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Maciej Bellos (m2000-5)
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Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S

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105 11 March 2017, 18:37
Aris Grey
Mathie, how are you planning to re-scribe this? It's already painted!
11 March 2017, 21:40
Maciej Bellos
Hi Ari, it's half painted. However the kit has hideously raised panel lines and scribing it is no real trouble. I guess I was the unlucky one, since I got one of the early batches of the kit. At some unknown point Italeri decided to reissue the kit with engraved panel lines without changing the box. Nobody knows when.

Even though I started painting the kit, after I saw how big a trouble is to wash raised panel lines on my Airfix F-16, I decided to scribe it. Not the cleanest job so far but I am training for other kits that have raised panel lines (Monogram's A-37B, Revell's F/A-18C Chippy Ho -actuall an Italeri-, Monogram's F-14A). Most of the upper surfaces are done.
12 March 2017, 18:02
Aris Grey
I see Mathie, this job needs very delicate moves and very patience in case of errors for retrials. So newer italeri's have scribed panel lines? Nice improvement for the kit.
19 March 2017, 17:39
Ekki
Watching.
19 March 2017, 19:57
Nikolaos Kouzinis
Respecting the finish Mαθιέ. Καλησπερα.
19 March 2017, 20:49
Łukasz Gliński
Following
20 March 2017, 09:57
Maciej Bellos
The last time I updated the thread, I had it painted with Molak's FS36251 and I was ready to painted the blueish grey. Since then I scribed the whole thing as the panel lines where raised and first applied the blueish grey (FS36176). I cut masks for the blueish grey areas and then applied FS36251. I think it went well, bar some overspray here and there and paint chipping off in a couple of places. Gloss varnish coming up next.
3 March 2019, 18:33
Łukasz Gliński
Rescribing was a definitely good idea and it payed off 👍
3 March 2019, 19:58
Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice. I re-scribed the Monogram F-14A, it improved the looks of the kit 1000%.
3 March 2019, 23:41
Maciej Bellos
Yes Lukasz and Clifford, it certainly did. It was my first attempt and it came out rather good. Clifford I have a Monogram F-14 too and will certainly rescribe it.
4 March 2019, 04:20
Łukasz Gliński
I don't like rescribing, but I think I have to consider that for my Sea Cobra as I already managed to sand down most of the lines anyway 😄
4 March 2019, 08:20
Maciej Bellos
About 130 stencils later! I liked the TwoBobs set pretty much. Very thin film! The only small problem was that there wasn't any numbering on the decals, so it took some more effort in placing them.
13 April 2019, 16:47
Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice.
13 April 2019, 16:52
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Clifford!
13 April 2019, 17:43
Łukasz Gliński
130 undescribed stencils? Respect 👍
13 April 2019, 19:53
Maciej Bellos
Well, the instructions show you where to put the CAUTION blah blah blah, however they are so small in 1/72nd, so one has to guess what the stencil shows. The magnifying lens helped a bit but still it was a bit challenging. The easiest where the NO STEP.

Thanks Łukasz!
13 April 2019, 20:34
Maciej Bellos
Roundels on.
15 April 2019, 15:45
Stephan Ryll
Comming along nicely 👍
15 April 2019, 18:54
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Stephan!
15 April 2019, 19:02
Michael Phillips
Looking great Maciej! Looking forward to seeing the next few steps!
15 April 2019, 23:24
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Michael! Looking forward to the end result too!
16 April 2019, 17:39
Maciej Bellos
Panel lines done, matt varnish applied. It looks ok so far. There are places that look bad, on the undersides but it's less than average kit trying to be more than average.
24 May 2019, 10:51
Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice Maciej.
25 May 2019, 02:33
Łukasz Gliński
Good progress, keep it up!
25 May 2019, 08:07
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Clifford and Łukasz! Time for the metal parts.
25 May 2019, 09:28
Maciej Bellos
Nothing to brag about... Metal areas painted with Model Master's 1403 Buffing Magnesium and then buffed with a damped in some kind of diluant cloth. It's rather dark but has a nice shine. Coyld have done better, provided I had a light shade of metal.
30 May 2019, 18:15
Maciej Bellos
Thank you James!
30 May 2019, 19:03
Maciej Bellos
Dirtied it up a bit.
8 June 2019, 11:24
Stephan Ryll
Looking very nice 👍
8 June 2019, 13:14
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Stephan!
8 June 2019, 17:13
Cuajete
Nice result so far for this old kit. Following.
8 June 2019, 19:07
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Cuajete!

