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

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Hey Guys

Worked on the eagle last night.  She coming along great.  I am applying the decals at the moment, but ran into a problem.  I applied my decal on the tail when I noticed that the decal solvent I purchased at the hobby store was empty.  My question is, how long can I wait to apply the solvent?  Is it to late?  I was real upset.  I purchsed a decal set and decal solvent combo and the solvent was empty.  I hope  I do not have any trouble returning the item. 

Thanks,

For the help.

Good to see some activity. Sounds like some progress is being made. I've finished the decals and panel line wash. The lines are a little shallow in places, but I'm happy with the results. Just finished the flat coat and was able to do my favorite part of the build.....pulling off the masks. I'm happy there's only 2 little touchups.

Still plenty to do.

Jerry

Nice looking bird dragonfly.  Just a quick question.  Do you apply the panel wash before you add the decals or after?  I hope my question is not to dumb.  I was thinking about adding a wash on mine, but I already began adding the decals.

I suppose you could do it either way. I usually apply the wash after decals, that way if a decal covers a panel line, the wash will continue across the marking. On an F-15, very few decals cover panel lines so it wouldn't matter.

Jerry

Thanks Albert for the comment..I appreciate it! Hey Painklr did you get your problem worked out? I hope so......

Man Jerry......that's awesome.....your almost done aren't you? Can you post some up close detail shots of your wash?  I'm still working on mine.I have been concentrating on the intakes here lately.I was also messing with the drop tanks when I remembered about a post a while back that someone had put on another sight,about the 1/32 drop tanks in the Tamiya F-15 kits being to small in diameter.I had a crappy molded Cutting Edge resin 600 gal. tank but wasted it by putting it in hot water to squeeze the halves together.If any of you guys have a Revell 1/32 F-4E laying around I am willing to buy a centerline drop tank (or 2).Anyway I will try really hard to post pics this weekend of the Cutting Edge seemless intakes and how they go together.I was going to post them last weekend but got tied up working on my kit and along with other things,I ended up losing track of time.Anyway Painklr, I hope you got your problem solved.Take care guys....

OK.... here are a few pics of the Cutting Edge seamless intakes.

WARNING:the next few posts that I make will be very photo intensive,so bear with me.

This photo shows basically the contents that make up the seamless intakes.The white ring at the far right is the excess resin that has to be removed on the exhaust end on both sides.The white resin makes up the white parts of the intake.The grey parts are the foward parts of the intakes that need to be painted the exterior color of the jet.

Here is a close up of the grey parts.The pinhole on the sides is so that the intakes will pivot,giving you the option of having the 'nodding' intakes on the F-15

Here is a pic of the back end of the intakes and engine face.The intakes are notched so that the two pieces fit well together.I have not removed the mold plug from the resin on the left side yet.

 Well that is all I will post for now.. more later.Take care guys....

Looks like some intensive work Zone. I wussed out and gonna use the covers.

I tried something new for the lights.  The kit does not provide clear parts, which look the best, so instead of Tamiya clears over silver paint, I applied the paint over foil. Not sure if I like this or not....maybe another coat to darken'm up.

Cheers,

Jerry

OK..I'm jealous.   Jerry's almost done....

Lookin' good Jerry!

What about you Cobrahistorian.... you almost done with those three?

BlackhawkMatt: I can't even imagine rescribing anything.I am getting to the point that just getting the accessories together is labor intensive.I was thinking of building my Tamiya F-14 after I wrap this one up....but I would have to rescribe it completely and the F-15 is killing ANY motivation to do that.I applaud you guys that are re-scribing.It's not for me right now.LOL!

I still have so much to do,sometimes I wonder if I bit off more than I can chew.I am trying to get the intankes and exhaust set up for completion at pretty much the same time.But I am needing some Gunze Mr.White putty for the seams in the exhaust cans,and my LHS is out at the moment.So I started putting the Cutting edge drop tank together, and the halves on that were so mismatched ,I think they used two different masters.So I 'dropped' my drop tank in the trash can.Anyway....I was going to try to paint a little today,but it's raining here in OKC.So it looks like a slow day at the workbench for me today.I will post some intake pics here tonight.

Zone V Afterburner wrote:

BlackhawkMatt: I can't even imagine rescribing anything.I am getting to the point that just getting the accessories together is labor intensive.I was thinking of building my Tamiya F-14 after I wrap this one up....but I would have to rescribe it completely and the F-15 is killing ANY motivation to do that.I applaud you guys that are re-scribing.It's not for me right now.LOL!

Painting is done!

Great progress Albert. Can't wait to see more.

Jerry

A little more progress...GBU's are finished.

Jerry

Well, my C is assembled, now for painting. And I saw the how one of you (forgot the name)painted the J model's radar. Was the C's painted similarly? Mine is painted overall gray with a black wash and silver drybrushing.If it should be painted like the J's, tell me and I'll fix it. 

Also, I've got a dio idea that needs my purchase of  a Strike Eagle, solist me with that one too. However, I won't disclose what the dio is all about until pics are revealed. It'll be my furst aircraft dio,and the largest single project I have ever undertaken to this point. Cheers.

