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  1. _alfisti_
    Turns out really nice, good job.👍 May you will add the position lights on the wing tips as the are still missing. Cheers and a Happy New Year!🍾🎆
  2. _alfisti_
    Little Christmas update on the Strike Eagle. Before I went on with painting the fuselage I just wanted to dry fit the nozzles from ResKit. Once unpacked I couldn´t withstand painting and finishing them at all.😎 The casting and the details are simply perfect. Next to six very nice resin parts you also get nice etched parts. Even if the nozzles are meant for the Platz kit, they also fit perfectly on the Revell Strike Eagle. Nice details on the inside, sadly the will disappear in eternal darkness. I used Tamiya Surface Primer L, Tamiya x-1 and different shades of Alclad for the paint. As you can see I lost one of the etched afterburner rings, this fortunally will not be noticed at the end. The weathering was done with black, white and yellow oil colors. The black was used as a washing, white mixed with yellow to dry brush the burnt inside. Unfortunately, due to the flash light it doesn't turns out right on the last picture. Regards Daniel
  3. _alfisti_
    Thanks Adrian, unfortunately Revell put some stones in the way, so the extra work is needed.
  4. _alfisti_
    Very nice and clean build.👍 The Porter looks great in civilian clothes.
  5. _alfisti_
    Nice work on the loadout👍 and I'm scratching my head about the five bombs for my 1/72 F-15...😆
  6. _alfisti_
    If you talk about the rails, it seems they are also a bit different from the one I need. I will go with my improvements, they are not 100% but good enough.
  7. _alfisti_
    Slowly but surely we're moving towards painting. I´m nearly finished with the fuselage so far to start painting the hot section. But for today just a few pics from last weeks work. The missile rails on the wing pylons didn´t match what I saw on my reference pics. I tried to improve the kit parts and don´t make new rails at all. Not perfect but good enough. The pylons on the CFTs fits very well, as far as I can say, there is no putty needed. ...will se after the primer...😎 On the fins you have to deal with the same issues as on the wings and tailplanes, the trailing edges are way too thick. ...and also no clear parts for the two little lights on the top, I will cut them off and use some clear sprue to rebuild them. The kits nose is blunt, I replaced it with a 1mm steel pin. Regards Daniel
  8. _alfisti_
    After adjusting and dry fitting the lowered intakes, I decided to give the fuselage a bit of color and some decals before putting them in place. As the decals from Twobobs are very thin and so a bit tricky to apply, this was the better way than putting them behind the intakes later. As you can see in the pics the decals are very neat, with some drops of Mr.Set&Sol the lay down nearly perfect into all the surface details. I really looking forward for the rest of them. Now the intakes are finally in place. Next are all the pylons of the Strike Eagle. All of them consist of two parts and need a little cleanup afterwards. The centerline tank was removed from the pylon as there will a GBU-31 find it´s place instead. The missile rails needs some more attention as they looking way different on all of my reference pics. Another little kit issue are the two ram air intakes on the sides of the main fuselage. It´s a shame for a 2021 tooled modell that they are closed. It´s no big deal but simply unnecessary. Regards Daniel
  9. _alfisti_
    Nice topic and also a nice start. I built the S31 a few years ago. Can´t remember these fitting issues on my kit, but you´re dealing good with it any way. Looking forward for more...
  10. _alfisti_
    Great modell and top photography. For a second or two I thought you were showing the real aircraft in the first pic.
  11. _alfisti_
    Windscreen was put in place, it turned out it was a bit to narrow. I glued one side first and then with some pressure from above to widen it, the second one. After this I plug the cockpit section to the main fuselage to adjust the lowered air intakes. All the gaps was closed useing plastic sheet. Another weak point of the kit are the lower edges of the air inlets as they are way to thick. After some sanding the starebord intake looks much better. Regards Daniel
  12. _alfisti_
    Following and looking forward to this build. The Japanese camo suits the Herc very well, saw a built one last year on an exhibition.
  13. _alfisti_
    Stunning scratch work, it´s a pleasure to follow this build.
  14. _alfisti_
    As the main parts of the fuselage are together, it was time to continue with the cockpit to get it closed before putting cockpit and fuselage together. First was the HUD, I used some copper rod and plastic packaging. There is some flash on the canopy, I sanded it down and polished the parts with some old car polish. Everything together almost looks like a Strike Eagle. Regards Daniel
  15. _alfisti_
    Thanks guys So you will say there are modellers out there they don't care about this..?🤪😉 After sanding down the trailing edges there was another weak detail that caught my eyes. Revell gives you no clear parts for any lights on the F-15. So I cut out the anti collision lights near by the fuselage, I will fill them later with epoxy adhesive. Same will happen with the position lights. The tree main parts of the fuselage fits very well, only two small gaps on the rear were closed with some sprues. Bevor you can add the CFTs to close the fuselage there are two little outlets to instal under the tail. Again the details on this parts were not the best, so I made new ones out off ferrules. The starboard wing root fairing houses the M61 Vulcan gun, Revell gives you no details here, only a hole and wall behind it. I used some injection needles to imitate the gun. Regards Daniel
  16. _alfisti_
    Finished the seats and crew these days but forgot to take pictures before placing them in the pit. Next step in the instruction are the air intakes. There are a few spots to fill before glueing the two halves together. The intake gets joined with the two lower wing sections. Before the upper wing part can be glued to this, there is a first big failure of this kit need to be corrected. The trailing edges are approximately 1 mm thick, what would be over 7 cm compared to the sharp edges of the real F-15. I sanded the whole area down and cut out the FLAPS to lower them. There was also no engraving on the lower side of the wingtips. Regards Daniel
  17. _alfisti_
    Great work, especially in this scale. The faded paint and the strains looks great.
  18. _alfisti_
    I followed your wip thread from the beginning, you did a grat job on this modell, espacially masking and painting the RAM panels can be a pain in the bottom. I did it on my F-35A without masks and would never repeat it again.🤪 I still got the -B in my stash and I after seeing yours I think I will also go for a FAA one.
  19. _alfisti_
    Thanks guys, nice to see you following.
  20. _alfisti_
    Looks good, the plane as well as the armament. I'm not fan of what-if but this scheme suits your Gripen fantastic.👍 You´re aware that you mixed practice ammo and live ammo? Daniel
  21. _alfisti_
    Nice looking Lansen so far. I like the different shades in the green, gives them a realistic weathered look.👍
  22. _alfisti_
    Great, the Typhoon as well as your pictures, especially the night shots.👍
  23. _alfisti_
    I grabbed the new Revell Strike Eagle for €15,- a few weeks ago on an exhibition and nearly couldn´t wait to put my hands on it. But I had to order some goodies first.😎 First step was a dry fit of the cockpit section and I was positively surprised. Everything fits tight and without any problems. In some areas the structures was sanded down for the etched parts bevor painting everything with black and finally Gunze H307. As the etched parts are designed for the Academy kit, they needed some trimming to match the Revell parts. I think the result is okay. Next will be the two crew members from PJ Production and the ACES II seats from the kit. Regards Daniel
  24. _alfisti_
    Count me in... ...not my scale anymore but I'm really curious for this built.
  25. _alfisti_
    Just wow, really beautiful. I like the weathering, especially on the rear fuselage and the nozzle.
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