The Kit
P 10
Additions
Verlinden Aces II Ejection Seat 0062
Construction
This kit was built OOB
apart from the ejection seat, I started this kit back in 2002 along with
many others. The kit went together quite well with little putty and sanding. I
think that worst part of the kit to construct was the nose/ cockpit area manly
in joining the forward part of the fuselage with the aft. I find kits that
construct this way i.e Tomcat and Hornet a pain in the back side. Its a constant
week spot as I found out with this particular kit. I ended up braking the nose
section off three times during construction each time I had to putty and sand
out the join / seam lines, and once the intakes have be placed onto the kit
getting rid of the seems lines in the forward aft is quite hard. Other than that,
the kit was a joy to build. I then airbrushed the entire kit in FS36375, and
that was that it sat in its box for three years while I took a brake from
building models.
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2005 I was back into
constructing kits again and with ma ny other kits started back in 2002 this
one had yet to be finished. When I opened the box, I found a half painted F-15
that was needing its cammo colour applied. So I pick up were I left off, but
doing the camo on the F-15 turned out to be quite hard and I ended up making a
complete mess of the kit. So out came the trusty oven cleaner on off went the
paint. However I broke off the tails and the vertical stabilizers in the
proses which did become a bit of a drama down the track.
Painting
With the kit now striped of its
paint, tails and stabilizers it was time to have another crack at the paint
scheme. I painted most of the kit in FS36375 and once dry, I masked off
were the cammo was to be placed and airbrushed the cammo with FS36320, this
time the airbrushing turned out to be a success. With the airbrushing
completed I could now add the finishing touches
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Finishing Touches
It was now time to reattach the
tails, I found that once a kit has been painted spilling any glue on the paint
can have disastrous effects. So I spartanly used glue to reattach the tails
however I found on two occasions I broke the tails off due to not enough
glue. But once I over came the issue with the tails it was time to add the
decals. The decals are that off what was supplied with the kit. It
took three days to place 90% of the decals onto the kit, once I had
placed the decals on it was time to cover the kit in a gloss cote.
When the gloss cote was dry it was time for the dirt and grime, with
the pastel wash and sealed in a dull cote. Now that the kit was nearly
finished it was time to add the ordnance, drop tanks and cockpit
window, and that was it another kit is finished. This F-15C was built to
represent that of USAF 1st TFW Commander's Aircraft 1982.
Alan
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