Qian Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 (edited) Hey guys! I'm finally done with this one. Without losing a breath, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the most premiere Strike fighter in the WORLD today, the F-15SG Strike Eagle!!!! Originally, I wanted to post this topic last week when I finished this bird. But the weather here in Singapore hasn't been of favor to me as it's been rather rainy and cloudy of late. It was still a little cloudy today as I was shooting the first photos, but the sun came up as I was transferring them over to my computer and went out for a second batch of photos, which was the look I had always been after! Heavily inspired by geedubelyer's awesome 1/32 Tamiya Mudhen, I just wanted to make my Mudhen look as realistic as possible. Which also means shooting the model under natural sunshine and with a suitable background photo. Well, I'm glad to say that this build had been my most enjoyable in my 9 years of scale modeling. Just a brief summary of my build. The base is the Academy F-15E Strike Eagle "Operation Iraqi Freedom" kit with my own conversion to convert an E model into an SG. Weapons were all from the kit with the addition of 2 GBU-12s and a centerline GBU-24 from the Kinetic F-16 kit. The RSAF roundel came from a leftover SiamScale 1/32 F-16 sheet while the tail markings were hand painted and the serial numbers came from leftover numbers from a Scalenutz F-16 decal sheet. Finally, to complete the diorama, came 2 missile carts from Skunkmodels Workshop with various missiles and bombs coming from 3 different kits. Hope you enjoy the photos! Here you can see these photos were taken under an overcast sky... Edited June 1, 2010 by Qian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 (edited) Finally, as an added bonus, I've added 3 photos of my 1/48 Italeri Baz 'flying' in the blue yonder! :) Thanks for looking and I hope you've enjoyed my F-15SG and Baz!!! :D :( EDIT: Thanks geedubelyer for taking the time to help me PS some heat haze onto one of my pictures! Very well done and just adds even more to the realism to it! Edited May 27, 2010 by Qian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viperbite Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I very much like the first one of your pics. Great job Qian! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
limyc Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 nice job! excellent hand brushing skills! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 OUTSTANDING AND EXCEPTIONALLY SUPERB builds.. Qian..WAY TO GO... :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Very nicely photographed, Qian ... Gotta love them Eagles, products of my home state ! :) The Baz sure looks mean with those Pythons ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LZ82 Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Love the load out, super job bro!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Qian, GREAT JOB!!! Surely the first model of SG I have ever seen.Compliment also for the fun W.I.P.! Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharkey Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I've built some of the academy f-15s and the kits will fight you if you aren't patient .. nice work... love the load out ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted May 22, 2010 Author Share Posted May 22, 2010 Thanks guys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jason Amigo Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 (edited) Nice one, Qian! Love the weapons rack, and awesome brushing skills with the tail. Must have been a battle trying to cut the flaps out and repositioning them! Can't wait to build my F-15E Good job, bro...Good job! B) Edited May 26, 2010 by Jason Amigo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Nice job Qian. I love the outdoor lighting, it makes the pics look very convincing. I like the look of the -SG now that I've seen yours. It might make for a neat project in the future......... :D Thanks for taking the time to share these smashing photos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayne S Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Nice work and cool pictures :wub: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted May 29, 2010 Author Share Posted May 29, 2010 Many thanks guys for the kind words! Especially Guy for helping me PS some heat haze onto one of my photos. Very cool indeed! I look forward to more PS-ed images of my SG by you, Guy! @Jason: Haha.. No it wasn't that hard to cut and lower the flaps. A simple pen knife is enough to do the job. Thanks again for your kind words, bro! Also looking forward to your F-15E when you finish it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jason Amigo Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 @Jason: Haha.. No it wasn't that hard to cut and lower the flaps. A simple pen knife is enough to do the job. Thanks again for your kind words, bro! Also looking forward to your F-15E when you finish it! Alright bro, I'll post it here in about a few months from now ;) Hmmm...it really isn't that hard to modify it eh? Ok I'll give it a try, at least Air Force jets have simpler flap designs than the Navy jets I tried to modify! :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 Alright bro, I'll post it here in about a few months from now Hmmm...it really isn't that hard to modify it eh? Ok I'll give it a try, at least Air Force jets have simpler flap designs than the Navy jets I tried to modify! Any time bro.. Yup, those flaps are just a straight line to cut. And with a bit of strength, it'll come off nice. In addition to this since I'm already posting, I'm announcing a little more updates on this SG such as the adding of some paint chipping on certain parts of the fuselage like the intakes and cockpit area to add some wear to this SG about to depart on a no-notice exercise. Once I get my new background photo. I'll be back with a few more photos together with my F-16D+ 'taxiing' by with live ordnances on the same no-notice mission. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 All right Qian, good to see it finished! It looks very sharp and like the weapons loadout, the missile rack and seeing the crew in it. And cool seeing the four Pythons on your other Eagle. Big :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Thanks Richard! I always appreciate your comments! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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