1/48 Tamiya F-117A

Gallery Article by Peter Pelka

This is Tamiya's F-117A kit. I enhanced the kit with the use of Verlinden detailing set to beef up the cockpit and the bomb bay. Other than that everything came from the kit. 

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This is the best 1/48th scale F-117A model available and is a joy to build. The only downside to the kit are the rather thick decals which when applied stick up like a sore thumb. I thinned them down a bit by covering the model with several layers of Future and then VERY GENTLY sanding around and over the decals, and reapplying Future.  This worked pretty well making them appear more painted on than stuck on.  

Paints used were Tamiya acrylics. Total construction time was approximately 40 hours, mostly spent on painting and making decals look better.

Peter Pelka

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