Subject: Re: 1/72 F-22
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Kin WONG" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:10:46 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kin WONG 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 12:50 AM
  Subject: 1/72 F-22

        1/72 Academy F-22

        by Kin WONG

        Hello every modelers. This time I bring new Academy 1:72 F-22. This is a new kit, I bought it at Feb-2011. Start builds at Feb. & finished at the end of Jun.

        Since it is a new kit, it looks simple, so I try building OOB. Open box, you can find a very nice kit, come with cartograf decal. It looks great! But quickly I find some problems; first I try to find out color number, they show in very small fonts, maybe this in 1:72 scales. Inside color instruction also not clear. So I find out instruction sheets from Hasegawa. All color information follows Hasegawa’s.

        First two steps have no problem. 

        Step 3 needs some attention. May need some putty.

        Step 5 is the air intakes. But do not know why they make big holes at floor. They look funny. So I use plastic card to fill up the big holes, they need a lot sanding. After install the air takes inside, then glue upper & lower fuselage. There still have a large gap between the intakes. Sanding, masking & painting… this is hard point!

        You also must paint the weapons bays, wheel bays first. After you masked them, before you paint the fuselage. 

        The exhaust area also need pay attention, need sanding & paint first. & need ref color information.

        If you choose open weapon bays, you need sand a lot of pin marks

        Over all this is a nice kit, but you need pay more attention when you start.

        I had some mistakes on this F-22, hope can have a chance build one more…