DONE...!! | USAFE F-15C Eagle Slobberin Wolfhound 32TFS

Jos Jansen
And I'm going to follow yours ... haha🙂! I intend to display the canopy open, flaps down, remove before flight tags and missile head protectors...mine will be an interceptor version.

Maciej Bellos
Following this one also!

Jos Jansen
Haha...welcome on board Maciej...two Eagles for the price of one 👍

Jos Jansen
Pic 7: "I have doubts about the paint, Gunze or Ammo from Mig ...?"

Maciej Bellos
I'd say Gunze. They spray pretty good. The gunze light ghost grey is less blueish than say Humbrol 127, which was my preferred cup of tea. So there should be some contrast between the light and the dark ghost greys.

Daniel
I think I would chose 203 as is & 307 with some drops of White...really like your choice of markings, I built one of those wolfhounds with the ancient monogram kit some years ago, when I re-started with modelling

Jos Jansen
The first phase of the primer is ready, lightly sanding with a Tamiya 3000 sanding sponge sheet...

Kees Kleijwegt
Looking good with the primer on Jos! 👍

Jos Jansen
Finished sanding, tomorrow the pre-shading ...!

Donald Dickson II
Ah, another of these! I will say again, you can not go wrong with the Model Masters colors. IMO they are spot on.

Stephan Ryll
Very nice progress on that bird 👍

Jos Jansen
Thx guys for all your comments, highly appreciated!

I add some new progress pics; pre-shading / gloss black base for the metal color on the fuselage and open exhaust nozzles / creating a clear canopy by immersing it in the future...

Jos Jansen
She is ready for the final layers...!

Slavo Hazucha
Promising looking pre-shading! Seems the journey is going in the right direction, happy to follow 🙂

Jos Jansen
Thx....hop on Slavo! 👍

I am completely convinced of the quality of Alclad, the appearance of the metal color comes out perfectly with the Gloss Black Base from Alclad. After I applied the pre-shadin I applied accent spots with satin white from Ammo, Mig J. The final layers of paint I also choose Ammo from Mig, because I feel that these are the closest to the original colors that were used on the F-15 in the 1980s. I'm not in a hurry so I build in a slow pace with different phases.

Kees Kleijwegt
Very nice progress mate! 👍

Jos Jansen
Thx Kees, Iam taking a break these upcoming days...hopefully the first layer of the final paint these weekend!

Jos Jansen
Finally started with the final colors of the seventies and eighties F15 color scheme ...!

Konrad -
Very nice progress Jos 👍!
It turns out really nice!

Kees Kleijwegt
Looking really good Jos! 👍

Slavo Hazucha
Pre-shading seems to work excellent on both greys, with the panel lines & some decent weathering it will look just great. Your process shots also brought me to an idea for a future project😉

Jos Jansen
Thx Konrad, Kees, James and Slavo...!

@James, I am not done with the camouflage yet, I want to add some gray accents (post-shading) here and there before applying a glossy varnish.

@Slavo...a little bit of advice from you my friend, what about the weathering, shall I do a black panel line wash or ... I also have several gray panel line washes from Mig Jimenez, the A.Mig 1600, 1601 and the 1602, this perhaps gives a more subtle look ... what do you think?

Maciej Bellos
Nice camo Jos! Since the colours are a bit light, some dark gray wash would be ok. The black would be too profound.

Slavo Hazucha
Morning Jos, my humble bit of advice: On my model, I worked with oils, mostly pure black & thinned to different degrees - on MRP colors (lacquer, semi-gloss), they were absolutely controllable in terms of final effect & hue so I could get what I wanted. But I also wanted the side effect of a slightly darkened & uneven finish on the major color surfaces, not just panel lines. Black was OK for my project, because it was no problem to remove as much as I needed, with dry or slightly thinner-dipped towel or cotton wad. If you do not want the slight darkening of surfaces, I'd probably go for the darkest grey panel wash. Depends on the degree of effect you want.

Jos Jansen
Hey Slavo...thx brother for your feedback, I understand what you say Slavo, now I have reasonable experience with a black wash and therefore also for the panel lines. For this I use the black oil paint of Abteilung 502 in various diluted variants. I think I will go for a general wash over the plane and emphasize the panel lines, whether diluted or not. The color scheme is light enough in itself, so it doesn't hurt if a slightly dark (gray) filter comes over it...

Jan Raska
WOW!

Patrick Hagelstein
Man, that looks good already! 👍

Jos Jansen
Thx Jan and Patrick, today I finished the final painting scheme of the early F-15 in the eighties...only some pre-shading and I am ready for the glossy varnish to apply the decals...happy!

Slavo Hazucha
This looks seriously crisp Jos - and it can only get better now😉

Maciej Bellos
Looking pretty good there Jos. Can't wait for the decals.

Erik Leijdens
Amazing work mate! Really looking forward to the end result, so I have a benchmark when building mine 🙂

Stephan Ryll
Very nice work so far Jos 👍

Kees Kleijwegt
Great work mate! 👍

Jos Jansen
After the post-shadening, I finished my Eagle with the ALC-600 Alclad Aqua Gloss Clear ... fantastic Gloss, becomes a super hard layer... lightly sand with a Tamiya 3000 sponge for a super smooth surface. Before I place the decals, first I treat the panel lines with A.MIG-1602 Deep Gray Panel Line Wash. I find this more subtle than a black wash ...

Jos Jansen
Decalling in progress...🙂

Slavo Hazucha
Already a beauty in mid-decal work 👍 the process you describe seems very reasonable - on my Su-34, the panel lines were so thin and shallow that I chickened out and did panel lines before the gloss (but MRP's have a semi gloss+ finish already), afraid to fill them up too much with varnish layers before weathering... 🙂 This looks great, the shading, lines & decals...

Patrick Hagelstein
I agree, a black wash would be way too harsh. The grey looks very subtle!

Daniel
good job, the shades and panel lines looks just right on that eagle 👍

Jos Jansen
@Patrick and Daniel, thx mates...a gray wash is indeed much more subtle ... I am very satisfied with this result!

This method worked out well Slavo, I actually think that I will often do a layer less to keep the panel-lines as deep as possible. Military jet aircraft do not have to be heavily weathered, a panel-line wash is often enough. What is important is that every time the layers you apply are smooth for the best results. Possible weathering can also be applied with pastels.

Jos Jansen
Almost ready with all the decals...

Konrad -
Very nice and detailed work 👍!

Maciej Bellos
Looking really good with all those decals. One thing that I didn't like going to low visibility, were the insignia used on the F-15s. The F-16 insignia look much better. Looking forward to the end result.

Slavo Hazucha
Rock & roll😉

Jos Jansen
Thx Konrad, Maciej and Slavo...it's a hell of a job but it turned out really nice and yes Slavo I agree...."Great balls of Fire"...😉

Stephan Ryll
Very nice 🙂 looking very good 👍 Jos

Jos Jansen
Thx Stephan, appreciate it...👍

Jos Jansen
Thank you James, the build is on hold for a moment ... in Europe, it is now high summer, in recent days it was around 40 degrees in the Netherlands...!! In my mancave, it was bloody hot, so for now, no modeling for me ... instead of the bench, I prefer to grab a beer and sit in the shade relaxing...😉

Jos Jansen
The high temperature slowly drops back to normal here in the Netherlands, finally finished decalling my "Slobberin Wolfhound" ...

Chris Greathouse
Very cool decals!

Donald Dickson II
Jos, you guys do have air conditioning dont you?😉 LOL

Looks great!

Patrick Hagelstein
Air con what???

Erik Leijdens
Great work Jos. A lot of dedication is put into it, good to see that 🙂. Gives me inspiration to go back to the bench!

Dominik Weitzer
Jos, that paintjob looks amazing! I have to read and watch your work again to get this look. I like it! Not too much, just right.
Btw, my bench is in the baseground - was really cool those hot days on the German borderside of the Netherlands .

Kees Kleijwegt
Great looking Wolfhound Jos! Excellent finish 👍👍

Tim Heimer
Nice work on this one!

Lee Fogel
Outstanding!

Jos Jansen
Thx y'all guys for your encouraging words, in the coming weeks I will try to finish my "Slobberin Wolfhound" from the former 32TFS Afb Soesterberg NLD.

Nathan Dempsey
That F-15 is getting better every time I see the next picture. Nice work Jos!

Slavo Hazucha
Great weathering job on the engine section Jos! 👍 Really like the approach with the increasing streaks from LG wells backwards, well done!

Maciej Bellos
Very nice engine section!

Patrick Hagelstein
Noice!!! 👍

Demigod
Mmmmmh, coming along nicely! Good job!

Daniel
some awesome stains going on there! 🙂

Dominik Weitzer
really really nice wash!

Konrad -
What a great job mate! What a great job...
Looking forward to the roll out 😉!

Jos Jansen
The Slobberin Wolfhound is on its feet ... 😉 Once the resin ejection seat of Aires is ready, I can start assembling and apply the final layer of a mix of Satin and Matt Lacquer Clear Coat from HATAKA.

Stephan Ryll
Ah that's looking great Jos 🙂 very nice work 👍

Slavo Hazucha
Keeps getting better and better! And a lovely load-out of missiles too 👍

Jos Jansen
Thx guys...I am almost ready to reveal my Eagle...🙂

Erik Leijdens
Can't wait to see the end result mate 🙂

Jos Jansen
I almost finished your resin seat...pics will follow in our app...👍

Erik Leijdens
I discovered that the Aces II seats of the F-16 and F-15 differed in the position of the ejection handle. For the F-16 it was a single piece in the middle and the 15 haves 2 handles on the outsides.

Jos Jansen
Seat is ready...before I place it in the cockpit, a picture of the result.

@Erik...thanks for your research, by the way, I have also seen the single ejection handle on photos ... I can remove it in no time, no problem...🙂 (...again thx for the support 😉)

Stephan Ryll
Great work on the bang seat Jos 👍

Jos Jansen
Thx Stephan...!

Slavo Hazucha
Expert job on the seat - a nice mold & PE as a start, and you really got the max out of it! 👍 Looks like this will be one of these jury-proof builds!😉

Daniel
Amazing ACES II, great weathering job jos 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Bring it home Jos! You're almost there! 👍

Jos Jansen
Thx guys...roll out this weekend...🙂 👍

Daniel
Definitely something to look forward to 👍

Sergej I
Nice model! I like the lacquer paints. How is Hataka lacquer thinner? Slow drying, fast drying, how often do you clean the needle in a 0,3ish airbrush?

Jos Jansen
@ Daniel...glad you like it, this weekend I'm going to photograph him in a photo booth, please wait...😉

@ Sergej...I did not use HATAKA paint, only the final layer was done with a mix of 50:50 Satin and Matt Lacquer Clear Coat. I do have the pressure between 1.2 and 1.5 Psi for a nice thin final top coat. I have 0.2 nozzle and have no problems with quick drying on the needle. I mix the Satin and Matt 1:1 with the HATAKA Lacquer thinner.

I painted the plane with Ammo from Mig Jimenez acrylic paint, the spray is nice and tight with a little Mig thinner, but the paint from Gunze is stronger and you can also sand the Gunze paint lightly to apply a nice smooth Gloss layer.

Sergej I
Thanks, Jos

Slavo Hazucha
Something to look up to for the weekend 🙂

ForestFan
Looking great

Holger Kranich
Damn nice build! Really a tasty Eagle. But why the russian cockpit blue in your pit? I am looking forward your rollout.😉

Patrick Hagelstein
That's only for the avionics compartment. For some reason that was primed in a blue metallic primer similar to WWII Japanese aircraft.

Holger Kranich
Nice to know that, Patrick. We always learn & learn here. 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
That's what I love about this community! 👍

Holger Kranich
Copy that! I agree! Scalemates phorever!😉

Patrick Hagelstein
😄

Jos Jansen
Thx Sergej (and welcome at our aggressor GB...👍), thx ForestFan, glad you like it!

@Holger and Patrick...appreciate your comments, and thx Patrick for the explanation...i didn't know this detail about the avionics bay, I only saw ref pics in my research...👍 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
🙂 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
In case of any doubt; just look at pictures of the real thing. 😉 Has worked for me every time. 😄

Jos Jansen
Today is the roll-out, may I introduce you to the Slobberin Wolfhound, an F-15C 32TFS USAFE from the former Soesterberg airbase in the Netherlands. Thanks to everyone for the often praising and enthusiastic words during the building of my Eagle, this was certainly appreciated!
Enjoy the roll-out photos it was an honor to build a former American interceptor who has flown for years in the Dutch skies. 🙂

This kit will be published in Model Aircraft Monthly soon.

Murad ÖZER
Drop dead gorgeous Jos, kudos for the article as well!😎

Stephan Ryll
Very nice result Jos of one of the "Queen's own" 🙂 👍

Slavo Hazucha
Absolutely great show Jos! 👍 👍 👍 Consistently superb work start-to-finish, agree with James, the whole engine section is a joy to behold & also special praise for the smart work on the 2 main greys plus weathering - shading, colors & post production just create a seriously cool outcome overall. You know your trade sir & I am very much looking forward to the Aggressor October show!😉

Moritz Fentzahn
Great work Jos, a stunning Show stopper.
Scale modeling at its best 👍

Nathan Dempsey
She's a real beauty Jos. Fine work all around. Congratulations on the publication too, it's well deserved 🙂

Maciej Bellos
Stunning result in all aspects. The engine area is being dirty at its best! Kudos Jos!

B R
Hell yea nice build breath taking well done

Eelco Gregoire
Great Jos!

Donald Dickson II
Outstanding!

BAT21
Fantastic!

Daniel
Amazing work jos! I'd say you nailed the subtle camo of the early eagles and the weathering is awesome as well 👍 quite impressive result for a kit from the 80s

Patrick Hagelstein
I can look at this as long as I want, I still wouldn't be able to find the right words for appraisal of this build........ Speechless....

Sergej I
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing your build.

Chris Greathouse
Beautiful!

Jos Jansen
Thx Murad, James, Stephan, Slavo, Moritz, Nathan, Maciej, B R, Eelco, Donald, BAT21, Daniel, Patrick, Sergej I, Chris and Roland 👍...your enthusiastic comments are really heartwarming, thank you for these beautiful words. Modelling is also nice to share and especially if the hard and long work is appreciated...🙂

Next project....an Indonesian F-16... already a warm-up for my Blizzard Viper for the aggressor GB this fall ... 😎
TNI AU (Indonesian Air Force) | F-16C Block 25 | Project by Banshee13 (1:48)

Slavo Hazucha
Cool choice 👍 - but what about the Argentinian ship-buster?😉

& btw, did you use some proper camera for the final pics? Really nice focus & depth features...

Neuling
Beautiful!

Jos Jansen
I am building this Indo Viper in a duo build with a friend of mine, he is building a Moroccan Viper ... as I said, a nice warm-up for the GB aggressor! The Argentinian ship-buster will see the light of day around Christmas ... I think 🙂

Erik Leijdens
A fantastic model Jos! Everywhere I see it!

Jos Jansen
Thx Neuling and Erik...glad you like the model, much appreciated😎!

Spanjaard
very nice job!

Jos Jansen
Thx Spanjaard...👍!

Konrad -
Very nice Jos! Amazing work! This is how a Eagle should Look like👍 👍 👍

Jos Jansen
Konrad thanks for your great comment, I think that's the best compliment you can get...8)👍

Holger Kranich
Cool Eagle! Good practice for the BG!

Zsolt Czegle
Great work! 👍

Michal Hawryluk
Good job!

Gerald
Nice 👍

Michael Phillips
Simply fantastic!!! LOVE the weathering and very nice photos as well.

Jos Jansen
Many thanks to everyone who likes my kit, there is a lot of dedication in the built...! 🙂

@Michael...thx man, and congratulations on your marriage!

Demigod
Well done!

Jos Jansen
Thx Demigod...👍

Clifford Keesler
Nice one Jos.

Jos Jansen
Thx Clifford...👍

Jos Jansen
I'm going to participate with my Eagle in the modeling contest during the ESM in Houten, the Netherlands on Saturday 23th of November. With this display I am going to present my 'Slobberin Wolfhound' of the 32nd TFS USAFE....wish me good luck 😉

Tim Heimer
Awesome work mate!!!

Dominik Weitzer
A w e s o m e !!! It looks amazing!
If you have it on display upcoming event, I would like to take a closer look. It's a beauty with also beautiful pictures.

Nathan Dempsey
I agree. No luck needed Jos. That's just some beautiful work.

Patrick Hagelstein
I totally missed this one! Some pictures looking to catch up on....

Juergen Klinglhuber
wow. Beautiful work. congrats!

Donald Dickson II
Magnificent!

Dan Fri
Nice Bro!

Spanjaard
looking foward seeing it there 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Most excellent Jos.

Jos Jansen
Thank y'all gents, much appreciated all your kind words. Looking forward to the contest...8)

Murad ÖZER
base is stunning as much as the build itself, double gorgeous now!😎

Marko
Very nice. Congrats. 👍

Neuling
Perfect.

Jos Jansen
My F-15C Eagle 'Slobberin Wolfhound' received a "Highly Commended" from the professional jury during the Euro Scale Modelling (ESM) in Houten (NED) ... very satisfied with it...🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Great!!! Congratulations! 👍

Jos Jansen
Thanks Patrick...it was again a successful modeling fair ...!

Stephan Ryll
Congratulations Jos 🙂 well deserved 👍

Jos Jansen
Thanks Stephan...🙂

Maciej Bellos
Congrats Jos!

Kees Kleijwegt
Well deserved mate! 👍

Demigod
Congratulations! This is well deserved!

Jos Jansen
Thanks mates...Maciej, Kees and Demigod...👍

Nathan Dempsey
Well done!

Spanjaard
congrats!

Daniel
👍

Markus Antonius
congratulations! a really nice eagle!

Jos Jansen
Thanks Hans, Nathan, Roland, Spanjaard, Daniel and Markus...your comments and congratulations are highly appreciated...!

Augie
Wow really nice Jos.

Günther Decock
Prachtig werk Jos. Ik ben ook naar de beurs geweest. En in het echt is uw model nog mooier dan op foto. Proficiat.

Jos Jansen
Thanks Augie....en dankjewel Gunther, mooi om te horen! 🙂👍

Slavo Hazucha
Congrats Jos, what a finish 👍 Looking great from all angles & on the airstrip too - you really know your trade around these beauties. All praise well deserved in a formidalbe line-up, my hat is off (permanently +/- as you know😉 )

Clifford Keesler
Really nice Jos well done.

Jos Jansen
Thx Slavo and Clifford...and Slavo what a great compliment man, I really appreciate your feedback!

Patrick Hagelstein
Somebody made it into the December 2019 issue of Model Aircraft Monthly......

Nathan Dempsey
Nice!

Jos Jansen
@Patrick...The british post is delayed, I have not received the december copy of the MAM yet, as soon as I have it I will post pictures from this...!

@Nathan and James...thx man, really appreciated your comments!

Patrick Hagelstein
I was rumaging through some modeling magazines while Christmas shopping and saw a very familiar bird. 🙂

Jos Jansen
Did you buy it in the US?

Patrick Hagelstein
Nope, in Heerlen while visiting home.

Spanjaard
congrats!!!

Jos Jansen
Thx Spanjaard!

Clifford Keesler
Agree with everyone Jos, Congrats. Very much deserved.

Slavo Hazucha
I guess the works of Jos would make for a great annual print magazine on their own..! 👍😉

Merry Christmas & keep those beauties coming!

Bart Teunis
Great job Jos

Jos Jansen
My first publication of a built model, I am so excitic! Due to delivery problems, I haven't received the December edition of Model Aircraft Magazine yet, but I want to share this with you!

Patrick Hagelstein
There you go! I loved reading the article and having the build as a reference over here at Scalemates. 🙂 Well done Jos! 👍

Erik Leijdens
Congratulations mate! I know how you feel!

Jos Jansen
😉...thx mate!

Konrad -
Wow that is really awesome mate👍! Congrats to you and enjoy that moment 👍!

Nathan Dempsey
Congratulations! Our fellow Scalemates are famous 🙂

Spanjaard
congratulations!

Zsolt Czegle
Congrats Jos! 👍

Donald Dickson II
Very cool!

Clifford Keesler
Yes, they are going to be hard acts to follow. But praise well deserved.

Wim van der Luijt
Dat is heel mooi, groot compliment voor een mooi model!

Bart Teunis
very nice work, Jos !!

Slavo Hazucha
True Grit makes it into the print! 👍😉

Kees Kleijwegt
Very cool and well deserved mate! Great Soesterberg Eagle! 👍

Jos Jansen
Thank you'll mates...nice words, maybe the biggest compliment 😉👍

Günther Decock
Hoi Jos, prachtig wederom. Ik ben echt een fan geworden van jouw werk. ????

Tim Heimer
Congrats Jos! Too cool!

Jos Jansen
Dankjewel Gunther, leuk om te horen!

Thanks Tim...!

Christian Ristits
Great Eagle Jos and congratulations for the publication!

Jos Jansen
Thanks Christian...👍

Mark van der Velden
Wow, ik ben diep onder de indruk Jos! Ik moet nog even oefenen zie ik al 😉

Over de Wolfhounds gesproken, ken je dit verhaal?

nationalinterest.org..russian-mig-23-62297

We waren voor de verandering eens in Nederland toen, op de Dumoulinkazerne, en hebben die F15's toen zien, en vooral horen, vertrekken.

Jos Jansen
Thx Mark...nee dat verhaal ken ik niet, wel interessant! Dumoulin...long time ago....haha!

Bryn Crandell
Congratulations! This ranks up with being on the cover of the Rolling Stone. Probably higher in my opinion.

Jos Jansen
Thx Bryn...👍!

Frank Folkertsma
Mooi Jos! Vraagje, welke uitlaat zet heb jij gebruikt? De kit komt met de "turkey feathers" en ik zie dat jij de open variant hebt

Mark D
Erg mooi model, lat ligt toch behoorlijk hoog op ESM.

Jos Jansen
Thx Frank and Mark...(in Dutch), Folkert de open uitlaten komen uit een Academy kit.

Arif Saeed
Stunning work Jos, love it ! ?

René
Very nice iconic model, congrats!

Clifford Keesler
Outstanding Eagle Jos, congratulations.

Giorgos
Congrats Jos! Outstanding!
I just bought the same kit and I am researching other mates' builds. Questions:
(a) Any trouble fitting the AIRES ejection seat in the cockpit? Are the dimensions ok?
(b) Did you use the kit's decals for the cockpit? I am thinking about getting the Eduard PE for Hasegawa, as I see other mates here have successfully managed to fit it, but I wonder how the decals look like in the finished model... Would a close up photo be possible at this stage? (I hope this is not too much to ask 🙂 )

David H
@Giorgios, Thankyou for bouncing this. Truly outstanding eagle. I remember these flying out of RAF alconbury as a 15year old kid…

Michael Kohl
Expert build and photography

Tommy Agne
👍👍👍.

Neil
What else is there left to say mate! Other than I'm in total agreement with others, Outstanding indeed! 👏👏 And of course congratulations 👍👍