More or less began both a 1/48th F-15E Strike Eagle AND a 1/32nd F-15E at the same time, partly to compare the two, and partly to keep it interesting; they are both Revell, though it's prety obvious which one came first. I'll post some pic's as soon as I can get them uploaded but, first, a short description of each kit:
The 1/48th F-15E is a relatively recent offering from Revell-o-gram; original instructions have a copyright date of 2000, so it's relatively accurate, right down to the different ECM tailcones (F-15E's after 1995 had one square tailcone and one round one; earlier models had two round ones). Unfortunately, the kit doesn't provide any armament besides AIM-9's, but I'll be bombing mine up with a selection of ground-attack weapons from good ole Hasegawa weapons kits (in this case, GBU-12 Paveway II's, Mk. 20 Rockeyes, and a GPU-5/A 30mm gun pod) in a so-called "Load Of Justice" OAF configuraton (go to here for more info).
Offering number two is Revell's venerable so-called F-15E "Strike Eagle" in 1/32nd scale; I say "so-called" because Revell's original 1982 (30-years old!) molding of this kit was actually based on the McDD F-15B-based demonstrator, not a production F-15E, so the weapons pylons and numerous other details are fairly inaccurate: no tail-cone ECM pods at all; FAST packs are inaccurate; cockpit has F-15B/D details; main gear doors are standard F-15A/C doors, not the later bulged gear doors for the fatter F-15E tires & wheels; etc. However, I have a fairly detailed set of after-market Superscale F-15E decals (even got them on sale!), so I'll make the best of a 30-year old kit.
The 1/48th F-15E is a relatively recent offering from Revell-o-gram; original instructions have a copyright date of 2000, so it's relatively accurate, right down to the different ECM tailcones (F-15E's after 1995 had one square tailcone and one round one; earlier models had two round ones). Unfortunately, the kit doesn't provide any armament besides AIM-9's, but I'll be bombing mine up with a selection of ground-attack weapons from good ole Hasegawa weapons kits (in this case, GBU-12 Paveway II's, Mk. 20 Rockeyes, and a GPU-5/A 30mm gun pod) in a so-called "Load Of Justice" OAF configuraton (go to here for more info).
Offering number two is Revell's venerable so-called F-15E "Strike Eagle" in 1/32nd scale; I say "so-called" because Revell's original 1982 (30-years old!) molding of this kit was actually based on the McDD F-15B-based demonstrator, not a production F-15E, so the weapons pylons and numerous other details are fairly inaccurate: no tail-cone ECM pods at all; FAST packs are inaccurate; cockpit has F-15B/D details; main gear doors are standard F-15A/C doors, not the later bulged gear doors for the fatter F-15E tires & wheels; etc. However, I have a fairly detailed set of after-market Superscale F-15E decals (even got them on sale!), so I'll make the best of a 30-year old kit.
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