Thank you James. I used enamels. I had a tin can of Molak FS36251, which came out extremely matt and quite rough. For the blueish gray, I used Model Master's 2036 FS36176. It sprayed great, maybe in part due to adding some levelling thinner to the mix. In the metal area I used Model Master's Magnesium Buffing. I meesed it up a bit, but I learned how to tackle it. Next time I will do much better with that.
8 June 2019, 20:39
Jos Jansen
Nice 'Mod-Eagle' painting scheme Maciej...👍!!
8 June 2019, 20:40
Maciej Bellos
Thank Jos! I look forward on your Eagle. I always liked the early colours of the F-15s, nowadays they look quite dark.
8 June 2019, 20:45
Jos Jansen
I am still doubting whether I will use the Gunze paint or that of Mig. I also ordered a set of paint from Hakata, which I also want to test first for the correct color. The Eagles from the 70s and 80s were lighter in color than the Mod-Eagle scheme. I can sometimes be so critical for the right color ...! I am not familiar with the Model-Master paint.
8 June 2019, 20:55
Maciej Bellos
Added some detail inside the engine exhausts with strips of masking tape.
26 June 2019, 17:58
Slavo Hazucha
Nice going Maciej! I like the surface finish & colors a lot, looking good for the finish line!
26 June 2019, 19:58
Łukasz Gliński
Maciej, you keep making it look better and better 👍
26 June 2019, 20:08
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Slavo, it means a lot!

Thanks Łukasz! The one thing that won't be flattering will be the metal undersides. Not my best job there but I learned a thing or two. Hopefully I will wrap it up the weekend after this one.

Thank you James!
26 June 2019, 20:35
Jos Jansen
That's a nice mod eagle paint scheme Maciej, well done! 👍
27 June 2019, 07:03
Cuajete
Very nice painting job.
6 July 2019, 21:20
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Cuajete!
6 July 2019, 22:01
Maciej Bellos
Thanks Jos!
6 July 2019, 22:01
Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice Maciej.
6 July 2019, 22:02
Maciej Bellos
Thanks Clifford. I am adding all the bits, more time consuming than I thought...
6 July 2019, 22:05
Łukasz Gliński
Gia sas Maciej! Wash looks great, I'm jealous😉
7 July 2019, 19:22
Maciej Bellos
Dzieki Łukasz! The panel line wash was a small adventure. Vallejo's acrylic semi gloss varnish doesn't go well with oil based wash. It actually gets dissolved when the wash is applied. So I had to do a panel line wash with water dilluted Lifecolor Black. After that I spray W&N acrylic mat varnish and then I could work with oils. Pretty pleased with the result.
7 July 2019, 20:52
Jos Jansen
Simple awesome Maciej..."Eagle-time my friend..."!!
7 July 2019, 21:02
Maciej Bellos
Yeah, Eagle time Jos!

As I was ready to glue the seats, it occured to me that having the canopy open would expose the seats to scrutiny. So I added some belts.

I scratched a rather humungus HUD.

The last addition before declaring the pit ready will be a horizontal bar used by the WSO.
12 July 2019, 21:31
Alexander Wallgren
Nice build. Excellent stuff.
12 July 2019, 23:59
Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice.
13 July 2019, 00:22
Slavo Hazucha
Cool upgrades, the HUD may be a secret widescreen prototype, but it helps a lot - and the thin sheet you used is way better than some clear plastic slabs provided by some kits😉

Exterior looks great, almost there at the finish line!
13 July 2019, 05:48
Maciej Bellos
Thanks Alexander!

Thank you Clifford!

Yeah those in the box HUD thingies are blobs of clear plastic. Usually I substitute them. It adds some eye candy, provided you don't over do it. I might cut a smaller thin plastic sheet to bring it more to reality.
13 July 2019, 20:54
Maciej Bellos
Finished!
7 August 2019, 02:57
Łukasz Gliński
It doesn't look like rised-panel-line-Italeri anymore, great job Maciej! 👍
7 August 2019, 11:52
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Łukasz! Compared with the first photo of the album, well, there is nothing to compare. It's almost a different kit. Wish it had full length intakes...
7 August 2019, 13:37
Jos Jansen
Maciej, you did a wonderful job to build this bird on the scale 1/72...👍
7 August 2019, 18:55
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Jos and James!

Jos, your Tamiya looks great, proper late 70s early 80s Eagle!
7 August 2019, 19:04
Slavo Hazucha
Great finish 👍
7 August 2019, 19:56
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Slavo, your words mean a lot!
7 August 2019, 21:04
Cuajete
Very nice painting job. Congrats!
7 August 2019, 21:57
Andy Ball
Super! Super!!
7 August 2019, 22:30
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Cuajete and thank you Andy!
8 August 2019, 03:24
Clifford Keesler
Beautiful F-15 Maciej, very well done.
8 August 2019, 03:37
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Clifford!
9 August 2019, 21:30
Aris Grey
Turned out do good! Congrats Mathios amaxing Restoration.
10 August 2019, 23:12
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Ari! Considering how I had envisioned it when I started the build many many years ago, it is something really different and much better! Praise goes to the TwoBobs decals, ultra thin and of superb quality. Recommended for any project.
11 August 2019, 16:01
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Roland!
11 August 2019, 16:53
Maciej Bellos
Thank you!

