Howdy!
Anyone know of any 1/48 F-15C kits that can be built with the inlet ramps down? If there’s more than one, a recommendation of which is the better kit would also be appreciated.
Thanks, and glad to be here.
Paul
Tamiya did dont know if its still produced
I believe its still in their catalogue and didn’t Hasegawa’s also have that option?
I know the Academy’s Fleagles has the option of opened or closed, because I’ve built my Academy Strike Fleagle as they sit with the #2 closed and #1 opened
My friends gave me a Tamiya 1:48 F15. The intake ramps can be modeled fully open and partially open. At least , that’s what the instructions say. I haven’t built it yet! [:D]
Mikey is right. I recall building the 1/48 Hasegawa “Hi Tech” series F-15A in the late 80s and it most assuredly allowed the ramps to be posed in either position. (And remember those awful stainless steel PE parts, like the turkey feathers and other parts, which were impossible to cut from the fret without some kind of diamond tipped industrial tool and you needed an English wheel to shape the turkety feathers?). I can’t imagine they would have removed this feature in the C models. But perhaps they did since I haven’t built a new one, nor even seen one in the box. I suppose I should finally build a new one, since I’m up to my ears in all manner of PE frets for every Hasegawa 1/48 F-15 and every part of it imaginable.
And, while on the subject of Eagles, that fine, though inexplicably unsung company, Hobby Decal, just released a whole series of dry transfer stencils for the F-15, including the A,C,E,J, I and maybe even one or two subtypes I’ve never heard of. These come in 1/48 and 1/32, and along with the stencils, Hobby Decal has released a separate set of panel numbers, which I recommend only to the pathologically compulsive, since there are over 400 of these tiny dry transfers that have to be lined up and rubbed onto every single panel, from the largest to the tiniest. These come in black, or in light gray for the Strike Eagle. If someone actually pulls this off, please post photos of it. I’ve got to see this done, but not by me.
Tom
Tom, they removed the turkey feathers becouse they allways seemed too blow off in flight .(rember you have two engs back there lots more vibration,heat and pressure.)So removing them rather than mod them was a less expensive way around all the droped object reports this involved.(They suck!!!)
what are inlet ramps?
Inlet ramps on the F-15 are the top portion of the air inlets just under the canopy on each side. They are parallel to the ground when the engines are shut down and droop down varying amounts depending on airspeed, angle of attack and power settings. Most models are depicted in a non-flying, sitting-on-the-flightline-mode, so that is the way model companies produce them. In flight or on the ground with engine(s) running, the inlets have to be drooped.
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
Thanks for the info. I’ve got a couple of projects in mind that involve displaying the jet with at least one engine running.
PR
Keep in mind that on ground maintance runs we keep the ramps in emerg so they stay up for max airflow in to the intake just in case of hotstarts and ect…
Gotcha covered flyboyf15c. Worked 9 years at test cell/hush house. If memory serves correctly, the non-test engine was run with the ramp in norm…Guess this takes any mystery out of what one of my planned projects is.
PR