Showing posts with label Strike Eagle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strike Eagle. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Great Deals!

Zoinks! A personal note I had to share. With not a lot in my local area for model shops I am limited to a couple of big box craft stores in the area; AC Moore and Michael's, both of which carry a VERY limited selection of a Revell USA kits. Primarily 1:48 scale.

One of the perks to these stores however is that they are almost always offering a 40% off coupon which can drop a $40 USD 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle kit down to $24 ... not a bad deal. On occasion however, they drop a 50% off coupon on you and even more rarely, as they did this past week, an uber coupon of 60% off any single item. And while only one store offered the 60% coupon the other always matches so it's essentially 60% off both stores!!

Needless to say I made a couple of trip to both AC Moore and Michael's and gave those coupons a work out!


QTY Paid Reg.Price Manufacturer Scale Model Kit # Discount
1 $19.99 $39.99 Revell 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle #85-5511 50%
1 $15.99 $39.99 Revell 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle #85-5511 60%
1 $8.80 $21.99 Revell 1:48 A-10 Warthog #85-5521 60%
1 $9.89 $24.99 Revell 1:48 MiG-29 FulcrumA #85-5865 55%
1 $14.99 $24.99 Revell 1:48 F/A-18 Super Hornet #85-5950 40%
1 $9.99 $24.99 Revell 1:48 F/A-18 Super Hornet #85-5950 60%
1 $7.60 $18.99 Revell 1:72 YF-22 Raptor (Snap-Tite) #85-1198 60%

The haul!
So that's a total of about $200 USD in plastic for just a shade North of $85 USD ... just wanted to say BOO YA! If you have a Michael's and/or an AC Moore around, they won't have much, but with some patience you could land yourself some pretty amazing deals!

These will be great for me since I am a beginner. It made buying the same kit affordable so I can either build it twice or have one in store for later or spares. Great practoce projects. The YF-22 is actually a pretty decent kit. It will give me something to practice painting on and, since I have two of those as well, I will try some scratch building on the cockpit to see if I can add some details there.

Anyway I thought I would share my find!

Now ... I guess I had better get to building something ...

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Model Build: F-15E Strike Eagle


One of my favorite US fighter planes has to be the F-15 and the F-15E Strike Eagle in particular. I have built a couple of F-15C's which have not turned out that good, but am now half-way through my first 1:72 scale Hobby Boss F-15E Strike Eagle. Not a particularly detailed kit in many ways but it's been a pleasure for a staring out modeler to build, and I am happy with the results so far, so ... no complaints.

As usual I have assembled a number of videos on the topic of building F-15E Strike Eagle models. Academy 's 1:48 scale seems to be the overwhelming favorite out there but Revell supposedly has a pretty nice offering in the 1:48 scale arena as well (Revell 1:48 Kit Reviews).


Playlist Home: Model Build: F-15E Strike Eagle
Number of Videos: 8
Duration Of Playlist: approx. 1hr 40min




Video Attributions

DanDondeModelling
GT Scale Modelling
craig kerr
ScaleModelMania
MurderInkModels

Kit Review: Revell 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle



I have built several 1:72 scale F-15's. Lately, I have been deciding whether or not to buy a larger version of the F-15E Strike Eagle and I am definitely excited at the prospect. Without driving 30 minutes through the snow to the nearest hobby store however, I am limited to whatever I can find in my local Michael's or AC Moore craft stores. Both of whom have plastic scale modeling sections that leave very much to be desired.

Stocked with only Revell America kits the selection is tragically limiting, however I have found this Revell 1:48 scale F-15E Strike Eagle that by all accounts ... looks pretty good.

The number of you tube videos published on this specific kit is pretty limited but I have managed to discover a few in-box reviews as well as some useful links to articles on scale modeling sites which provide first impressions of not ony the kit but their own experiences building the kit.

Now what I have learned is that this kit is provided by both Revell America as well as Revell Germany and they appear to be, build-wise the same kit. So the links and videos include information on both.

Revell Germany kit box


Currently, at my local Michael's craft store the kit is retaining for about $40 USD, but there are always coupons available so I am hoping that I cross paths with a 50% off coupon and land one for about $20. That would be a great deal indeed!!


Online Kit and Build reviews

It seems that the only reviews I can find relate to the Revell of Germany version. I am assuming that these two versions of the kits are the same so I am posting links to them here.
AircraftResourceCenter.com
Hyperscale.com (Dieter Wiegmann)
TheModelingNews.com
ScaleModelingNow.com
JonBryon.com
Hyperscale.com (Jonathan Chuck)

Video Attributions

JJ Modeling
Joey N
Chrizlys Modellbau Werkstatt