ghatherly Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) Guys, The Hasegawa F-22 failed because the exterior was way wrong in detail to scale. The panel detail is thicker than you find on most tanks. I was given one for a gift when I was int he Hospital and it still sits in the box. F-22's have a few raised RAM panels maybe 1/4 inch, not the 6 inches or more the Hasegawa model has them molded into the skin. Once Academy corrected the nose on their Raptor kit, it became the nicer of the two kits. Building a big raptor in 1/32 might be a fun scratch build project. Edited September 13, 2013 by ghatherly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showtime 100 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Cool - thanks for the info guys. Personally, I;ve always liked the 117, B-2, F-22 and YF-23. Something about those planes, the stealth thing, and their radical designs just piques my interest more then normal I guess. I did see that Zactomodels has been working on a resin 1/32 YF-23 that looks incredible!! ...if it ever happens to make it to production of course. I worked at McDonnell Douglas when the YF-22 was picked to be the 5th generation fighter. Losing the YF-23 contract was a bummer but we did win two other huge contracts: The C-17 Globemaster and the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I'm surprised we have a F-22 topic and no one chimed in with some Photochop work, yet... Ghostmech, where are you??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 In the meantime..... http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=16710 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 and one more. http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Didn't Hasegawa release a 'limited production' 1/48th scale F-22 that included PE for the exhaust that was priced $60-$70? I bought my son a Hasegawa 1/48th scale F-22 off of eBay for $30 shipped. I think the original release of the F-22 kit was in pink styrene and came with decals to cover the entire airframe in anime girls. It was part of their Idolmaster series: http://www.hlj.com/product/HSGSP271/Air Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csavaglio Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Oh, c'mon, there's all kinds of possibilities for Raptor paint schemes.....you can do one with the stealth paint peeling off after it sat in the rain...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Cool - thanks for the info guys. Personally, I;ve always liked the 117, B-2, F-22 and YF-23. Something about those planes, the stealth thing, and their radical designs just piques my interest more then normal I guess. I did see that Zactomodels has been working on a resin 1/32 YF-23 that looks incredible!! ...if it ever happens to make it to production of course. Zactoman from Zactomodels had a 1/32 YF-23 in development some time ago. Not seen much on this front lately though ... There were certainly very good reasons why the YF-22 was chosen over the YF-23, but when it comes to looks, the YF-23 was winning hands down ... Then we got the choice between the F-32 and the F-35... If beauty derives from function , then I wonder what functions these ones were designed for Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewizardofaz Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Trumpeter kit 03725 is due out soon. 17634697_1260432917338305_9098815410433317470_n.jpg Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Trumpeter kit 03725 is due out soon. 17634697_1260432917338305_9098815410433317470_n.jpg What is the source of that? Any more info? Links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otis252 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Out2gtcha, totally fake. Forget you saw that. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Out2gtcha, totally fake. Forget you saw that. Chuck lol - It wasnt on the 1st, so was confused. otis252 and daveoh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacingMonk Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Out2gtcha, totally fake. Forget you saw that. Chuck Yeah, but once you've seen it you can't un-see it! otis252 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Aawwwwww , damn you! Don't you ever do that again! My poor heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Still don't want to believe that an effin' F-35 is out in man's scale while Raptor is still in limbo ..... 20 flamin' years after first flight!!! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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