F-15DJ duo

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February 3, 2017
large gaps between the parts
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February 3, 2017
added some thick CA and sanded smooth
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February 3, 2017
added some paint for checking
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February 3, 2017
after sanding, time for restoring some lines
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February 3, 2017
bangseats in their basecolors
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February 3, 2017
tubs too
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February 8, 2017
instrument panels made with black paper
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February 8, 2017
instrument panels made with black paper
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February 8, 2017
seems sloppy, but this is approx. real size
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February 8, 2017
seats got their belts
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February 9, 2017
Cockpit finished
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February 9, 2017
Cockpit finished
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February 10, 2017
Thinning the inlets
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February 10, 2017
Thinning the inlets
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February 10, 2017
basic engines
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February 10, 2017
actuator rods added
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February 10, 2017
the most backwards one fell, while searching i put my chair on it... hope i can save it
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February 20, 2017
Received some info that the bulged doors weren't mounted on these birds, as was the gun clip fairing, so I removed these and rescribed the detail
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February 20, 2017
also the sensor at the end had to be removed, so I sanded these carefully in a point...
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February 20, 2017
Job done, on to the cockpit...
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March 6, 2017
seatbelts added to the bangseats
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March 6, 2017
first cockpit ready
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March 6, 2017
second too, 1 belt missing... darn..
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March 6, 2017
canopy's taped, almost ready for primer
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March 7, 2017
stabilisers (??) remade so that they are all equally large
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March 10, 2017
primer on
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March 10, 2017
the AAM-3 missile
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March 10, 2017
body in copperwire
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March 10, 2017
Fins drawn and printed to scale
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March 10, 2017
At first I've glued these to a styrene sheet of 0.25mm, but it was to thick, so I applied some thine superglue to the printed paper and cut the fins out like this
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March 10, 2017
My first AAM-3 in 1/144
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March 29, 2017
Primer + dark grey
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March 29, 2017
Some poster buddy
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March 29, 2017
Added some light grey, result is a bit to subtle
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March 31, 2017
Back to the base
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March 31, 2017
Some prittbuddy buddy
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March 31, 2017
More contrast
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March 31, 2017
Unpacking
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March 31, 2017
Unpacking
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March 31, 2017
Unpacking
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March 31, 2017
Unpacking
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April 5, 2017
sprayed a mist coat over the darker camo.. left: after, right: before
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April 5, 2017
sprayed a mist coat over the darker camo.. left: after, right: before
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April 5, 2017
both done
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April 5, 2017
engines in basecolors
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April 10, 2017
decals that don't have a grey border are placed... Now on to sealing, tape and rest of camo..
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April 12, 2017
on with the tape... hope it works...
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April 14, 2017
2h of taping, not even halfway...
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April 27, 2017
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May 4, 2017
finally on to paint... wish me luck...
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May 4, 2017
finally on to paint... wish me luck...
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May 4, 2017
finally on to paint... wish me luck...
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May 4, 2017
finally on to paint... wish me luck...
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May 7, 2017
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May 7, 2017
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May 10, 2017
third color: White
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May 10, 2017
more masking
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May 10, 2017
more masking
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May 10, 2017
more masking
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May 10, 2017
more masking
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May 10, 2017
The white acted funny here, wame out a lot thinner then before
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May 10, 2017
last color: tyre black
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May 10, 2017
striptease
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May 10, 2017
striptease
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May 10, 2017
fully stripped above...
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May 10, 2017
fully stripped above...

Comments

3 February 2017, 11:53

Nils Steyaert
following 🙂

3 February 2017, 17:59

Bart Goesaert Author
thx... almost finished detailing the cockpit

8 February 2017, 07:06

Bart Goesaert Author
Cockpit finished. Think I'll try to redo the seats

9 February 2017, 19:23

Bart Goesaert Author
detailed the first set of engines. While taking photo's one fell to the floor, looked good around but couldn't find it, put my chair aside, right on top of it... AAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGHHH

10 February 2017, 12:26

Bart Goesaert Author
Removed and changed some outside details... soon to finish the cockpit...

20 February 2017, 12:31

Bart Goesaert Author
Cockpits finished. What is the best order for painting? first the metal parts, then the camo, or vice versa?

6 March 2017, 13:29

Bart Goesaert Author
The first AAM-3 missile is scratched in 1/144... on to the next one...

10 March 2017, 12:10

Es-haq Khosravi
Great!!! 👍

10 March 2017, 13:49

Christian Bruer
Nice work so far Bart 👍 Cockpit looks excellent and I much like the idea with the printed fins.

