Monogram | No. 5823 | 1:48 | F-15C Eagle
2020/21: OOB build of the vintage 80s Monogram 1/48 kit.
Forcing fit and sorting out my terrible mating of forward fuselage to main body. To be fair, they didn't want to fit together very well as it's another oldie kit.
Correcting the subsequent mess I made. Excuses: the kit isn't that great here either 😉
Rear cockpit interior - painting detail.
Lots of freehand shading and general mottling with grey, white and black.
Ongoing work on cockpit.
Black lining of main contours and panel joins.
Dulling down and highlighting also.
Fiddling with grey depths on panel lines - I need better lighting in my garage!
Marking out the darker grey camouflage area (lightly) with pencil. I can't be arsed to mask it all up!
Freehand airbrushing the outline.
Filling in - I added depth in some areas by mixing with other greys to attempt to give a temperature fluctuated colour scheme on the grey - how successful it will be I don't know...
Dulled it all down again and blended the camo work.
I'm going to try something different with the underside.
I love streaking! May not be particularly realistic or accurate to real-life but in my opinion it gives an indication of speed. And remember there are no sunken panel lines, everything is raised, so this helps with adding depth also.
Armament and radar...
NMF painting.
Highlighting panels of NMF.
Happier with NMF finish. Hand painting armaments. They're loosely based on reality.
Getting there...
Panel line washing - the lines on this vintage kit are raised. Which always poses issues.
There's flash on everything BTW!
Shown here with gloss coat for decaling and washes - prior to polish and subsequent matt coat.
Nearing the end stretch.
IN PROGRESS. UPDATED: 28/1/22...
Hand painting undercarriage, again (very) loosely based on reality.
Коментарі
58 29 March 2021, 14:34
NeilThanks ExecutorGermany 👍
WhiteGlint 👍 🙂 Thanks mate for commenting, appreciated 🙂 Hope to do it justice, not far off finishing it now.
13 September 2021, 11:28
NeilCheers @Arif hope you're well 🙂 Thanks for commenting. I'm a bit further along than shown here, but displaying my usual tardiness on sorting out imagery!
17 September 2021, 14:18
Donald Dickson III think the issue with this kit is how old they are. You dont know how long it was stored prior to you getting your hands on it. And Lord only knows if it got hot enough to warp the parts. Last one I did the fuselage to body mating wasnt horrid. I mean it wasnt fantastic, but not as bad as this one seems.
Regardless, great job. 🙂
22 September 2021, 18:56
David HThis was started b4 I joined , so I'm late to the party. These were always one of my faves since I was a kid , watching them fly out of RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire.
Loving the metal tones , ab fab. 👍🏻👍🏻
22 September 2021, 20:49
NeilThanks Maciej, Donald and David, it's very kind of you all to comment, appreciate your feedback 👍🙂 @Donald, agreed you're likely bang on. It was another bashed box find at a carboot sale. @David, lucky you! Largest I ever saw of these, was an f15 formation at Mildenhall, back in the 80s. It was impressive and loud!
25 September 2021, 09:28
NeilExcellent! Welcome Rui 😎 thanks for your interest. Jos also very kind of you to say such a thing 🙂 great to have both of you here 👍
16 January 2022, 20:19
NeilHi all 🙂 I've finally got around to taking 'reveal' pictures for many of my previous build albums. I shall be updating each and including a few build notes in the description too - especially on the bits I messed up!
Here is my version of the Monogram F-15 Eagle, completed way back in the depths of 2021. I guarantee when I build this again, I'll do a better job next time. I've learnt a lot more since this build. Especially about how to deal with older raised panel line kits, aged original decals, post and pre-shading and pin washing too.
Thanks to all who showed interest and liked, it's very much appreciated from such a talented lot as you guys 👍
16 February, 16:00
NeilThanks Jennifer 🙂 You're very kind to comment and say such 👍 I love having loads of kits on the go at once. But I'm not so great at taking any 'finish line' pictures! Hahaha!
Keep going with that B-17, I check it out every time it pops up in the feed, looking good and nearing the finish line 👍
16 February, 17:03
JohnNice job Neil. As I've gone on before, love the old Monogram kits. Loads of detail, but they make you work for it with poor fits and weird seam locations.
21 February, 00:34
NeilI'm with you John! I like 'em too - a lot! This was my first ever 1/48 Eagle build and I've learnt a lot since this one, especially about dealing with raised panel lines, poor fits and seams as you say. I massively enjoyed it nonetheless though mate 🙂 Thanks again and thanks to those who've liked also 🙂 👍
21 February, 16:52
CaptGPFAmazing Eagle! It's always impressive what an expert can do with a really "basic" kit with poor fit. 👏
1 March, 15:47
NeilBlimey CaptGPF no one's ever referred to me as an expert! I definitely wouldn't say I'm that. But it's very kind of someone with your skills to even say such a thing mate 🙂 chuffed!
This was my first ever 1/48 F-15 build completed a couple of years ago and I learned a lot. Especially working with an old Monogram kit. So hopefully I'll do better justice to your kind comment next time. As I've got a few more Eagles in the stash mate 😁
1 March, 23:41
