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F22 Raptor
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:18 pm
by m0rce
Howdy folks
This shall be my entry into this fun event;
have a good one!
S
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:34 am
by Twokidsnosleep
That will be cool!!!

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:29 pm
by m0rce
Heelllooo folks
Its finaly april and i can get my mitts on this kit.
Seen a few egg plane pics and they are all soo cute!
Anyhow... sprue shots below;
Thanks for popping in.
S.
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 5:57 pm
by m0rce
Greeting all (always have Panzerman Bills greeting in my heat. Bill, you're great!)
I couldnt wait for this GB to begin. Hope this turns out ok so i can add to my shelf as i think it will look cute. Maybe shoulda picked sommething more coulourful but hey... i can do another later. (That Flanker looks the mutts nuts, right?)
Good luck to all paticipants. Ill enjoy following your builds
0.1
After a long day out, a nice bath is good for you. Warm water with some washing up liquid really gets the grease out from under your privates.
0.2
Pre-mission brief.
Plans are studied and strategy put in place.
Pick your target.
Ill take the bottom option. Pilot with visor down
Hobby knife out... here we go
Thanks for dropping in

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 9:16 pm
by Aliktren
wow you got a pilot, neat... that is a crazy amount of detail on that tiny airframe, good stuff

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 6:50 pm
by m0rce
DO NOT STAND BEHIND VENTS WHILE IN OPERATION!

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:03 pm
by UKguyInUSA
I can't believe a year has already "flown" by since this SiG was happening last Easter?! Have fun building your Raptor....I think the Visor should be up!

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 12:58 pm
by m0rce
UKguyInUSA wrote:....I think the Visor should be up!

... but then id have to paint eyes....

or use the supplied eye decals.
Dunno. Guess ill paint both and decide after.
Thanks for popping in

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:29 pm
by Twokidsnosleep
We gotta see the pilot with one creepy huge Anime eyes
Hey maybe a pinned visor that you can pose up or down

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 6:25 pm
by m0rce
Twokidsnosleep wrote:We gotta see the pilot with one creepy huge Anime eyes
Hey maybe a pinned visor that you can pose up or down

Right... like i got skills for that ....
Maybe next year that one
However there are pics of pilots with green in vizor hud kinda stuff... that might be achievable...
Tx for stoping by buddy!
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 9:24 pm
by m0rce
Howdy doodly neighboureenos...
(Sorry... been watching the simpsons)
Just a quick post showing the dry fit pics.
Everything was ok. Minor filling but a bit of fussing with the left intake to get it flush at the top. No major fit issues.
Really enjoying this build and seeing everyone elses simultaneous progress.
Thanks for stopping by.
S
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:30 pm
by m0rce
Soooo... the plans i had for this build went all loopy.
Was working on the primed kit ready to start painting grey and black on Saturday. My gf was crafting at the table next to me and we were getting all Easter-ry.
This is what happened;
Happy Easter everyone!
I did want to do something more colourful than usual for this but it wasnt til saturday that decided to just go crazy on the kit. Hope you like it. Ill have to do a serious one sometime.
i was hoping to be further along the process before showing. At least a clear coat to make it nice n shiny. Alas twos not to be. As you can see it needs a few(many!) touch ups before clear coat time.
Airbrushed the citadel green. The orange camo is a mix of vallejo yellow and scarlet red and was airbrushed freehand. Citadel gold on the cans, eyes, vents and yellow zig zag was brushpainted (and needs touching up)
Next steps;
Check bunny ears fit under canopy and reduce pilot size if required.
touch ups.
Decals
Landing gear assembly.
Possibly a base.
Thanks for stopping by.
s
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 11:04 pm
by m0rce
...forgot to mention the bunny ears.
Pipe cleaners dyed pink then cut to size.
Trimmed the base, drilled holes into pilots nogen.
Painted the inside of the ears white, bent to shape then ca glued in.
The pilots not finished yet. Ill do a better post on her when she is.
Have a good one!
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 11:07 pm
by M60Tanker
Let me guess, call sign "Buggs"

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 12:00 am
by Hillbilly
Absolutely love the rabbit ears

and the color is awesome

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:36 am
by OutbackModeller
Love the ears mate, makes mine look rubbish and cheap. keep it up.
Clem
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:40 pm
by m0rce
M60Tanker wrote:Let me guess, call sign "Buggs"

Great suggestion!

might use it.
Thanks mate!
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:43 pm
by m0rce
OutbackModeller wrote:Love the ears mate, makes mine look rubbish and cheap. keep it up.
Clem
But they dont fit under the canopy... gonna have to give pilot a chop.
Thanks for the compliment Clem, your submission is amazing.
S.
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:45 pm
by m0rce
Hillbilly wrote:Absolutely love the rabbit ears

and the color is awesome

Thanks mate... it will look better when its shinny and decaled.
;
S
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:47 am
by Twokidsnosleep
Like an acid trip....that is a lot of colour!!!
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:50 am
by m0rce
Yeah... kinda went a bit crazy.
Figured this one needed to be different...
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:26 pm
by peppie

those colours, I love it

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 7:09 am
by m0rce
Hi folks
Not much time during the week to work on the builds but managed to start on a base. Just an egg shape drawn on cardboard, cut out and traced a few times. The cutouts stuck together with pva, then covored with plaster de paris.
Work in progress
More to come soon

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 9:07 am
by m0rce
Sorry, no updates today
sergio
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 4:33 pm
by UKguyInUSA
Wow, I had to put my sun-glasses on looking at that build! Very bright and cheerful mate and the rabbit ears are a funny addition! Good luck with the base.

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:25 pm
by m0rce
Evening folks.
Sorry for the lack of recent updates, been quite busy.
There are one or two touch-ups I'd like to do but this one's mostly done.
still want to build a hud, then ill do a short video for the final reveal.
This was a really fun little build.
thanks for looking

Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:19 pm
by floyd
Looking good!

How on earth did you get the canopy to stay open? I was considering this for mine, but thought it would just be far too much faffing about as there didn't seem to be much of a contact area.
Re: F22 Raptor
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2015 3:36 pm
by m0rce
floyd wrote:Looking good!

How on earth did you get the canopy to stay open? I was considering this for mine, but thought it would just be far too much faffing about as there didn't seem to be much of a contact area.
..cut a piece of a metal shish kebab skewer and glued it to inside of canopy fit in hole perfectly
