KENT B Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 and is there a 1/48 decal sheet featuring his three kills? thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I went to Google and searched for "cesar rodriguez" pilot and found several articles that discussed his career and his experience in the Gulf War. This one confirmed his piloting an F-15C. http://www.stripes.com/military-life/air-superiority-means-retirement-of-pilot-achievement-1.31723 Additional searching found that it was tail number 85-114. I then searched for rodriguez "f 15c" decals and found this discussion here on ARC, which says that Repliscale produced decals for his jet. http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=262511 HTH Steven Brown Scale Model Soup Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) 85-0114 for both DS victories, and 86-0169 for Kosovo. There is an Eglin sheet from years back. Not sure if 114 is on it, but not hard to piece together a tail number. Afterburner made a Lakenheath sheet, but again, not exactly sure if the tail or name is what you want. Jeff Edited February 27, 2015 by ST0RM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jabba29 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 According to the Gulf War Debrief book he flew F-15C 85-0114 when he got his two kills. One being a MiG-29 on 19th Jan and the other being a MiG-23 on the 26th Jan. I do not know of a decal sheet bur if you go to the web site dstorm.eu there has a list of all decal sheets made. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) I've been researching the same and just purchased decals this morning. As mentioned, there was a Repliscale sheet with his Gulf War era markings on it, including his name. 86-0169 is on Afterburners Lakenheath's sheet. One just sold on eBay. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1-48-Afterburner-Decals-48-005-493rd-FS-Lakenheath-F-15C-F-15D-OOP-Rare-/191473050905?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item2c94aee519 85-114 is a Wing King jet in Japan and is on Speed Hunter Graphic's Eagle sheet (Mig 29 and Mig 23 kills). http://www.reidairpublishing.com/product-p/shg48003.htm The previous is the sheet I just purchased today. Only the Afterburner sheet has his name on it. I can get you the number of the Superscale sheet, someone just offered it to me minus the Rodriguez markings (he used them). There is another interesting double Mig-29 option on Caracal's new sheet. That is a Lakenheath aircraft. I actually met Cesar and greeted him when he taxied into our base flying the same jet with two kills. As soon as he cut engines, I was up his ladder with a beer in both hands (one for me of course). edit- Superscale 48-414 has his markings/name on it. Edited February 27, 2015 by Scooby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Keep in mind if you're building 85-114 during Desert Storm, it had full colour stencils. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 This thread has good pictures: http://www.zone-five.net/showthread.php?t=7389&page=5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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