The construction is actually quite different from the WWII planes I've made before because those other planes were made by gluing clothes-pegs together and attaching wings to them. This F-15 is constructed out of various pieces of wood cut to precise dimensions in relation to the other pieces. Well I should stop gabbing and just show you the pictures, here you go!
I took this picture with the aircraft on top of my computer's mouse pad and I think it reflected the camera flash onto the plane making it a tad discolored. Oh, and yes, the slight darker color on the wings is intentional; a real F-15 has that same darker wings and fins.
Here I am holding it in my hand to show you the approximate size. As I've said before, it's almost 5 inches long.
I guess I did pretty good on it, but I'm not so happy about the canopy as I hoped I would be. Sure it looks cool, but It's a tad too long and wide for an F-15. Also, I couldn't get the curved canopy to work out, I had to go with the traditional "square" glass canopy.
Maybe I'll do an F-22 or F-35 next :-)
-Graydon L
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