Anzo Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Thank you, Shawn M, Air-to-Air, and AquilaNera. I am masking the tattoo now. Hope share more progress with you guys soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bravosierra001 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Reminds me of an Apache I saw at work one day. If you look on the engine cowling you will see it. Brandon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Reminds me of an Apache I saw at work one day. If you look on the engine cowling you will see it. Brandon Wow~~~ This is going to be a good idea to build an Apache. Thanks for your sharing, Brandon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pep Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 NIce!! More star-scream! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 Here we go, Pep. More Starscream! Finally finished masking these crazy tattoos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharkey Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Oh my.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomcat21 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Holy cow great work! That is some serious patience. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Thank you, guys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twhite80 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 this is looking rad! I can't wait to see the reveal with all of the masking off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Thank you, twhite80. Updated. Mixed Gunze Hobby Color 301 gray with a little bit black. Airbrushed the color on the areas of tattoo. It took approximately 20 hours for the masking, took less than one hour to remove all of them. The result looks great to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
canadadry1 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Good lookin ride ya got there.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Todd Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Nice work!!! I did the same thing in 1/48 two yrs ago using the academy kit. I got the tattoo markings from the web, went to Kinko's,and had them printed on frisket paper. I used these for masks to airbruss all the markings. I closed all bay doors as well. I think it is better looking this way. After all it's about STARSCREAM not the F-22. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FAR148 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 :worship: Very Cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 Thank you, canadadry1, Todd and Far148. Nice work!!! I did the same thing in 1/48 two yrs ago using the academy kit. I got the tattoo markings from the web, went to Kinko's,and had them printed on frisket paper. I used these for masks to airbruss all the markings. I closed all bay doors as well. I think it is better looking this way. After all it's about STARSCREAM not the F-22. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK Wow!! Do you mind to show us your Starscream? Before I began this, I was thinking to build a 1/48 Starscream. It would look super nice in 1/48 scale. But I didn’t have any 1/48 F-22 at that moment, also 1/48 Starscream would eat too much tapes for the tattoos. So I try it on 1/72 scale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twhite80 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Holy cow! That is awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Todd Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) Kinko's Work; When I was @ Kinko's, the gentleman was very helpful. I took the kit fuselage halves (top/bottom) with me. The guy transferred the tattoo markings from my flash drive to his PC, scaled the images to match the kit parts, then gave me printed sheets of the top & bottom tattoos. With these in hand I loaded 8 1/2 x 11 frisket paper into my printer and out came my stencils. The good part is , the whole sheet lays right on top of the kit parts & matches perfect. I just cut out each pattern of tattoo in progression until complete. And you can make as many pattern copies as you need, and they are already lined up ready to cut. GOTTA THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX Edited October 10, 2014 by Todd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Holy cow! That is awesome! Thank you, twhite80. Kinko's Work; When I was @ Kinko's, the gentleman was very helpful. I took the kit fuselage halves (top/bottom) with me. The guy transferred the tattoo markings from my flash drive to his PC, scaled the images to match the kit parts, then gave me printed sheets of the top & bottom tattoos. With these in hand I loaded 8 1/2 x 11 frisket paper into my printer and out came my stencils. The good part is , the whole sheet lays right on top of the kit parts & matches perfect. I just cut out each pattern of tattoo in progression until complete. And you can make as many pattern copies as you need, and they are already lined up ready to cut. GOTTA THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX Todd, it sounds like a good way to have the tattoos. Thanks for your shring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Here is the last update. Thanks for your watching. Washed the fuselage with oil paint. Also used soft pastel to adjust the color tones. At last, airbrushed flat clear paint on fuselage. In addition, made some oil stains by soft pastel on the bottom of fuselage. Airbrushed Tamiya X-19 smoke on the canopy. Then used clear paint to glue the canopy on fuselage. Put the aircraft on the display stand base. The Staracream was done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Todd Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Yupp Looks like a pretty smitten Starscream to me. EXCELLENT JOB !!!!!!!!! KUDOS Now try Blackout...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Madhatter Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 that is by far the coolest looking F22 I've ever seen and the best rendition of Starscream to boot!! You get extra respect for the fact you didn't cheat and use decals - you hand masked everything and mate - what a job you did! You so have to take some more photos and put it up in the Display Room or Critique Corner Well done! MH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Gorgeous work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Air-to-Air Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 This was a stunning build to follow. Thank you for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anzo Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 (edited) Thanks for all your supports and comments. I put some photos in the display case. Welcome to take a look. http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=279197 Edited October 14, 2014 by Anzo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ruud Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 That looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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