F-15 Eagle Group Build 6/01/06 - 1/17/07

I live close to Canton....bout an hour south of the dirty city.

Jerry

Zone,the only pic i could find that even comes close is posted the thingys hanging off the koch fitings are a early virsion of the sewars set up, they are now built in too the buckles and not that big still looking for pics if it.

  new seat pic http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/eaglekeeper28/?action=view&current=aces_f15.jpg

                                    Peace, Jimmy

Well I sit here tonight with mixed emotions. I'm happy cause the Aires cockpit set is in. I'm PO'd cause there's stuff busted off all over the place. It's a shame you pay almost 40 bucks for after market goods and they come damaged. Why doesn't Aires get it. A little bit of bubble wrap would fix it. All 4 seat rails are broken, both ejection handles, 1 seat bracket, both throttles and a small peice of hose detail. All rolling around at the bottom of the baggy.

I've got some damage control to attend to.

Jerry

I feel your pain Jerry. I have the BB 'pit and the seat rails were busted on mine also.But the kicker is I'm not so sure I didn't do it myself.Same rail on both seat got busted.That is pretty much why I havn't posted pics yet.I'm having trouble making them look presentable.I have half a mind to buy a couple from CAM or Meteor just so I don't have to mess with it anymore.Kinda hard to glue something that has the surface area of a razorblade edge.But other than that things are going OK just sloooooooww...... Hopefully I will have a seat completed before tomorrow evening.I will post pics then.

Remember....it's just a model.

Dang Jerry that sucks are you able too repair it? Just rember even with the real aircraft we all ways got hosed up parts onece we got a whole rt stab"think price of your house" direct from depo while i worked in phase  full of water had too have a scrap metal troop drill a bunch of holes in it too drain it then he had too put it undr heat lamps for a week. Made the jet role a week late but the key is it did role out ,so fix it up she will look good in the long run and ya  i would email Aires or who ever ya got it from and see what they can do maby they can send ya a replacement.

P.s.zone i dug out my old Crewchiefs hand book and scaned a pg on the seat for ya if ya want more i can scan just say the word  http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/eaglekeeper28/?action=view&current=scan.jpg                                      Peace, Jimmy

Thanks for the concern and reassurement guys. Fact is...this is the third time I've gotton Aires parts that were F-U'd. Maybe I will email'm ....don't think it'll make any difference though. It's odd...every ejection seat I've ever purchased from Quickboost was perfect and they're supposed to be the same company. Too bad they don't make F-15E seats.

Anyhoo...in the mean time..."I shall endeavor to persevere"

Jerry

Yeah...it looks cool but I don't think it's very realistic. This was just an experiment. I've got some other things I'm gonna try. In the mean time...I'm dry fitting, adjusting fit, grinding, sanding and fixing damage to the Aires office. Not alot of fun, but important stuff nonetheless.

Welcome to the GB Chimera!!

Jerry

Hi guys. I'm doing the Tamiya 1:48 F-15J. It's exactly the same mold as the F-15C. Anyway, things to watch out for:

1. The left and right parts of each front intake may not have enough material to even complete the bottom lip of the intake. You may want to add some filler at the bottom.

2. The intake trunks look terrible. Even in the instructions they look terrible. Consider intake covers.

3. The radar mechanism panel juts out too far from the front of the plane. If you pose the radome closed this is not an issue, but if you want to pose the radome open you may want to file off the locating "ring" inside of the forward fuselage. Only half of the radome hinge is provided (the hinge that connects to the fuselage), you'll have to scratch-build the half that connects to the radome.

Photoetch canopy breakers.........  AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! These tiny parts are breakers alright! They're breaking my    Me and photoetch never got along. Adding these seat parts are going to be the challenge of this build. Compounding the problem is the folding tool I have is junk. Shoulda bought the real deal instead of the cheapy. I haven't even started on the harness yet....very complex. I should be painting.

Enough of my rants....how's everyone else doing?

Jerry

Here's what I decided.  I have primed all 7 planes.  Then upon inspection of the D and E they are similar in assembly, I decided to put them on the back burner and started all 5 C's.  These Revell kits are crap at going together but I am working with it.  I am thinking I am going to have to rescribe all 5 of these kits (oh joy!!)  Oh well, I am going to put these together if it kills me.  I figured when I get burnt out on the C's I'll pull the D and E out and start on them.  I have started by putting the bodies together on the C's and am currently sanding the seam lines.  So far it looks as there will be little putty used, I like that.  Happy Modeling.

So I finally finished sanding the seam lines for the main bodies on the C's.  Now it's time to fill the surprisingly few spots that need to be done then time to start scribing.  Here are some pics...

Great photos dragonfly!!  You should go into a side business with that cooker of yours!

And those F-15 accident photos... Hope the pilot was able to walk away from that one!  The one with the F-15 making a large opening in the building, but some crew chief got his as chewed over that one!  Then I am sure he went and as chewed the guys under him......

I hope to post some progress photos of my pair of F-15As flown by the MA National Guard on 9/11.

Hahah glad you enjoyed the pics, the run guy on that jet got de cirted on burner runs and reg runs and kicked too the tool room thats it."turns out that hold back thingy they tell us too inspect really dose somthing!".As too the crashed pics the G.I.B. got hurt bad "hes back on flying status now" the stick actuator "pilot"walked away and the jet was rebuilt at depo and is flying again "with a twist im told". As too the grill ya it wouldent be too bad of a biz but with school,flying,models,house,boat,car i have no time anymore maby at a later time  lol. 

