F15-E Strike Eagle - Completed.

Wow. Impressive! I have that kit in 1/48...can only IMAGINE how big it is in 1/32!!!

Second-ing the dullcoat vote, and IMHO the entire build would benefit from a dark panel wash. VERY sharp otherwise.

Nice work on an excellent aircraft!

It really doesn't show that it is painted in hand! 

Viktor1982 wrote:

Nice work on an excellent aircraft!   It really doesn't show that it is painted in hand!

This is a fantastic build. Not my era but i can appreciate quality when i see it.

...Guy

Looks great. The only thing I would do with it though is spray it with a dullcoat or flatcoat to make it look a little more weathered.

I agree! It's too glossy and a little dark, but a nice job anyhow.

Here is my Revell kit I did a couple years ago...

Dave: it is a fantastic build !Congratulations !!

One thing I need to say: since the build is so nice ... keep the same qualiy with picture taking. This build deserves better pictures and it can be done very easy.

One piece of while (or any other gray shade is fine) paper bent and side reflectors (also white are the best) pieces of paper and a light from front/top area. Than you got almost perfect picture.

see my simple setup:

Make sureyou got a right White Balance and your model will look even better

I am eager to see this one without background disturbance It deserves it

I usually like weathering too but damn if that doesn't look perfect as it is.

Fantastic job 

Dave -

Welcome back to a great hobby !  Very nice Eagle.  Nicely detailed under-wing armament too.  

I'm likin' that whale paintbrush holder too - very nice !

Chris

I can't tell it's brushed! NICE. Great build quality I know where the seams are on that kit.

The only thing as the others said is it's screaming for a sprayed dullcoat.

  Truth be spoken, I would also like to see it a bit more weathered. But I think that a soft wash will do, just to give the sufficient depth!

  But don't be too hard on it, clean jobs have a quality of their own!

MaxPower wrote:

I can't tell it's brushed! NICE.

I completely missed the hand-brushed part. WOW!  

it is very big, beutifull model

excellent

Many, many thanks to everyone for the kind words and encouragement. I will definately look at doing another coat of dullcoat and with what I learned doing this project I'm hopeful the next will be better.

Once again, many thanks..... Dave

Dave are you planning on an airbrush at all? You can get some great effects as well. For example here's the metal part of my F-15. I airbrushed various shades to give it this look:

Can't say enough though how impressed I am that you hand painted that. That kit is a ton of work. Mine took about 6 months but I have kids, job etc so that's not everyday. I'm not going to post a bunch of pics in your thread but here's a link to mine.

 http://www3.telus.net/public/niallc/F15%20finished/

Airbrushing is definately in the future. I'm watching eBay on a regular basis for the right deal on a good brush. What do you use?

Your build is awesome . You did a fantastic job.

Dave.

Dave,

I got back to the hobby about a year ago.

I used spray cans for my fist kit and quickly I got AZTEK airbrush. It worked and was cheap.... Than I decided to get a better airbrush .... got Badger360. Its a great AB however it requires a bit skills (I do not have them) so ... I started looking again. This time I read a bit on those AB and found an interesting article on IWATA HP series.

This is a pricy AB ($200) but worth every penny !

Now I use IWATA exclusively for all fine work I di. Badger is sitting aside with aztek ]:)]

It does not make sense to save on AB , get the best you can afford, its cheaper this way  

Thanks Greg for the info. I will look into the Iwata. I have checked them out before but your advice is appreciated.

Cheers, Dave

gzt wrote:

Than I decided to get a better airbrush .... got Badger360. Its a great AB however it requires a bit skills (I do not have them) so ... I started looking again. This time I read a bit on those AB and found an interesting article on IWATA HP series. This is a pricy AB ($200) but worth every penny ! Now I use IWATA exclusively for all fine work I di. Badger is sitting aside with aztek ]:)]

So an Iwata requires less skill to operate? Wow!

MikeV wrote:

gzt wrote: Than I decided to get a better airbrush .... got Badger360. Its a great AB however it requires a bit skills (I do not have them) so ... I started looking again. This time I read a bit on those AB and found an interesting article on IWATA HP series. This is a pricy AB ($200) but worth every penny ! Now I use IWATA exclusively for all fine work I di. Badger is sitting aside with aztek ]:)]   So an Iwata requires less skill to operate? Wow!

Yes Mike

It is pretty simple fact: badger 360 requires very precise control over the trigger, all with one finger, while Iwata HP as a screw with a fine thread what allows me to set the paint volume very accurately. It is repeatable process not relying on my finger touch.

An additional fact, Iwata has a pressure control valve at the tip of AB, and this allows to control the flow even more accurately.