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Re: Stealth Fighter Revealed
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Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:31:22 GMT
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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
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/
"J. Spencer Rezkalla" <srezkall@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
news:3B9BE804.EC3D0CE0@peoplepc.com...
> 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
> 
> --
> J. Spencer Rezkalla



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  Re: Stealth Fighter Revealed
 
(...) I agree, the way the smoothness of the aircraft has been captured is exceptional. It's cool. Carbon 60 (25 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)

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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 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.military) !! 

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