F-15DJ duo
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large gaps between the parts
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added some thick CA and sanded smooth
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added some paint for checking
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after sanding, time for restoring some lines
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bangseats in their basecolors
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tubs too
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instrument panels made with black paper
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instrument panels made with black paper
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seems sloppy, but this is approx. real size
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seats got their belts
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Cockpit finished
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Cockpit finished
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Thinning the inlets
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Thinning the inlets
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basic engines
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actuator rods added
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the most backwards one fell, while searching i put my chair on it... hope i can save it
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Received some info that the bulged doors weren't mounted on these birds, as was the gun clip fairing, so I removed these and rescribed the detail
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also the sensor at the end had to be removed, so I sanded these carefully in a point...
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Job done, on to the cockpit...
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seatbelts added to the bangseats
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first cockpit ready
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second too, 1 belt missing... darn..
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canopy's taped, almost ready for primer
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stabilisers (??) remade so that they are all equally large
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primer on
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the AAM-3 missile
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body in copperwire
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Fins drawn and printed to scale
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At first I've glued these to a styrene sheet of 0.25mm, but it was to thick, so I applied some thine superglue to the printed paper and cut the fins out like this
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My first AAM-3 in 1/144
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Primer + dark grey
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Some poster buddy
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Added some light grey, result is a bit to subtle
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Back to the base
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Some prittbuddy buddy
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More contrast
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Unpacking
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Unpacking
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Unpacking
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Unpacking
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sprayed a mist coat over the darker camo.. left: after, right: before
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sprayed a mist coat over the darker camo.. left: after, right: before
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both done
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engines in basecolors
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decals that don't have a grey border are placed... Now on to sealing, tape and rest of camo..
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on with the tape... hope it works...
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2h of taping, not even halfway...
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finally on to paint... wish me luck...
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finally on to paint... wish me luck...
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finally on to paint... wish me luck...
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finally on to paint... wish me luck...
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third color: White
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more masking
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more masking
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more masking
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more masking
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The white acted funny here, wame out a lot thinner then before
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last color: tyre black
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striptease
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striptease
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fully stripped above...
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fully stripped above...
Comments
3 February 2017, 11:53
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detailed the first set of engines. While taking photo's one fell to the floor, looked good around but couldn't find it, put my chair aside, right on top of it... AAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGHHH
10 February 2017, 12:26
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Removed and changed some outside details... soon to finish the cockpit...
20 February 2017, 12:31
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Cockpits finished. What is the best order for painting? first the metal parts, then the camo, or vice versa?
6 March 2017, 13:29
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The first AAM-3 missile is scratched in 1/144... on to the next one...
10 March 2017, 12:10
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Nice work so far Bart 👍 Cockpit looks excellent and I much like the idea with the printed fins.
10 March 2017, 18:49
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Thx a lot. Hopelijk tot het some progress or paint on this weekend, but....
13 March 2017, 05:08
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third change, sprayed a coat of the palest color over the darker camouflage... more satisfied then before, on to decals and more tape...
5 April 2017, 08:07
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looking goooood, specially in this scale! 🙂, and some people call 1/72 braille scale 😛
7 April 2017, 19:11
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decals added, ready to seal.. then I need to tape them 1 by 1 before camouflage...
10 April 2017, 11:17
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that's the overall result I want to achieve after camouflage: [img1]
10 April 2017, 11:42
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It would be interesting in 1/48 or 1/72. In this 1/144 I call it nearly impossible.
You're raising the bar, Bart 👍
10 April 2017, 17:54
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thx, one can only try... it will not be the camo shown, but i think i will go for these:
[img1]
and something like [img1]
The other one I have the decals in 1/144 and 1/48, and I think I will go for the 1/48 version then
11 April 2017, 07:58
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so you will add the stencils, and mask over to do the extra camo.... right? i would suggest to do some testing before. I had some stencils covered with Future (at least two thin layers), and then used some tamiya masking tape. i even placed the tape on my skin first to make it weaker, but the tape took the stencils with it.... so better do some testing, otherwise you may find all those tiny decals/transfers gone when you remove the masking.
it may have been just me, maybe i should have added more future, but just in case.
11 April 2017, 08:39
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Unfortunately there's no other way... some decals have a grey background, others don't... I've already applied a coat of tamiya clear, maybe a second coat couldn't hurt... a warned man...
11 April 2017, 08:46
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better safe than sorry, and for sure, goes without saying, i would leave it a couple of days to cure completely....(that is one of the most difficult parts from me, leave it there and do not touch it when you actually have the time....)
11 April 2017, 09:09
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there's always another kit... but then you have to get back to the previous one 😉
time to spend some time with the hellcat again...
11 April 2017, 09:16
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Which really means "I'm at 25%"
Hell of a job. I wish you all the patience in the world.
14 April 2017, 11:44
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mmmh, I missed this so far. Very nice work, I'm looking forward to the final result 👍
14 April 2017, 14:01
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thx (I hope, but still not really convinced it will work to satisfaction...), but we will see in a few days, how it will hold when airbrushing the camo...... I will tape in the first one, and spray it, so that I can take the lessons learned to the second one...
27 April 2017, 11:57
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looking really good, this will be a one of a kind model. well, two of a kind😉
27 April 2017, 12:23
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these are good model kits the f15 looks well when finished
I made the same one
4 May 2017, 22:19
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Hi Bart, the painting result on the wings look really nice. Any more progress?
Cheers, Christian
7 May 2017, 09:03
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Not at the moment, busy with masking the rest of the aircraft for the tyreblack
7 May 2017, 09:08
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So this is basically a 4-tone camo on a 1:144 model, times 2 😮 You've earned my respect (again)
Keep it up!
7 May 2017, 10:08
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thx, 1 fault and 1 area that will need some sanding. I'll call it a succes, maybe I'll add an extra white stripe above the left wing...
10 May 2017, 06:30