Craig Baldwin Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 No it's not another variant to the FineMolds Phantom line. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 The renderings behind it look like they have the "turkey feathers" on the nozzles. Regards, Murph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Baldwin Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 10 minutes ago, Murph said: The renderings behind it look like they have the "turkey feathers" on the nozzles. The image is from Model Art Twitter feed, so no more details were given. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clumsy Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 “Great balls of fire!” Sooner than my expectations. I hope they put the air intakes in the correct position which is characteristic to F-15 when parked on the ground. And in my humble opinion it is easily remarkable like the ailerons drop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeneK Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 12 hours ago, Craig Baldwin said: No it's not another variant to the FineMolds Phantom line. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joeltc Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 For some reason I thought the Platz 1/72 F-15 was a fineMolds tooling. I'm very glad its not now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Noice ...! -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 14 hours ago, clumsy said: “Great balls of fire!” Sooner than my expectations. I hope they put the air intakes in the correct position which is characteristic to F-15 when parked on the ground. And in my humble opinion it is easily remarkable like the ailerons drop. The intakes are in the proper ground position in the picture for being on the ground. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 14 hours ago, clumsy said: “Great balls of fire!” Sooner than my expectations. I hope they put the air intakes in the correct position which is characteristic to F-15 when parked on the ground. And in my humble opinion it is easily remarkable like the ailerons drop. but they can always be moved up or down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clumsy Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 7 hours ago, kellyF15 said: but they can always be moved up or down. As far as I know the intakes move up or down when the plane is powered up. Once there is no power on the plane they stay in slightly up position; not like the way they have been depicted by all other model manufacturers (neutral). Regarding the ailerons so far I could never find a photo that shows the ailerons in neutral position when the plane is parked. I have no clue if both can be manually positioned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 19 hours ago, clumsy said: As far as I know the intakes move up or down when the plane is powered up. Once there is no power on the plane they stay in slightly up position; not like the way they have been depicted by all other model manufacturers (neutral). Regarding the ailerons so far I could never find a photo that shows the ailerons in neutral position when the plane is parked. I have no clue if both can be manually positioned. Once the engine is shut down they return to full up, but they can be positioned in the down position with a hydraulic cart and an external power cart. During ground maintenance engine runs, the switches are usually in the maintenance position instead of auto so they stay up instead of dropping when the jfs cuts out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JeffreyK Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 10/1/2022 at 5:08 PM, clumsy said: As far as I know the intakes move up or down when the plane is powered up. Once there is no power on the plane they stay in slightly up position; not like the way they have been depicted by all other model manufacturers (neutral). Regarding the ailerons so far I could never find a photo that shows the ailerons in neutral position when the plane is parked. I have no clue if both can be manually positioned. ...indeed, took quite a bit of work to get them into the full up position on my 1:48 F-15E (Revell). Cheers J Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clumsy Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 11 hours ago, JeffreyK said: ...indeed, took quite a bit of work to get them into the full up position on my 1:48 F-15E (Revell). Cheers J Cool, thanks for sharing. I will remember it as a reference. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 On 10/1/2022 at 11:25 PM, kellyF15 said: Once the engine is shut down they return to full up, but they can be positioned in the down position with a hydraulic cart and an external power cart. During ground maintenance engine runs, the switches are usually in the maintenance position instead of auto so they stay up instead of dropping when the jfs cuts out On 10/1/2022 at 4:08 AM, clumsy said: As far as I know the intakes move up or down when the plane is powered up. Once there is no power on the plane they stay in slightly up position; not like the way they have been depicted by all other model manufacturers (neutral). Regarding the ailerons so far I could never find a photo that shows the ailerons in neutral position when the plane is parked. I have no clue if both can be manually positioned. I was speaking about the intakes, I forgot to reply about the ailerons. They always drop after shut down, and the horizontal tails normally sag trailing edge down. Flaps should always be up unless the pilot forgets to raise them after landing and rudders get moved by the wind alot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BoeingDriver Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 On 10/1/2022 at 10:25 PM, kellyF15 said: Once the engine is shut down they return to full up, but they can be positioned in the down position with a hydraulic cart and an external power cart. During ground maintenance engine runs, the switches are usually in the maintenance position instead of auto so they stay up instead of dropping when the jfs cuts out Fun fact -- the 50% switch is no longer tied into ramp drop during start. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 1 hour ago, BoeingDriver said: Fun fact -- the 50% switch is no longer tied into ramp drop during start. Yeah I heard about that a few years ago. The switches I were talking about were the left and right auto/manual switches. I saw some of the jets are getting new hyd pumps and radomes too.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BoeingDriver Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 40 minutes ago, kellyF15 said: The switches I were talking about were the left and right auto/manual switches. I wasn't trying to correct you -- just fun facting to be fun facting. Yep, those ramp switches are in 6L/R. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, BoeingDriver said: I wasn't trying to correct you -- just fun facting to be fun facting. Yep, those ramp switches are in 6L/R. So what tells the ramps to drop now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BoeingDriver Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 18 hours ago, kellyF15 said: So what tells the ramps to drop now? I’m not sure, that change was made after my time around when they removed the AIC’s & replaced those w/ADP’s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BoeingDriver Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 3:52 PM, kellyF15 said: So what tells the ramps to drop now? I’ve been told the Engine Run relay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 19 hours ago, BoeingDriver said: I’ve been told the Engine Run relay. Interesting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Baldwin Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 This is the first picture I've seen of their Eagle mould. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeneK Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Thanks, Craig. Hope FM gets the wing tanks right (as opposed to their F-4 models). I'm really looking forward to this model. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Milo Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 What's wrong with their F-4 wing tanks? Asking for a friend... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 10:24 PM, Craig Baldwin said: This is the first picture I've seen of their Eagle mould. Hopefully they include "nestables". Regards, Murph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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