Toshi,

That new airbrush looks sweet! Iwata airbrushes are the cream of the crop.At this rate my friend you just may have a second career as a professional model builder! Looking forward to the build progress on this awesome bird.

To PlasticJunkie,

I will definately make that happen.  Thanks for the tip.

Toshi

Jay Jay

I'm anxiously following this one Toshi, as this is my favorite modern jet.  I know you'll do an excellent build on this one as well.  can't wait to see the progress and glean the tips you send out on the WIP.

 

Toshi

roger_wilco

Toshi,

That new airbrush looks sweet! Iwata airbrushes are the cream of the crop.At this rate my friend you just may have a second career as a professional model builder! Looking forward to the build progress on this awesome bird.

 

 

 

Toshi

To my fellow forum members,

As promised, I finally would like to share with you all, the primer stage with putty and sanding if needed.  Hopefully it's something I can avoid.  LOL!  After this I will see to it that all the minor details are taken care of.  Thank you FSM Forum members for always helping me to get to the next level.

Toshi

Looking really good Toshi! Can't wait to see the final product.

roger_wilco

Looking really good Toshi! Can't wait to see the final product.

 

Toshi

Toshi

To my fellow forum members,

As promised, I finally would like to share with you all, the primer stage with putty and sanding if needed.  Hopefully it's something I can avoid.  LOL!  After this I will see to it that all the minor details are taken care of. 

So, can you tell us a little about the build to this point. It looks good primed. Did it fall together, or were there problems? What did you prime it with? Several of us have this bird which generally has good reviews. Does your experience live up to them. It seems you are building out of the box?

Shipwreck

 

 

Toshi

To my fellow forum members,

As promised, I finally would like to share with you all, the primer stage with putty and sanding if needed.  Hopefully it's something I can avoid.  LOL!  After this I will see to it that all the minor details are taken care of. 

 

 

 

 

So, can you tell us a little about the build to this point. It looks good primed. Did it fall together, or were there problems? What did you prime it with? Several of us have this bird which generally has good reviews. Does your experience live up to them. It seems you are building out of the box?

 

You know shipwreck, everything went into assembly with no issues nor concerns.  At this point in the build, there are no gaps and everything went together perfectly.  There was some very small amount of flash here and there, but nothing to be overly concerned about.  The engines exhaust area has some very small PE type assembling to do.  Patience and having the mind set in a Zen like state of mind is needed.  This area is the only intricate part of this build yet challenging, it was fun!

The interior details on this kit is minimal at best, it justifies aftermarket products like PE and resin items.  As for the primer, I'm utilizing a generic Krylon Dull Coat primer.  I think I bought it at Walmart for $2.50.  I still have a small yet decent amount of Tamiya Lacquer Gray Primer.  I'm saving that for my next build.  

In that of the things I mentioned above, this kit was well engineered.  Something that a father and son team could put together over a couple of weekends.  It holds it's cool factor!  A rating from 1-10 ten being the highest mark given, I have no problem rating this kit at a high 8.  

Toshi

You're moving so fast I can hardly keep track of you Toshi! 

It does seem to be a great kit, I picked up one a few years ago and looked at a bunch of online reviews and no one had anything bad to say about the kit. It's much better than even the Hasegawa kit that sells for about three times the price. 

Awesome work here. This is for sure Revells best jet kit  

Gamera

You're moving so fast I can hardly keep track of you Toshi! 

It does seem to be a great kit, I picked up one a few years ago and looked at a bunch of online reviews and no one had anything bad to say about the kit. It's much better than even the Hasegawa kit that sells for about three times the price. 

 

Toshi

Nathan T

Awesome work here. This is for sure Revells best jet kit  

 

Toshi

To my fellow forum members,

This what I've been doing this morning, there's not much to show but it definately took up some time.  Thanks for the visit.

Toshi

To my fellow forum members,

I want to thank everyone for the support you've given me, it lifts my spirit and makes me all the more, to build my next model just that much better.

The beginning of this week was very hard for me.  Mrs. Toshi said I was incoherent, and not responding properly.  The best thing she did was to put me in bed.  By the following day, I had no recollection of what had occurred.  

When I saw my Strike Eagle, fond memories returned to me as well as my second family, FSM Forum!  I finally have both feet on the ground, and I would like to present to you all, the completed F-15.

Since many forum members have this kit in there stash, I can say there was no issues at all in fit and finish.  Can this kit utilize some PE?  Of course, any kit would benefit from that.  This OOB build was as straight forward and very simple to put together.  There is a challenge, the exhaust system.  It requires a little TLC.  It has very small parts to put together.  Almost PE like.  LOL!  There are 15 pcs. per exhaust for a total of 30 pcs. to assemble.  Check your build sheet and you'll know what I'm talking about.

Until my next build, which is a Tamiya 1:32 P-51D Mustang "Special Edition Silver Chrome Plated" kit, here is the finalization of the Eagle, thank you.

Toshi

This is what the Eagle looked like 24 hours ago.

Now in it's current incarnation.

Excellent work!

wing_nut

Didn't you just start this 3 days ago? Jeez you work fast. and the sped has not detracted from the look. very nice.

 

Toshi

Fly-n-hi

Excellent work!

 

Toshi

I blinked and it's done. You really did a fine job again, nice work there Toshi. I'll have to up my game. 

BK

BrandonK

I blinked and it's done. You really did a fine job again, nice work there Toshi. I'll have to up my game. 

BK

 

Toshi

Looks very good and a super fast build.

Shipwreck

It would take me a month to do that! Good work Toshi. I am especially impressed with your panel lines. Most of us would want to darken them so that they "pop"; but yours look like the panel lines of a real F-15. The darker/lifghter modulation on the skin is very effective too! Now for that P-51, another favorite of just about everyone.

 

Toshi

To PlasticJunkie,

Thank you sir.  Also Thank you for following my threads, and especially the read and replies.

Toshi

Very nice work there Toshi. If you could make the pictures a bit darker next time it would show the details better.

I built the same kit last year and it's an excellent kit for the price. Too bad it does not come with any bombs which is very disapointed. Below is mine 

Cnq has presented a pretty bird too! If anyone is interested in learning all you would need to know about F-15E's go to f-15e.info. You can see what I mean about real panel lines if you go to the operations menu, especially under the Enduring Freedom campaign.

cnq

Very nice work there Toshi. If you could make the pictures a bit darker next time it would show the details better.

I built the same kit last year and it's an excellent kit for the price. Too bad it does not come with any bombs which is very disapointed. Below is mine 

 

 

Toshi

Shipwreck

Cnq has presented a pretty bird too! If anyone is interested in learning all you would need to know about F-15E's go to f-15e.info. You can see what I mean about real panel lines if you go to the operations menu, especially under the Enduring Freedom campaign.

 

Toshi