habu2 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Years ago I built a 1/144 Eagle (Eaglette?) that had the square wingtips, maybe ARII or Crown... I filed them off the the production shape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan buysse Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 On 5/6/2019 at 2:27 AM, Charlie D. said: I am by no means a rivet counter, but I found it a good read. lots of interesting stuff about the developmental program, including some earlier designs that led to the final configuration. Thanks, Charlie. Sounds interesting, I will look out for a copy. Along the lines of what Anders wrote, I think beautiful models could be built without being totally accurate. In my case, if I get around to it, I have 1 Monogram Eagle in the stash. I'd go for the first prototype and mess with the wingtips and the horizontal stabs. I would minimize what I do to the airbrake: I'd probably cut it in half to create the extra panel line, but I would probably not attempt to backdate the surrounding area. Cheers, Stefan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, habu2 said: Years ago I built a 1/144 Eagle (Eaglette?) that had the square wingtips, maybe ARII or Crown... I filed them off the the production shape. Your post reminded me that I had built a 1:100th early Eagle with the squared wingtips. I want to say it was Entex but I'm really not sure. It was a wheels up only build, the bay doors were molded in place and it had a stand. >>> I believe this might be the kit <<< -Gregg Edited May 8, 2019 by GreyGhost Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 On 5/3/2019 at 9:46 PM, Charlie D. said: This is an excellent book on the early design and development of the F-15. Understand two things : (1) it is not targeted at modelers and (2) it was published in 1978. It does have good info on early Eagles but is a historical book dealing with design studies from an engineering POV. It does include full page diagrams of those zillions of access panel decal locations..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mizar Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 I'm still wondering if the F-15 receive the F-4 treatment in terms of small panel changes or not, I'll try to raid flickr one of those days cause google search algorithm hit a newer low as in the past writing a bu/no with aircraft's name was enough to score a couple of pictures but right now thanks to those stupid marketeers in charge everything got screwed up. Luigi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adamitri Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Does the hasegawa 1/48 Streak Eagle kit (09420) come with the instrument boom for the nose ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan buysse Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 22 hours ago, adamitri said: Does the hasegawa 1/48 Streak Eagle kit (09420) come with the instrument boom for the nose ? Hi, Yes, it does. It's a white metal part. Not as refined as the "Master" pitot tubes, but it's there. It's not too bad in the case of the boom, but the vanes are also white metal parts, so they're a bit thick. I bought mine second-hand at a show, just wanting an F-15C. Cheers, Stefan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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