This
is my first submission after hanging out at ARC for past few months. Thanks to
the wonderful tips available and folks here,…. it really helps me in putting
this diorama together. This project was originally conceived to be a 2
aircraft diorama ( a RAF Jaguar ‘Saddam Kicker’ by Tamiya and a Mig 23 from
Academy) and painted in Lacquar. ….Well, what can I say. … as in all
projects I have gone through, the objective and scope change with time and
I ended up with 3 planes, ground equipment, crew and in Acrylic paint…..and
lots of headaches!
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Here’s
what were used:
- Hasegawa
F-16C kit #82-800 (OOB)
- Academy
Mig 23S Flogger Kit FA022-4000
- Academy
Mig 27 Flogger-D Kit FA043-4000
- Hasegawa
US Pilot/Ground Crew Set Kit #X72-007…. I think it is out of production
- Hi-Decal
Line Mig-23 B/E/G Decal #72015
additional
:
- Testors
decal paper (Bought from Walmart on a business trip to US ) for 2nd
Mig 23 decal
- 20cm
diameter x 5cm Styrofoam for Hanger
- Aluminum
sheet for Hanger Door and Aluminum rod to hold up F-16
- 30cm
x 60 cm wood base
- And
of course, Gunze acrylic paint and Tamiya Clear coat spray
The
biggest ‘disaster’ and headache I got in this project was my switch from
using Gunze Lacquar, which I am more accustomed, to using Gunze Acrylic…due
to health reason from smelling too much thinner J (not able to get hold of a gas
respirator in this part of the world until going on a trip to US a month back
)… 2 layer of clear coat from Tamiya (spray can type) was applied prior to
decaling and panel wash… Decaling was a breeze but the coats gave way on panel
wash!...I blew a big hole in the F-16 top surface and one of the Mig and have to
activate’ engineering recovery plan’…I ended up using ‘smoke gray’ to
weather the panel lines to ‘hide’ the defects…this is the reason that the
panel lines seems dark…..I found out that the turpentine used was too
‘hot’ and that I should have use kerosene instead….. and I should
have more patience too (Lots of it!) to let the clear coat set overnight
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Overall,
it was satisfying to create a theme diorama that shows
‘Static-Dynamism’…for lack of a better name. Lots of ‘Artistic
license’ was applied…I have not found a historical record that the F-16C in
this diorama (83-153) flew in Desert Storm,… nor were F-16 assigned to fly
‘ultra low level’ missions…only the RAF Jaguars flew at such level….This
is more of a ‘Hollywood scene’ rather than a ‘Historical scene’
Finally
I like to thank my mentor Bernard Cher of the workshop who gave me the
inspiration to think ‘Miniature modeling should be treated as a form of fine
art’
Hope
you enjoy this piece as well as I have building it.
QC
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