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I don't know how I feel about the paint scheme but it looks like the job was impeccably done. Really impressive stuff, not a drip or smudge to speak of.

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Looks good.

But I think it'd look better if you paint the feet either black or gunmetal. A little bit of an oil wash for the panel lines wouldn't hurt either.

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Looks damn good! If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that Yamato came up with a copycat Doyusha line in 1/48!

Clean paintjob all around, looks bad ass too.

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nice job but we need more pics, namely battroid.

its looks so clean and smooth, did you use an airbrush? spray paint? hand painted?

i might have to score a cheapy valk and try my hand at it, very nice!

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I'd nail it with some panel lines, but i've gotta admit, I like the gunmetal look with the LV decals... I like it alot. And yeah, really nice job with the smooth finish... no issues here.

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You know, back when I worked on cars there was a rule. The rule was that all show vehicles should have three distinct colors. I can't tell too well from the picture but I think you're sporting a silver and purple (decals) but are missing the trim. Now, if you have a softer silver being used as trim my monitor probably just isn't picking it up.

Of course, that rule was not a be-all end-all rule. Lots of people prefer the simpler two-tone approach. The original LV has light gray, dark gray/black, and light blue as its three colors. I think yours would maybe benefit from a silverish glossy and a different silver tone flat. You could incorporate that second tone along the chest and heat shield.

I totally do not mean to diss what you've done, it's great work, I'm just throwing out some suggestions worth only what they cost.

Edited by jenius
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As requested. Added a few pics in g and b mode. Thanks for the comments. I used a recast 1s head so it doesn't look quite right. Anyone have an original 1s head for sale or trade?

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The F/A-22 is quite shiny/silvery and it's considered low-vis. But that's mainly because how they say it's painted and how it actually looks totally disagree.

The markings are certainly low-vis... (In the 1980's there were lots of "camo vs markings" combos that were part high and part low vis, so many times you have specify exactly what part is or isn't low-vis) Technically almost any brightly-painted plane nowadays has low-vis camo with high-vis markings, but many planes in the 80's were high-vis camo with low-vis markings.

Edited by David Hingtgen

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