The F-15 Eagle was designed to be an air superiority fighter for the United States Air Force. It first flew in 1972 and to date is 100-0 in combat engagements. The aircraft was built with an incredible thrust to weight ratio and good maneuverability.

This is the Italeri 1/72 F-15C single-seat Eagle variant. I decided to paint it in the current USAF air superiority color scheme.

A look at the cockpit. Dry-brushed some of the details on the instrument panels.

Painted the aircraft in dark grey, then masked off the regions that I wanted to remain dark grey using blue tack putty an masking tape. I then airbrushed on the light grey color.

Here is the model after the light grey was airbrushed on.

Airbrushed on Future acrylic to give the model a finish for applying decals.

I forgot to put some extra weight in the nose, but on most surfaces, the model sits OK. The biggest problem with this kit was the canopy fit. The rest of it went together pretty well. It needed some putty on the engine intakes an around the nose cone.

I painted some masking tape red and yellow to create the stripes on the Sidewinder missiles. The red stripe denotes a missile with a live warhead.

Adding the ordinance to the mount points on the wings wasn’t easy either since the Sidewinder missiles had to be directly glued to the mount point. I used superglue for this.