Revell's F-15E kit
is a beautiful kit, but the options are very limited. You can only build it in
three different schemes, standard USAF gunship gray scheme, F-15S scheme (which
is another gray) and the F-15I Israeli desert camouflage. I choose naturally the
third option naturally when I decided to build another F-15E kit.
I used the Aires
cockpit set in this model, and it was very hard to fit. I think that the
resin set is designed for another model, it requires a lot of sanding, and
stretching of the forward fuselage. I did not use a photoetched detail
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The conversion
required adding turkey feathers to the exhaust, I used leftover
photoetched pieces from a Hasegawa F-15J kit to do it. |
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Other modifications
required to convert the F-15E kit to the I version are:
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-Cockpit is painted black
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-The grille on the forward
fuselage right side (near to the aft pilot) was filled.
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-GPS dome has been added to
the fuselage. (The black dot)
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-The thick antenna on the
tail was modified to the thin anti flutter weight using shaped styrene rod.
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-Forward fuselage pylons were
reshaped.
More information about converting
the E kit to the I version can be found at
http://kfir.hobbyvista.com/articles/raamconvert.htm
I dropped the ailerons to
replicate the natural look of parked strike eagles.
Gunze MrColors
and a Badger 200 has been used to paint the model I did not like the tone
of the recommended green color (duck egg green) and added some other
greens and whites to make the tone appear like the photos. Decals are from
Isradecal.
Kaan |
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