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1/48 F-15DJ AGGRESSOR


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The Kit

 

box contents (1)

 

The aftermarket

Legend Productions ACES II F-15 seats

DXM decals

Olfa circular cutter + lots of masking sheet /tape (the silly amount of masking required which will become apparent latter in the build)

Hasegawa hologram (for the HUD)

Hasegawa JASDF weapon set (for the AAM-3)

Hasegawa weapon set B (for the ALQ-131)

 

The Plane 

 

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/493488/92-8068-japan-air-self-defence-force-mitsubishi-f-15dj/

 

WIP pics soon to follow.

 

Cheers

Shane

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getting the boring bits out of the way >>

 

filler, sand, primer , :swear: (repeat!!)

till we have this

 

seamless intakes (well the front 3 inches at least).

intake fans are from an Academy F-15 with silver paint applied.

 

Intakes

 

Cheers

Shane

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made some mistakes :rage:

the avionics doors left a large gap. probably due to me being a little overzealous in sanding them.

styrene card was used fill the large gaps.

also note the odd disjointed panel lines (circled in red).

 

another negative > GWH panel lines are really soft (having built their MIG-29). would be re-scribing pretty much the entire kit to deepen them.

 

styrene filler

 

On the plus side, the cockpit detail is really nice and would be a joy to paint

 

unpainted cockpit

 

For those following, the deadline for this build is 26 Aug 2017, due to a club meet.

Hopefully I will get more interesting bits done in my next post

 

cheers

Shane

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Yes, yes, yes. I am watching this one and am happy to give any advice / photos / references too.

 

I've done a 1/48 Hasegawa kit and masked off all the stencils and panel lines rather than use the DXM decals as the colour is a bit off. They are their early ones and can crack a bit too - beware. The newer DXM ones are printed by Cartograf and are superb. The method was to paint the whole airframe in the F-15 greys, add all decals that needed masking, coat in Klear when dry, mask the stencils and panel lines, spray the colours, add the final decals such as the cobra head.

 

Use Jammy Dog tape for the masking as it comes in set sizes from 0.5mm upwards. Much more consistant and easier than cutting a length with a ruler/knife.

 

The aggressors usually only carry tanks and don't carry missiles very often, but there was even an AAM-5 training round in the video which is a first for me on them.

 

Andy

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12 hours ago, Red Dot said:

Yes, yes, yes. I am watching this one and am happy to give any advice / photos / references too.

 

I've done a 1/48 Hasegawa kit and masked off all the stencils and panel lines rather than use the DXM decals as the colour is a bit off. They are their early ones and can crack a bit too - beware. The newer DXM ones are printed by Cartograf and are superb. The method was to paint the whole airframe in the F-15 greys, add all decals that needed masking, coat in Klear when dry, mask the stencils and panel lines, spray the colours, add the final decals such as the cobra head.

 

Use Jammy Dog tape for the masking as it comes in set sizes from 0.5mm upwards. Much more consistant and easier than cutting a length with a ruler/knife.

 

The aggressors usually only carry tanks and don't carry missiles very often, but there was even an AAM-5 training round in the video which is a first for me on them.

 

Andy

 

!!!

by any chance would you have pictures of the cockpit? 

I am working on some mods, mainly a new circuit breaker for the back seat. 

 

Good tip on the masking tape. 

 

Shane

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3 hours ago, Orangutan said:

 

!!!

by any chance would you have pictures of the cockpit? 

I am working on some mods, mainly a new circuit breaker for the back seat. 

 

Good tip on the masking tape. 

 

Shane

 

Get this book for all things F-15 (F-15SGs included).

 

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Mark

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6 hours ago, madcat911 said:

 

Get this book for all things F-15 (F-15SGs included).

 

RAP014-2.jpg?1455715126

 

Mark

 

This book is very good but doesn't include JASDF Eagles specifically. The best book is by Model Art called Profile No4 F-15 Eagle http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10085124 

 

They do a series of books on modern JASDF types and cover each subject in great detail. Fantastic books.

 

I'll see if i can dig out some pictures of my model to give you an idea about the masking of the stencils. It was really easy to do and only took about an hour

 

Andy

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hi Shane,

 

Here's a photo.

 

F-15-Aggressor-8_zps153173b4.jpg

 

I think i used Two Bobs for the stencils as the grey background matched the correct colour best, but i also had the kit decals and DXM to hand as well. Once they are covered with Klear, mask them off by measuring (or guess) the height of the stencil text, then select the correct size of tape plus a bit of course. Chop up some lengths of tape to the correct length of the stencil plus a bit and simply stick them over all the stencils of that size on the air frame. Jammy Dog tape is see through so you can see if you have lined them up squarely.

 

There aren't that many stencils as the colours are only on the top. Add the panel line masking using the corect width tape and you're done, ready for the blues.

 

The book i mentioned above is really useful for all of this

 

Andy

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hello!

apologies about the "disappearance".

thanks to holidays and all.

 

A small update, from an hour at the workbench.

 

Backseat circuit breaker and miscellaneous piping.

 

scratchbuild

 

and 2 photos (of my own) from RIAT 2017 and Flying Legends Airshow 2017. 

 

Flying Legends HurricaneF-4E RIAT

 

 

Till next time,

 

Shane

 

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On 8/8/2017 at 5:27 PM, Red Dot said:

This is looking good but that self imposed deadline is fast approaching!

what deadlines :wonder:.....i blame the summer holidays.

 

 

got the cockpit and front wheel well basecoated

cockpit basecoat

 

blocks on the cockpit floor are to raise the resin ejection seat.

size difference comparison (Legend Productions vs GWH). I hear that the GWH seats are oversized.

 

ejection seat

 

 

 Cheers

Shane

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On 8/28/2017 at 3:25 AM, exdraken said:

Nice!

 Which seats do you use finally?

the ones by Legends Productions.

 

now that the front end is more or less complete.

started work on the aires exhaust (sawed the pour gates/blocks off)

 

unpainted AIRES exhaust

 

and a quick dryfit

 

dryfit

 

 

Cheers

Shane

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