The bombs were painted ages ago, well before I decided to take the kit of the shelf of doom. So it wasn't such a burden.
18 November 2020, 17:08
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Arif!
18 November 2020, 17:21
Cuajete
Very nice result. Congrats!
18 November 2020, 19:51
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Cuajete!
18 November 2020, 21:02
Clifford Keesler
Very nice F-15 Maciej, well done.
19 November 2020, 01:30
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Clifford!
19 November 2020, 03:56
Maciej Bellos
Thank you WhiteGlint!
20 November 2020, 19:57
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Roland!
20 November 2020, 20:31
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Daniel!
20 November 2020, 21:18
Aris Grey
Beautiful Eagle Mathios. So Sharp camo and nice details overall!
27 November 2020, 23:02
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Ari! It turned out better than expected.

Thank you Jos!
28 November 2020, 07:32
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Joshua!
28 November 2020, 08:21
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Alister!
28 November 2020, 08:56
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Neuling!
28 November 2020, 12:11
Etienne Chacra
I'm starting one now, you're look great! where can I get these decals from?
29 November 2020, 05:09
Etienne Chacra
sorry I meant yours
29 November 2020, 05:10
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Etienne! The decals are from TwoBobs decals. I think I have them in my project inventory. I'll be checking out your build.

Cheers!
29 November 2020, 15:52
Daniel Mysak
Solid work on this old kit, looks very nice.👍
29 November 2020, 16:03
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Juergen and Daniel! Yeah it was an old kit, started a very long time ago and deserved to get finished.
29 November 2020, 17:41
Guy Rump
Looks great 🙂
29 November 2020, 18:53
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Guy!
29 November 2020, 20:16
Bernd Grün
Your Eagle looks stunning. Great work. Cheers
8 December 2020, 09:53
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Bernd and Grzegorz!
8 December 2020, 16:32
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Petr!
9 December 2020, 15:08
Spanjaard
very nice!
10 December 2020, 11:49
Raphael Bernecole
Nice !😉
10 December 2020, 12:52
Harry
Holy crap you took the time to re-scribe all the raised panel lines! You are truly a man of dedication, well done!
10 December 2020, 13:47
Maciej Bellos
I am glad you like it Andy!

Thank you Spanjaard, Raphael and kengdad!

kengdad, it was a test if I can do a decent job. I have 5 or so kits that need rescribing, most of them being quarter scale ones. It turned out ok so I am confident I can do a better job on those. In general I am pushing my boundaries in each build, either in masking and painting (check my TS-11 Iskra build) or in adding bits and pieces in a cockpit (the XP-56 was a successful try).
10 December 2020, 20:41
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Carlos!
11 December 2020, 04:22
Maciej Bellos
Thank you airjuneau!
11 December 2020, 14:37
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Stefan and Jakub!
11 December 2020, 18:14
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Christian!
20 December 2020, 20:09
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Joshua. Glad you like it!
20 January 2021, 04:15
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Sukhoi242!

Unfortunately half of my models had an encounter with the cleaning lady. I managed to repair most of them, but the Eagle and the Apache took quite a beating. The canopy frame was broken and pieces of it lost together with some antennas and most importantly the arm holding the canopy in place...
20 January 2021, 18:34
Maciej Bellos
That's the thing, they are in a display cabinet!
20 January 2021, 19:12
Maciej Bellos
Thanks Cuajete!
20 January 2021, 19:13
Maciej Bellos
She is not going to come again, so for now problem solved.
20 January 2021, 19:58
Cuajete
For the next cleaning lady maybe it is recommended a "remove before the cleaning" 😛
20 January 2021, 20:20
Maciej Bellos
😄
20 January 2021, 20:29
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Jon H!
20 January 2021, 20:31
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Neil!
29 March 2021, 18:46
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Gael!
29 March 2021, 20:05
Clifford Keesler
Beautiful F-15 Maciej.
30 March 2021, 01:38
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Clifford and Mirko!
30 March 2021, 04:23
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Sarunas!
30 March 2021, 18:05
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Robert!
31 March 2021, 18:31
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Cortex!
31 March 2021, 19:42
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Peppy!
1 April 2021, 20:17
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Calvin!
3 April 2021, 08:31
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Aleksandar!
21 August 2021, 20:23
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Oleg and Frantisek!
22 August 2021, 09:01
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Antoine!
22 August 2021, 10:03
aFour
Waaw! Great job, Maciej!
22 August 2021, 10:48
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Tommy!

