F-15J special scheme (1/72 Hasegawa)

[bianfuxia]

 

I will build this one because it looks super cool.

[Vultures1]

3 hours ago, bianfuxia said:

 

I will build this one because it looks super cool.

 

It certainly does!!  Looking forward to seeing this come together

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Welcome to the build @bianfuxia with a hotrod build. 

[bianfuxia]

Well, I am not sure whether I am going to get this one built by the end of next month...but that'll never happen if I don't start.

 

So I did a little work on it last night. In addition to the meagre progress you see in the photo I also assembled and painted a pilot from the Hasegawa ground crew set. My other (stalled) F-15J has a pilot in it so I wanted them to match.

 

 

Started with a new kit, although I'd built the cockpit tub by the time I photographed it.

 

 

Detail is pretty good when you consider how old this kit is.

 

What a decal sheet! 

 

It's going to be interesting to see how that looks on the Tamiya spray can paint job I have in mind. A bit of an experiment for me, this kit is.

[Wings unlevel]

I was sorely tempted by this kit/those markings, glad to see it here. How do you say ‘Greased Lightning’ in Japanese? 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

7 hours ago, Wings unlevel said:

I was sorely tempted by this kit/those markings, glad to see it here. How do you say ‘Greased Lightning’ in Japanese? 

 

油を塗った雷

Abura o nutta kaminari

 

Well at least according to Google translate ? 

Edited September 16, 2022 by Corsairfoxfouruncle

[bianfuxia]

Not much greased lightning yet I'm afraid...

 

But I have moved things along a bit.

 

for this one you have to cut out the instrument panel coaming and replace it with a newer part appropriate to this era of F-15J.

 

 

You can see the older part in two pieces there after I cut it out of the two fuselage halves.

 

The newer bit is way better - (a) because it's a single part with one less join line to manage and (b) because it has a bit of detail on it.

 

Here it is next to the same area on the Strike Eagle I'm doing at the same time.

 

 

 

[bianfuxia]

I now have an airframe:

 

Started here with the intakes and the pre-painted intake ramps:

 

 

Once i got those intake ramps inside the air intakes I moved along to here:

 

 

And then to the worst part of the Hasegawa F-15 - getting a decent fit of the nose part to the main part of the fuselage.

 

 

 

[Wings unlevel]

38 minutes ago, bianfuxia said:

And then to the worst part of the Hasegawa F-15 - getting a decent fit of the nose part to the main part of the fuselage.

Looks like you’ve made a decent job of it, and a great looking shape has emerged before you.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Agreed on the nose/fuselage join, it turned out a lot better than mine did.