Does Anyone Have a Franklin Mint 1/48 F-117?

Tinman · Post by **Tinman** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:08 pm

If so, could you please do a quick list of plusses and minuses?

Thanks!

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:55 am

TINMAN:

I have the Franklin Mint F-117 with the sharkmouth nose art on it. If I remember correctly, I paid around $45 for it new on ebay.
The big negatives I have with the F-117 is the problem I have with all FM models---fixed landing gear and no pilot. Also, the F-117 has the bomb bay doors open with bomb displayed---I prefer the "in-flight" mode on my models.
However, the F-117 is a fairly good looking model because it's relatively big in 1/48 scale and looks impressive because of its unique stealth shape and black paint. Any lack of detail, common on FM models, is hidden by the black paint and stealth jets don't have lots of surface detail anyway.
If the F-117 came with a pilot, retracted landing gear and a closed bomb bay, I would really love this model a lot. But it's still pretty cool looking any way---and no one else makes a decent F-117.

mikeyt · Post by **mikeyt** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:54 am

would really like to see this in 1/72 scale

Tinman · Post by **Tinman** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:03 pm

Thank you, Dragon.

tparkhere · Post by **tparkhere** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:45 pm

I would like to add one more item.

Before you order the plane, please check SKU. I bought Franklin Mint Stealth fighter from a vendor who was having a fire sale with no return. The vendor had SKU with a picture of a black Stealth fighter showing. When I received the plane, it was grey, not black. Apparently SKU was correct, but a wrong product picture. Grey just doesn’t look right.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:00 pm

TPARKHERE:

Sorry to hear about the wrong color. Have you considered repainting it black and adding your own decals?

tparkhere · Post by **tparkhere** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:50 pm

Thanks Dragon,

I wish I had time and patience. First, I have to locate the plane. It’s in the garage somewhere in one of numerous boxes.

la817291 · Post by **la817291** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:22 pm

Let my photos to tell you.

skyraider · Post by **skyraider** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:20 pm

Great pictures. I really like my FM F-117. I am a big fan of Franklin Mint jets, and I think my favorite is my MIG-29 model.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:04 am

LA817291:

I wish I had display cases like yours.

Are all of your models in the photos Franklin Mint?

la817291 · Post by **la817291** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:45 pm

dragon53 wrote:...Are all of your models in the photos Franklin Mint?

Most of my models in 1:48 scale are Franklin Mint.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:55 pm

LA817291:

Two questions about your display cases:

1. Are your display cases designed specifically for models or are they general display cases?
2. Also, how much did the cases cost?

la817291 · Post by **la817291** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:00 am

dragon53 wrote:LA817291:

Two questions about your display cases:

1. Are your display cases designed specifically for models or are they general display cases?
2. Also, how much did the cases cost?

1.Yes,they were designed specifically for my models colection.

2.each case (2 feet in width ,3 feet in length and 7 feet in height )cost me about 200 dollars.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:40 am

LA817291:

Thanks. You have the best display cases I've ever seen.