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F-15 hanger at nite opperation desert storm
turrettoad13
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 07:24 AM UTC
This scene is depecting a f-15 getting prepard for a mission over iraq. It is the revel-monogram 1/48th strike eagle.The hanger is evergreen plastic stock, the lights are grain of weat bulbs powerd by 9 volt battries. The crew and ordanace are hasegawa. There are a few small things here and there to touch up but any comments are welcome. thanks and enjoy.



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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 07:30 AM UTC
Looks pretty damn good
Mal
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 07:31 AM UTC
excellent work yet again toad. And with lights!
steve203
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 07:31 AM UTC
Great job. Very original I really like the lights. Steve
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 07:35 AM UTC
Very nice, Toad. Good job on the hanger.
DutchBird
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 07:44 AM UTC
The diorama itself looks good, and I like the idea... Just one question. It appears the roof is sagging. Is this distortion because of the picture, or reality ?

Still congrats on a original, beautifull and good diorama !!
Savage
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:01 AM UTC
I think FANTASTIC might work as a comment!

turrettoad13
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:08 AM UTC
Bird sorry about the sag it is reality guess i need to get a better brace for it . thanks for the comment
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:19 AM UTC
turrettoad13

wow that is nice,

Just 2 comments, I second Dutch his remark on the roof and second, it looks like your frontwheel is not straight.

Other then that, love it
SniperSoldier
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:31 AM UTC
THATS REALLY GREAT WORK - CONGRATS
ROBERTO
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 09:22 AM UTC
Great looking dio and imaginative use of lighting. I like the helmets on the cockpit sides, that's a nice touch.
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 10:24 AM UTC
Great image. Now that's thinking outside the box!!! Great idea with the lights. I feel as though I was there. Keep up the geat work.
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 12:24 PM UTC
Excellent dio turrettoad13. Love the whole setup and composition. It actually looks like a still from a moment in time. Really good attention to detail and the figures and trucks add alot to the whole effect! Were sheds like this knocked up for the campaign? Its quite usual to see older foofs like this bellowing down with time and weight. I thought it looked like this purposelly? Great idea as well with the lights and night-time scene!!
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 12:30 PM UTC
Great Job.. also great idea for a Diorama!
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 12:34 PM UTC
Hey TT, that is really cool. I love them lights. It really adds realism to the scene. How did you make em?
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 01:20 PM UTC
This is awesome looking Toadman (tm), Looked even better on my office computer, because my monitor here is little darker, so it really look like night, and an actual still photo.

Congratulations on a remarkable piece of work.
turrettoad13
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 01:58 PM UTC
Ken, the lights are grain of weat brand bulbs they are found in the train section at most hobby shops. i hid the wire in the I beam by using u shaped channel wiht a 9 volt battery for power .the light shrouds are made from card stock , i must have lost the pin holding the front gear will fix . thanx for all the comments
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 02:06 PM UTC
Great work Carlton! The lights add a lot to the mood of the scene. I like the small details like the power cart and the extinguisher. Seems like you're being pulled to the Dark Side like Dave was #:-)
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 02:08 PM UTC
Excellent diorama keep up the good work.
TOMCAT14
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 10:37 PM UTC

Wonderfull diorama , I saw , once a real pics of the same sytuation - Your dio is so real .

Very good job , My compliments to You for extra modelling/Dio skills .

Best Regards
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Posted: Monday, July 07, 2003 - 06:54 AM UTC
Beautiful job turrettoad! :-)

Now THAT'S how to do an aircraft diorama! You can almost smell the tension in the hanger...

Inspirational...

All the best

Rowan

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Posted: Monday, July 07, 2003 - 10:45 PM UTC
Great idea with the diorama and light!
I really love it!

But... There are a few things about the F-15E model itself that distract me a bit.
First, most obvious is the front wheel, but someone already mentioned it.

The second thing is the decal on the tail fin - it is silvering as hell. Did you try to make it settle better with some setting solutions?

Next small problem I noticed is the seam running along the topside of the radome and ahead of the windshield. It is not big , but noticable and real aircraft does not have a panel line there. Some filler or probably just some careful sanding could have remove it completely. This is why painting with primer first is good idea - you can easily spot such problems after priming and remedy them before appling your final paint cote.

Best Regards,
Pawel
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Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 03:26 PM UTC
Turret:
Man I love the lighting you used in those photos, really brings an excellent scene toghter. Cool dio!!!
Shahrid
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Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 04:43 PM UTC
Lighting with real small light bulbs ......wow !
Liliput island in 21st century :-)
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