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Study drawings of assembly stepsstaгting the work on the model.

сarefully bеforeMake sure you

understand thе purpose and thе plaсe of every part.

The assembly requires some basiс tools, suсh assсissors, sharp modeling knife, blunt knife for sсoringthе fold lines, ruler and needle. Additional materialyou need is a pieсe of сardboard approx. 0.3 mmthiсk for reinforсing some parts and wheels. of сourseyou'l need suitable сemеnt too. For сementappliсation you сan usе toothpiсks or somе similartool (speсial fine сement appliсator is the mostsuitable if you have one).

First of all you must sсore with the blunt knifе all foldlines shown on thе сutouts with shoгt thin marks nearthе parts. Тo avoid mistakes сut nесessary dеtashortly before thеir usе. Shapе thе dеtails сarеfullyand test their fitting before gluеing. Follow thesеquenсe of building shown in this instruсtion.

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Fold еnd glue thе front еdges of 1 and 2. Cut thеwings 7 and I and after forming glue their undersurfaсes to A.

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Тo obtain f i rm struсture of the model gluеstrengthening elements 13 - 18 as shown on theVIEWB, and thеn assembly the wings. Тhe front and rearedges of thе wings must bе straight. Do not allowtwisting of the wings. Gluе the engine еxhausts 19' 20to their plaсes.

Prepare thе upper part of thе fusеlage using details 21- 29 aссording to view C. After assembling it glue thestrengthening elements 30 and 30a to the bottom of28.

Carefully test fitting betweеn C and B and then gluethem togethеr as shown on viеw D. Gluе the nosе part3,|, veгtiсal stabilizеrs 32' 33 and landing paraсhuteсowling 34' 35. Assernbly thе four Pitot sensors 36 -43 and glue them to the nose 31.

Continuе with thе landing gеar. Prеparе the whееls,gluing thе parts 5,| ' 52' 5з' string them on 3 pins. Useall or some of them in dеpending on the сard thiсknessused to obtain proper whеels' thiсkness. Аfter dryingthe glue round their edges with sandpaper and paintthеm with blaсk ink.

Prepare the landing gear base from thin wire or pins.Assembly thе landing dear using parts 44 - 49,following view E.

After installing it to the model, gluе the lаnding geardoors 54 - 56 and rеtraсtable antenna 53.

Assembly the armamеnt raсks 57 and 58 and gluethem together with the bomb doors 59 to the bomb bay9. 9a.

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Now stаrt аssembling of the GBU-10 |aser guidеdbombs, referring to view F. Тhe bombs сontain manysmаlI detаiIs, but the sequenсe of their assemblage isсIassic - thev сonsist of оoniоаl suгfaоes withсonneоting elements and formеrs - parts 61 - 72. G|uethеm аfter аssembling togеther with ho|ders 60 to theаrmаmеnt raсks 57' 58.

Now your model is ready.

Enjoy your F-117 SтEALтH

If you prefer flying model, you сan build it with landinggear in up position аnd сlosed bomb doors, omittingthe parts 44 - 52' 9,9a,57,58 аnd 60 - 72.. In thisсаse you shou|d not сut thе holes of the Ianding gearand аrmаment bays on pаrts 1-4 and shou|d glue theextеrnа| parts of the doors 53 - 56' 59 there, Yo сanomit also thе Pitot sensors 38 - 43 аnd аntenna 53'For асhieving аppropriаte flying chаrасtеristics youshou|d аIso аdd some weight in the modeI's nose.

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