10 March 2017, 18:49

Bart Goesaert Author
Thx a lot. Hopelijk tot het some progress or paint on this weekend, but....

13 March 2017, 05:08

Bart Goesaert Author
First paint on, hoped for a bit more contrast

29 March 2017, 12:57

Martin Oostrom
Jawdropping build in 144.

29 March 2017, 21:18

Bart Goesaert Author
Thx, second try basic camo

31 March 2017, 07:21

Bart Goesaert Author
third change, sprayed a coat of the palest color over the darker camouflage... more satisfied then before, on to decals and more tape...

5 April 2017, 08:07

Spanjaard
looking goooood, specially in this scale! 🙂, and some people call 1/72 braille scale 😛

7 April 2017, 19:11

Bart Goesaert Author
Thx Spanjaard

8 April 2017, 10:58

Bart Goesaert Author
decals added, ready to seal.. then I need to tape them 1 by 1 before camouflage...

10 April 2017, 11:17

Bart Goesaert Author
that's the overall result I want to achieve after camouflage: [img1]

10 April 2017, 11:42

Spanjaard
wow, that will be a petty interesting masking!

10 April 2017, 17:48

Martin Oostrom
It would be interesting in 1/48 or 1/72. In this 1/144 I call it nearly impossible.
You're raising the bar, Bart 👍

10 April 2017, 17:54

Bart Goesaert Author
thx, one can only try... it will not be the camo shown, but i think i will go for these:

[img1]

and something like [img1]

The other one I have the decals in 1/144 and 1/48, and I think I will go for the 1/48 version then

11 April 2017, 07:58

Spanjaard
so you will add the stencils, and mask over to do the extra camo.... right? i would suggest to do some testing before. I had some stencils covered with Future (at least two thin layers), and then used some tamiya masking tape. i even placed the tape on my skin first to make it weaker, but the tape took the stencils with it.... so better do some testing, otherwise you may find all those tiny decals/transfers gone when you remove the masking.
it may have been just me, maybe i should have added more future, but just in case.

11 April 2017, 08:39

Bart Goesaert Author
Unfortunately there's no other way... some decals have a grey background, others don't... I've already applied a coat of tamiya clear, maybe a second coat couldn't hurt... a warned man...

11 April 2017, 08:46

Spanjaard
better safe than sorry, and for sure, goes without saying, i would leave it a couple of days to cure completely....(that is one of the most difficult parts from me, leave it there and do not touch it when you actually have the time....)

11 April 2017, 09:09

Bart Goesaert Author
there's always another kit... but then you have to get back to the previous one 😉

time to spend some time with the hellcat again...

11 April 2017, 09:16

Spanjaard
ha ha ha, indeed 🙂

11 April 2017, 11:07

Bart Goesaert Author
almost halfway taping in the first one...

14 April 2017, 11:13

Martin Oostrom
Which really means "I'm at 25%"
Hell of a job. I wish you all the patience in the world.

14 April 2017, 11:44

Christian Bruer
mmmh, I missed this so far. Very nice work, I'm looking forward to the final result 👍

14 April 2017, 14:01

Holger Kranich
Did someone already told you, that your masking is crazy-good?

27 April 2017, 11:52

Bart Goesaert Author
thx (I hope, but still not really convinced it will work to satisfaction...), but we will see in a few days, how it will hold when airbrushing the camo...... I will tape in the first one, and spray it, so that I can take the lessons learned to the second one...

27 April 2017, 11:57

Spanjaard
looking really good, this will be a one of a kind model. well, two of a kind😉

27 April 2017, 12:23

Bart Goesaert Author
thx, ready for paint, finally...

4 May 2017, 11:09

Spanjaard
good luck😉

4 May 2017, 21:27

vincent coyne
these are good model kits the f15 looks well when finished
I made the same one

4 May 2017, 22:19

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Lets go👍

5 May 2017, 06:30

Christian Bruer
Hi Bart, the painting result on the wings look really nice. Any more progress?

Cheers, Christian

7 May 2017, 09:03

Bart Goesaert Author
Not at the moment, busy with masking the rest of the aircraft for the tyreblack

7 May 2017, 09:08

Martin Oostrom
So this is basically a 4-tone camo on a 1:144 model, times 2 😮 You've earned my respect (again)
Keep it up!

7 May 2017, 10:08

Bart Goesaert Author
thx, 1 fault and 1 area that will need some sanding. I'll call it a succes, maybe I'll add an extra white stripe above the left wing...

10 May 2017, 06:30

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Top,top,top!

10 May 2017, 15:45

Christian Bruer
Excellent paint work Bart 👍 I really like it!

10 May 2017, 19:55