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F-15E Strike Eagle "Tiger Lead" Revell 1/48


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Hi Gent's !

 

I want to show you my newest finished model. It's the Revell F-15E Strike Eagle 1/48 scale. 

The model is painted with gunze colors (H305), gunze metallic colors and alclcad around the heat section. 

I also added a few aftermarket bits. Eduard photo etch cockpit panels and some exterior parts. eduard heat seaker cover and RBF-tags for the sidewinder missiles and 

sensor covers from two mikes.

 

So, thats the model... hope you like it.

Feel free to criticise !

 

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1 hour ago, M.dart said:

Lovely! very nice done! Fantastic paint job. Your impressions about the kit?

Absolutely recommended ! If you think about the money... for 20-30 euros, it's a bargain. 

You can't do nothing wrong with it !

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Fantastic model! Excellent finish and detailing.

 

One criticism for accuracy... Your centerline store is an AN/AXQ-14 Data Link Pod. In the kit, this is intended to accompany the GBU-15s. I believe Revell provides two Short-Chord Wing (SCW) GBU-15s in the kit to be carried on stations 2 and 8. Operationally it was more common to use the AXQ-14 with AGM-130s, also only carried on stations 2 and 8. I don't think anyone makes the AGM-130 in any scale, but you could make one using an AIM-7 Sparrow rocket motor strapped under the SCW GBU-15.

 

A more minor point is the location of the GBU-10 LGBs. If only two are carried on the conformal fuel tank weapon stations, they should be on the  middle stations (LC-2 and RC-2) rather than the forward stations. Having said that, it is possible to carry four GBU-10s with one each on the fore and aft stations, so it would be possible to have the GBU-10s where you have them if the aircraft took off with four and returned with two - often referred to as an authorized "download" stores configuration. See:

 

http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/weapons/loadout-configurations/129-desert-storm 

 

None of these comments are meant to detract from your model - I only wish I could do as well. In my previous life, in addition to flight test I was also the Strike Eagle Flight Manual Manager for ten years, so these details continue to rattle around in my little brain.

 

Sven

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On 8/9/2017 at 17:46, Old Viper Tester said:

Fantastic model! Excellent finish and detailing.

 

One criticism for accuracy... Your centerline store is an AN/AXQ-14 Data Link Pod. In the kit, this is intended to accompany the GBU-15s. I believe Revell provides two Short-Chord Wing (SCW) GBU-15s in the kit to be carried on stations 2 and 8. Operationally it was more common to use the AXQ-14 with AGM-130s, also only carried on stations 2 and 8. I don't think anyone makes the AGM-130 in any scale, but you could make one using an AIM-7 Sparrow rocket motor strapped under the SCW GBU-15.

 

A more minor point is the location of the GBU-10 LGBs. If only two are carried on the conformal fuel tank weapon stations, they should be on the  middle stations (LC-2 and RC-2) rather than the forward stations. Having said that, it is possible to carry four GBU-10s with one each on the fore and aft stations, so it would be possible to have the GBU-10s where you have them if the aircraft took off with four and returned with two - often referred to as an authorized "download" stores configuration. See:

 

http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/weapons/loadout-configurations/129-desert-storm 

 

None of these comments are meant to detract from your model - I only wish I could do as well. In my previous life, in addition to flight test I was also the Strike Eagle Flight Manual Manager for ten years, so these details continue to rattle around in my little brain.

 

Sven

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Very interesting! I have bookmarked the link.. to be refreshed when I'll start the Strikeagle! thanks to share it with us! ;)

m.

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