This kit was built OOB apart from the ejection seat, I started this kit back in 2002 along with many others. The kit went together quite well with little putty and sanding. I think that worst part of the kit to construct was the nose/ cockpit area manly in joining the forward part of the fuselage with the aft. I find kits that construct this way i.e Tomcat and Hornet a pain in the back side. Its a constant week spot as I found out with this particular kit. I ended up braking the nose section off three times during construction each time I had to putty and sand out the join / seam lines, and once the intakes have be placed onto the kit getting rid of the seems lines in the forward aft is quite hard. Other than that, the kit was a joy to build. I then airbrushed the entire kit in FS36375, and that was that it sat in its box for three years while I took a brake from building models.

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2005 I was back into constructing kits again and with many other kits started back in 2002 this one had yet to be finished. When I opened the box, I found a half painted F-15 that was needing its cammo colour applied.  So I pick up were I left off, but doing the camo on the F-15 turned out to be quite hard and I ended up making a complete mess of the kit. So out came the trusty oven cleaner on off went the paint.  However I broke off the tails and the vertical stabilizers in the proses which did become a bit of a drama down the track.

With the kit now striped of its paint, tails and stabilizers it was time to have another crack at the paint scheme.  I painted most of the kit in FS36375 and once dry, I masked off were the cammo was to be placed and airbrushed the cammo with FS36320, this time the airbrushing turned out to be a success. With the airbrushing completed I could now add the finishing touches

Alan