StuartMont Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) No zooming in please 😀😀. These are my last two 1/32 scale airplanes, no more room so it’s on to 1/48 scale.  The Trumpeter P-38J was a bear (for me) and it’s hanging because I accidentally reversed the landing gear wells and could not remove them without destruction🥴. So I switched gears and built it as a flying model. Based on the fit I don’t think it was supposed to be. I tried to scale up (I think) the weapons decals for 1/48 scale to 1/32 scale but that did not work. The colors are accurate based on help from you guys. Getting fishing wire to make it look better hanging. The Tamiya F-15 went together very nicely and was a joy to build. Finally purchased an airbrush but too late for this one and the finish is C- at best. All of the detail colors are accurate I hope. This is the first time I applied every single decal called for and they went down fine. I took liberties with the ordinance, picking what looked coolest to me and learned a hard lesson about the order of things in terms of assembly. The instructions weren’t much help and thus the two missiles sitting next to the plane.  So my modeling experience now consists of twelve 1/32 scale models. The 1/48 Tamiya Swordfish is next. This will be also be my first build using an airbrush so wish me luck. Edited July 12, 2023 by StuartMont 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartMont Posted July 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) Pushed send too quick. Added a few more photos of the F-15 and apologies for two of the same photo in the first post. Not sure how that happened. Edited July 12, 2023 by StuartMont 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stikpusher Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Two good looking big birds! Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 That's a couple of major accomplishments! Both are nice, but that "Itsy Bitsy" scheme is one of my favorites. Congrats on both builds!  Gil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartMont Posted July 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 Thanks to both of you, I appreciate the kind words and your taking the time to look at my airplanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 Stuart, those are stunning! Magnificent work all around! Wow, you got some mad skills man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartMont Posted July 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 Thanks so much Mark, that’s very kind of you to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StuartMont Posted July 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Thanks!  I like that 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmarc Posted July 29, 2023 Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 VVVVVVVVVVVVVVery nice, and well done also , way to go SIR and thank you for sharing them with us, it's quite appreciated ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartMont Posted July 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 Thanks so much for your kind comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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