BlackBart Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Evening all, I have recently acquired a Hasegawa F-15c in 1/48 scale which looks like it will be a nice build. I also treated myself to some decals for the 57th FIS based at Keflavik in Iceland. Now the thing is, all the pictures I can find and the decal instructions all show the aircraft with conformal fuel tanks (the big bulges along the fuselage sides more commonly seen on F-15e's). Does anyone know if any of these aircraft flew without the CFT's? Or can anyone tell me where I can get hold of a set? I have checked the net and can't find anything. Cheers for now, BlackBart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) Keflavik was the only F-15 fighter unit to use them regularly, and they did use them regularly. Their area of coverage was 99.9999% over (very, very cold) water, so they needed all the gas they could haul along with them. Elmendorf's F-15 drivers were green with envy when I was there in the mid-1980s, since they had old As and Bs that didn't have CFT capability. I don't think the C/D type CFTs have ever been done. They're similar, but not identical to the F-15E CFTs. Edited February 4, 2013 by Jennings Heilig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Hi there, You know, I would have sworn that I had seen photos of 57th FIS Eagles regularly flying without the conformal fuel tanks but I've just scanned some of my references and they all show the jets with the CFTs !.....I'll keep checking for you but you may need to invest in some.....I'm not sure they are the same type found on the F-15E.....If they are, you may be in luck as several kit manufacturers include them in their F-15E/K variants and I think Wolfpack do them too. HTH Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Aerobatic Team Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 On the walls of 57`th FIS at NAS Keflavik I saw pictures of the F-15C without the CFT`s. At the moment I cannot find the pictures I have from my time at NAS Kef, but I am looking. When I was there the F-15`s on station was rotating between squadrons as it was inactivated in 1995. Personally I recived a Squadron print and a pencil drawing made by a mechanic of the F-15. Not up on the wall yet, but have to get a frame.... Or two... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Pete Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I have a picture of 80-0038 in Keflavik markings, which clearly doesn't carry the CFT's. But that's the only pic I have of an Iceland Eagle without them, so it didn't happen a lot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I am sure i remember seeing a 57 FIS F15 at an International Air Tatoo in the late 80's early 90's it when the static park was full of fighters. i will go through my slide collection and look as i may have a slide of it, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBart Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Cheers for the info and advice guys, looks like I'm going to have try and scrounge some CFT's from somewhere, hmm, easier said than done me'thinks. Oh well, back to my Keflavik Phantom for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McIntyre Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 This F-15D carried them in the summer of 1993: More pics here: http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/DDonSS3/F-15C%20Eagle/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary C Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 They did fly without them, just not that often. I've just had a flick through Don Logan's USAF F-15 colour and markings book and theres a couple of pics in there showing aircraft at William Tell 88, both minus CFT's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Pincelli Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I believe the CFTs included in the Hasegawa F-15E kits have the appropriate parts and Sparrow pylons. Or, they at least get you close. I plan on eventually using one of those kits to build an Iceland F-15D. Eventually... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) If you can get hold of an Hasegawa 1/48th F-15E kit, you can build it as a D. This kit is more of a C/D than a production E, lots of small details are incorrect for the Strike Eagle Shaun Edited February 17, 2013 by Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Don't know if you've seen this site? http://www.verslo.is/baldur/Blackknigths.htm Loads of F-15 pics RG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBart Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Does anyone know if the cft's on the Academy Kit would be easy enough to stick onto the Hasegawa kit? Much easier and cheaper for me to get hold of. Some great pics on there Scimitar. Cheers for that. All the best from a lovely sunny Glen Creran morning, BlackBart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavel Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Don't know if you've seen this site? http://www.verslo.is/baldur/Blackknigths.htm Loads of F-15 pics RG Great pictures. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 If you can get hold of an 1/48th F-15E kit, you can build it as a D. This kit is more of a C/D than a production E, lots of small details are incorrect for the Strike Eagle Shaun That depends on whose 1/48 F-15E you're talking about. The Revell is most certainly an F-15E, the Hasegawa is really the TF-15A-derived F-15E demonstrator and thus a B/D, the Academy is somewhere in between depending on boxing and thus is either a D or a D/E hybrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 They did fly without them, just not that often. I've just had a flick through Don Logan's USAF F-15 colour and markings book and theres a couple of pics in there showing aircraft at William Tell 88, both minus CFT's. Something like William Tell or Red Flag is probably the only place you'd have seen 57th birds without CFTs. No need to drag them around if you didn't need the gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Most of the pictures I've seen of the "IS" F-15C's have the CFT although there are quite a few pictures without too. Google search it "F-15C 57th Keflavik" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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