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1/48 Indian Airforce Mig-29A Diorama
vivkulan
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Indiana, United States
Joined: September 13, 2011
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Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 04:22 AM UTC
Hello,
This is my first post here at Aeroscale and I bring you the model/Diorama of one my favorite aircraft Mig-29A' in Indian Airforce's 28th Squadron scheme.
Kit :1/48 Academy MiG-29A
Corrected Nose and Nozzle :From Ebay
Aires cockpit and PE set
Decals:Hi-Decals (Thanks to Don -Browning)
Access Ladder, Towbar, Intake ,exhaust covers and IRST covers and the Ground support equipment -Scratch built with styrene, copper wire and sprue trees
Figures:Monogram spares, Warsaw pact Pilot
Base-ICM PAG-14 Soviet airfield plates and Photo frame.
weathering: Oil paints,Pastels

This build is special fpr me because there are lot of first tries in this build. This is the first kit I ever tried rescribing the panel lines. This is the first time I tried scratch building several features of the diorama. It was a very slow build, I started this kit last year same time and several other projects took priority over this. But any thing created slow will turn good is true here. I think i made an ok diorama. Please do let me know what you guys think.





More pictures to follow
Thanks
Vivek
vivkulan
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Indiana, United States
Joined: September 13, 2011
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Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 04:23 AM UTC






vivkulan
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Indiana, United States
Joined: September 13, 2011
KitMaker: 143 posts
AeroScale: 23 posts
Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 04:23 AM UTC
Some more pictures








Thanks
Vivek
Jessie_C
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 04:35 AM UTC
That's nicely done for a first diorama. You may wish to consider posing your next one at an angle to the base. It makes the scene look slightly more dynamic that way.
vivkulan
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Indiana, United States
Joined: September 13, 2011
KitMaker: 143 posts
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Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 04:39 AM UTC
Jessie,
I am not sure I understand your comment. Can you give me an example on that photo taking tip?
Jessie_C
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 05:49 AM UTC
It's a diorama composition tip more than a photo taking tip. Your model is exactly lined up with the long axis of the diorama base, which makes it seem a bit stiff and static. Take a look at these diorama pictures and note that most of them are not lined up with the edges of the base. That makes the scene seem a little more "alive".
raypalmer
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 03:22 PM UTC
It's a great dio. There's a lot of great technique on the bird, the figures and the base. You took on a lot of work there adding as many figures as you did. The scratchbuilt I take covers and taxiing hardware looks superb. Very impressive work, I look forward to seeing more of your stuff. I could stand to learn a lot from you!
vivkulan
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Indiana, United States
Joined: September 13, 2011
KitMaker: 143 posts
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Posted: Friday, April 26, 2013 - 12:53 AM UTC
Thank you sir. Glad you like my model. Will definitely try my best to help anybody to my ability..
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