scheme for the plane's faceted surfaces, that minimized the
appearance of outward facing studs on the skin, rather than trying to
use plates.
The model features a cockpit that seats a single minifig pilot,
retractable landing gear, and two internal weapons bays with opening
payload doors. I never bothered to install bomb racks and weapons in the
bays. The model is 65 studs long with a wingspan of 44 studs (the real
stealth fighter is 65' long with a 43' wingspan)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6826
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J. Spencer Rezkalla
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| Great piece of work. My favorite view is Stealth11 showing the front_side view. Looks like the real thing. Congratulations! -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Spencer Rezkalla" <srezkall@peoplepc.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) Uhhh...uhh...yeah, those are just horrible, inexcusable, terrible 1/2-mm gaps there... Good Lord man, that F-117A is *brilliant*! Your decisions were good ones, and they definitely show in the model. I'm gobsmacked, dumbstruck, jawboned, etc. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| AHHHHHHH! I never thought it possible to do this! but you've done it! I've always stared at the pic in my room of this and thought how ugly it would look in lego, cuz of all o the wierd lines, but you did it! Yeow! this is so cool! Very nice, Love (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) Oh my, that IS amazing. I don't think I've ever seen a model that's so, well, *smooth*. Wow. I think I like stealth2.jpg the best. I like that you nailed the proportions so well too. So when are you going to do a B2? :-) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) GRRRR! Upstaged again... I too have been experimenting with 3-D lifting body shapes that don't suffer from the "jaggies." I wanted to be the first to display one, and you've beaten me to the punch. FANTASTIC work, John! -- John J. Ladasky Jr., (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) Hi John, I know this has been said before, but this looks amazing! The thumbnails look indistinguishable from a photo fo the plane taken out on the tarmac. I think most of us would have looked at this plane, considered it for a moment or two, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) Wow. Skunkworks would be proud (can't wait to see your rendition of the B-2 Stealth bomber ;). You really captured the faceted look of the F-117, and an especially brilliant job on the nose. Heck, I even like the scale! Mark W. (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| Hi John First when I saw the thumbnail pictures I was very disappointed. Why has somebody put up pictures of a plastic scale model of the F-117. Then I realised it was LEGO. Truely a fantastic model. Is it possible that you will tell us more about (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) A wonderfully done model. I don't think I could spout enough praise for this one. Just makes me feel inspired to do some MOC fighter jets for myself (though I deffinately don't have time at the moment to even think about it. Rich -- Have Fun! (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| The most realistic Lego MOC i have seen, the smoothness helps a lot but the proportions and the angles are what makes it. Any chance of a DAT of it? I always feel that the people that can make models like this should be headunteed by Lego asap! Tim (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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