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Bernhard Pethe
Eine gute Recherche, ist schon der halbe Weg zum Erfolg. Ich schau da mal weiter zu.

Sylvain Vernier
a new well documented article 👀

Cuajete
Nice start. Following! 👍

Raphael Bernecole
Very Nice 🙂

Cuajete
Marius, I'm glad you're taking up this interesting project again.
Very nice color scheme! It's the same scheme that this Mig-15 UTI? Egyptian Warriors (Condor Decals 72014, 1:72)

Nicolas
Following

Łukasz Gliński
Very nice camo sir 👍

Alec K
Excellent! Taking a belated seat.

Marius
Thanks mates!

@Cuajete: in a way it's a similar pattern, but not two EAF machines of the same type had the same "Nile" camouflage pattern. This was left to the freedom of artistic expresion of the maintainance workers. The rule was to use those three main colors, but sometimes their order was switched. Sometimes even the pattern was completely irregular:

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★ Starfish ★
Here's the first update on a project I recently completed. This build was particularly meaningful to me for a few reasons. Firstly, the F-22 is one of my all-time favorite aircraft. I've had this kit for several years, but I've always been hesitant to start building it due to the challenging paint job required for the Raptor. Luckily, and that's the second reason why this is so special to me, my loyal follower Marie asked me to build a Raptor for her. Since I was currently in between projects, I just started building right away and surprisingly the end result turned out better than expected. Most importantly, Marie is thrilled with the model I sent her!
Below you can see the pilot figure I painted just because I think aircraft in flight without a crew look odd. As far as I know, Raptor pilots are not equipped with JHMCS helmets but that's just a minor detail I decided to overlook given the small scale. More updates will follow as I'm currently working on a video showcasing the building and painting process in detail.

Matt L
Would love to see more Raptor kits with other paint schemes and decals not requiring an air brush

★ Starfish ★
@Matt Well, I don't know of any other paint schemes for Raptors other than the standard and chrome schemes! However, it's always up to you how you want to paint your model 🙂

Matt L
Like to keep it authentic with decals and paint schemes - maybe we will see different paint design with a new future F-22 variant (if it happens). Many 5th gen jets seem to get pretty advance schemes where detailed airbrushing may be the best option though.

Nicolas
I'm following.

DerMattes
Taking a seat 🙂

Cristian A
I'm watching closely as well 🙂

J35J
Taking a seat too 👍🏻

★ Starfish ★
Thank you mates 🙂

CaptGPF
Sadly, I doubt we are going to see any variants - as the production lines have been shuttered for quite a while - and the USAF cancelled any new block upgrades in favor of the NGAD program. Outside of the Tomcat, I felt that the Raptor was a rare no-compromise aircraft built for total air dominance. I'm interested in seeing how you tackle the metallic coloring for this bird. I'd also love to see your comments on the pictures! 😀

★ Starfish ★
More pics will be added over time. Here's my video about the build: Youtube Video

Vincent
Very nice work. Great result on the paint finish!

★ Starfish ★
Thanks Vincent! I took a lot of inspiration from the painting process on your excellent Raptor!

Vincent
I thought so when I saw the vid. Nice to hear I could help!!!

Matt L
Agree, very nice.

★ Starfish ★
Thanks a lot Matt!

Nicolas
Very good.

Neuling
Yes!!

J35J
Looking great Starfish! Congrats👍🏻

★ Starfish ★
Thank you all!

Thorsten Höse
Impressive and cool display of the Raptor!
Very nice! 😎

★ Starfish ★
Danke 🙂

Michael Kohl
Well done and well presented.

★ Starfish ★
Thanks Michael!

gorby
No doubt this will be an interesting build. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Taking a first-row seat on this talent-show!

Zsolt Czegle
Welcome ont the aboard mates!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Looking forward to visit "Airpower24" tomorrow. This reminded me that I have taken some pictures the last weeks that did not yet find the way into the album. So here we go.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Little progress on this one.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Stefan Fraundorfer
I'm in Jürgen and will follow with interest.

Ekki
And me!

Łukasz Gliński
Joining the party

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hello everyone - thanks for your intereest. I must admit that this is not a very exiting build, but thanks for yor interest - will to the painting this weekend and I just checked the decal sheet,....uuuii, there are plenty tiny stickers to be placed.