                                                                         Well gtg good luck with u all getin your jets F.M.C.im trying too find time for mine       
                                                                              

                                                                 Peace, Jimmy

P.s. I still have my cdcs"dug them out after 3 years" and my trusty o'l crew chief handbook"and some outher things" if any one needs some ref. sorces just let me know what you in need ill try too get it too yas one way or another.

I added some new scans of a few things that are common too the beagle and eagle that is allmost are allways over looked. One is the speed brake well, the q/d's for the hydro systems pc1&2 "left and right wheel well" and the cabin pressure regulators in the equp. well in the aft of bay 5 under the clam shell .

And i have made a little bit of progress with my eagle. I have sanded the intake trunks and drilled the anti-ice holes in the aft section of the trunks, started working on the eng bay, started the cockpit ,bay 5, scratched a mpcd for the main pnl "insatlled but needs some work", sanded the T.C.T.O.1040 "beef up plates" rudders too make them the standerd 1015 ones"no beefup plates most common on C's and most E's if i remeber right 1999 models from the factory and up have them so ck your ref pics  for this ".  PICS RIGHT HERE  http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/eaglekeeper28/

                                      Well g.t.g.

                                                        Peace, Jimmy

dragonfly wrote:

Photoetch canopy breakers.........  AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! These tiny parts are breakers alright! They're breaking my    Me and photoetch never got along.

LOL,I'm sure it's not so funny on your end but the way you typed it gave me a good chuckle.I don't have a bending tool.....(desperately need one though)....but thats why I passed on my Verlinden seats.HUGE amount of brass there. I hope everything works out for you Jerry.

  Looks like everyone else's assembly lines are chugging right along.Especially Willuride's (5!?!) Thats too punishing for me LOL

   Anyhoo... after every bit of 4 days of work I FINALLY got my ejection seats to a point where I'm OK with'em. Here are a couple of pics:

This first pic shows the seats before and after I had to remove the clunky box on the left side.I never did (or care too!) find out what it was.The seat on the left is what it looked like after I got done.

Here is the completed pilots seat.The pilot's seat has the taller canopy breaker.Like I said earlier in the thread,I had to swipe the canopy breakers from the Verlinden seats and modify them to fit the Black Box seats.Most of the time of working on the seats was due to my clumsyness and getting the freakin' RBF flags attached and laying down without tearing them.Even though the tags are very thin paper, they still were like trying to fold a sheet of plywood without breaking it.I also swiped some placards from my Eduard stash for my F-16 and F-18.I used pics from F-15E.com and the Verlinden Lock-on book for references.

And here's a couple of pics of the WSO's seat:

Going to spend the weekend at the lake so I doubt I'll get much done,but I'm going to try to prime the cockpit in the next couple of days.You all take care.Later on...

Hey Zone....great looking seats. Is the harness molded on, or is it PE? Also, what did you use for the green color on the oxy bottle? Again...outstanding work!! the dry brushing really brings out the detail on that Black Box seat. I hope the Aires seats come out half that good.

Jerry

Thanks Willuride..I appreciate the comment.Do you mind if I ask your 'real' name? I see your a State Trooper,and if you have privacy issues with that I understand.I just thought maybe exchanging names would make this GB a little more personable.

dragonfly wrote:

Hey Zone....great looking seats. Is the harness molded on, or is it PE? Also, what did you use for the green color on the oxy bottle? Again...outstanding work!! the dry brushing really brings out the detail on that Black Box seat. I hope the Aires seats come out half that good. Jerry

Thanks Jerry.I appreciate the comments.The belts and fitting are molded on and the color for the oxy bottle is Tamiya park green (X-28) straight outta the bottle.I got the 'pit primed today shortly before I left for the lake so it's ready to get painted.I'm going to try to do that tonight or tomorrow. Thanks again for the positive comments guys Take care.

Scot

Zone V Afterburner wrote:

willuride wrote: Sweet looking seats Zone, Very nice job.   Thanks Willuride..I appreciate the comment.Do you mind if I ask your 'real' name? I see your a State Trooper,and if you have privacy issues with that I understand.I just thought maybe exchanging names would make this GB a little more personable.  dragonfly wrote: Hey Zone....great looking seats. Is the harness molded on, or is it PE? Also, what did you use for the green color on the oxy bottle? Again...outstanding work!! the dry brushing really brings out the detail on that Black Box seat. I hope the Aires seats come out half that good. Jerry     Thanks Jerry.I appreciate the comments.The belts and fitting are molded on and the color for the oxy bottle is Tamiya park green (X-28) straight outta the bottle.I got the 'pit primed today shortly before I left for the lake so it's ready to get painted.I'm going to try to do that tonight or tomorrow. Thanks again for the positive comments guys Take care. Scot

My name is Jeff Appleba

Great looking seats scot,....i might switch my build as i picked up a esci f15 with asat missle

will start soon just got to finish a couple of group builds first to much to do not

enough time                                  mick

Hi guys. If anyone is doing the 1:48 Tamiya F-15C or J...

The front inside fuselage parts are misaligned, and you may want to put a shim somewhere.

Here's my completed radar.

Here's the ejection seat with seatbelts made from cigarette foil.

Nice progress Albert, the radome is especially well done.

I'm still working on PE details and the resin pit. I'm gaining on it.

Jerry

Good job albert, that looks real good.  Can't wait to see it finished.

I've spent another 3.5 hours on F-15C #2 scribing the top of it, Should have it pretty much completed toight at work :))