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Here's the Tamiya F-15C Eagle that I just finished using Two Bob's "Digital Flanker" decals, Aires resin cockpit and Two Mike's Exhaust Nozzles. Enjoy! If anyone is interested in building an F-15C with this particular camouflage scheme and has any questions about it let me know I'd be happy to help out.

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u390/dsahling1/IMG_0127.jpg

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u390/dsahling1/IMG_0128.jpg

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u390/dsahling1/IMG_0132.jpg

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u390/dsahling1/IMG_0140.jpg

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u390/dsahling1/IMG_0131.jpg

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Thanks for the kind words everybody! For the painting I used Mr. Color Lacquer, with a 1:1 mix of 317 and 334 for the grey, for the blue a 5:3 mix of 308 and 322 (respectively), and the white (its actually a grey color) was 311.

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Here's the Tamiya F-15C Eagle that I just finished using Two Bob's "Digital Flanker" decals, Aires resin cockpit and Two Mike's Exhaust Nozzles. Enjoy! If anyone is interested in building an F-15C with this particular camouflage scheme and has any questions about it let me know I'd be happy to help out.

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IMG_0131.jpg

So the people can see the pictures faster.

Great job by the way.

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I'm delighted to hear the pilot loved it! Made my day! If you ever get a chance I'd like to thank him for his service and sweet lookin plane! :) The aires cockpit fits pretty good, however on the right side you need to REALLY sand it down, and do it SLOWLY and CAREFULLY, I was off by a little on mine and the right side of fuselage is off by a 2mm or so, you can't tell with the canopy open though :) The exhausts fit great, my advice is when you cut them from the casting block, make sure its above the "notch" to give yourself room to evenly sand it. It's a blast to build and especially paint. And a thanks to Streetstream for making the pictures easier to view, how do I do that from now on by the way? I've also got some great paint mixes with Mr. Color Lacquer for the blue and grey. I HIGHLY recommend TWOBOBS decals for this project.

Dan

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And a thanks to Streetstream for making the pictures easier to view, how do I do that from now on by the way?

I hope my instructions are gonna be visible, so here we go.

You typed the link to your pictures. To make them visible in your post you just ad [ IMG ] in front of the link and [ /IMG ] at the back of the link like so: [ IMG ]http://www.yourphoto.com/photo.jpg[ /IMG ] BUT!!! remove the spaces between the brackets and the IMG text.

I posted a picture of a random plane belowe. if you hit the reply button on my comment, you can see a example of how it is done.

E3_AWACS_Radar_Plane.jpg

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Great build and nice job on the paint scheme.

I have been thinking about making the Tamiya F-15C in this scale. I have read mixed or outdated reviews. Given this kit was produced in the early 90's, is it a decent kit that doesn't require a heap of work to pull off?

Can you compare it to another large scale jet in terms of kit quality? Ie the Tamiya F-4 series, recent Trumpeter releases etc.

Thanks, I would appreciate your opinions.

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Overall its a pretty good kit, the only problem area was getting the wing joint to be smooth, required a fair amount of putty and sanding, but nothing difficult, just a little time consuming. The cockpit they provide is really good, and if I did this plane again I would have to qualms about doing it OOB. Detail is very good, the gear bays lack some detail, but I unless youre trying to win a contest I wouldnt worry about it.

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