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Vietnam Era Eagle

Started by Keith Diamond, September 12, 2011, 06:38:53 PM

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Keith Diamond

September 12, 2011, 06:38:53 PM
Another Eagle built alongside the Revell Eagle.

Academy kit
Aeromaster F-105 decals
Kill markings, crew names, and intake art are custom
AIM-9s and ECM pod are both from Hasegawa weapon sets
True Detail Escapac seats
Flory Models wash

As with the Revell Eagle, the build was fine up until the bad gloss coat.  I botched the AIM-7 placement on this one as well since they were built at the same time.  I wanted a SEA schemed Eagle so I had fun with it.  Loaded it with bombs (6 Mk 82s on the centerline), put on some intake art (hard to see actually), 3 MiG-21 kill markings (can't have an Eagle Whif without kill markings), and had fun with the crew names.

Enjoy.




Man, we should have cloned twenties. Jackson wouldn't have given a poo-poo.

Keith Diamond

#1
September 12, 2011, 06:41:41 PM





Man, we should have cloned twenties. Jackson wouldn't have given a poo-poo.

ChernayaAkula

#2
September 12, 2011, 08:10:50 PM
AWESOME!
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

Maverick

#3
September 12, 2011, 10:11:22 PM
Looks the part to be sure.

Regards,

Mav

bearmatt

#4
September 13, 2011, 01:20:36 AM
Very very nice  :thumbsup:
The carpet monster took it!

PR19_Kit

#5
September 13, 2011, 02:33:16 AM
Excellent modelling.  :thumbsup:

It looks like a seaplane posed on that glass table.  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

NARSES2

#6
September 13, 2011, 03:06:20 AM
Lovely  :thumbsup:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Mossie

#7
September 13, 2011, 03:13:06 AM
SEA looks lovely on the Eagle Keith, fantastic job! :wub:
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

beowulf

#8
September 13, 2011, 03:40:47 AM
nice paint job....that just suits it  :wub:
.............hes a very naughty boy!
allergic to aircraft in grey!
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I have come up with a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel. ......Edmund Blackadder

saintkatanalegacy

#9
September 13, 2011, 05:22:54 AM
Now, to pair it with a Vietnam Era Flanker ;D
Ivylicious!™

Taiidantomcat

#10
September 13, 2011, 06:01:33 AM
Gotta be one of the nicest SEA camos I have seen on any model, even the RW ones.  :wub: Who would have thought they had been painting Eagles "wrong"  IRL all this time?
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"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

Old Wombat

#11
September 13, 2011, 07:38:43 AM
Very nice build, topped off with a beautiful paint job! :thumbsup:
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veritas ad mortus veritas est

Green Dragon

#12
September 13, 2011, 11:07:11 AM
Great looking Eagle Keith, seems Dexter is killing legally for a change!  :thumbsup:

Paul Harrison
"Well, it's rather brutal here. Right now we are advising all our clients to put everything they've got into canned food and shotguns."-Gremlins 2

On the bench.
1/72 Space 1999 Eagle, Comet Miniatures Martian War Machine
1/72nd Quad Tilt Rotor, 1/144th V/STOL E2 Hawkeye (stalled)

Keith Diamond

#13
September 13, 2011, 11:18:55 AM
Thanks for the comments guys!

Quote from: Green Dragon on September 13, 2011, 11:07:11 AM
Great looking Eagle Keith, seems Dexter is killing legally for a change!  :thumbsup:

Paul Harrison

I posted this on three different forums, and you're the first to notice the names ;D
Man, we should have cloned twenties. Jackson wouldn't have given a poo-poo.

Alvis 3.14159

#14
September 13, 2011, 01:16:09 PM
I like the Nam era camo. I'm beginning to wonder if the F-15 looks bad in any scheme?

Love the name of the pilot, nice touch!

Alvis pi
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