Qian Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) Hi all, This is my recently restored F-15SG with a fresh coat of paint, new tails, decals and minor improvements. Some of you may remember my 1/48 F-15SG build about 10 years back. http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/209636-148-academy-f-15sg-fighting-shikras/ While I could say I had enjoyed the build process back then, to be very honest the end result left a great deal to be desired. Fast forward to today after a 8 year hiatus, I decided to improve upon the beauty of this Strike Eagle subject with a much-needed makeover. To start off as well as recap, the base kit is the Academy F-15E Operation Iraqi Freedom boxing. To convert it into an F-15SG, I used epoxy putty, sprues as well as plastic strip to scratchbuild the various parts that make the F-15SG unique. If you want to see how to convert your own F-15SG, I wrote a separate topic a while back which you can check the link here! http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/231950-modeling-an-f-15sgsa/ Decals used were Miliverse's 428th anniversary special which were sized for the Revell and GWH Strike Eagle kits. Unfortunately this meant the tail flash decal wouldn't fit to the Academy's slightly undersized tail. Luckily I had a Hasegawa kit for spares and decided to use it to donate a pair of tail fins. While the fit of the decals was better on the Hasegawa tails, I still had to apply some minimal cutting to get the decals to fit. Further improvements included an iridescent film stuck on the HUD for a truly authentic look as per the real plane, some scratch details to the interior of the landing gear doors and CFT seals all made using stretched sprue. I also took the chance to improve on my original converted parts too. Overall, a fun and pleasant project! 20200524_173202-01 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_175448-01 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_173530-01 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_173644 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_173902-01 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_173623 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_173347 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_174240 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_175010-01 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_174918-01 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr Thanks for looking and hope you enjoy the pictures! Cheers! Edited May 29, 2020 by Qian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) More pictures... 20200524_174645 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_175657-01 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_174600 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_173503-01 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_173817-01 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_174324 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr 20200524_174837-01 by Josiah Chuang XQ, on Flickr Thanks for looking! Edited May 29, 2020 by Qian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Pics not showing up for me.... 😞 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 17 hours ago, habu2 said: Pics not showing up for me.... 😞 My apologies habu2. Anyone else couldn't see the pictures? If not, here's the link to the pictures in my main imgur account! https://imgur.com/gallery/8Izse2Z Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
polar bear Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Great building and articles. Do you have WIP pictures? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qian Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 On 5/27/2020 at 4:05 PM, polar bear said: Great building and articles. Do you have WIP pictures? Thank you. I don't have WIPs of the restoration project, but I did have a WIP topic here when I first completed this 10 years back. Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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