F-22 Raptor (WIP)

Nathan Dempsey
I'm taking a seat.

Jorge Ferreira
More extras for the Yamato ?

Ricardo Reis
Welcome guys; @Jorge, I'll start this one but the Yamato will be finished in the next few weeks! 🙂

Jorge Ferreira
You realy love «photostressed» models....😁😁

Ricardo Reis
I can't build models without a ton of PE anymore 😛

Desert Marlin
I 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.

Alberto
Following! I hope your choice for the metallic sheen works out 👍

Alexander
Taking a seat as well, looks promising 👍

Ricardo Reis
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...

Scott Dutton
Yes, very tricky scheme, I mixed metallics with regular paint on mine

Desert Marlin
Same here…
MM and Metalizer. Lots of time with a respirator on…

Ricardo Barroso
It's going very well🙂 Do you have faced any problem or issue with this Hasegawa build ? Congratulations on the work🙂

Desert Marlin
The 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…

Ricardo Reis
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…

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

Desert Marlin
Yep, the strange shape seems to work well in that regard.

bughunter
I need to follow if Ricardo starts such a nice build 👍

Ricardo Reis
Thank you mates! 🙂

Luis Cabeças
I'll want to see it after been sanded

Ricardo Reis
You will, I'll post detailed photos of the mess, as usual! 😄

Desert Marlin
That's the part I was remembering! Took my time around that part! Cheers Mate!

Ricardo Reis
Yes, well... I'll try not to destroy too much detail... I believe this is really the worst of model building... 🙁

Dominik Weitzer
nice progress

Erik Torp
Nice work! Following.

Ricardo Reis
Welcome mates

Desert Marlin
I used Tamiya masking tape on the raised "RAM" details to protect those…

Ricardo Reis
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...

Villiers de Vos
Your re-scribing is coming along nicely.

Ricardo Reis
Well, still haven't rescribed much, Villiers, just reinforced the RAM profiles with the scriber and sanding with extreme care... painful and demotivating work

Desert Marlin
It's looking great!

Guy Rump
Looking great. 👍

Shar Dipree
Very nice progress 👍
Which gun, nozzle, pressure and mixing ratio do you use to applied the GX100 gloss varnish?

Ricardo Reis
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

Shar Dipree
Thanks Ricardo. Wichtig gun do you use?

Ricardo Reis
@Shar, I use an old Iwata HP-C Plus

James C
Looking awesome 👍👀

Ricardo Reis
Many thanks @James

bughunter
Looks 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).

Ricardo Reis
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

Slavo Hazucha
A 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 👍

Ricardo Reis
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

Slavo Hazucha
Hi 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... 🙂

Shar Dipree
Thanks 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)

Ricardo Reis
@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 🙂

Never a Pro
Interesting way of doing the RAM shine

Guy Rump
Beautiful! 👍

Ricardo Reis
Thank you mates