Lord Riot Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Another Cold War USAFE jet, the mighty air superiority fighter the F-15 Eagle. This particular aircraft was based at Bitburg during the 1980s, including stints holding fully armed 'Zulu Alert' status, waiting for the klaxon to sound ordering a scramble. Could it be swarms of MiGs, or just a lost civvie straying too close with the wrong flight plan? Fortunately it was almost always the latter, and 84-019 is now based at Lakenheath with the 493rd FS. Here she is from those halcyon days for aircraft spotters in full 53rd TFS 'Tigers' markings. Built oob apart from the Eduard etched cockpit and Furball decals. It goes together quite nicely with minimum filler. Colours were Tamiya spray cans, AS-25 and AS-26. 32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Nice F15. Is the detail round the nozzles photo etch? it looks very fine. The whole build looks just right. Well done. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 11 minutes ago, Pete in a shed said: Nice F15. Is the detail round the nozzles photo etch? it looks very fine. The whole build looks just right. Well done. Pete Thanks Pete, no it's from the kit. Academy supply two sets of jet pipe nozzles; fixed in one piece or the ones I used that are broken down into six sets of 'petals' and about 14 of the small arms around them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Very nice. Love the airborne shot, I've seen eagles like that when I'm delivering in Thetford. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Remember the BT Eagles well.. even spent a day at the fence there in the eighties.. Wonderful build! How is the academy kit? Kind regards, Gerben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 51 minutes ago, PhantomLover said: Remember the BT Eagles well.. even spent a day at the fence there in the eighties.. Wonderful build! How is the academy kit? Kind regards, Gerben That must have been a fantastic experience at the fence! Thanks! I thought the Academy kit was pretty good, no major issues at all. The intakes and fairing behind the cockpit needed a bit of putty but not much at all. Nice engraved panel lines and seems an accurate enough shape to me. The only downside are the kit decals, I was going to use a few stencils from the kit but they broke up in the water. Luckily the Furball decals are absolutely superb. I've got the Tamiya Eagle in the stash but I don't know how it compares to this one yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Beautiful sharp and clean build. Great looking Eagle Regards Djordje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo1974 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) Very nice build, I do wish kit manufacturers would stop telling builders of their F-15 kits to paint the area under the speed brake white. Its just wrong they have never been like that and alway grey rather than white. Rant over... again very nice work Lord Riot Edited November 14, 2020 by mungo1974 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 I don't think it's too late for a bit of airbrake repainting! Same grey as the darker camo pattern @mungo1974? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Very nice build.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Lovely job! My favourite incarnation of the F-15 from the USAFE glamour days of the Reagan era. Thanks for sharing your work 👍 Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 I like that a lot! Lovely build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepanGill Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Wow. Love the details in cockpit. I had the pleasure of seeing four of these take off from Newark airport in afternoon few years ago. I pulled over the NJ turnpike going north, along with other drivers. The color scheme was darker gray and these guys in a pair took off, climbed straight vertically into the clouds. Beautiful planes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Very nice Bitburg Eagle. Always BT or CR in the 80s and she looks the part. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Fantastic build! Gotta love the F-15! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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