Fredrikc Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) Sometimes, especially these days, it can happen that I go back and watch a movie I’ve seen before. Some movies, like Battle of Britain, Top Gun etc., I might even have seen more than say four times or so. But there is probably no other movie out there that I’ve seen like a hundred or more times (~99 percent as a kid) like the movie Iron Eagle. Moreover its my younger brother Eddie’s absolute favourite. Iron Eagle is indeed a special movie in many regards. Released just after Top Gun in 1986 the idea would be the US airforce’s ”answer” to the Navy in terms of public relations. Don’t laugh. But when the US airforce, to anyones surprise, did not like the plot of the movie that was presented to them the film crew took their cameras and went to Israel. This is where most of the flight scenes in the movie was filmed. The Israeli airforce was kind (I guess?) enough to help out with repainted insignia F-16B’s and Kfir C2’s and a buch of really cool flying. The actual flying scenes in the movie, everything else aside, are unique and very nice. The actual editing job for the movie? Not so much - you could see one scene with a (practice) missile being fired and in the next scene the same missile is stil on that same pylon fron that same plane it was fiered from just seconds ago. A standing joke between me and my brother as 8 yer olds. Anyway, the movie came out so good that they made three sequals. So, the idea here is to display the dogfight between col. Akir Nakesh of a fictive middle eastern country vs Doug Masters (Simply ”USA”). Nakesh (Really its David Suchet) flying a Kfir repainted with sand and red coloured star insignia and Masters in a F-16B. I plan to put both models on a brass pole and have a Gold plaquet with the dialoge etched in togehter with portraits of the pilots glued to the bottom wooden base. Bare with me with photos. When finished I will give this as a birthday gift to my brother. To be continued... Iron Eagle 2, 3 and 4 for the next birthdays. /Freddie Edited May 29, 2020 by Fredrikc Spelling 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrikc Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 The dogfight scene 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrikc Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) Some progress: Edited June 24, 2020 by Fredrikc Photo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shorty84 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Hi Fredrik, very cool idea. I watched all Iron Eagle movies multiple times when I was younger. It was just great to see all the aircraft in action one just read about before. Plausible story? Logical plot? Most important was some flying action and it was the best movie in the world (funny how easy one was pleased in these days ). Anxious to see how it turns out. Cheers Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 I loved that film as a kid, even though I knew that the loop wasn't necessarily the be-all and end-all as far as ACM goes! That one F-16 carried a lot of ordnance, too...! Still, daft or not, I loved it as a kid and it's cool to see your models of the aeroplanes. They look great. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Niiice idea! Loved this movie as a kid. 20/20 hindsight and I'd be rolling my eyes more often than not, but it had some great flying scenes and one kick-bottom soundtrack! The best thing about Iron Eagle, was that it introduced me to Queen! Will be stopping in to see more! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Neat subjects. I to watched the movie, just not in the theatres, couldn't afford theatres then. This was the only decent movie in the series, the rest, lets say were just icky poo poo. Models look good. If you display them, make sure the missles come off and keep reattaching them like on the movie. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrikc Posted June 25, 2020 Author Share Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Thom216 said: Niiice idea! Loved this movie as a kid. 20/20 hindsight and I'd be rolling my eyes more often than not, but it had some great flying scenes and one kick-bottom soundtrack! The best thing about Iron Eagle, was that it introduced me to Queen! Will be stopping in to see more! You got to love when Queen - One Vision comes on: Edited June 25, 2020 by Fredrikc Link to the scene 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 When they banked at 0:56, you can see the slightly shinier areas on the vertical fins where the IAF markings were painted over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 This is a superb build! Loved this movie growing up and still love it now. Even down to the continuity errors on the F-16's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrikc Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Decals coming on. The AMK decals for the Kfir are probably the easiest ones ive worked with. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackman Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 On 5/29/2020 at 9:40 PM, Fredrikc said: When finished I will give this as a birthday gift to my brother. This is an awesome gesture! Very heart-warming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrikc Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) Update: I’ve been busy so going forward slowly. Allmost finished aircrafts. Still needs armament and the diorama basis... getting closer and closer. Cheers Edited September 8, 2020 by Fredrikc 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrikc Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 Hello! Slowly progressing. Here are some photos and some look dusty and thats just because they really are. Next step is diorama. Cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrikc Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 I had a blast making this base in PowerPoint. Since pictures from the web did’t capture the right cockpit feeling I had to watch clips from the movie on youtube and hit the print screen button just in the sweet spot. After an hour or so laborating with the design I printed the base on thick paper. Then I cut the paper to fit the plastic stands from Tamiya. Next step was to glue the paper onto the plastic base. Here I made a misstake when I started with a paper glue stick and glued the paper onto the base. It looked fine and even until I applied varnish over the paper. Then it went bubbly. So I tore it with IPA and started over, this time with scenery glue applied even with a flat brush. I left it to dry for an hour then went over it with varnish in thin even layers. This time it stayed flat and it looks like ”attached” to the black plastic. Then I took some brass sticks, drilled some holes and fixed the rest with a bit of cursing and super glue. Looks cool and I hope my brother will like this christmas gift. Cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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