jarkmodels Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) This is my latest finished project, this time completely out of the box, (except for the decals). The GWH kit is very nice, with good surface detail and an overall good fit. The only part of the assembly that required extra care was the engine's intake fuselage area, with some quirky steps, but in the end, it works OK. The big letdown, however, was the awful instructions. I'm not sure if I had an early copy but they were terrible, with unclear drawings not showing enough details, wrong callout etc. There were even 3 correction pages but with mistakes! I ended up downloading from scalemates the instruction of their 1/48th scale which were much more precise. I guess the challenge here was the decals. This is my first digital camo and it was all done through decals. At one point I thought to better paint everything but in the end, the DXM/Cartograf decals were of such good quality that it turned out pretty OK. It was however a long tedious process...First I painted the base two-tone camo, then I added the digital pattern and I finished by adding all the stencils...Based on the very few images I found online and on how new the camo is, I decided to do a very mild weathering, mostly with some airbrush overspray and a little OPR. All comments are welcome! Cheers Jorge Edited October 18, 2022 by jarkmodels text image editing 54 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 awesome (decal) work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 The camo job and paint job look excellent. Seamless. Very good looking Eagle! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Beautiful weathering and the attention to detail with the complex decals turned out great. I like it!!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 That looks fantastic! The camo and weathering are beautifully done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 That is an amazingly realistic model. Beautiful work Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russmeister 101 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 😲❤️🇯🇵 Outstanding decal work and excellent weathering !! Top Job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glyn Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Like that so much i have just ordered the decals myself. Did the digital phantom so i know what to expect. Glyn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarkmodels Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 4 hours ago, glyn said: Like that so much i have just ordered the decals myself. Did the digital phantom so i know what to expect. Glyn Oh 🙂, that's great news, I'm glad you like it, glyn. Yeah I know, DXM decals are great, I have a couple more sets and I'll be ordering more for sure. Thanks to all for commenting! cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Fantastic work & I've also had excellent results from DXM decals. That does look really well done. Something I might have to add to my production line. Would look good next to my Ukrainian Su-24! 😉 Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Perfection! Beautifully done! 👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Looks very eye catching. I love such digital camo. Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 A fantastic build which looks all the more impressive with the striking tetris camo. Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Absolutely stunning. 👍 👍 👍 I'm glad to hear that the DXM decals worked out well, as I have their 4th Fighter Wing’s 75th Anniversary Scheme for my 1:72 F-15E. Cheers, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Very well done mate, Standing ovation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Koktavý Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Perfect F-15 👍 . I especially like the weathering of the fuel tank, really superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarkmodels Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 2 hours ago, David Koktavý said: Perfect F-15 👍 . I especially like the weathering of the fuel tank, really superb. Yeah, thanks a lot, David. I actually enjoyed doing that weathering the most! I left the rest of the aircraft more clean since this camo is quite recent, otherwise I would've go further! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdaniel Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Excellent job on this one too! Absolute love your clean and realistic work. Congrats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Stunning work and photography! I need to get one of the GWH Eagles myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarkmodels Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 28 minutes ago, cpoud117 said: Stunning work and photography! I need to get one of the GWH Eagles myself. Thank you very much!....Yes go get one, they are great overall, BUT as I mentioned prepare yourself to have "fun" with the terrible instructions! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Awesome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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