Ian Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Kit - Hasegawa K25 Paint - All Lacquers Decals - Kit Extras - Loadout from spares. McDD F-15C Eagle 36th TFW Bitburg AB, Germany 1986 I know I cannot prove it, but this is the first-ever 1:72 F-15 kit I have built, and I've been nailing bits of plastic together since 1970 ! - Bought this for the massive sum of 10.00 GBP from Phils' Model Shop in Southport back in 1990, and it's sat in my stash ever since. Picked it up around three weeks ago and it's been an absolute joy ever since. We really did have it good back-in-the-day with Hasegawa issuing top-quality kits like this almost monthly. So what to say about the build ? - Apart from the thirty actuating rods for the exhaust petals which were/are a bl**dy nightmare, it's an easy, easy build. Virtually no putty or filler required anywhere, even the potentially disastrous wing/fuselage joint was a breeze. Cockpit area is beautifully detailed and mine is fully painted, however I snapped both the actuating struts when I was manipulating the (huge) canopy into place so reluctantly had to glue the 'glass' into place, shame really but that's down to my sausage fingers and general clumsiness, 'owt to do with the kit. The decals behaved impeccably even after all this time, I was fully prepared for them to shatter into a million atom-sized pieces when they hit the water and they simply didn't !. Paint is Mr Color lacquers and TBH appear a little too blue on the build, so I'll need to have that in mind if I use them on any other Low-Vis build in the future. So as ever thanks for taking the time to look and /or comment... next I'll finish my Tamiya Honda, then maybe a 'What If' project. All the best from Middle Earth. Ian. 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Very nice indeed Ian. The colour scheme and finish is excellent on this. This too is my first and only F15 kit only mine is not built yet and still in the stash. After this I am tempted to see if I can find it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 That's a really great Eagle, Ian. The camo scheme looks spot on in the photos and those 'from the box' exhausts are excellent - well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Lovely F-15 that, and in Bitburg markings too, perfect! It’s so nicely done it looks like 1/48. Superb painting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Cheers guys... Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Excellent work, Mate! 👍👍 The other thing I love about the Hasegawa kits is their superb box art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopesdaddy Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Nicely done Eagle, I really like the head-on shot with the view down the intakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthViper Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Paramount building and painting work. Also the BoxArt is terrible , is it from Koike Shigeo ? SouthViper from Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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