While working on my Revell F-22 Raptor, I see now that the main weapons bay has many ejector pin marks. With the recesses and the amount of molded in detail, there is no way to fill and sand out these defects. No doubt painting and adding the weapons will draw some attention away from them, and yes I know that most people are not going to see them there unless they actually pick up my model (an act sure to provoke me to commit unspeakable acts of violence on the offender) but I will know they are there. Any ideas on making them less noticable? I am thinking of placing a small drop of paint in them to partially fill and make them a bit less visable…
You could cover them with bits of styrene squares/rectangles, or, if there is “ribs” in there, cover the entire panel between the ribs.
Which F-22 kit?
I used Testors Model Master enamel Insignia White for the bay on mine… Straight from the bottle that stuff should be thick enough to fill such holes… If you have the time to wait on it to dry.
You could also drip Mr. Surfacer 500 into the holes. That would dry faster, and would probably level better.
I put 6 AMRAAMs in the bay on mine… there is no way anyone could see the top of the bay.
The engineers that design the molds to produce these kits must find some sick enjoyment at putting these injector marks where they do.
You can cut disc using a punch from the appropriate thichness of styrene to set into the injector mark. This will help level the spot to make dealing with it easier. The other thing you can do and something I have done in the past is to do as I just described, then add rivet detail to the plug or run some wire/conduit from the spot to make it look as if it is part of the internal plumbing.
You guys have such great ideas! That’s why I like this forum so much! Just like one happy family…ok, I’ll stop. To answer one question, it is Revell of Germany’s 1/72nd scale Raptor. I think as paintsniffer said, when I pop those AMRAAM’s in there, most will be hidden. The ones that concern me are two at the very front, where the intake ducting intrudes into the bay (you can kind of make that out here:)
This area may be visible (to me) in front of the missles but I will have to dry fit the loads into the bay to be sure. If so, I’mthinking a couple of squares of styrene, round the corners a bit, add a few tiny drops CA to simulate bolts, glue in place and BINGO! Instant access panels!
Thanks again for the input!
P.S. If I could detail mine like that photo…who would care about pin marks???