RichieB

After a rather lengthy build, this one is finally over the line. I really wanted to do a large scale air superiority blue F-15 and the candy cane scheme of this B model really appealed.
As ever, there was no real OOTB version so extras included an Aires early C cockpit, some additional resin parts from Bruce for the rear cockpit, new exhausts from GT Resin, Fuel tanks borrowed from the Revell F-4, modified Aires Aim-7 to get an F variant, CE Aim-9Js a fair bit of scratch built vents etc and of course some added lighting. 
The Revell kit is OK shape-wise but needs some real love and attention to bring it somewhere near modern standards i.e. no riveting, rather wide panel lines, soft detail etc.
Suffice to say I learnt a lot, mostly that I need to be more focused on build Quality from the start rather than fixing up my errors later on!
I tried Black basing on this one, but with lots of over-painting which prove more effective, so not sure I'll do it the same way again.
The weapons and tanks are attached with magnets so they can be moved around or replaced.
I also trialed some acrylic carving for the afterburner effect which turned out quite neat.
 
Anyway, enough words... picture time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And yes the lights still worked (mostly!)....

 

 
Thanks for looking!
And for anyone interested the build thread is below:
 
 

After a rather lengthy build, this one is finally over the line. I really wanted to do a large scale air superiority blue F-15 and the candy cane scheme of this B model really appealed.
As ever, there was no real OOTB version so extras included an Aires early C cockpit, some additional resin parts from Bruce for the rear cockpit, new exhausts from GT Resin, Fuel tanks borrowed from the Revell F-4, modified Aires Aim-7 to get an F variant, CE Aim-9Js a fair bit of scratch built vents etc and of course some added lighting. 
The Revell kit is OK shape-wise but needs some real love and attention to bring it somewhere near modern standards i.e. no riveting, rather wide panel lines, soft detail etc.
Suffice to say I learnt a lot, mostly that I need to be more focused on build Quality from the start rather than fixing up my errors later on!
I tried Black basing on this one, but with lots of over-painting which prove more effective, so not sure I'll do it the same way again.
The weapons and tanks are attached with magnets so they can be moved around or replaced.
I also trialed some acrylic carving for the afterburner effect which turned out quite neat.
 
Anyway, enough words... picture time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And yes the lights still worked (mostly!)....

 

 
Thanks for looking!
And for anyone interested the build thread is below:
 
 

After a rather lengthy build, this one is finally over the line. I really wanted to do a large scale air superiority blue F-15 and the candy cane scheme of this B model really appealed.
As ever, there was no real OOTB version so extras included an Aires early C cockpit, some additional resin parts from Bruce for the rear cockpit, new exhausts from GT Resin, Fuel tanks borrowed from the Revell F-4, modified Aires Aim-7 to get an F variant, CE Aim-9Js a fair bit of scratch built vents etc and of course some added lighting. 
The Revell kit is OK shape-wise but needs some real love and attention to bring it somewhere near modern standards i.e. no riveting, rather wide panel lines, soft detail etc.
Suffice to say I learnt a lot, mostly that I need to be more focused on build Quality from the start rather than fixing up my errors later on!
I tried Black basing on this one, but with lots of over-painting which prove more effective, so not sure I'll do it the same way again.
The weapons and tanks are attached with magnets so they can be moved around or replaced.
I also trialed some acrylic carving for the afterburner effect which turned out quite neat.
 
Anyway, enough words... picture time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And yes the lights still worked (mostly!)....

 

 
Thanks for looking!
And for anyone interested the build thread is below:
 
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

After a rather lengthy build, this one is finally over the line. I really wanted to do a large scale air superiority blue F-15 and the candy cane scheme of this B model really appealed.
As ever, there was no real OOTB version so extras included an Aires early C cockpit, some additional resin parts from Bruce for the rear cockpit, new exhausts from GT Resin, Fuel tanks borrowed from the Revell F-4, modified Aires Aim-7 to get an F variant, CE Aim-9Js a fair bit of scratch built vents etc and of course some added lighting. 
The Revell kit is OK shape-wise but needs some real love and attention to bring it somewhere near modern standards i.e. no riveting, rather wide panel lines, soft detail etc.
Suffice to say I learnt a lot, mostly that I need to be more focused on build Quality from the start rather than fixing up my errors later on!
I tried Black basing on this one, but with lots of over-painting which prove more effective, so not sure I'll do it the same way again.
The weapons and tanks are attached with magnets so they can be moved around or replaced.
I also trialed some acrylic carving for the afterburner effect which turned out quite neat.
 
