Tag: stealth

• Mirage III CJ – Part Four – Who’s Hiding?

  

  And from whom? Where are they lurking? Is it all just nonsense these days? I have no idea – I presume the various air forces have worked out how to hide in the air with grey paint and rubber knobs on every sharp point of an aircraft. The business of greying out national insignia to…

  Dick Stein

  January 26, 2026

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, design, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models

  camouflage, Israel, Mirage, stealth

• Stealth Aircraft – Part Three – F117 Nighthawk

  

  Do Not Place In Dark Cabinet… Or you might as well have not built it. This is four parts and a stand, there is no glazing except over the eyes of the modeller. There are few details, but I shall attach a note saying the cockpit is fully detailed. It looks as if it should…

  Dick Stein

  January 19, 2025

  1:144 scale, American aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Painting, Uncategorized

  night attack, stealth

• Stealth Aircraft – Part Two – Painting The No-See-Um

  

  I’ll bet you’re just itching to know what a No-See-Um bite feels like… The colours of the F 117 and the B2 are quite different, though in both cases the paint is part of the circus trick. The night attack aircraft is very dark grey/black and the strategic bomber nearly as dark, but with gradation…

  Dick Stein

  January 18, 2025

  1:144 scale, American aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Decals, Masking, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  discrete markings, special paint, stealth