Raptor 1/48 Academy

[Guest]

Hy, guys..

I haven't been here for a while

So, it is about Raptor. I love the bird

I started with wheel bays. Although the bays from the box are pretty detailed, I've decided to sand almost everything away and wire it myself. Second option was to buy aires, but I am satisfied with the present look. There are some mistakes that I made, but I've notice it just after painting, so I will leave it as it is.

Pics:

Painted with semigloss white.

Hope you like it. All comments and criticism are welcome.

Regards, Ljubo

[aaron]

Jeeze nice job mate, looks very busy.

[flyjoe180]

Wow, great detail there Ljubo.

[papa 695]

Great work Ljubo can't wait to see what else you have instore for us

[Guest]

fantastic detailing work must have taken a while to get it right?

mobear

[mossiepilot]

Cor blimey Ljubo, if that's going to be the level of detail in the wheel bays, I can't wait to see how the cockpit looks.

Great work mate.

Tony.

[Guest]

Yes, it took a while. About ten days. All of it looks thick, but alot of wires are realy thin and hard to handle.

Cockpit is partly painted, already. I put some decals from the box on the screens, but it is not realistic if the engine is turned of, so I think I'll fix it and paint it in gloss black. It is aires cockpit, but this is the first time that I'm not satisfied with their resin. Some details were lost and some are impossible to paint. But, i really don't have any intention to buy another one, so this one will work for this time. It is not so bad, but it is not perfect as usual.

[Guest]

You must have a very steady hand that detail work is stunning

[Ian M]

Fantastic work Ljubo.

I look forward to seeing what else you have up your sleeve for this one.

Ian M

[colin m]

Nice work with the extra detail.

[michaelm]

WOW! very nice indeed. M

[yak face]

Great to see you back Ljubo! and fantastic scratchbuilding in the wheel wells, looking forward to seeing the cockpit, cheers tony

[MORIARTY1177]

Beautiful piece of detailing Ljubo very nice indeed, look forward to seeing what you do with the rest of it.

Regards

Chris

[Guest]

Hello, again.

Here we go just a bit forward.

I glued the intakes, than I fill it, sand it, fill it, sand it, fill it, sand it etc

Anyway, I paint it whit white and now I should paint the grey egde. Does anyone know how exactly that gray paint goes inside the intakes?

I am sorry about the bad pics, but that was as good as I could.

Regards, Ljubo

[Guest]

When I just thought that I'm done with intakes, I tried to dryfit them. And look at the result:

So, there will be alot of work for me with this

Hope to get my inspiration back soon.

In the meantime, to heal the wounds I started Eduard's Mig-21 bis.

regards, Ljubo