Anyway, enough words... picture time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And yes the lights still worked (mostly!)....

 

 
Thanks for looking!
And for anyone interested the build thread is below:
 
 

After a rather lengthy build, this one is finally over the line. I really wanted to do a large scale air superiority blue F-15 and the candy cane scheme of this B model really appealed.
As ever, there was no real OOTB version so extras included an Aires early C cockpit, some additional resin parts from Bruce for the rear cockpit, new exhausts from GT Resin, Fuel tanks borrowed from the Revell F-4, modified Aires Aim-7 to get an F variant, CE Aim-9Js a fair bit of scratch built vents etc and of course some added lighting. 
The Revell kit is OK shape-wise but needs some real love and attention to bring it somewhere near modern standards i.e. no riveting, rather wide panel lines, soft detail etc.
Suffice to say I learnt a lot, mostly that I need to be more focused on build Quality from the start rather than fixing up my errors later on!
I tried Black basing on this one, but with lots of over-painting which prove more effective, so not sure I'll do it the same way again.
The weapons and tanks are attached with magnets so they can be moved around or replaced.
I also trialed some acrylic carving for the afterburner effect which turned out quite neat.
 
Anyway, enough words... picture time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And yes the lights still worked (mostly!)....

 

 
Thanks for looking!
And for anyone interested the build thread is below:
 
 

After a rather lengthy build, this one is finally over the line. I really wanted to do a large scale air superiority blue F-15 and the candy cane scheme of this B model really appealed.
As ever, there was no real OOTB version so extras included an Aires early C cockpit, some additional resin parts from Bruce for the rear cockpit, new exhausts from GT Resin, Fuel tanks borrowed from the Revell F-4, modified Aires Aim-7 to get an F variant, CE Aim-9Js a fair bit of scratch built vents etc and of course some added lighting. 
The Revell kit is OK shape-wise but needs some real love and attention to bring it somewhere near modern standards i.e. no riveting, rather wide panel lines, soft detail etc.
Suffice to say I learnt a lot, mostly that I need to be more focused on build Quality from the start rather than fixing up my errors later on!
I tried Black basing on this one, but with lots of over-painting which prove more effective, so not sure I'll do it the same way again.
The weapons and tanks are attached with magnets so they can be moved around or replaced.
I also trialed some acrylic carving for the afterburner effect which turned out quite neat.
 
Anyway, enough words... picture time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And yes the lights still worked (mostly!)....

 

 
Thanks for looking!
And for anyone interested the build thread is below:
 
 

After a rather lengthy build, this one is finally over the line. I really wanted to do a large scale air superiority blue F-15 and the candy cane scheme of this B model really appealed.
As ever, there was no real OOTB version so extras included an Aires early C cockpit, some additional resin parts from Bruce for the rear cockpit, new exhausts from GT Resin, Fuel tanks borrowed from the Revell F-4, modified Aires Aim-7 to get an F variant, CE Aim-9Js a fair bit of scratch built vents etc and of course some added lighting. 
The Revell kit is OK shape-wise but needs some real love and attention to bring it somewhere near modern standards i.e. no riveting, rather wide panel lines, soft detail etc.
Suffice to say I learnt a lot, mostly that I need to be more focused on build Quality from the start rather than fixing up my errors later on!
I tried Black basing on this one, but with lots of over-painting which prove more effective, so not sure I'll do it the same way again.
The weapons and tanks are attached with magnets so they can be moved around or replaced.
I also trialed some acrylic carving for the afterburner effect which turned out quite neat.
 
Anyway, enough words... picture time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And yes the lights still worked (mostly!)....

 

 
Thanks for looking!
And for anyone interested the build thread is below:
 
 

After a rather lengthy build, this one is finally over the line. I really wanted to do a large scale air superiority blue F-15 and the candy cane scheme of this B model really appealed.
As ever, there was no real OOTB version so extras included an Aires early C cockpit, some additional resin parts from Bruce for the rear cockpit, new exhausts from GT Resin, Fuel tanks borrowed from the Revell F-4, modified Aires Aim-7 to get an F variant, CE Aim-9Js a fair bit of scratch built vents etc and of course some added lighting. 
The Revell kit is OK shape-wise but needs some real love and attention to bring it somewhere near modern standards i.e. no riveting, rather wide panel lines, soft detail etc.
Suffice to say I learnt a lot, mostly that I need to be more focused on build Quality from the start rather than fixing up my errors later on!
I tried Black basing on this one, but with lots of over-painting which prove more effective, so not sure I'll do it the same way again.
The weapons and tanks are attached with magnets so they can be moved around or replaced.
I also trialed some acrylic carving for the afterburner effect which turned out quite neat.
 
