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Great Wall 1/48th F-15B Baz
Topic Started: Feb 26 2015, 02:34 PM (335 Views)
Olde Farte
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
McDD F-15B ‘Baz’ Israeli Defence Force

This particular F-15B ‘704’ is a double MiG killer and both were Syrian MiG-21s. The first was in 1979 and the second in 1982 and at both times it carried just a single pilot.

The kit is the Great Wall 1/48th F-15B/D Eagle built OOB and brush painted using a mix of Xtracolor and Model Master Paint thinned slightly with Model Master Lacquer thinners. The kit is over engineered to my beliefs as several panels are open with electronics displayed but without decent photos of these I decided to close everything up. There is a choice of instrument panels for the B and D and all come with separate decals for the dials, great fun. The one thing that I did have to change was the exhausts as Great Wall only supply the unshrouded types which are correct for the ‘D’ but wrong for the ‘B’ so I raided a Hasegawa F-15E for the unwanted shrouded exhaust and these fitted perfectly without alteration. War load is 4 AIM-7 Sparrow and 4 Python 3 AIMs plus 3 fuel tanks. GW supply what seems like thousands of tiny stencils and panel numbers but these haven't all been applied as,to be totally honest, I was finding it a bit of a struggle just to see them.

Would I build another, yes indeed and their F-15C MSIP is sitting in my loft as we speak

Advice for anybody building this kit.
If you have the original with the added fuselage correction mouldings make sure that you identify the originals and discard them as the correction sprues carry the same part numbers.

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Edited by Olde Farte, Feb 26 2015, 02:49 PM.
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Cimmerian
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Lt. Ken 'Albatros' Jeffrey
Very nice work, Del. :clap: :clap:
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snapper655
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Gun Monkey
Very nicely done, out of interest what did you use on the inside of the exhausts? :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Simon G
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heavy weatherer
Nice work Del, cracking build and excellent paint work.
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DH764
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Totally Tonkas Bonkas !!
Please excuse me whilst I lick my screen !
That is bloody good mate ....seriously good :clap: :clap:

Andy
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Olde Farte
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DH764
Feb 26 2015, 04:41 PM
Please excuse me whilst I lick my screen !
That is bloody good mate ....seriously good :clap: :clap:

Andy
Calm down Andy it's only plastic but go ahead and lick all you want, the screen is non toxic. :rolf

Many thanks guys, it was a most enjoyable build.

@snapper655 Exhaust interior is gloss white with a darkish wash, the white interiors do remain whitish throughout their life.
Edited by Olde Farte, Feb 26 2015, 06:15 PM.
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LCDR Tony `Banana's` Clay
Spot on Del.. :cool

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Lt Paddy 'Chancer' Boyle
Thats a beauty Del. Top marks all around.
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