marcinko Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Hi all, any idea if someone makes this in 48 ? Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seawinder Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Caracal does an entire sheet for Lakenheath Strike Eagles -- CD48149. Among the 10 options I don't see any with the nose art shown in your photo. There are markings for 91-0320, but no nose art, so if it's that specific plane you're after, this won't help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marcinko Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 10 hours ago, seawinder said: Caracal does an entire sheet for Lakenheath Strike Eagles -- CD48149. Among the 10 options I don't see any with the nose art shown in your photo. There are markings for 91-0320, but no nose art, so if it's that specific plane you're after, this won't help. That nose art is quite cool. I wanna build a mudhen like that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marcinko Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) Oh look at this gem, we really need decals with this Edited December 3, 2020 by marcinko Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Was there ever an aftermarket sheet for Desert Storm F-15Es? I know of Repliscale’s pre-war sheet and I think the Revell kit decals, but that’s it. Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seawinder Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 47 minutes ago, Ben Brown said: Was there ever an aftermarket sheet for Desert Storm F-15Es? I know of Repliscale’s pre-war sheet and I think the Revell kit decals, but that’s it. Ben I'm not aware of any beyond that. As for nose art, the Caracal sheet has several fun ones including Statue of Liberty, shark mouth, white walrus, silly cowboy, Batman on a horse, and a red death's head inside a gear. All the markings are for 2016-2018. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I figured that was the case. Thanks. Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroSoldier Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Didnt SuperScale did some SJ F-15Es... From what I remember they were supposed to represent the jets that took part in ODS but didnt have any kill markings as it was the opening days/nights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 16 hours ago, ElectroSoldier said: Didnt SuperScale did some SJ F-15Es... From what I remember they were supposed to represent the jets that took part in ODS but didnt have any kill markings as it was the opening days/nights. Looks like theirs were OIF. Strange how there are few, if any DS F-15E decal options available, given how big a role they played. With the exception of locating correct "4th Tactical Fighter Wing" wing badges (instead of the post-war "4th Wing"), it isn't hard to piece some together from other sheets, but still.... Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroSoldier Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Yeah I sought out a sheet on ebay and saw that too! Im surprised the ODS F-15Es have so little attention in 48th scale. Did Aeromaster do a sheet? I think Superscale did a sheet of wing badges with the 4th on it and there is an Astra decal sheet on ebay right now that has the numbers then you would just need the SJ... I did an SJ based jet years ago that was from ODS... Are they the Hasegawa kit decals? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seawinder Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 The SJ code would be quite easy to computer render and laser print. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
757flyer Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 RE: Desert Storm -Es, SuperScale did have a sheet with 4th TFW markings that were in the D.S. era. I was using that sheet on the early Hasegawa kit back in the early 90s (have since lost the kit in a box with a few other In-Progress kits from those years) The sheets are 72-617 or 48-401. All I have is one of the old black & white SS catalogs, so I can't verify the exact dates represented, but it is listed as 4th TFW, not 4th Wing. Hope this helps... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Sadly, you’d have to source the 336th TFS badge from somewhere else. Superscale got those wrong. It’s not hard, just a little expensive, to piece together DS F-15E decals. The old style wing and squadron badges can be sourced from the Afterburner Decals 4th TFW F-4E decal sheets. The only hard part would be coming up with crew names, although they might have removed them during the war. It is surprising that nobody has released a decent dedicated F-15E DS decal sheet. Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Petarvu Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Damn I got old. There were Cutting edge sheets,two iirc.1/48,all with nose arts I have one with Captain america nose art and plan to build it... P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Da SWO Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 18 hours ago, Ben Brown said: Sadly, you’d have to source the 336th TFS badge from somewhere else. Superscale got those wrong. It’s not hard, just a little expensive, to piece together DS F-15E decals. The old style wing and squadron badges can be sourced from the Afterburner Decals 4th TFW F-4E decal sheets. The only hard part would be coming up with crew names, although they might have removed them during the war. It is surprising that nobody has released a decent dedicated F-15E DS decal sheet. Ben The book Strike Eagle says crew names were removed for the war. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 16 minutes ago, Da SWO said: The book Strike Eagle says crew names were removed for the war. Thanks! I thought that was the case. I had that book but donated it a couple of years ago. Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seawinder Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Da SWO said: The book Strike Eagle says crew names were removed for the war. Bert Kinsey of Detail & Scale did a gallery of F15Es of the 4th TFW, the caption for which says "taken immediatedly after" Desert Storm. Crew names are clearly visible in many of the photos: http://www.detailandscale.com/f-15e_strike_eagle_4th_wing_immediately_after_desert_storm.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vaildog Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 12/3/2020 at 9:08 AM, seawinder said: I'm not aware of any beyond that. As for nose art, the Caracal sheet has several fun ones including Statue of Liberty, shark mouth, white walrus, silly cowboy, Batman on a horse, and a red death's head inside a gear. All the markings are for 2016-2018. http://www.twobobs.net/contents/media/l_32-070f_20190316080501.jpg Bro that’s not Batman on a horse it’s Deadpool. And the silly cowboy is Woody from Toy Story. Cmon man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 12/3/2020 at 10:19 AM, Ben Brown said: Was there ever an aftermarket sheet for Desert Storm F-15Es? I know of Repliscale’s pre-war sheet and I think the Revell kit decals, but that’s it. Ben I bashed my decals for my DS build together from various sheets, including the Cutting Edge OIF sheet as it included the older badges with "4th TACTICAL FIGHTER WING". However, I've noticed the Squadron badge on DS jets don't have the "TAC" part. I haven't seen many many photos of such, but from what I can tell they did not. You probably know, a lot of the 336th jets did not have wing or squadron markings on the conformal fuel tanks. The colour of the eagle on the inner side of the fin varied, either black or grey. Most in-theatre pics show crew names present, some without. I suspect the majority left the names on. The font for the crew names is Flash Bold, if you want to custom make your crew names on your build. I think mission markings were mostly done later too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Thanks for the font info! Downloaded and installed. I was living near Seymour Johnson AFB before, during, and right after the Gulf War and took a few good photos of the first F-15Es they received. At the time, I was more interested in the Phantoms that were being replaced, so I didn’t take many pics of the Eagles. Stupid me! Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seawinder Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 14 hours ago, Vaildog said: http://www.twobobs.net/contents/media/l_32-070f_20190316080501.jpg Bro that’s not Batman on a horse it’s Deadpool. And the silly cowboy is Woody from Toy Story. Cmon man! Shows you my grasp of pop culture after, say, 1990. Deadpool? I did watch Toy Story 2; I think silly cowboy still applies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Add me to the “what is deadpool” list... 😒 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, habu2 said: Add me to the “what is deadpool” list... 😒 Personally I thought he was the most irritating, vile superhero character ever....But then Amazon Prime Video came up with "The Boys" and "Homelander" was unleashed on the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroSoldier Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 On 1/3/2021 at 7:27 PM, seawinder said: Bert Kinsey of Detail & Scale did a gallery of F15Es of the 4th TFW, the caption for which says "taken immediatedly after" Desert Storm. Crew names are clearly visible in many of the photos: http://www.detailandscale.com/f-15e_strike_eagle_4th_wing_immediately_after_desert_storm.html If you read the article that isnt what it actually says. He says. "The 4th TFW (redesignated the 4th Wing immediately after the war)" He then goes on to say "Shortly after their return from Desert Storm, Bert Kinzey traveled to the 4th Wing’s home at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, to photograph the aircraft," Which says to me some time after they returned and some happened to be still wearing their mission markings... Which makes me think that the crew names we re-applied to the jets on return. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seawinder Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Well then, it's too late for the model I just finished, which has the crew names. Doesn't bother me anywhere near enough to do anything about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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