The history of stealth aircraft is full of interesting and obscure aircraft, many of which played a quite but critical role in building the state of the technology. While the F-117 garners most of the attention, it was not alone nor the first. In fact, the German aircraft industry about the same time as F-117 managed to come to similar conclusions! The product of that research is still shrouded in mystery to the public but none the less it has a distinct appearance and name: the MBB Lampyridae. This simple facetted X-plane captured my interest for a time and I knew I had to make something like it for my collection. And so HX-8 “Lampy” represents my creative mimic to the real life airplane, albeit with some design alterations for my curiosity.

This model is roughly a 1/72 scale airplane, 7.5” long, designed around a posable Hogwerks 1” pilot figure and/or other 1” posable figures like from the Jazwares Micro Galaxy line. Lampy also features a movable canopy as well as swappable landing gear. To complete you will need: 1> A resin printer, try FDM at your risk 2> CA glue 3> 1mm x 1mm magnets 4> 0.52mm steel piano wire 5> For a clear canopy and sensor window: clear resin + high gloss quick shine floor finish or other high gloss clear coat; the more it can self-level the clearer the finish can be! 6> I recommend wet sanding for all resin printing, less dust and can get real smooth finishes! 7> Misc small modeling hand tools such as xacto knife, sprue cutters, pin drill (hand or powered) 8> Lack of friends 9> A proclivity for airplanes, really an obsession. Probably an obsession for airplanes that encourages your loved ones to wonder if you should be diagnosed with autism, or really already have said neuro divergent tendencies towards flying machines. Aren’t airplanes cool? Seriously. Probably the coolest. You should stop reading this now and just start building one of these! Maybe even 2!