Anyway, enough words... picture time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And yes the lights still worked (mostly!)....

 

 
Thanks for looking!
And for anyone interested the build thread is below:
 
 

After a rather lengthy build, this one is finally over the line. I really wanted to do a large scale air superiority blue F-15 and the candy cane scheme of this B model really appealed.
As ever, there was no real OOTB version so extras included an Aires early C cockpit, some additional resin parts from Bruce for the rear cockpit, new exhausts from GT Resin, Fuel tanks borrowed from the Revell F-4, modified Aires Aim-7 to get an F variant, CE Aim-9Js a fair bit of scratch built vents etc and of course some added lighting. 
The Revell kit is OK shape-wise but needs some real love and attention to bring it somewhere near modern standards i.e. no riveting, rather wide panel lines, soft detail etc.
Suffice to say I learnt a lot, mostly that I need to be more focused on build Quality from the start rather than fixing up my errors later on!
I tried Black basing on this one, but with lots of over-painting which prove more effective, so not sure I'll do it the same way again.
The weapons and tanks are attached with magnets so they can be moved around or replaced.
I also trialed some acrylic carving for the afterburner effect which turned out quite neat.
 
Anyway, enough words... picture time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And yes the lights still worked (mostly!)....

 

 
Thanks for looking!
And for anyone interested the build thread is below:
 
 

After a rather lengthy build, this one is finally over the line. I really wanted to do a large scale air superiority blue F-15 and the candy cane scheme of this B model really appealed.
As ever, there was no real OOTB version so extras included an Aires early C cockpit, some additional resin parts from Bruce for the rear cockpit, new exhausts from GT Resin, Fuel tanks borrowed from the Revell F-4, modified Aires Aim-7 to get an F variant, CE Aim-9Js a fair bit of scratch built vents etc and of course some added lighting. 
The Revell kit is OK shape-wise but needs some real love and attention to bring it somewhere near modern standards i.e. no riveting, rather wide panel lines, soft detail etc.
Suffice to say I learnt a lot, mostly that I need to be more focused on build Quality from the start rather than fixing up my errors later on!
I tried Black basing on this one, but with lots of over-painting which prove more effective, so not sure I'll do it the same way again.
The weapons and tanks are attached with magnets so they can be moved around or replaced.
I also trialed some acrylic carving for the afterburner effect which turned out quite neat.
 
Anyway, enough words... picture time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And yes the lights still worked (mostly!)....

 

 
Thanks for looking!
And for anyone interested the build thread is below:
 
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

Well it took the best part of 3 years but she's done! Bit of a journey I'll have to admit and some things worked out better than others (as ever!).
The Revell kit is good shape-wise but needs a lot of love to bring her to modern standards of plastic manufacturers, even then it ain't no Tamiya. 
My build QA requires a bit more Q I think but generally happy with the paint job and the fact the decals didn't silver. I probably made it far more work than it needed to be by introducing errors to my supposed improvements which then needed time and patience to correct. Certainly, a learning experience.
However, she's a blue candy cane F-15 and looks really cool!

 
The weapons and tanks are on magnets so are movable and for those wondering whether the lights still work.......
 
 
 
 
 

 
Oh yes.... well mostly!
If you stayed the course this far then you deserve a break as much as I do.
However, I will be back with something that hopefully requires a little, no, a lot less work.
Thanks for watching and all the feedback, greatly appreciated. 
I'll post some more images in the finished section at some point.
 

AMAZING! 
 
Wonderful work here Mr. B. 
 
Love everything but I am fixated on the heated metal and exhaust nozzles at the moment. You have captured the look so convincingly, I do not think I have seen better. Thanks for sharing, great to see! 

Quick update as progress is quick (for a change!)
I've been applying some light weathering using Oil Brushers and Streaking effects, and mixing up the colours a bit just for variety.
Hopefully the effect is subtle but interesting. Rough idea is shown on these fuel tanks and pylons: 
 

 
Probably can't see but I've also added the screw jacks for the tank braces.

 
Final Matt coat and we're almost there!