Thank you aFour! Tried my best on a rather basic kit.
22 August 2021, 14:23
Erik Leijdens
Great job Maciej! An armed Arab
22 August 2021, 19:19
Andy Ball
Sunni delight!
22 August 2021, 21:57
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Jeramy and Guy!

@Andy and @Erik 😄 😄 😄
23 August 2021, 06:33
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Thorsten!
23 August 2021, 15:32
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Stefan!
24 August 2021, 04:58
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Piotr!
24 August 2021, 13:50
Glenn
WOW that's built from the PIG of a Italeri kit? GOOD JOB! I would have binned it or flogged it off and gone for the Later Hasegawa or GWH kits myself. 🙂
24 August 2021, 16:27
Maciej Bellos
Thank you for your kind words Glenn!

Yes, it's that Italeri kit, not even the later issue with recessed panel lines. I wish I had the Hasegawa kit back then, but I was a teenager when I bought it and my budget was rather tight back then. I finished the kit as an adult, much more experienced and with new tools and techniques. Apart from rescribing, the TwoBobs decal sheet had the biggest effect on how the kit turned out.
24 August 2021, 19:47
aFour
Great Work!
9 June 2022, 06:46
Maciej Bellos
Thank you aFour!

Roland and the rest of you guys, thanks for the likes!
9 June 2022, 08:38
Maciej Bellos
Thank you David!
9 June 2022, 17:55
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Erik!
9 June 2022, 20:37
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Finn!
10 June 2022, 11:16
Maciej Bellos
Thank you yamawasabi!
10 June 2022, 17:16
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Curatorm!
11 June 2022, 12:21
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Chan Li!
12 June 2022, 14:35
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Johnny B!
14 June 2022, 04:15
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Marius!
14 June 2022, 05:38
Maciej Bellos
Glad you like it DerMattes!
4 March 2023, 12:02
Maciej Bellos
Thank you James C!
4 March 2023, 15:52
Laurent VILLANUEVA "HELLER-forever"
top !
4 March 2023, 18:20
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Laurent! Still repairs needed...

Thank you Rui!

4 March 2023, 21:12
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Carlos!
5 March 2023, 09:17
Maciej Bellos
Thank you mates!
5 March 2023, 13:29
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Gabor!
6 March 2023, 06:57
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Mohammed!
8 March 2023, 16:01
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Mike!!!
8 March 2023, 16:17
Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.
8 March 2023, 16:42
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Villiers!
8 March 2023, 17:10
Maciej Bellos
Thank you mates!
9 March 2023, 05:18
Hans Zwetsloot
Nice work!
9 March 2023, 07:34
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Hans!
9 March 2023, 07:42
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Vincent!
9 March 2023, 09:20
Maciej Bellos
Thank you mates!
9 March 2023, 11:53
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Slavo! Good to have you back!
15 March 2023, 05:19
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Lothar!
15 March 2023, 17:26
Petar Žorić
This is really nicely done, especially considering that the kit has raised panel lines 😄
18 March 2023, 20:58
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Petar and Doug! Yes Petar, late in the build I decided that it would be better if I scribed the kit and despite being the first time and completely built it came out ok. After that I enjoyed the painting, panelling and weathering.
19 March 2023, 13:17
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Falk!
19 March 2023, 13:25
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Sergej!
19 March 2023, 18:37
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Daniel, much appreciated! Hope my 48th scale Academy Strike Eagle ends up half as good as your 72nd one. Cheers!
19 March 2023, 20:26
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Austin!
20 March 2023, 09:09
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Panteli!
20 March 2023, 12:20
Maciej Bellos
Glad you like it Oliver!
23 August 2023, 10:08
Maciej Bellos
Thanks for taking a peak Stephen!
24 August 2023, 11:18
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Srikanth!
25 August 2023, 08:06
Maciej Bellos
Thank you J35J!
25 August 2023, 08:25
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Connor for having a look!
26 August 2023, 20:03
Maciej Bellos
Thank you guys for all the likes!
12 September 2023, 09:45
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Phenix and Mr James and the rest of the gang for all the likes!
15 September 2023, 07:03
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Rui and Ray!
15 September 2023, 09:32
Maciej Bellos
Thank you André and all the mates for the likes!
19 September 2023, 07:27
Maciej Bellos
Glad you like it Joseph!
5 October 2023, 17:21
Maciej Bellos
Thank you Alain!
5 October 2023, 20:39
Maciej Bellos
Thank you John E!
11 October 2023, 07:23

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