I think the C's radar is painted similarly.

Here's my reference pic:

But I am not sure what the radar dish color should be (I painted mine gold). The real thing is probably closer to desert yellow.

Sorry...I couldn't resist. I'm not quite finished but really close. I'm waiting on AIM 120's. Everything else is done. I'm leaving for a Canadian fishing trip so forgive me for posting this teaser. I'll post more when I get back.

Cheers.....Jerry

Nice looking eagle Jerry..enjoy your fishing my eagle is ready for painting

mick  

rudy_102 wrote:

Well, today I went to Michael's and picked up the Strike Eagle. Damn, is it ever nice! At first I thought it was only a rehash of the C model, and that the box was enlarged to make room for the ordnance (which unfortunately wasn't there), but no, the panels are recessed, the burner cans are way superior, the office is a work of art, etc, except the piolts aren't there, so my dio must be changed a bit. Cheers.

blkhwkmatt wrote:

rudy_102 wrote: Well, today I went to Michael's and picked up the Strike Eagle. Damn, is it ever nice! At first I thought it was only a rehash of the C model, and that the box was enlarged to make room for the ordnance (which unfortunately wasn't there), but no, the panels are recessed, the burner cans are way superior, the office is a work of art, etc, except the piolts aren't there, so my dio must be changed a bit. Cheers. Rudy, I would have to agree, I just got the E myself, and it is so much better looking that I am going to shelve the "C" that I had been rescribing and begin work on the E right away.  I would say that the only con is that there is no air-to-mud ordnance ( although the sprue with the missles on ot sure has a huge blank spot!! ).  Guess that I will have to get my hands on a hasa 1/48 ord kit sometime in the future.

Hey Guys,

The Revell "E" model is a nice kit.  It dosen't have the ground ordinance, and the likelyhood of a Hasegawa kit having it is probably wishing.  The ordinance that is missing in the Revell kit is actually in the Pro Modeller offering of the same kit.

I'm still making progress on my 5 "c's" that I'm rescribing and I'll start my "D & E" in the near future.  I am only rescribing #1 & 2 with the raised lines already on the kit and I am doing full rescribes on #3-5.  I'll post pictures soon of what I do have done.

Happy modelling

Made some progress on my Louisiana A model.  Decals are almost complete.  Resin wheels have been drilled and test fitted.  Working on the pylons and missile rails now.  Unfortunately, I don't have the BOL rails or LAU-128s for that matter, but I've re-sculpted the old rails to at least be a somewhat accurate representation of the LAU-128. Weapons carriage will be 2 AIM-120A, 2 AIM-7M and 2 AIM-9M, plus 2 tanks.

The D is waiting for the new 493rd FS decal sheet from Afterburner Decals so I can finally finish it and my E still needs quite a bit of work.  Haven't even thought about starting my Aggressor D.

Almost done with my bird.  Just putting the last decals on and should have pics us soon.  Can anyone tell me what's the best way to shoot my bird.  My pics either come up to bright or too dark.  Any help would be appreciated.

Ok folks,

Here is what I have decided.  I have #1 & 2 main body scribed along with the wings and vert stabs (pretty much ready to start the construction).  I am currently working on #3 and have the main body and the top of the left wing totally rescribed.  When I finish #3 I am going to start assembly line painting on #1-3 and the D & E.  #1 is going to be a special paint scheme to go along with another group build.  #2 & 3 are going to be Langley birds with decals from Twobobs that I received yesterday.  I am currently waiting on Mr. Surfacer/Scribing Template/2 Aces II seats from Greatmodels.  I am getting anxious to get these things going.  As for #4 & 5 I will finish them after I get everything else done.  It may be after the deadline that those are done and I want to make the deadline with the rest of these.  I will post pics after I finish #3.

Happy modeling!!

I wanted to get this in time for the 5-year aniversary of 9-11.  I still want to make a data card for the wood base giving a time line of events for that day.

This is a pair of F-15A's of the MA national guard that were the first responders to NYC that day (1/72nd scale, Hasegawa). 

According the the timeline that came with the Two Bobs decals, the pair were scrambled at 8:44 AM, airborne at 8:52 AM.  They were still 75 miles out when the secong plane hit the south tower.

On that day, the two were loaded with just a pair of AIM-9 Sidewinders on the Wing Outboard pylons and a pair of AIM-7 Sparrows on the Forward Fuselage Sations.  Since that day, typical load is that plus a two pairs of AIM-120 AMRAAMs on the Wing Inboard pylons & Aft Fuselage Stations.

Progress rep:

The decals are almost all on, first time I used Future as an undercoat and solvent for decals, and I'm quite pleased with it. I'm waiting on the bombs and SLAM's from minhasek, and I'm trying to get a pair of AMRAAM's or ASRAAM's or some other alphabet soup missile to match this photo:

I'm talking about the outer wing pylon missil. Anyone? PM me if you can give me a pair.