The F-117 was
licence built in Sweden by SAAB but they decided to develope it a bit. Moving
the wings backward and adding front wings. The area around the jet exhausts was
also altered. It was named SAAB JAS 30 Höken (The Hawk). The kit
is in 1/72 scale.
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Another less known fact is
that Lockheed wanted to enter the Formula One circus in 1982. It was
gong to be powered by a Chevrolet engine. It was a very
successful design, much faster then any other F1 car but the whole project
had to be cancelled as it was almost impossible to get any laptimes as it
disappeared to the time counting machines. So the results of the F1-17
project was instead used for a stealth airplane developement. The
date for the first flight of the F-117 is not really right. It was the
first test of the F1-17 car and also the start for the F-117
project.
The model is in 1/43
scale using a 1/144 scale F-117 and a 1/43 scale Ferrari F1 model.
Björn Bäcklund
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