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Good
day ARC’ers ;
Ever
since 1991, I have been interested in putting together a Desert storm
diorama depicting some of the equipment used in the campaign.
I
will focus on the “aerial area” of my models construction.
MH-60
G PAVEHAWK:
The
1/35 scale ACADEMY model was an obvious choose because of all the other
equipment depicted.
She
was constructed mostly OOB except for the scratch built minigun gunner.
The
cammo pattern was selected because of the few PAVEHAWKS that actually used
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A-10´s
Although
I didn´t follow a realistic principle for the decals, I wanted them to be
shown in an “aggressive scheme “. The scale is unknown to me, because
they were purchased as die-cast models in a “museum shop “, and
re-painted by me using model master and other paints for an “ European
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A-10
1/32 TRUMPETER ;
I
chose the huge 1/32 Trumpeter kit, and proceeded to purchase all of
the extra items I could find. The main ones were: Eduards photoetched
detail sets for interior, exterior and armament, Cutting Edge decals,
Blackbox cockpit set, CAM resin bombs...
Though
my finished model is not constructed following the "realistic
sake" principle, I wanted the hog to be presented with
everything it can carry nowadays, emphasizing its awesome firepower.
Also
I decided to include a pilot that would be realistic as possible - and proceeded to find one... to no avail ! After
a looong search looking for something that might remotely resemble an A-10
pilot, I came around a Verlinden 3 figure piece called The Ace that
could just do.
I
proceeded to "adapt" the pilot to the desired pose. I made
several minor modifications to convert the pilot from a Vietnam era to a
modern look. I also scratch built the MBU 12 oxygen mask and the HGU-55
flight helmet along with.
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F-117
Toxic Avenger
The
TAMIYA 1/48 model was chosen because of a great deal and because of the
availability at the time of VERLINDEN´s
various resin kits.
I
used the VERLINDEN´s cockpit,
interior and armament kit and the included “Toxic Avenger”
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All
of the models, were painted using an IWATA HP BCS airbrush, and a combination of
various paints including Model Masters, Floquil, Tamiya, etc.
Hope
you like the diorama.
Best
regards;
E.
Alfonso
Links
for other of my projects
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2002/06/stuff_eng_velasco_a10.htm
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2002/12/stuff_eng_velasco_p47.htm
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