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Hasegawa 1/72 F-15A Triple Nickle


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Opening a thread to build this kit.
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This kit cost me 6 quid, at IPMS Gloucester show in 2011.

Here are the parts.
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And here are the colour options
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I'm going for the Air Superiority Blue option.

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While we're waiting, here are my earlier 72nd Eagles.

FIrst an Airfix F-15A from about 1978 - may well update the decals on this one.

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Next the Hasegawa F-15B Strike Eagle prototype in Lizard One Scheme.

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I saw this aircraft at Farnborough in 1980. All bombed up in the static park during the morning,

they unloaded it to fly during the afternoon.

Real Viking launch with lots of fire and noise - it suffered a birdstrike on liftoff.

A very tame circuit, it landed immediately, and that was the end of that display.

Same aircraft another Hasegawa F-15B which I built in 2000.

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I saw this one at Farnborough in 1976 Bicentennial year.

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I shall be keeping an eye on this, as we're basically building the same kit. How was the fit of the wings to fuselage?, mine was terrible.

Sean

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I shall be keeping an eye on this, as we're basically building the same kit. How was the fit of the wings to fuselage?, mine was terrible.

Sean

No great problem. The stbd rear edge is a bit proud, but nothing that I couldn't fix.

Filled all my joints with tippex and sanded down smooth.

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I managed to get the nose filled with lead and fitted tonight.

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A new way to check 6.

But now he's looking where he's going again.

 

  I just had a mental image of the pilots seat turning around mid-flight to check his six, office chair style.  Had me amused while at work :)

 

  Kind Regards,

 

  Dazz

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Managed to get into the model room long enough to primer my Eagle with Humbrol 65.

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Artificial light photo - but looks a bit tooo green to me  :jealous: 

I'll try to get daylight photos sometime tomorrow.

 

Oh and I mixed some blue into a tin of Humbrol 127 to blend my Air Superiority Blue.

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This morning I was up before my student, managing to mask and paint the bare metal areas near the engines.


As I vacated afterwards, there was an intruder alert over the snowy approaches to mygarden.
The Eagle was scrambled for a  :fight: 
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Such a rush job I fogot to refit the elevators  :oops: 
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The intruder was identified as this Airfix Eagle testing readyness - both enjoying their :boxing: .

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For this model I removed the burner cans and repainted the corresponding area.

 

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