Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 My first entry to this GB will be the F-15 Streak Eagle. This aircraft was a specially modified F-15 which broke eight time-to-height world records in early 1975. This one should look very different from an normal F-15. I will be using the Academy 1/72 F-15 kit and Rocketeer decals. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Great! I plan to enter the Hasegawa Streak Eagle boxing in the F-15 STGB later this year. Will follow with interest :-) René 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I tried to build this from the Tamiya kit many, many years ago. It was brush painted, with the various shades of metallic mixed from a large jar of Humbrol "Silver Fox". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I've been hoping for this to be built ever since the GB idea was floated Enzo . It's a really beautiful bird, there's something about those different shades of metal panels that make it look very special indeed. Really looking forward to this. All best regards TonyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I have the Tamiya 1/48 kit, but I know I would not finish it in time ( too many other commitments at the moment ) so I'll just have to be content watching yours. John PS Do you know if the Rocketeer decals available in 1/48? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Enzo, if it's any use to you, I can send you copies (real or PDF) of the Hasegawa instructions for their boxed version of this. Might make an interesting comparison to the Rocketeer instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 Oh dear! I thought I had updated this thread a bit more than... well.. nothing. My build is complete. If no one objects, I'll put some photos up in the gallery and then update this thread tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Just saw the gallery pics - nice build - now I wait for the thread :-) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Now playing catch-up... The sprue shots. The Academy kit is quite basic, with no bells or whistles. I like it a lot. Although this kit represents an F-15C, it also has the earlier exhausts so can be used to build an F-15A. The cockpit area sprue is specific to the single seat version 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Assembly commences with the cockpit and intakes. The intake assembly gives a lot of depth to the finished model. The stuff that looks like the contents of a OO gauge mineral wagon is Liquid Gravity... The airframe builds up really quickly. The Streak Eagle had the early small rectangular speed brake. The kit speed brake was cemented into place and the shape was lined with Dymo tape to allow the outline to be scribed. And then the intakes were fitted. The instrument bay behind the cockpit was painted with Lifecolor UA136 Aotake Blue. The avionics boxes were removed from the Streak Eagle to save weight. Rather than carry out a lot of surgery to remove them, I simply painted the whole bay blue hoping that they wouldn't be too visible on the finished model. Everything masked. The airframe is sprayed with Alclad2 black primer. The natural metal base coat is AK Interactive Xtreme Metal AK479 Aluminium. The Xtreme Metal paints are excellent. They are very hard wearing and dry superbly. They also don't pool on the surface. If you accidentally spray on too much, it seems to self level and still gives an excellent finish. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Here's where it all gets a little confused... I had chosen various metal shades to be used. Infortunately when I sprayed them, they didn't look right so I ended up endlessly re-masking and respraying - none of which got documented photographically. I originally intended to use Xtreme Metal AK482 Duraluminium for the gold areas. It looks very gold in the bottle, but once sprayed it tends to take up the colour of the light falling on it. In the end I used Alclad2 ALC-118 Gold Titanium for the dark gold areas. In hindsight, that makes perfect sense, seeing as those areas were actually made from titanium! The lighter gold areas were a mix of the gold titanium and Alclad2 ALC-101 Aluminium. Ailerons and flaps used Xtreme Metal duraluminium. The centre panels of the tailplanes were lightly oversprayed with Alclad2 ALC-416 Hot Metal Sepia. The nose cone was sprayed with a generic auto colour aluminium. The black panels on the uppersurface were sprayed with Lifecolor UA734 Worn Black and then lightly oversprayed with Alclad2 ALC-120 Gunmetal. Finally, the blue panels were sprayed with Lifecolor UA037 Air Superiority Blue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 And so, to the finished article. The aircraft is represented as it was during the record attempts. Later on, there was a large badge applied to the fins. This weekend, the F-15 STGB starts. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 That's a true work of art Enzo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 That's very generous of you to say. I can see numerous failings in the build but it was fun. One major issue arises from my technique. The Alclad and Xtreme Metal finishes are perfect for a natural metal scheme. The problem is that I spoil it by using varnish over the top. I haven't yet found a final varnish that can replicate a natural metal sheen. If anyone has any suggestiones, I'd be very interested to hear them. Oddly enough, the finish I arrived at with this model looks to be perfect from French natural metal schemes. I'm now seriously considering an NMF Super Mystere... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Great result Enzo! Regarding varnishes for nmf, have you tried Alclad's Aqua Gloss? I think it was developed specially for Alclad's high shine metal shades. In my limited experience it doesn't affect much the original shine of the paint under it. It's also excellent for canopies and transparent parts. You may want to give it a try. Cheers Jaime 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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