1/48 Revell F-15E "Strike Eagle"

by EJ DeVivo

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Greetings.. Here is my recently finished F-15 Strike Eagle. I'm not going to provide much detail about the kits build because its so basic that I more or less just wanted to provide images of the finished product. I built this kit straight OOB with the exception of the NeoMega ejection seats, Cutting Edge decals and Hasegawa weapons set "A". The kit was an absolute gem to work with, what a nice break it was to work on a kit with a nicely detailed cockpit without the struggle of getting a resin set to fit. No grinding or sanding at all! I don't know about you guys, but when the pieces slip right in to where they belong, I feel good.

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I used Tamiya acrylics and let me tell you they went on like silk. The drying time was about 10 minutes which is great because if there is an area that you need to mask, it can be done almost instantly. 

The NeoMega seats were nice, but a little small. I used Cutting Edge decals and wow, they were beautiful. They went on with no effort at all.

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Overall this kit was a treat to build, I had little to no difficulties at all. Just a good, fun build which took about 6-7 weeks. I worked on it an hour here, an hour there.

BTW, my wife bought me the Tamiya 1/32 F-15E "Bunker Buster" for Xmas, I can't wait to work on that beast. I'm working on the big Tomcat from Tamiya right now.

I hope you guys like the images.
EJ

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Photos and text © by EJ DeVivo