Serkan Sen Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) Nearly 20 years ago I had won an Ebay auction that was including more than 100 scrap kits in 7 moving boxes. I have selected some of them as donors for my running and possible future projects and let the rest of them to go. An old Monogram F-15C was also one of the kit I have reserved. I have first disassembled her into every possible pieces carefully and stripped off the paint: And then assembled her back as good as possible: But this was around 10 years ago. The airplane was waiting her destiny in the dark corner of the workbench till I have bought a Fujimi F-15 Tigermeet. But to me its marking was not accurate and I have decided to make my own decals and use this old kit to test my custom decals. The aim is to build as accurate as the real one: Serkan Edited November 15, 2020 by Serkan Sen typo 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Nice one! This will be a good build to see come to life. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Excellent idea. Love seeing these rehabilitation builds of old or broken models. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 Here are some shots from Fujimi F-15C kit boxart, decals and instruction sheet: Serkan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 Studying all available limited reference pictures and with my best guesstimate I did the following 3 view drawings: Please let me know if you identified any mistake or have any comments to improve drawings. Serkan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Hi Serkan, you have chosen a nice scheme l have never seen before. Might try that in 1/72. Regards Robert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 10 hours ago, Robert said: Might try that in 1/72. This is also my plan Robert. I have created the decal artwork in all scales. Serkan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 Here is the decal artwork I have done in 1/48 scale: I always perform fit test using Orafoil paper mask on which I can print the artwork with laser printer. After then I can cut the making foil with plotter/cutter. Here is the test result on Academy F-15E (Monogram kit was primed and was not ready for this test 🙂 ) The result seems really good to me. Serkan 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Looks very nice. Regards Robert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) The old airplane has been primed, painted and finally coated with Future/Pledge: Now she is ready to apply decals. The decals were printed by HP252 laser printer and precuttet by Silhouette plotter/cutter: Serkan Edited August 26, 2019 by Serkan Sen 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) The most exciting part: applying the decals... With a correct lighting it can be easily seen how nice plotter/cutter did its job: The rest of the decals were placed as well: Some close nose shots: The next steps are to apply dull coat and to attach pylons and missiles. Serkan Edited August 29, 2019 by Serkan Sen 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo1974 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Excellent Job!, Built this jet twice over the years.. First time using the Fujimi thick & nasty decals on a 1/48 Hasegawa kit as the trash can was the best place for the Fujimi plastic. Second time in 1/32 using Tamiya kit with a mix of handmade masks for the stripes and a Astra decal sheet for everything else. Love the fact you've not only breathed new life into a old kit.but you made you own decals 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Fantastic result, this has slipped by me, but nice to see this. Excellent decal work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornet Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Excellent recovery of an old model and great work!.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 nice and stripy! did you finish her? thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 28 minutes ago, exdraken said: nice and stripy! did you finish her? Not 100% but nearly finished. All weapons were loaded. I will add some photos soon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share Posted September 2, 2021 Finally this project is "Ready For Inspection": You can find the RFI here: Serkan 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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