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Gallery Article by Andrew Ludwig
on Sept 13 2003 |
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1/32 Tamiya F-15E Converted to Israeli F-15I
Hey everyone,
it’s been a while since my last post on ARC, so I figured I better make up for
lost time with a mammoth project. This kit took about 6 months to complete, a
couple hours here and there, but it’s finally done. The buildup includes the
Tamiya 1/32nd F-15E kit, the CAM F-15I conversion Kit and the Eduard
F-15E and F-15C photo etch kits. I have to say that the Tamiya kit was an
absolute pleasure to build from start to finish, the airframe connects to the
fwd fuselage with screws as well as the wings and the airframe itself use
screws. The metal landing gear uses screws as well. This was a heck of a lot
easier than smearing gobs and gobs of glue to secure the big parts.
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The
Cam resin set was alright but if I had to do it again I would use the Cutting
Edge set. The reason is that the Cam set had imperfections on the afterburner
cans and the chaff/flare dispensers were not that great. I am not trying to give
Cam a bad name, they even sent me a second set for free but that set also had
the same imperfections on the turkey feathers, I give Cam credit—they wanted
to model the cans in the open position, (the Cutting Edge cans are in the closed
position), so it was difficult to achieve the correct look of the two layered
turkey feathers in the open position.