Completed Revell 1/72 F-22 Raptor

Yeah Tosh,MM silver enamel is shiny but takes a long time to cure!The Raptor looks great and you are making rapid progress on it!

allan

Nice! I finished the exact same kit in January. 

 

In addition to what Bish said, be careful with the paint itself. FA-22s have metallic-looking paint.  I followed the Hasegawa (or was it Fujimi?) color callouts and added Metallizers to the paint. It did give a pretty satisfying metallic finish, though.

 

Toshi, sorry to butt in here, but i am curious about this as i would like the right effect when i do mine.

allan, when you say you added Metallizers, is that a clear product to give a metallic look to the paint your useing or a metalic version of the colour callouts.

philo426

Yeah Tosh,MM silver enamel is shiny but takes a long time to cure!The Raptor looks great and you are making rapid progress on it!

 

Toshi

Bish

 

 

allan

Nice! I finished the exact same kit in January. 

 

In addition to what Bish said, be careful with the paint itself. FA-22s have metallic-looking paint.  I followed the Hasegawa (or was it Fujimi?) color callouts and added Metallizers to the paint. It did give a pretty satisfying metallic finish, though.

 

 

 

 

Toshi, sorry to butt in here, but i am curious about this as i would like the right effect when i do mine.

allan, when you say you added Metallizers, is that a clear product to give a metallic look to the paint your useing or a metalic version of the colour callouts.

 

Toshi

Bish, 

Its not a clear produc, but yes, it adds a metallic hue to the paint. I used Gunze's Super Metallic SM03 (Super Iron) and SM04 (Super Stainless) and, per Hasegawa instructions, added one or the other 50-50 with the gray callouts to give the finish a metallic sheen. These paints are similar to, say, Model Master Metallizer paints. I used these as I use Gunze lacquers almost exclusively on my builds.

I was initially concerned that the 50-50 Metallizer mix would be too much but it turned out well for my taste. The metallic finish was also subdued a bit after the clear coat.

Just for info, here are the Hasegawa color mix recommendations for the FA-22:

H314 (50%) + H334 (50%) light gray lining

H315 (50%) + SM04 (50%) light gray base

H317 (50%) + SM03 (50%) dark gray

hope this helps

Here is the current progress of the Raptor.  I'm still trying to figure out the paint scheme.  It seems to me that there will be several areas that will need masking with a minimum of three to four different shades of gray.  This will be interesting!  LOL!  My next step is to assemble the air intakes and then assemble the fueselage.  Thank you for stopping by.

Toshi

Thanks allan, yes it does help. I did find one sight which said that F-22's were 2 shades of silver with grey along the edges. But that seems a bit odd and the metalic look you mention makes more sense. I will have to see if i can find matchs in the paints i use. Thanks again.

To my fellow forum members,

I am now officially a grandfather of a baby boy, 8lbs.  I wonder about my bench time at this point on?  LOL!  LOL!  Here is what's been done for this afternoon.

Toshi

Here is the next three photo updates.

Yup, that's a raptor alright. Looks good Toshi.

BK

Looking really good, Toshi. You are really moving along on this build.

BrandonK

Yup, that's a raptor alright. Looks good Toshi.

BK

 

Toshi

Bakster

Looking really good, Toshi. You are really moving along on this build.

 

Toshi

"I'm only moving along due to your photos, it really helps me out with the color schemes."

Toshi, that is great to hear that I could help you. It has made my day by hearing that.

Btw...it has been interesting to read that the paint on these planes have a metallic appearance. I never would have guessed that little nugget of information. 

Keep up the good work!

Bakster

"I'm only moving along due to your photos, it really helps me out with the color schemes."

Toshi, that is great to hear that I could help you. It has made my day by hearing that.

Btw...it has been interesting to read that the paint on these planes have a metallic appearance. I never would have guessed that little nugget of information. 

Keep up the good work!

 

 

Toshi

Looking good Gramps errr Toshi. He will be sitting on your lap asking questions before you know it!

Kevin

XF-15DCC

Looking good Gramps errr Toshi. He will be sitting on your lap asking questions before you know it!

 

 

Kevin

 

Toshi

Here's what's been done on this quite Sunday afternoon.  Next up is the camoflauge.  I made a mistake as I purchased some blue tack for the first time.  I was going to try that technique until I realized I needed to have the Raptor painted in a dark gray coat then, place the blue tack on and spray the lighter gray on.  Oh well, I can fix this by going free hand AB.

Toshi

Its coming on nicely Toshi. You can still use the tac for masking, i take it thats the lighter grey colour. Jst run the tac around and spray the darker colour inside. I use tape to mask beyond the tac.

Bish

Its coming on nicely Toshi. You can still use the tac for masking, i take it thats the lighter grey colour. Jst run the tac around and spray the darker colour inside. I use tape to mask beyond the tac.

 

Toshi

Toshi

Here's what's been done on this quite Sunday afternoon.  Next up is the camoflauge.  I made a mistake as I purchased some blue tack for the first time.  I was going to try that technique until I realized I needed to have the Raptor painted in a dark gray coat then, place the blue tack on and spray the lighter gray on.  Oh well, I can fix this by going free hand AB.

Toshi

 

 

 

 

I'll have updated pics later this evening.

Toshi

Finally some updated pics!  As I mentioned earlier, I messed up with the blue Tac technique, so I AB this by free hand.  I hope members like this.

Toshi

Actually that looks really good to me. Nice freehand work, Toshi!  :D:D:D:D

M. Brindos

Actually that looks really good to me. Nice freehand work, Toshi!  :D:D:D:D

 

Toshi

Yeah...it looks good, Toshi!

Bakster

Yeah...it looks good, Toshi!

 

Here's where I am for this afternoon.  I'm still going to need to clean up the Raptor.  Once ready, I'll apply the decals and any other misc. items that I left out till the last minute.  Thanks for visiting!

Toshi

You have done a grand job on that Toshi.

Bish

You have done a grand job on that Toshi.

 

Toshi

Congrats Grandpa Toshi!

I have a question on how the kit went together.  When you joined the two fuselage halves, was there any alignement issues or gaps or did they fit together well?  I am really considering this kit.

Thanks,

Scott