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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Jerry

dragonfly wrote:

Go ahead and give it a shot. I saw this stuff at a Hallmark store and the old light bulb came on. This stuff is really wierd. The difference in light reflection makes this stuff go crazy. From some angles, it's black, then red, then green....you get the idea. You can buy this stuff by the roll...but I figured there's plenty of material in a bow. $1.79

Thanks for the heads up Jerry.I guess I'll be going to Hallmark in the next couple of days.I also just noticed that you live up in NE Ohio.Are you in the Cleveland area? I am in Ashland every wed./thurs. killing time.I drive a semi and I pick up loads out of there and bring them back to OKC. 

willuride wrote:

I have to paint the black stripes around the outside slap the windows in, squeeze it together, paint the grille and rear black, and put the accessories in the engine bay.  Then I'll be done, I should have it done by Saturday, and maybe I can start my planes on Sunday eve. or Monday.  Either way I believe I will at least start on Monday.

Thats cool.... I couldn't wait to get started either.

flyboyf15c wrote:

Hay Zone, that seat is all types of wrong  allmost all E'S have been retrofitted with black wool seat cousions,a strap is missing"behind the cousion" and i dont see the seewars setup eather im thinkin thats a egress dummy seat put in for the air show so no cive takes a last fast ride.

    Thanks for the tip Jimmy I'll see if I can find some other pics to use...but so far all the pics of seen don't look much different.Do you have some pics that show a flyable seat? Thanks in advance.

Anyhoo..I'm going to get crackin' at detailing my seats and maybe even throw the basecoat on the 'pit today.I'll post pics later today.

   Later on.....

Well if i keep cutting ill never finsh this bird so ill say im done"for now" with the blade and scribe.

Things that have been cut out are all #2 engine bay pnls, pnl 85r amad/hydro bay, pc-1, pc-2, util, j.f.s serv pnls, j.f.s. duct, door 45 gun door, and door 154L the com door. I was thinkin of opening 123R ,138R,142R, and doing the stab, flap and aileron actuator's but i think this is good for now .

Hay Zone, that seat is all types of wrong  allmost all E'S have been retrofitted with black wool seat cousions,a strap is missing"behind the cousion" and i dont see the seewars setup eather im thinkin thats a egress dummy seat put in for the air show so no cive takes a last fast ride.

        Pic here  http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/eaglekeeper28/?action=view&current=Image029.jpg                                            

P.S.    Wow them sum dirty stuts on that stateside mudhen Dcc must have been at a party the night before..   Nice work jerry looks like i could jump im and do a  m-bit in that pit!

                                                                              Peace, Jimmy

I have to paint the black stripes around the outside slap the windows in, squeeze it together, paint the grille and rear black, and put the accessories in the engine bay.  Then I'll be done, I should have it done by Saturday, and maybe I can start my planes on Sunday eve. or Monday.  Either way I believe I will at least start on Monday.

Go ahead and give it a shot. I saw this stuff at a Hallmark store and the old light bulb came on. This stuff is really wierd. The difference in light reflection makes this stuff go crazy. From some angles, it's black, then red, then green....you get the idea.

You can buy this stuff by the roll...but I figured there's plenty of material in a bow. $1.79

Cheers,

Jerry

That second picture is awesome Jerry.I seen someone over at ARC building the Academy 1/32 Hornet that had a similiar set-up on his CRT screens.I e-mailed him asking what he used but I never got a response.I think you might have exposed his secret.I like your idea,because it gives the cockpit some 'gotcha' factor without to much work.I want to make my screens look a little more interesting than just basic black.Do you mind if I try out this idea on my 1/32 'E'?.I try not to be a copycat on other peoples detailing techniques but that ribbon really makes the CRT's leap out at you.Cool stuff no doubt.Did you pick up that ribbon at some party store?

 As for me.....I'm working on the bang seats myself.I spent most of the day modifying the Black Box seats that came with the 'E' pit.There was some sorta box molded to the left side of the seat that I couldn't find in any of my reference pic's,so off they went.I also had to modify some canopy breakers from the Tamiya seats to fit the BB seats,as BB did not supply them.The canopy breaker is the sharp object at the top of the seat.Here's a pic of one:

Right now I'm waiting for my primer coat to dry and I have a little sanding to do and then I will shoot my flat black and begin the detail painting.I will try to post pics either tonight or tomorrow.

  Those are some nice pics there Will.I guess we were posting at the same time....how much more work on the Chevelle before your done?

What's everyone else up too?

Jerry, that looks real good.  I still haven't started as I am trying to get over this never ending 67 Chevelle.  I am so wore out with this car, but I can't set it down as it is not for me.  I am so stoked to get my F-15's started.  I am using the Aires exhaust set on the E, and the kit parts I think I am going to try and make resin copies of for the rest of my C's and the D will probably be OOB.  I am tinkering with the idea of getting at least seats for 6 of them.  We'll see if I have the funds.  I am also thinking of making copies of the ordinance I have, We'll see.  Well here are a few pics of the "E" at the Andrews air show this year.

Well....I'm still waiting on the Aires cockpit, and as I said I couldn't resist painting up the kit pit. The kit parts are really pretty decent. What I wanted to experiment with was using a transparent prism ribbon for the CRT screens. This stuff actually changes color as you rotate it to a light source. Purple, red, green, gold.....you name it. I don't know how accurate it is, but it looks kinda cool. The ribbon is translucent and I applied it over a base coat of black. The dominent colors though,are green/black. I don't know if I'm going to use this stuff on the actual model yet. I would be more carefull to get a better fit if I decided to use it. Guess I kinda rushed it.

What do you guys think?

Jerry

FYI, The F-15C I am working on is 1/48.

