chuck540z3 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) Where did the -1 degree come from? Gary Hi Gary, A couple of places, although I can't vouch for their accuracy. Here's one of them: (See Technical Data) http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/technology/airframe/64-wings Cheers, Chuck Edited February 16, 2017 by chuck540z3 F`s are my favs and ghatherly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 ... I'm so irresistibly seduced to stop watching the tv and get started with the gluing of the fuselage halves... Do it! Then get about 50 sheets of sandpaper. You'll need it all! ghatherly and F`s are my favs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Hi Guys, ON the big Eagles that I have built and on all of the kits on the stash. (22 with a mix of old E, C, J, and Bunker Buster) I find that the edges of the fuselage and the wing are not 90 degree angles to themselves. These matting surfaces on the fuselage and wings need to be at 90 or slightly less/more ( depending on which side you reference the measurement from) parallel for both the upper and lower fuselage to fit tightly with the wings. If the angle is back cut so that the fuselage and wings have their long point at the surface, the fit will be tight with no adverse dihedral/Anhedral. Yup!! This is pretty much exactly how I do these!! As for the alignment, if you have the bottom of the front of the wing level with the bottom of the upper fuselage, the rear of the wing level with the upper fuselage, work the joints as outlined, align the wing top level with the fuselage top, the alignment will be golden. Don chuck540z3, ghatherly and F`s are my favs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Yup!! This is pretty much exactly how I do these!! As for the alignment, if you have the bottom of the front of the wing level with the bottom of the upper fuselage, the rear of the wing level with the upper fuselage, work the joints as outlined, align the wing top level with the fuselage top, the alignment will be golden. Don Thanks Guys! I'll give that a whirl. F`s are my favs and dmthamade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Build thread on my most recent. http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=47829 Don F`s are my favs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Fascinating discussion. Loads of very useful info for sure. Thanks guys Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Beautiful progress Milan! And as Peter said, great discussion! The wing join solution in particular is most useful! F`s are my favs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 The sides are still not the prettiest sight, but overall... dmthamade and spyrosjzmichos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) Hi Chuck, the gluing of the fuselage and the wings awaits me too Btw which "thing" is the standpoint for the dihedral? I watch the trailing edges. I think that is some very good general advice since trailing edges are generally pretty neutral while leading edges of more modern aircraft tend to "twist" towards the wingtip since there is usually a pronounced camber at wingtip. I aligned the wings of my first 1/32 build, the old Revell Mirage III, from the front which resulted in a slight dihedral (which is why that model sits permanently at he bottom of my display cabinet). Cheers, Marcel Edited February 17, 2017 by Marcel111 F`s are my favs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) The fuselage is done, the gluing was relatively easy, but the attachment of the cannon cowl and the two tail tips will require quite some filling. Here are some pics before that. The cannon bay without paint: + paint: Here is the cannon with the basic paint and some weathering. Still some decals and final touchups to follow. And here is the hinge for the stabilators, it`s basically the original pin fitted very tightly in a cilinder, which is glued to the fuselage. This is the outer cylinder, which is visible, while the original pin is "riveted" with heat, and the stabilators rotate very smoothly. That`s how it looked like before the gluing: I think i`ll need something like a big table towel for the photos. Edited February 17, 2017 by F`s are my favs ghatherly, Marcel111 and MarioS 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Some thumbs up-raw-sillhouettes Btw this is the pylon for the stand. Shawn M, Starfighter and ghatherly 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Phwoarrr looks awesome Milan! Cheers Jim F`s are my favs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarioS Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 "Looking" good Milan F`s are my favs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 The cannon - mounted, and with the door open/closed: I have a question about the pods at the tail tips. It is rounded on the left side and the kit part looks ok, but this one... yes, it is not the most visible part, but how should it look like? This is the kit part and also testfitted: And that`s the real thing: So, are there two different pods respectively with two different sizes, and simply the real pic has one of the types and the oob part is from the other type? OR they should be the same and the kit part is slightly on the wrong side... hmm... Marcel111 and ghatherly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Love your work Milan. I did something similar to the horizontal stabilizers, because the thin kit pin that attaches them to the fuselage is too thin and fragile. I used more drillbits to attach mine, but they look about the same as your sprue pins. Your gun looks very convincing. The weathering is just right. I'm away from my house until Tuesday, but I can check the tail boom antennae in Jake's book for you if somebody hasn't answered your question before then. I sanded my antenna to look like the pic above, but there are many different different shapes and types, although I think the F-15E is more standard. Cheers, Chuck ghatherly and F`s are my favs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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