Anzo Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 (edited) I really like the Starscream F-22 with tattoo in the movie Transformers II. But I couldn’t find any Starscream model or the tattoo on her in the Internet until couple months ago. I found a 1:144 Starscream F-22 model from Tomytec. The tattoo on this 1:144 Starscream F-22 looks like the Starscream F-22 in the movie and almost same. Then I talked with my friends who play 1:144 models about this information. Fortunately, one of my friend in Asia has this Starscream F-22 tattoo version. After he sent some photos to me, I began to prepare for this F-22 Starscream… 1:48 is kind of too big for this Starscream F-22 with tattoo. So I pick this 1:72 Italeri F-22. Most details of this F-22 are acceptable. But many places are different with real F-22. Need to do some amendments for better results. Thanks to my friend Obake. He took a lot of photos of his Tomytec 1:144 Starscream for reference. I would like to build this Starscream F-22 in flight, but there is no pilot in this kit. Therefore, I picked one pilot from Hasegawa pilot/crew set. Also I prepared PE parts to enhance some details. Began with display stand base. Added some decorations. The pilot from Hasegawa set is different with F-22 pilot. I did some amendments. Added some details on the cockpit. http://www.deepbluemodel.com/ Edited December 12, 2012 by Anzo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caretaker Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Wow, looks good. I am also looking for some pics of Starscream.. Is it possible for you to mail me a copy of the pics made by your friend?? That would really help me. The pics i could find were not from directly above the Raptor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pep Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I like it! but why have a pilot? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caretaker Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Starscream has a pilot that is a holographic projection... Thats my guess... :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 ^ bingo Looking forward to watching this come together Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Caretaker, PM sent. If you watch the movie Transformers II carefully, you will find a pilot on Starscream. And yes, it is a holographic projection. The 1:144 model from Tomytec also includes a pilot, and it is made by clear green plastic. Looks more like a holographic projection. But in the movie, the pilot of Starscream just looks like a normal F-22 polit, not clear green. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Funny, I was thinking the other day ot would be cool to do an F-22 as a Starscream. I love the in flight idea. Nice work on the base too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White Wolf Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Great idea, and looking forward to seeing the end result! Generation 1 Starscream needs more love though :(/> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) Funny, I was thinking the other day ot would be cool to do an F-22 as a Starscream. I love the in flight idea. Nice work on the base too. Let us to have a group to build Starscream F-22. I build the Starscream in flight because...I can see the tattoo on bottom fuselage more easy...ha...ha. Great idea, and looking forward to seeing the end result! Generation 1 Starscream needs more love though :(/> I guess generation 1 Starscream got too much love already.… Many people build F-22. These F-22s all look like generation 1 Starscream. Edited December 13, 2012 by Anzo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Update. Italeri makes the canopy as two parts. But there were two big gaps in front and back. Needed to fill. I want to see whole tattoo on bottom fuselage, so I decided to close all weapons bays and gear bays. Used styrene strips to hold these bay doors. The fit of this F-22 kit is not very well. After put door bays on, these gaps were still visible. Used Tamiya putty to fill these gaps. After sanded smooth, I rescribed all panel lines of weapons bays and gear bays. Airbrushed Mr. Surfacer 1000. Made sure everything is fine. Next was intake part. Italeri only provides two very simple pieces for intakes. I added a styrene sheet in the middle to separate two intakes. Applied Tamiya putty to corners and sanded. After surface of intakes were smooth. Airbrushed Mr. Surfacer 1000 again. There was no engine compressor faces in this kit, but I needed something to cover the intakes. Therefore, I put some styrene sheets at end of intakes, to made them that look like a gill of fish. It is sci-fi…ha…ha… Then airbrushed white. In addition, airbrushed another styrene sheet and put on top of intakes. This is how intake looks. http://www.deepbluemodel.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 The nozzle part was crude too. Used styrene sheets to rebuild them. All right, most amendments were done. Tried dry fit for fuselage and display stand base, also adjusted the angle of F-22 till I liked it. http://www.deepbluemodel.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K5054NZ Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 What a great idea for a build! I love the display stand and arm idea, too. Great work so far! Zac in NZ, Transformers fan from way back ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Thank your, K5054NZ. Too many models are building on my work branch at same time. Here is a small update for Starscream. Next was painting the display stand base. I don't want the base too shining, and takes the spotlight away from the tattoo of Starscream. But I still want to emphasize the emblem of Decepticon. So I airbrushed Mr. Metal Color 213 Stainless for most area and washed with light gray oil paint. Airbrushed Mr. Metal Color 218 Aluminum and washed with dark gray oil paint for the emblem of Decepticon. See a little bit textures over here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharkey Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 That base is nice! I always wondered why no one was making these decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thanks, sharkey. Do you mean decals of the tattoo? I guess the cost of authorization must be very expensive… Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharkey Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thanks, sharkey. Do you mean decals of the tattoo? I guess the cost of authorization must be very expensive… Yeah, you're probably right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 I have time back to this project finially. Hope I can finish this soon. Here are some updates. Painted the F-22 pilot. Airbrushed black on the cockpit. Then washed the cockpit with gray oil paint. Also needed to paint buttons and switches on left and right panels. The pilot finally sat on the seat. I wasn’t satisfied with the display stand. Added more decorations. Airbrushed again. It was done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Madhatter Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Yeah brilliant! How are you going to do the tats? I am assuming you'll make your own decals for it? Your paint work is fantastic Looking forward to seeing more of this MH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 Thank you, Madhatter. No, I will use the method of masking for the tattoos. It takes more time if I make a decals set. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Some updates for this Transformers Starscream F-22. The fit was not so good for this F-22, so it took me a while to assemble the fuselage and do the seamless. Then I airbrushed the nozzles first and masked. I airbrushed some areas with very light white gray. Masked the white areas of Decepticon tattoo. Ready for F-22 paint scheme. Airbrushed Gunze Hobby Color 308 gray for first color. Masked these areas of first gray. Masked bottom of fuselage too. Mixed Gunze Hobby Color 315 gray, 56 intermediate blue and white for main color of fuselage. Airbrushed the color on fuselage. Airbrushed the color on bottom fuselage too. For stain effect on bottom fuselage, I masked some masking tapes along the panel lines. Used Mounting Putty and masking tape for camouflage of F-22. Airbrushed the color which mixed Gunze Hobby Color 317 Gray, 56 intermediate blue and white. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Removed most of masking tapes. She looked like F-22 now. Made the color Tamiya XF-10 flat brown and black very thin to airbrushed the stain effect on bottom of fuselage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 that looks great, wonderful paint work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Air-to-Air Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 That's looking very good. Superb precision masking. Looking forward to seeing more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AquilaNera Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Outstanding work so far. Waiting for progress. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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