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F-22 Raptor: First Off the Plant!

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F-22 Raptor: First Off the Plant!
Posted by allan on Sunday, January 10, 2016 10:15 PM
So here’s my first finished kit for 2016.  It’s the 1/72 Revell F-22A Raptor.
 
I added details to the instrument panels, ejection seat and canopy. Added details as well to the weapons bays and the otherwise bare looking gear well. I also sanded down the entire surface to tone down the panel lines, and dropped the flaps.
 
Painted using Gunze colors and followed the Hasegawa paint guide.  It may not look like it in the pics, but in person the metallic hue is visible.
 
Comments always welcome.
 
 

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Posted by Chuck Davis on Sunday, January 10, 2016 11:56 PM

Beautiful Raptor!  Love it...

Chuck Davis

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Posted by Toshi on Monday, January 11, 2016 5:04 AM

An excellent build, I love the shadded areas.  Remarkably done.

Toshi

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Posted by wing_nut on Monday, January 11, 2016 6:32 AM
Looks bigger. One of the marks of a great model. Nice start to the year.

Marc  

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Posted by Jester75 on Monday, January 11, 2016 7:41 AM

Wow, very nice build Allan!

Eric

 

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Posted by hogfanfs on Monday, January 11, 2016 7:47 AM

wing_nut
Looks bigger. One of the marks of a great model. Nice start to the year.
 

 

I agree with Wing_nut, it looks like a larger scale. Great job, Allan!

I have to give kudos to all the 1/72 scale builds lately. They all have been so detailed they all look like larger scales!

 Bruce

 

 On the bench:  1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

                        1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

 

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Posted by ygmodeler4 on Monday, January 11, 2016 8:15 AM
Beautiful Raptor, Allan. Not your fault, but i thinks its a travesty to mess up those gorgeous line with huge fuel tanks, dang fuel limitations.

-Josiah

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Posted by BrandonK on Monday, January 11, 2016 9:34 AM

Fantastic paint, that is just stunning.

BK

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Posted by Bish on Monday, January 11, 2016 1:04 PM

Thats really nice, great job on the scheme. I have this in the stash, how was it to build.

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, January 11, 2016 1:45 PM

Beautiful job, I'd swear she was 1/48th or 1/32nd too! 

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Posted by seasick on Monday, January 11, 2016 1:58 PM

I built my F-22 without the tanks but, then I added them. There is something about wings without tanks or ordinance doesn't sit well with my mind for some reason. 

The F-22 has low observable and non-low observable missions. 

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Posted by ModelMan68 on Monday, January 11, 2016 2:05 PM

Job well done Allen.....beautiful job on the paint scheme.

Jeff     

a.k.a.  ModelMan68 

 

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Posted by bvallot on Monday, January 11, 2016 3:54 PM

Gorgeous Raptor. And at 1:72...nicely done.  I hear it's not different from painting and weathering 1:48 stuff, but I don't know if I believe that. =D lol.

Thanks for sharing.

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Posted by allan on Monday, January 11, 2016 7:24 PM

Thanks everyone!  Very much appreciated.

 

 

Bish

Thats really nice, great job on the scheme. I have this in the stash, how was it to build.

 

 

The major parts are a breeze to put together.  But Ive spent too many years building 3rd and 4th gen jets Id describe the build sequence as quite different. I think its the weapons bays.  The main landing gear struts and their doors can be tricky.  The canopy support strut is really flimsy; I replaced it with a stainless steel rod.

Painting a 5th gen aircraft is also tedious.  Ive never used that mush masking tape on a modern jet.

seasick

I built my F-22 without the tanks but, then I added them. There is something about wings without tanks or ordinance doesn't sit well with my mind for some reason. 

The F-22 has low observable and non-low observable missions. 

 

 

That makes 2 of us.  I was about to respond to ygmodeler, I like my jets "packed."  I guess thats the reason why Ive never built a Thunderbird or Blue Angel.

 

bvallot

Gorgeous Raptor. And at 1:72...nicely done.  I hear it's not different from painting and weathering 1:48 stuff, but I don't know if I believe that. =D lol.

Thanks for sharing.

 

 

With today's kit details, yes, its not much different. Except, of course, for the size.  I do build the occasional 1/48 kits for select friends.

 

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Posted by Darren Roberts on Monday, January 11, 2016 7:28 PM
NOICE!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by allan on Monday, January 11, 2016 7:33 PM

Thanks Darren!

 

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Posted by The Migrant on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 7:40 AM

Wow, that looks really good Allan. 

 

Mike G

Western Canada

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Posted by allan on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 7:32 PM

Thank you Mike!

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Posted by TREYZX10R on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 9:10 PM

Allan thought that was at least a 1/48 kit! Really sharp clean build,love the paint work!

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Posted by Dash8 on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 9:44 PM

That is awesome paint work !

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Posted by allan on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 2:43 AM

Thank you gents, for the kind words.

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Posted by navy07 on Friday, January 15, 2016 12:08 PM

Great job.  I'm jealous, I built same one and my paint job wasn't as good as yours.  Lenny

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