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Falk Röllig (gt-eins)
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1/72 F-15E Triple Build WIP

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GWH Cockpit only with decals and paint 
 

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Res-Kit Nozzles for F-15 
 

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GWH nozzles oob 
 

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Main paint job done 
 

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Base colors Gunze Aqueos 
 

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AK extreme metal and Gunze super metallics 
 

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AIM-9 G.W.H., modified ACMI TACTS pod from Hasegawa and AIM-120B training round from Eduard (decals missing) 
 

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Slow progress with the decals. It needs a lot of time, patience, and setting solution... 
 

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But it's worth.  
 

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Not all stencils on the plane but finished the loadout. 
 

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Sneak preview. More pictures next days... 
 

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Horizontal stabs still missing... 
 

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finished 
 

Comments

24 13 March 2020, 06:57
Falk Röllig
Back on the bench and hope to finish the eagles soon:
GWH oob with DXM decals, Academy as D-Day Heritage and the GWH with Eduard PE Set as OIF.
13 May 2021, 18:50
Cuajete
Very nice job so far.
Following.
19 May 2021, 18:44
Mark K
Fabulous detail work!
20 May 2021, 06:03
Falk Röllig
Thank you Cuajete and Mark!
20 May 2021, 06:28
Falk Röllig
It's time to start with the decals. This will take some hours or maybe days...
23 May 2021, 12:58
Falk Röllig
Sneak preview of the first finished Strike Eagle. More pictures next days
7 June 2021, 14:39
Cuajete
Very nice result. Congrats!
How did the decals perform? Did they fit well?
7 June 2021, 18:21
Falk Röllig
Thank you Cuajete. The DXM decals perform good but be careful. Don't use to strong decal soft fluids like "Mark Fit Strong" or the decals will brittle. I've got some minor problems with the fit of the colored stripes on the vertical stabilizers. At some points remove the clear carrier film to get a better fit (f.e. horizontal stabs).
Bigger mistake (by myself) was that i recognized to late, that the instructions aren't 100% correct compared with the real aircraft. So always check your references. For the air refuel marking, the formation lights and the external fuel tank stencils i used the original g.w.h. decals. Also i've added more "no step" stencils that aren't shown in the instructions but are on the decal sheet as "spare" beside a big light grey spare decal. Last but no least the missing "hook" and some lighter "no step" decals came from an Italeri sheet. So conclusion: the DXM decals aren't perfect but very, very good.
7 June 2021, 19:12
Cuajete
Thx, Falk 👍
8 June 2021, 08:32

Project info

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1:72 F-15E Strike Eagle (Great Wall Hobby L7201)1:72 F-15E (Eduard 73615)1:72 F-15E U.S. Air Force Strike Eagle (DXM Decals 81-7126)6+
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
US US Air Force (1947-now)
336 FS 88-1700
2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom
FS36118
 

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