RichieB

Wonderful Eagle! Black is the best choice of these Candy Cane F-15s I think, perfectly rendered model.

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:
 
 

Beautiful build and great photography too!

So cool! 

Holy smokes, man!  That is so awesome!!!
 
Jake

Excellent finish!

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:
 
 

A gorgeous build brilliantly displayed ..!  
Love the "Special Effects" ..! 
 
~Gregg

Great looking F-15!

Super build! Not only the model but also how it is displayed too.

Cracking Build!

That's just brilliant - love the lighting!
 
Iain

Oh mio Dio che spettacolo! 

Very cool!! Thanks for sharing.
 
Rod

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: