F-15A USAF Airfix
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Box contents
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Priming internal parts. Had some leftover primer in the cup and covered the vertical stabilisers too (waste not, want not) 😄
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Started painting the cockpit
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Cockpit done
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Horrible fitting air intakes
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Fixed (kind of)
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Filling lots of gaps with cyanoacrylate glue
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Glueing the fuselage
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More filling and sanding
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All sanding done. I don't think there are gaps but the glue is clear so they still look like they're there
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Rescribing panel lines
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Masked the canopy. This one is not hard so I didn't bother with aftermarket masks. Also applied liquid mask with a silicone brush. Very easy to clean.
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Priming and painting white parts
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The rest of the model was primed in black; this primer is not lacquer based and covers well, good stuff. Luckily the gaps are gone now.
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Started black basing the underside
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Black basing complete. We'll see if I don't ruin the effort with the paint job 🙂
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Darker grey painted first to have less surface to mask later. 75% XF82 + 25% XF2
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Missiles painted
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Masked the darker areas. Tape, blue-tac, AK masking putty, paper, a bit of everything 😄
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Lighter grey on. 75% XF83 + 25% XF2
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Airbrushed engines area with Vallejo Metal Color aluminium
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And dry brushed the nozzles with Vallejo Metal Color jet exhaust
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Hand painted the wheels
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And applied the decals. There's still a bit of yellowing although I left them in the sun for several weeks last summer. They improved considerably but are 40 years old...
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Abit of panel liner
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Some engine grease oil paint
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And rubbed it off after a bit
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Flat coat
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A bit of weathering with oil paints
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Satin coat
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Landing gear, missiles and fuel tanks attached
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Tail and stabilizers on, it's almost finished now
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Комментарии
79 14 February, 19:00
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Thanks Maciej! The kit is rather modest compared to what you can get nowadays, but I'll do what I can 😄
15 February, 08:12
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As impressive as some of the newer kits are, they all seem like you can only ruin them or have to build them to perfection. The old ones, you can improve even you are not the best modeller around, like me. Impressive what you already did on this kit, looking forward to the finished model! 👍
25 February, 13:18
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Many thanks for the encouragement DerMattes, Nicolas. At some point I will run out of old kits in my 40 yr-old stash and will have to tackle new ones! 😨
26 February, 08:01
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Love seeing all these old kits been given some TLC. They are a real test of skill and you make them all look beautiful Alberto. 🙂
29 April, 12:45
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It is vintage indeed, but with a bit of patience they can scrub up well 🙂 Thanks Clement!
25 May, 06:17
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Ok , at first glance I thought this was a modern kit GWH etc , then I saw "raised" panel lines and realised what an incredible job you've done on this old bird . 👏
25 May, 08:44