F-15I Ra'am (WIP)

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November 14, 2020
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November 14, 2020
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November 14, 2020
Lovely detail to be filed to make room for the Eduard PE
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November 15, 2020
Details removed 🙁
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November 14, 2020
Lovely detail to be sanded to make room for the Eduard PE
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November 14, 2020
Lovely detail to be sanded to make room for the Eduard PE
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November 14, 2020
More detail to be removed
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November 14, 2020
Cockpit tub almost ready for first paint
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November 15, 2020
Eduard PE applied to the front wheel well
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November 15, 2020
White applied using the AK White Primer
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November 15, 2020
NATO black (XF-69) applied to the cockpit and seats
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November 15, 2020
Moving forward, this kit does require some space on the bench
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November 27, 2020
Cockpit closed
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November 27, 2020
Cockpit closed
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November 27, 2020
Weights added to the front
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November 27, 2020
Squeeeezeeee!!!
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November 30, 2020
Intakes glued in place
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November 30, 2020
The canon inside does not allow the fuselage to close here
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November 30, 2020
Intakes glued in place
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November 30, 2020
A lot of force is needed with clamps, pegs and fingers where no other solution works :/
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December 5, 2020
The canopy has a central seam that needs removing
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December 5, 2020
Sanding and polishing
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December 5, 2020
Seams removed
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December 5, 2020
Clear parts masked
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December 5, 2020
Taking form...
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January 2, 2021
Slow progress
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January 26, 2021
I wonder why GWH feels the need to mix raised panel lines tanks with slide moulding missiles!?!?!?
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January 26, 2021
The more I touch this, the worse it gets... 🙁
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February 10, 2021
Glued a thin plasticard piece on top of the joint; cheating? maybe! 🙂
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January 26, 2021
Plenty of loadout
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February 10, 2021
Two parts final of the exhaust - sprayed some AK Xtreme Metal Jet Exhaust (AK 486) on the face and on the bottom of the parts, because they looked excessively clean
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February 9, 2021
Finishing the exhaust interiors
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March 10, 2021
Playing with the Hataka set I have selected to paint the F-15
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May 10, 2021
Well, after much thought...
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May 10, 2021
...I decided to close this avionics bay as well. :/
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May 17, 2021
Starting with the green
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May 17, 2021
Green applied - very little contrast between the sand (C090 Sand FS33531) and the green (C234 Sky Grey-Green FS34424)
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May 28, 2021
FS36320 (Hataka C035 Dark Ghost Grey) applied
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May 28, 2021
Fit of the intakes is very poor
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May 28, 2021
AK 471 Black Base applied on the exhausts
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May 29, 2021
Exhausts finished after application of aluminium (AK 479) followed by some shades (AK 480 Dark Aluminium, AK 482 Duraluminium and AK 671 Metallic Smoke)
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May 29, 2021
Exhausts finished after application of aluminium (AK 479) followed by some shades (AK 480 Dark Aluminium, AK 482 Duraluminium and AK 671 Metallic Smoke)
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May 31, 2021
Test fitting the exhausts and horizontal stabilizers, getting ready for varnish and decals
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June 4, 2021
Small anthena in front of the windshield added
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June 4, 2021
The Hataka green is too faded, reinforcing with Gunze H74 (Sky)
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June 5, 2021
Varnished with Tamiya X-22, ready for decals
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June 5, 2021
Varnished with Tamiya X-22, ready for decals
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June 7, 2021
Decided to weather it a bit, with Ammo oils (A.MIG 3512 Dark Brown, A.MIG 3532 Starship Bay Sludge and A.MIG 3518 Sunny Flesh)
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June 19, 2021
Bombs and missiles painted
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June 19, 2021
The decals are a bit on the thick side and a few of them silvered
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June 23, 2021
Applying washes with Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color Brown (on top) and Gray (below)
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June 23, 2021
Painting, varnishing, decaling and weathering the stuff that hangs
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June 23, 2021
Decalling missiles and bombs - somehow the X-22 varnish attacked the Gunze C309 paint.........
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June 23, 2021
Ready for washes
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June 23, 2021
Very poor fit on the frontal wheel well door - acrylic putty to the rescue!
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June 26, 2021
The interior Pythom missiles don't fit - had to cut the upper fins 🙁 (no one sees)
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June 26, 2021
Almost finished
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June 26, 2021
Finished!

