falcon91352 Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) The part after the reworking process. The seam line was puttied, sanded and primed three times after nothing from the seem was visible. Later, the gun area will be rejoined and blended in perfectly with the fuselage. Edited November 22, 2017 by falcon91352 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon91352 Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) The gun face after careful painting Edited November 22, 2017 by falcon91352 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon91352 Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) The canopy panel also underwent som major modification. Eduard set 49-274 for the Hasegawa F-15C played a major role with its perforated plates. To my opinion, an essential detail which Eduard missed to produce for the GWH Eagle and even the 1:32 Tamiya one. However, a lot of plastic on the GWH part had to be removed to make the Eduard parts fit. Some smaller things were added too. Edited November 19, 2017 by falcon91352 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Work of art! absolutely stunning! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viperbite Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Man, you are building a real thing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TTomcaTT Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 It's just incredibly cool !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Iceman8241 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 The canopy panel detail work is incredible! Inspirational as well. Keep it coming :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon91352 Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 (edited) The topside of the canopy panel after the general paintwork Edited November 19, 2017 by falcon91352 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon91352 Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 (edited) Shown here are the products used Edited November 19, 2017 by falcon91352 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I've been following along since the beginning, this is simply amazing skills and work !! Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Damn Photobucket anyway........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
my favs are F`s Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) thats why i left using photobucked some 10 years ago when they started to "copy" the functionalities/features of shutterstock... PS: bud, pls take your free time to re-upload these pics on another server cause they are worth the effort. ;) Edited July 3, 2017 by my favs are F`s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon91352 Posted July 4, 2017 Author Share Posted July 4, 2017 What a mess! I have changed to Imageshack and will subsequently reload the pictures over the next days/ weeks. Of course, new photos are coming too, the progress is slow, but smoothly going on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 On 7/3/2017 at 10:13 PM, falcon91352 said: What a mess! I have changed to Imageshack and will subsequently reload the pictures over the next days/ weeks. Of course, new photos are coming too, the progress is slow, but smoothly going on. Thanks so much for doing this. So very much appreciated. I just ordered the GWH F-15I which should have some of the same parts as your kit. I am sure I can use your build log when I finally start mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon91352 Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 (edited) On 10.6.2017 at 10:07 PM, falcon91352 said: After a while I am lucky that I got a few minutes time to post the next load of pictures. The photobucket desaster hurt me a bit, but I subsequently will restore the thread later. Shown here isthe instrument panel with finished IP cover and HUD. Edited November 19, 2017 by falcon91352 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon91352 Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 (edited) On 10.6.2017 at 10:07 PM, falcon91352 said: Close up views of the finished IP cover. I have used Hataka HTK-A100 Jet Black. After a wash with black oil paints (Ammo of MIG Oilbrusher) the piece is covered with a light coat of "Ammo of MiG" Satin Varnish A.MIG-090 (BTW, nice stuff!!!). The staining is done with grey and brown acrylic colours from Hataka and Xtracrylix heavily diluted with Lifecolor Thinner and Revell Aqua Airbrush Cleaner. The mixture is carefully applied with a pointy no. 0 or 1 brush (Windsor & Newton Series 7 and Rafael series 8400 and 8404 are the best!). The brush should accomodate not to much diluted paint, it should be almost dry. The edges of the devices and boxes are outlined with a neutral grey "wet washing", which is the opposite of dry brushing method. "Wet washing" is in my opinion more effective and provides higher contrast. For this method, I use acrylic colours and thinning those with AK Acrylic drying retarder AK737. This mixture has resemblant properties like oil colors. Edited November 19, 2017 by falcon91352 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon91352 Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 (edited) The F-15 after preshading, which was done with Hataka paints. Edited November 19, 2017 by falcon91352 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Superb work, looks great. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Major Walt Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 This is outstanding!!!😳👌 what more needs to be said? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Iceman8241 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 ...aaand he's back! Awe inspiring work my friend. I can't wait to give it a go on another project. Especially wet washing technique. I like the preshading, which is not so uniform and will pay the dividends after base paint application. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmel Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 What a work of art. I'm so glad to see your latest update! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon91352 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 (edited) Thank you guys for these very encouraging comments! Here two more shots of the upper side preshading, which is limited to those areas which will be painted in the lighter grey shade. The darker the color shade, the more is the effect of preshading decreasing, thus doing here some past shading treatments , which is way more effective there. I thought about utilizing the black basing technique on this model, but I have aborted this plan, because I achieved very nice results on my recent Alpha Jet after conducting some past shading techniques which will be decribed later on. Edited November 20, 2017 by falcon91352 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Looking great. Now 2 questions for you since I'm late to the party. What photoetch set did you use? You're doing a Mod-Eagle scheme correct? I wish GWH would do another run of their F-15C kits, I can readily find the Delta kit in the states, but looks like I would have to go to EBay for the Charlie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paddington Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Looking awesome Christian ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peterpools Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Geez I'm just blown away with the level of detail and the bringing of the air brush work. Being a newbie on the build, looking forward to when the older build photos are replaced with those from Image Shack. Keep 'em coming Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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