F-22 Raptor (WIP)
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72 23 September 2022, 19:54
Ricardo Reis 作者Welcome guys; @Jorge, I'll start this one but the Yamato will be finished in the next few weeks! 🙂
24 September 2022, 23:01
Desert MarlinI found the paint scheme to be pretty difficult to get it to look different in different light conditions. Making the grays "reflective" is pretty hard.
22 December 2022, 16:35
Ricardo Reis 作者Hello guys, thank you; yes, when I tested it it seems it will work well: first the base color, then the translucent metallic coat; it has the same effect I see on the real planes: in some angles you don't see much of the base color differences and then in others they are very obvious; let's see how it goes...
23 December 2022, 10:00
Scott DuttonYes, very tricky scheme, I mixed metallics with regular paint on mine
23 December 2022, 20:51
Desert MarlinSame here…
MM and Metalizer. Lots of time with a respirator on…
24 December 2022, 22:55
Ricardo BarrosoIt's going very well🙂 Do you have faced any problem or issue with this Hasegawa build ? Congratulations on the work🙂
30 December 2022, 15:53
Desert MarlinThe inlets for painting and sealing and then mounting to the fuselage were the only difficult portion of the build. Otherwise it was straight out of the box…
30 December 2022, 17:23
Ricardo Reis 作者Thanks mates; so far so good, the intakes have the problem of being in two halves, but they are curved, and they are only circular at the far end, so I didn't even used putty, they look ok…
30 December 2022, 23:02
Desert MarlinThat's the part I was remembering! Took my time around that part! Cheers Mate!
10 January 2023, 00:16
Ricardo Reis 作者Yes, well... I'll try not to destroy too much detail... I believe this is really the worst of model building... 🙁
10 January 2023, 14:50
Desert MarlinI used Tamiya masking tape on the raised "RAM" details to protect those…
10 January 2023, 18:44
Ricardo Reis 作者Yes, doing that also; this area is bad, because I can't sand freely... I've done one round of Tamiya putty + Mr Surfacer, but I'll have to repeat, only with Mr. Surfacer now...
10 January 2023, 23:43
Ricardo Reis 作者Well, still haven't rescribed much, Villiers, just reinforced the RAM profiles with the scriber and sanding with extreme care... painful and demotivating work
11 January 2023, 12:55
Shar DipreeVery nice progress 👍
Which gun, nozzle, pressure and mixing ratio do you use to applied the GX100 gloss varnish?
2 April 2023, 17:27
Ricardo Reis 作者Thanks mates; regarding the GX100, it's very thick, so I dilute it with Mr Leveling Thinner a bit more than 50/50; pressure around 20 psi, which is what I use for everything
2 April 2023, 21:40
bughunterLooks very nice already on pic 26.
Interestingly it seems to have some things common with the F-35 (for that MRP provides a two paint set MRP-280 CAMOUFLAGE GREY / MRP-278 HAVE Glass).
4 April 2023, 19:50
Ricardo Reis 作者Thank you for your kind comments @bughunter; I'm not using that combo, but instead I misted AK Xtreme Metal diluted with Mr Leveling THinner; I like the looks, but it's not evident in the photos
4 April 2023, 21:12
Slavo HazuchaA pleasure to follow your step-by-step 5-th gen galore - very much like the approach to the surface treatment and all - somany angles to tape - but the job really pays off on the big canvas the F-22 offers on both sides - looks great already and it may just get better with the final assembly and treatment 😉
For the "raptor sheen" - maybe try taking some shots outside - real light does a way better job for capturing that than any interior lighting...
Cool topic and build 👍
5 April 2023, 13:17
Ricardo Reis 作者Thank you for you feedback @Slavo, much appreciated; this is a first for me and even my tests in a bit of plastic where not this large, so this is, for me, uncherted territory: I still have to do the pin wash and then the decals and in the end decide if I keep the gloss varnish, or a semi matt one; currently I believe the semi matt will be better, but only in the end I will decide; thanks again
5 April 2023, 15:20
Slavo HazuchaHi Ricardo - on my 5th gen project, I did not use a single varnish - i did a semigloss/gloss blend on most of the surfaces, with somewhat irregular patterns + outlined the dark areas in full matt - in real life this looks really good... 🙂
5 April 2023, 15:53
Shar DipreeThanks Ricardo.
I used one first two different guns from Harder & Steenbeck (Evo and Ultra) however, I didn't get along with the airbrush at all. After a lot of reading i bought myself an Iwata (Eclipse hp-cs). For me a difference like day and night - the change was like a revelation for me. I get along with the Iwata worlds better. Now airbrushing is a lot of fun for me. Only with glossy clear coat I still can't get along. 🙁
After a Harder & Steenbeck (only had problems too) my partner also bought an iwata and she is just now very happy with the Iwata.
(sry for my english)
5 April 2023, 20:25
Ricardo Reis 作者@Slavo, great idea, I think I'll try that also! 👍
@Shar, I bought a H&S Infinity airbrush but after one year failing to work with it, I got fed up and gave it away!!! I use an Iwata for most of the work and the some cheap brandless chinese airbrushes for the tough jobs, like primary or think varnishes 🙂
5 April 2023, 23:30
Album info
This is the WIP album; final photos in the same project, here: F-22 Raptor | Album by RReis (1:48)
