RichieB Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 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: Hartmann352, Zola25, Cheetah11 and 36 others 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 LOVE it! Really well done and a heck of an eye-catcher. The lighting is a super cool addition too. Well done! LSP_Matt, Robert and GreyGhost 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Turned out great Richie Love the afterburner effects. Brilliant job RichieB and GreyGhost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU5137 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Richie B, STUNNING F-15B... she looks AMAZING. The acrylic carving for the afterburner is very impressive. Great idea. Photos are superb and the last photograph with the lights on and the afterburner "on" gives it a realistic look to it. KUDOS. RichieB, Pete Fleischmann, Jack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 That's a fantastic Eagle! I really like the F-15 in the early paint and the white tail codes. Gorgeous airplane in flight too. Lighting is very cool. Great job! The 58th TFTW that was there at Luke has moved to Kirtland and is now the 58th Special Operations Wing. Cheers....Ron MARU5137, GreyGhost and RichieB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 This is really a "jaw-dropper", like your presentation very very much.!!! MARU5137, RichieB and GreyGhost 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbowling Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 “You sir are a steely eyed missile man” Fantastic work. The Lighting is AMaZING!!!. It brings the entire build up to a whole new level. Thanks so much for sharing. Chris MARU5137 and RichieB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncrow Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Perfect! RichieB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Amazing results great work. Im so tempted to try some of the lighting that you did RichieB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 This is great!! The weathering is spot on in my eye and very creative with the afterburner. Thanks for sharing. RichieB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaro Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Cool! Love the invasion stripes! And all 'in flight' pictures are very convincing! RichieB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Great work, I really like those early colors on the F-15. RichieB and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Fantastic, you got the camouflage colours spot on, superb presentation. RichieB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieB Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 Many thanks for the kind words everyone, much appreciated. MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 A gorgeous build brilliantly displayed ..! Love the "Special Effects" ..! ~Gregg RichieB and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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