Zone, it took a week being in college i have a lot more free time than in the mill.

MikeV, naw man the white smokes good with this motor only when flames start comming out the pipes,now thats when it gets bad.

P.S. I was wondering how many lakenheath eagles are we gona have creep up on here?

                                                         CAN YOU SMELL WHAT  THE JIMMYS COOKING!!???

                                                                                                           Peace, Jimmy

Wow Jimmy....... he he that is a pretty cool grill.How long did it take to build?

OK guys.....it's official......the clock is now ticking. Sniff sniff.....I love the smell of Testors enamel first thing in the morning.LOL!

Ya i had like 100 offers on it this weekend at the drags and got the nod from Brandon Bernstein as he was he was wating too get out of the track! ahhh idle hands lol.

                                              Peace Jimmy

Hey Jimmy...I just zoomed in on your grill!  That's too funny!! I'm still laughin"  Great stuff

Jerry

I added some of the I.F.E. model's greatest hits from my time at the heath feel free too ck them out too "no one was killed,and the jet thats in two pieces was rebuilt and is flying again!"

Pics  http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/eaglekeeper28/

                                        Peace,Jimmy

Zone V Afterburner wrote:

I have that Aires cockpit ....man it's really purrty! LOL!! You going to open the radome also Jerry? That is the main reason I decided to go with 1/32. I didn't want to build my '48 and leave half of the eye candy off of it.But I didn't want to break up of the sexy lines of the a/c either.I guess thats a darn good reason to go buy another '48.  flyboyf15c wrote: will be scratch building alot so may take me the whole g/b time"maby more". Not even close too finshing cuting next up will be the engine bay, a.a.r. door, pc1, pc2, utli res pnls, j.f.s.bottles pnls com door,ect. I will post more as i get done. LQQks like Jimmy is going to cook up something really interesting for all of us... OK guys.......I can't take it anymore!!!   Ooooh the humanity of it all!!! Is it cheating if I start working on the bang seats tonight instead waiting till tomorrow?!?

I know what you mean guys, and I fess up. Although I'm going to use the Aires CP, I couldn't resist and I've painted the kit pit just for fun. That's not really cheating, is it? The reality is, the kit parts are pretty decent, including the seats. I'm going to try something unusual to replicate the CRT's and am anxious to see how it'll look.

I think I've decided not to open the radome. The parts appear to be very well done, but I personally like the looks of a finished model with it closed. Besides....I have my hands full with wiring the avionics bays. :D

Cheers,

Jerry

Zone, man one day is a drop in the bucket of what we have ahead of us go for it i did lol.And i got my first model eagle bite for it too.

I have that Aires cockpit ....man it's really purrty! LOL!! You going to open the radome also Jerry? That is the main reason I decided to go with 1/32. I didn't want to build my '48 and leave half of the eye candy off of it.But I didn't want to break up of the sexy lines of the a/c either.I guess thats a darn good reason to go buy another '48.

flyboyf15c wrote:

will be scratch building alot so may take me the whole g/b time"maby more". Not even close too finshing cuting next up will be the engine bay, a.a.r. door, pc1, pc2, utli res pnls, j.f.s.bottles pnls com door,ect. I will post more as i get done.

LQQks like Jimmy is going to cook up something really interesting for all of us...

OK guys.......I can't take it anymore!!!   Ooooh the humanity of it all!!!

Is it cheating if I start working on the bang seats tonight instead waiting till tomorrow?!?

Hello all, well i started diceing my eagle up and heres some pics. I will be scratch building alot so may take me the whole g/b time"maby more". Not even close too finshing cuting next up will be the engine bay, a.a.r. door, pc1, pc2, utli res pnls, j.f.s.bottles pnls com door,ect. I will post more as i get done.

pics here http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/eaglekeeper28/

                                               Peace, Jimmy

After Market?....After close inspection of the kit cockpit, I decided to order the Aires set. The kit parts are'nt bad, but the Aires set is impressive. I'm also going to use Verlinden avionics bays. This should keep me busy. Can't wait!

Jerry

My apologies about your screen name Ryan.It's fixed though.

  Yeah,after I dug out my 32nd 'E' and was checking out the Black Box cockpit that I bought for it,my mind was made up.But I'm also looking forward to seeing your build.Will you be able to post pics?

Sweet, and off we go.  Oh yea, the screenname is archangel571 (571 is from that movie U571, I started using it in highschool after the movie came out.  in order to avoid names being taken and start my own unique series of recognizable names, i added 571 to every screenname or log-in I used when I registered for them.), and the academy F-15D kit is 1/48 scale.

Looking forward to see your build progress pix for that 1/32 Tamiya F-15E, zone V.  That will help me decide whether or not to sell my 1/32 F-15C.  It just looks too sweet to be sold along with the 1/32 F-14A 1994 ver.

Thanks for the congrats Willuride and Jerry.

dragonfly wrote:

P.S.  Does anybody make a cheaper box than Revell?

Yeah Jerry, I know what you mean about the box.Whenever I put my Revell boxes on the shelf I always put them on the top layer because of that very problem.The car kits are just as bad.I have had to rebox several of them.

  I have decided to go ahead and build the Tamiya 1/32 Mud Hen.I'm not sure where it will go when it's done but..... Anyhoo,I have a few aftermarket things I am going to throw at it,so hopefully it will turn out ok.Any of you other guys going to use aftermarket stuff?  I gotta tell ya though, that I am wringing my hands in excitement! Are we the only 4 that are this interested in getting started? (crickets chirping) LOL

Congrats Zone V. Ready to GO!!

P.S.  Does anybody make a cheaper box than Revell?

Jerry