ngdriver Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Another spring project... 1/72 Hasegawa F-15C with Caracal CD72013 Decals. This is an old but excellent kit and was a straightforward build. I had some trouble getting the right blend of Ghost Grays but found some helpful advise on this forum. Thanks everyone! 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shashman Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 You've nailed the colour scheme there. Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaracalModels Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 It looks great - I really like the weathering. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I'd like to do one of the "48th C's & this looks really nice, I like that alot! Did you use straight colors or did you mix up your own in the end? Which paints were they. I've noticed with so called exact "company" matches that if you try painting two tone "ghost" schemes that the paints contrast too much, where on the actual aircraft you often see that the two shades are very close in tone. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngdriver Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Hi Martin, I started with this for a reference but found it to be too dark. I used Vallejo Acrylics (becoming my favorite) and ended up mixing small amounts of white to the 36176 per recommendations on this forum to take the tone down. https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/f-15/f-15_profile02.shtml The 2 tone ghost scheme is even closer out of the bottle so has to be adjusted as well. Having lived in Massachusetts years ago, I remember seeing F-15's at Cape Cod until they moved to Barnes. Some of the best airshow demos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 23 hours ago, ngdriver said: Hi Martin, I started with this for a reference but found it to be too dark. I used Vallejo Acrylics (becoming my favorite) and ended up mixing small amounts of white to the 36176 per recommendations on this forum to take the tone down. https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/f-15/f-15_profile02.shtml The 2 tone ghost scheme is even closer out of the bottle so has to be adjusted as well. Having lived in Massachusetts years ago, I remember seeing F-15's at Cape Cod until they moved to Barnes. Some of the best airshow demos! Thanks for that, I mainly use Vallejo, Mig & Hataka so when I get round to doing one of our "locals" i'll try that with the white & get that subtle blend! Here's one of my shots from Lakenheath.. McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle USAF 84-027 493rd LN 5 by Martin Laurance, on Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggie748 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Very nice job ngdriver. I am slowly putting together one of these kits and back dating it to an A model with original Oregon ANG markings. I have been fighting the intakes and the cockpit to fuselage join. It looks like you have mastered both of them on yours. Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngdriver Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Actually I started with the Academy F-15 which is a great kit - tooling, detail, etc. - but had to put it into the "another day" box because the intake was a disaster. Could not get the proper alignment and fit. I'll tackle that again later LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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