Fixer Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) F-15E Strike Eagle from Hasegawa kit, enhanced with Eduard PE and resin seats and exhausts by Aires. Asymmetric loadout has been used during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Edited March 25, 2022 by Fixer 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Nicely done, looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Oh that is a little beauty! Stunning work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejay53 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 If this the same kit I have in the stash (really old Hasegawa kit), you truly made a silk purse from a sows ear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixer Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Bejay53 said: If this the same kit I have in the stash (really old Hasegawa kit), you truly made a silk purse from a sows ear! With Hasegawa's F-15s, you never know what you'll get in the box. The base is a rather old kit from the 80', but "E" variants (not all of them though) have a few new sprues that bring more modern quality. Anyway, this has been quite tiresome build that felt more like chore towards the end, especially trying to marry it with extensive PE set and the resin. I bought it around ten years ago, when there were no good alternatives. Today, I'd go for G.W.H. or at least Academy release. Having said that, I still bought another Hasegawa F-15DJ (basically the same kit as "E") set for its aggressor paint scheme Edited March 24, 2022 by Fixer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Nicely executed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithjs Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I’m hoping to start one of the new Revell kits soon and if it turns out half as good as yours I’ll be happy. Very nice indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Excellent work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragan_mig31 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Awesome F-15.Bravo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veron Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Very nice, indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR-G Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Outstanding job, I really like realistic look of what you have achieved. What weathering techniques did you use to get the faded grey paint, I am just about start a F-18 and will be learning to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Very nice Eagle! The weathered and faded grey camo is great - well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixer Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 6 hours ago, MikeR-G said: Outstanding job, I really like realistic look of what you have achieved. What weathering techniques did you use to get the faded grey paint, I am just about start a F-18 and will be learning to do that? I did some careful marbling over the main coat with light greys and browns and also airbrushed some heavily thinned dust colored oil enamel here and there to simulate sand, Also panel wash using both dark greys and sand colors. Nothing really elaborate and if I did this model again I would probably black base it instead and preshade/marble prior to laying main color. One other thing I didn't have at the time but would highly recommend now is using the Ushi "Trinity Splatter" stencils (or similar product) to simulate irregular paint wear on top of main color.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Impressive paint job and perfect weathering! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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