Kommentarer

19 14 November 2020, 18:20 - Privat melding

Maciej Bellos
This will be fun!

14 November 2020, 22:29

Paulo Costa
Following!!! What about the F16???

14 November 2020, 22:39

Nathan Dempsey
Always love seeing an IAF project. Following!

14 November 2020, 23:42

Ricardo Reis
Thanks mates; @Paulo, the F-16 is waiting for a resin exhaust and seat and masks that I ordered last week...

15 November 2020, 21:12

Ricardo Reis
Thanks Roland; moving forward fast, despite the fact that this is a huge kit on the bench

15 November 2020, 22:42

Ricardo Reis
Closing the front now - Eduard PE does not help fit, but it isn't that bad so far

27 November 2020, 15:41

Jos Jansen
Interesting Ricardo...grab myself a front row seat!

30 November 2020, 08:50

Ricardo Reis
Thank you Jos - this will take some time, the fit isn't stellar, but it'll get there! 🙂

30 November 2020, 10:52

Daniel
Very nice start with a cool subject, taking a seat!

30 November 2020, 12:42

Ricardo Reis
Thanks Daniel, and welcome!

30 November 2020, 22:32

Eric Thornton
Oh this will be good, following!

1 December 2020, 12:39

Ricardo Reis
Welcome Eric!

1 December 2020, 17:27

Slavo Hazucha
Coming on board! I want to build this very same model in the next 5 years 🙂 so watching closely! The Eduard stuff seem to provide a lot of good, obviously cockpit, but also the gearwell material appears rather useful. Only thing I pity is the Ra'am engines have external petals on... I'd really like to build the "naked" nozzles...

Great job so far, beautiful pit, bird seems to be coming together nicely, looking forward to the camo! 👍

2 January 2021, 23:14

Ricardo Reis
Thank you Slavo - still smoothing out some nasty gaps in the tips of the tails and near the machine gun; other than than, I'll start painting soon; will probably replace the nozzles with resin, because these lack some detail and finesse on the inside

3 January 2021, 01:15

valiente84
Following!

3 January 2021, 10:29

Ricardo Reis
Welcome 👍

3 January 2021, 12:32

Daniel
Very nice progress, looking forward to the cool IAF camo 👍
Afaik certain panel joints are raised on the real tanks - so it's a feature, not a bug 🙂

26 January 2021, 08:01

Ricardo Reis
Thank you Daniel. Regarding the raised panel lines on the fuel tanks, it does pose a problem when sanding the joints (and they'll have to be sanded because of the peculiar way the sprue gates are made in this model)

26 January 2021, 11:25

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice Ricardo.

10 February 2021, 17:26

Ricardo Reis
Thanks Clifford, inching my way forward, while progressing the Revell Shackleton at the same time... 🙂

10 February 2021, 23:00

Ricardo Reis
Final days of this build, should be done before the weekend

23 June 2021, 08:03

Ricardo Reis
Thank you Jorge, obrigado!

23 June 2021, 22:50

Ricardo Reis
Finally finished - had to rush the end, because I needed it ready for a local exibition; final photos in the same project, here: F-15I Ra'am | Album by RReis (1:48)

26 June 2021, 00:28

Project info

F-15I Ra’am

65 bilder

1:48

Fullført

1:48 F-15I Ra'am (Great Wall Hobby L4816)

1:48 Ladder for McDonnell F-15 Eagle (PlusModel AL4060)

McDonnell Douglas F-15I Ra'am

Heyl Ha'Avir (Israeli Air Force 1948-now)
69 Tayeset (Hammers) Sqn. 241
Hatzerim AB
FS36375 FS33531 FS34424 FS30219 FS36118

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