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
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1/48 Indian Airforce Mig-29A Diorama
vivkulan
Indiana, United States
Joined: September 13, 2011
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Joined: September 13, 2011
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AeroScale: 23 posts
Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 04:22 AM UTC
vivkulan
Indiana, United States
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Joined: September 13, 2011
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AeroScale: 23 posts
Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 04:23 AM UTC
vivkulan
Indiana, United States
Joined: September 13, 2011
KitMaker: 143 posts
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Joined: September 13, 2011
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Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 04:23 AM UTC
Some more pictures
Thanks
Vivek
Thanks
Vivek
Jessie_C
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: September 03, 2009
KitMaker: 6,965 posts
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Joined: September 03, 2009
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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
Indiana, United States
Joined: September 13, 2011
KitMaker: 143 posts
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Joined: September 13, 2011
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AeroScale: 23 posts
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?
I am not sure I understand your comment. Can you give me an example on that photo taking tip?
Jessie_C
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: September 03, 2009
KitMaker: 6,965 posts
AeroScale: 6,247 posts
Joined: September 03, 2009
KitMaker: 6,965 posts
AeroScale: 6,247 posts
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
Ontario, Canada
Joined: March 29, 2010
KitMaker: 1,151 posts
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Joined: March 29, 2010
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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
Indiana, United States
Joined: September 13, 2011
KitMaker: 143 posts
AeroScale: 23 posts
Joined: September 13, 2011
KitMaker: 143 posts
AeroScale: 23 posts
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..