Juergen Klinglhuber
thx for your likes mates,..I can report a little progress

Bas Tonn
can't wait for the final result

★ Starfish ★
Super Arbeit soweit! der Airpower19 Eurofighter ist nicht ganz so spannend wie die letzten beiden "Tiger" aber trotzdem nice to have 🙂

Skyhiker
I had trouble with the front landing gear on this kit breaking. I don't know if was just a fluke or if the mold is too thin. It may need reinforcement.

Juergen Klinglhuber
@ Bas Tonn -welcome & I will do my best to finish it soon. 🙂

Juergen Klinglhuber
@ Starfish -thx for your comment. I have the Nato Tiger from '22 on the bench as well. Eurofighter Typhoon - "Austrian Tigers" 7L*WC | Album by jott (1:72)
And you are right - the more colourful livery is way more interessting (application of decals 🙂 - but also to look at it when done). I will up-date the other Album soon.

Juergen Klinglhuber
@ Skyhiker
I am building 2 of those revel kits in parallel - both front landing gears broke already right after taking it from the sprue.... so thx for your advice, I hope other mates receive this info to take precaution.

Raphael Bernecole
Very nice work 😉

Harry Eder
Nice job Juergen! 👍 I'm looking forward to see your Eurofighters live at Euromodell Ried!

Alec K
Late to the party but… looks great 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hallo Raphael, Harry & Alec - welcome and thx for leaving your comments. @Harry - I guess the 2 Typhoons will be ready just in time. Looking forward to meet you there.

Juergen Klinglhuber
So far so good - final pictures soon after the model show in Ried this coming week end.

★ Starfish ★
Super 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
I got this kit for a reduced price on a flea-market - due to the fact that the cockpit and seat were missing. The former owner spoiled it or put it aside - I don't know exactly. But it wouldn't be me not taking this challenge. Lets go and scratch an Eurofighther cockpit...

Łukasz Gliński
Interesting challenge

Juergen Klinglhuber
thx for your interest Lukasz. I joint the fuselage last night & the cockpit did fit 🙂
pics will follow soon.

Dietmar Kollmann
Nice start., Jürgen.

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
ohhh nice work on the cockpit Jürgen! Taking a seat to see the progress 🙂

Nicolas
Following.

J35J
Great scratch work on the cockpit. Looking forward to see the final result.

Guy Rump
Excellent cockpit, following! 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi mates - thank you for your nice words on my scratch work. Time consuming - but It came along nicely and better than I did expect.

Michael Kohl
Following too.

Robert Podkoński
A little late, but watching with pleasure 🙂

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome. No worries - it's summertime again (progress is slow ... 😉 )

Harry Eder
Nice scratched cockpit! Watching with interest! 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Harry. Welcome.

Juergen Klinglhuber
As the cockpit is done I have to catch up with the Eurofighter Typhoon - "Austrian Typhoons" 7L*WB | Album by jott (1:72) build which is almost done. Beside livery the kit is 1:1 the same, so making up leeway isn't that hard I hope.

★ Starfish ★
Nice work so far! I had the same issue with the warped vertical stabiliser on this kit.

DerMattes
Just checked the newer Revell Eurofighter (Ghost Tiger box). It seems to have the same problem with the stabiliser 🙁

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Starfish & DerMattes - thx for sharing your experience. So watch out mates for front landing gear and stabilizer issues !! 👍 cheers

Juergen Klinglhuber
Done in time for the up coming show in Ried, Hope to have some final pictures right after it.

Nicolas
Looks great.

Tibor Szilvai
Nice work! 👍

★ Starfish ★
Perfect result and good that you found some use for the runway 😊

David Orifice
Interior done

David Orifice
Stripped gold plating from wheels and exhaust. Not sure whether to use chrome on the wheels or paint them white.
Painted body Tamiya Racing Blue. Paint stand fell apart, which caused the body to fall while the paint was still wet. After letting the paint dry, I wet sanded the body and re-sprayed. A couple of drips from the re-spray requires another round of wet sanding. Wheels were painted white to match the intended color of the stripes.