Stealth display

[seadude]

Long time, no see. Well, I'm back, and I've got another idea for a future project.
I have had a fascination with stealth aircraft and technology ever since the first stealth fighter crashed back in 1986 near Bakersfield California when a high school friend gave me a newspaper clipping of the story.
I want to create a special display/diorama showcasing all the stealth vehicles that have ever been tested, flown, etc.  To do so means I'll need models that are small and most likely 1/144 scale. Are there any models of the following anywhere in 1/144 scale?
* U-2/TR-1 spyplane
* SR-71 Blackbird
* F-117 stealth fighter
* B-2 stealth bomber
* F-22 stealth fighter
.......plus any other stealth craft whether aircraft, ships, etc., etc.  The more, the merrier, but preferably and hopefully in 1/144 scale or close to it if possible.

[Weaver]

You could always leave the display case empty and tell puzzled viewers:

"of course you can't see anything: they're stealthy..."

[Go4fun]

We either have visually stealthy aircraft flying into the airfield here or else Wonder Woman is patrolling!
I'll keep an eye open for them but they might disappear off the shelves.

[Hobbes]

F-35, B-2: Revell
SR-71: there is one but it's OOP
U-2: ?
F-117 Dragon (Revell too, but the Dragon one is better)
Lockheed stealth ship: Revell

Others are available in 1/72 only: Tacit Blue, Have Blue, Hopeless Diamond, various UAVs

[Thorvic]

F-35, B-2: Revell
SR-71: there is one but it's OOP
U-2: ?
F-117 Dragon (Revell too, but the Dragon one is better)
Lockheed stealth ship: Revell

Others are available in 1/72 only: Tacit Blue, Have Blue, Hopeless Diamond, various UAVs

Yeap Dragon do the U-2, SR-71, TR-1, Steath Blackhawk

http://www.dragon-models.com/d-m-list.asp?sid=10

Pitroad do the F-35A & F-35B in 1/144, AFAIK the Revell kit is the X-35

[JayBee]

F-22 : Trumpeter

[The Rat]

Might be wrong, but I believe the Revell Snap-tite SR-71 is 1/144th. Can't really vouch for accuracy, but my son built one and it looked like a Blackbird to me.

[JayBee]

Revel - F-19 Stealth Fighter.

[deathjester]

German Lampridae stealth fighter, Anigrand do the Bird of Prey in 1/144, I've got a Lockheed stealth ship, the F-19 in 1/144 is real cheap, and you could probably use a second one to scratch the original Testors design...

[seadude]

Pardon for gravedigging my own topic.

In the last 2-3 months, as well as currently, I've been buying, and still continuing to buy, a lot of stealth model kits which are listed below. Eventually in the future, I want to showcase a large display of stealth vehicles from the past, present, and future, to show at a contest. Sort of to show and educate people about stealth vehicles and technology. But.........I'm not sure "how" to display everything? Having a 6 ft. or 8 ft. table is one thing. But what about a backdrop, signage, notes about each stealth vehicle, other equipment and display fixtures, lighting, shelving, etc.?  Anybody got any good display ideas?
Should I just display stealth aircraft only? Just stealth type ships only? Just U.S. stealth vehicles only? Or include EVERYTHING?

What I have and/or am recieving so far:

Dragon 1/144 SR-71 Blackbird
Dragon 1/144 U-2R Spyplane
Dragon 1/144 F-117 Nighthawk
Revell 1/144 F-117 Stealth Fighter
Revell 1/144 B-2 Stealth Bomber
Trumpeter 1/144 Chinese J-20 "Mighty Dragon" Stealth Fighter
Trumpeter 1/144 F-22A Stealth Fighter
Trumpeter 1/144 YF-23 Stealth Fighter
Trumpeter 1/144 Sukhoi SU-47 Berkut FSW Fighter
Doyusha 1/144 F-35A Lightning II
Dragon 1/144 Stealth Helicopter "Operation Geronimo"
Dragon 1/700 USS Coronado LCS-4
Dragon 1/700 USS Freedom LCS-1
Dragon 1/700 USS Zumwalt Stealth Destroyer
Orange Hobby 1/72 Northrop Grumman X-47B Stealth Drone
Revell 1/144 USAF F-19 Stealth Fighter
1/72 RAH-66 Comanche Stealth Helicopter
1/700 Swedish VISBY Class Stealth Corvette
1/700 HMS Daring British Stealth Destroyer
1/700 US Navy Arleigh Burke Destroyer
Soviet Ka-58 Stealth Helicopter
TR-3A Stealth/UFO model kit
Soviet Pak-50 Stealth Fighter
1/72 Mig-37B Ferret E Stealth Fighter
1/400 French La Fayette Frigate
German Horten 229
1/72 SR-71 Blackbird w/ D-21 Drone
1/72 scale Tacit Blue Stealth Technology Demonstrator
Cyber Hobby 1/200 YB-49 Flying Wing
Cyber Hobby 1/200 XB-35 Flying Wing

[McColm]

You could create a dock yard scene for the ships and have a flight line behind or raised to show off your aircraft. Perhaps one or two in flight on plastic clear rods.

[TsrJoe]

Anigrand do a few items of interest in relation to your suggested theme too 

[NARSES2]

I would have a display with all the stealth types grouped. Not necessarily all the models but enough of each to show the various "looks" of the things

[Hobbes]

If you have the room, display them all, grouped as makes sense (planes/ships, then by timeline and/or type).

Backdrop is optional, a table with a simple tablecloth is good enough (make sure the tablecloth color isn't close to that of the models, that would make photographing them difficult).

[pyro-manic]

Are you going for purposely stealthy designs, or accidental ones? Things like the XB-35, Ho229 were not designed to be stealthy but turned out to have relatively small radar signatures by accident (would also need to include Avro Vulcan etc in this). Others on your list (Sukhoi Berkut, U-2/TR-1 etc) are not stealthy at all. There are also other interesting experimental designs, for example the EE Canberra that had radar-absorbing paint applied.

If you're including the Arleigh Burke and La Fayette ships, you should also consider types such as the British Type 23 frigate, the MEKO design family etc, as they were all designed with features to reduce their radar return.