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F-15DJ Kai or Eagle Plus- Finished!
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in The Great Twins Broup Bluild
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F-15DJ Kai or Eagle Plus- Finished!
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in The Great Twins Broup Bluild
I can't see any on the painting diagrams so I'm good to go. Mind you, the painting diagram is maybe 1.5" long but that's my story and I'm sticking with it. Plus there aren't any visible in the anime so it must canon as the Star Wars fans would say. -
What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
BlrwestSiR replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
If I'm grabbing a hot dog from a cart, my go-to is: - ketchup - hot mustard - relish - mayo - onions - sauerkraut A proper messy, 2 napkin affair. -
What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
BlrwestSiR replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
Just mustard on the hot dog or do you put other condiments too? -
F-15DJ Kai or Eagle Plus- Finished!
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in The Great Twins Broup Bluild
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When I saw USS Pharris, I thought of the Tom Clancy book Red Storm Rising which I read in high school. Still have a copy of this around here somewhere. Meantime, all the tiny PE would make me claw my eyes out. I have a hard enough time with the 1/32 stuff.
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Just think, in our misspent youth we had heat guns and scrapers in hand trying to get rid of all the sound deadening and save some weight on our rides. Now we're putting it in to quieten down the cars. Full circle.
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Phil, if you want to do something other than a line jet, I have these decals that I most likely will never use: The Tiger Meet one I managed to get blown up to 1/32 and had custom masks made for. The rest, I guess I bought because they looked nice. If any of them strike your fancy, let me know and I can drop them in the mail for you. The one nice thing is they're all the standard camo scheme underneath.
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Tell me about it.
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F-15DJ Kai or Eagle Plus- Finished!
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in The Great Twins Broup Bluild
Thanks to Martin's pics, I don't have to change anything with the canards. Except maybe glue them on better as one has fallen off already. Wayward canards notwithstanding, I decided to start on the decals. First up was a shark mouth. These were carried by many of the JASDF's F-4 squadrons so I thought it fitting. The shark and tail emblem belong to the 303rd Squadron of the JASDF and came with the Tamiya F-4EJ kit. Then while looking at the hinomarus on the same sheet, I noted that they seemed big for the F-15. Searching through my stash of kits, I didn't find anything a suitable size. I even briefly considered some from an Eggplane F-4E kit but they were too small. Next step was looking online for something but it meant: 1) buying a complete decal set for just the hinomarus, leaving the rest of the sheet useless 2) getting rush delivery so I'd have it in time for the GB deadline Finally I remembered the Dspiae circle cutter in the tool box! So I'm off to cut a couple quick templates and paint the hinomarus. -
My LHS just loves making sure everyone gets their fix!!!
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F-15DJ Kai or Eagle Plus- Finished!
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in The Great Twins Broup Bluild
Hubert, I agree the angle looks off but that's what they look like in the film. I may take artistic license with them and mount them flatter. -
Looking at the pic of the Cutlass in primer, it almost looks like it's done in TPS camo. Which would be kinda cool/interesting.
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Of course probably the most familiar Falcon to those outside Australia would be Max Rockatansky's ride.
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F-15DJ Kai or Eagle Plus- Finished!
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in The Great Twins Broup Bluild
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F-15DJ Kai or Eagle Plus- Finished!
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in The Great Twins Broup Bluild
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F-15DJ Kai or Eagle Plus- Finished!
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in The Great Twins Broup Bluild
With the gear in, she's definitely tail heavy. Gluing the nose in place with the pennies I added brings her back to a proper stance. -
Hasegawa 1/48 NMF P-40N done RFI
BlrwestSiR replied to JohnB's topic in LSM 1/48 Aircraft Ready for Inspection
Wow, that looks really good. I'll need to rethink my P-40 plans now. -
Jeff, my vote is very much in the keep going with them. Your builds generally go far beyond "it's only a model" and get into the background of the vehicles and their many nuances. As for not being a plane or AFV, that's fine by me. My stash is a healthy mix of a variety of subjects and I like that they're all welcome here.
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F-15DJ Kai or Eagle Plus- Finished!
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in The Great Twins Broup Bluild
Next up was masking the gear bays and the burner cans. The gear bays was straightforward. I just followed the opening. It was pretty much the same with the burner cans. Except I noticed I'd missed scribing some panels and had to do those first. Then a coat of gunmetal, nothing fancy. I shaded it with some light gunmetal but that was it. -
F-15DJ Kai or Eagle Plus- Finished!
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in The Great Twins Broup Bluild
Thanks Peter! I'm getting there. Might even make the deadline. Landing gear is assembled. I had to adapt the resin AM wheels to fit the kit legs. They were designed for the Tamiya kit and mounted in a different way. I ended up gluing the kit hub to the resin rim. Well I must have used a bit too much CA as you might able to see from the pic. Needless to say, it was securely bonded to my bench. After some liberal applications of CA debonder and some prodding with a hobby knife, I got it free. You can see the but of damage compared to the other wheel.