F22 Raptor

[m0rce]

Howdy folks
This shall be my entry into this fun event;


have a good one!

S

[Twokidsnosleep]

That will be cool!!!

[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.

[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

[Aliktren]

wow you got a pilot, neat... that is a crazy amount of detail on that tiny airframe, good stuff

[m0rce]

DO NOT STAND BEHIND VENTS WHILE IN OPERATION!

[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!

[m0rce]

....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

[Twokidsnosleep]

We gotta see the pilot with one creepy huge Anime eyes
Hey maybe a pinned visor that you can pose up or down

[m0rce]

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!

[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

[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

[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!

[M60Tanker]

Let me guess, call sign "Buggs"

[Hillbilly]

Absolutely love the rabbit ears and the color is awesome

[OutbackModeller]

Love the ears mate, makes mine look rubbish and cheap. keep it up.

Clem

[m0rce]

Let me guess, call sign "Buggs"

Great suggestion! might use it.

Thanks mate!

[m0rce]

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.

[m0rce]

Absolutely love the rabbit ears and the color is awesome

Thanks mate... it will look better when its shinny and decaled.

;

S

[Twokidsnosleep]

Like an acid trip....that is a lot of colour!!!

[m0rce]

Yeah... kinda went a bit crazy.
Figured this one needed to be different...

[peppie]

those colours, I love it

[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

[m0rce]

Sorry, no updates today




sergio

[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.

[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

[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.

[m0rce]

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