Academy F-15C MSIP II 144th FW ANG
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44 5 September 2016, 16:03
Markus Antoniusreally nice one... didn't know that eagles were that heavily weathered...
5 September 2016, 16:48
Danumurthi MahendraMe too. Many of the ones I saw on magz are pretty clean and tidy. until my friends on FB showed me some chipped and weathered pics. wow. I just have to try it out!
5 September 2016, 16:54
Danumurthi MahendraBut Markus.... the actual bird 84-014 is very clean. many ref pics show this.
5 September 2016, 16:55
Markus Antoniushave you built any hasegawa eagels? if so, how does academy compete with them?
5 September 2016, 17:03
Danumurthi MahendraI have done many Hasegawa kits, but not the F-15. So I cant really say. BUT... if I have give my opinion, in terms of surface details.. this Academy kit is no match for Hasegawa new kits (i.e.: post 2000 kits). but what this kit wins over Hasegawa is the Cartograf decals which is far superior for Hasegawa's kit decals.
5 September 2016, 17:15
Markus AntoniusOk thanks... so i will spend my remaining decals from two bobs on remaining hase eagles 🙂
5 September 2016, 17:21
GuusI almost feel sorry for the thing 🙂 Obviously the USAF doesn't apply the same rules as during my time in the army .... "if it doesn't move, paint it".
6 September 2016, 17:23
Adam GudynowskiIt looks like You painted it basing on some reference photos. Coutcome is really good. Could you share the photos?
26 March 2017, 09:11
Maciej BellosA nice dirty eagle. Greatjob. Too bad that USAF is planning to phase the F-15C out of service in the early '20s.
26 March 2017, 10:08
Danumurthi MahendraHi @Adam G. I just posted the photo that gave me the inspiration for the build. it was based on an F-15E. photo credit goes to Steve Cooke. Aside from this, I took a few ideas from different photos, including a beaten up USAF F-15C and JSDF F-15s.
26 March 2017, 17:15
Danumurthi MahendraThanks Scott and Stephan. @Marciej that is very sad. They seem to have more frame life /operation years a head of them
26 March 2017, 17:16
Danumurthi MahendraHi @Adam. BINGO check out this link for the other photo airplane-pictures.ne..douglas-f-15c-eagle/
26 March 2017, 17:23
Christian RistitsAnother Stunner - like it very much, your F-15 has a lot of character!
26 March 2017, 17:35
Adam Gudynowski@Danu this F-15C is unbelievably worn o_O. Thanks for great inspiration photo.
26 March 2017, 19:48
GlennI guess there starting to look a bit worn if they are going to start to retire them in the next few years. Just like the last F-4's that few with the USAF. Oh NO that means they will all get turned into QF-15's 🙁
27 March 2017, 23:33
Danumurthi MahendraMuch thanks, Christian, Lukasz, Dietmar, and Zbynek. You are welcome @Adam!
28 March 2017, 11:33
Danumurthi MahendraThanks Harry, Bruno, Bart, and Davide. @Glenn - that is a sad thought (sigh). but that might be, perhaps after all the QF-16s are gone, I guess?
28 March 2017, 11:35
Gary VictoryDanumurthi that's one really nice Eagle build. Love the weathering. Great job Sir.
10 May 2022, 06:26
Album info
I spend close to 60 working hours - thanks to the extra filling and sanding! Regardless, I learned a few new tricks along the way. The project focused on exercising weathering techniques on the A/C based on several reference photos obtained in online sources. Happy to share the final pics with you.
