F-15C Eagle

Here's another title aimed straight for the modeler from Dataview Publications. This title provides color coverage of the McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15C Eagle. As a release in their Modeler's Close-Up line, this title is aimed straight at those details on the Eagle that would be of interest to modelers wanting to get the various details 'just right'.

This Modeler's Close-Up is a composite walk around of several F-15Cs on static display with some shots up in the 'front office' above even in the avionics pit behind the ejection seat. There are 47 full-sized photos of different parts of the jet including some nice up-close shots of the Pratt & Whitney engine nozzles without those turkey feathers but a nice look at all of those nozzle actuators.

The final three pages are excerpts out of the USAF technical order for aircraft paint schemes (USAF TO-1-1-4) with two pages covering the standard low visibility scheme used on the USAF F-15A/B/C/D Eagle fleet (including FS colors) and one page covering the original two-tone blue paint scheme used in the early days of the F-15A (which I remember all-too-well).

This sample was electronic, in Adobe Acrobat(tm) .PDF format. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download the title in a few minutes, and for $4.99, is an inexpensive reference to have around, not to mention not taking up space on a bookshelf!

This title is available directly from the publisher at Dataview Publications (www.dataviewbooks.com).

My sincere thanks to Dataview Publications for this review sample!