Sunday, 13 December 2009

Starting a 1/144 McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

F15 -E  Eagle

Beautiful image i found on Flicker.

Making my next jet build a McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, will problie make her a Strike Eagle. Always liked this jet next to the F-14 and F-16, espeacially as i got to see it transform into Starscream every Saturday morning as a kid. Have'nt decided the deco yet USAF or JSDAF or maybe even a low vis Starscream, but that would need homemade decals, which i have'nt yet seceded at.

2 kits ive had stored away waiting to build a F-15, A J-wing Model/toy and a second hand LS model which has all the parts taken off the sprue but is complete.

Starting a 1/144 F-15 Build

Decided to go with the LS for the most part, it has better panel lines compared to the J-toys which are more like gorges.

LB has no cockpit, weapons and fuel tanks so taking those from the J-toys, really liking the fuel tanks from that one.

Going to put the coskpit from the J-toys into the LS, massive gap between the body and cockpit on the LS.

J-Toys and LB 1/144 F-15 comparison.

Got the main part of the cockpit in there with a little plasticard to fill in the spaces.

To solve the massive gap between cockpit and body, i saw a tutuorial once using plasticard to fill in the massive gaps when assembling older models, instead of fill up the gap with a load of filler. See if this work when the glues dired.

1/144 J-toys cockpit in the LB F-15

Ian

4 comments:

Dennis aka Katsuden said...

I presume the J Wings is a built model. Wonder how big are these kits? They are nice!

Dennis aka Katsuden said...

I presume the J Wings is a built model. Wonder how big are these kits? They are nice!

Anonymous said...

http://china-arsenal.blogspot.com/2009/12/aircraft-carrier-in-few-years-type-095.html

http://china-arsenal.blogspot.com/2009/12/aircraft-carrier-in-few-years-type-095.html

Ant Sized Man said...

Yo Dennis, there about 5-6 inchs long from the nose.
Do you see any of these where you are in the shops?