1/48 Revell F-15I Ra'am Dio

Gallery Article by Colin "Sufa" May on Feb 3 2010

 

This is a Diorama I worked on for about a week. It includes the legendary Revell F-15 kit with minor Mods including Turkey feather exhaust nozzles, GPS bump and Sky decals to name a few.  No resin just kit bash.  Also in this Dio is the Hasegawa  Crew set "A" as well as a Humvee from the Tamiya F-117 kit.  Paints are acrylic.

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I started with this glass top table I found in the Garbage, Yes that's right.  One mans trash and so on... anyways, with some plywood, glue and brad nails, a suitable base was made.  Six Styrene sheets scribed into 6ths  provided a lovely tarmac that was primed, dusted, pre-shaded and painted with a mix of Light ghost Grey, Gunship Grey and  White.  Lines where drawn on with a paint pen in both white and yellow.  Drywall mud along the edges gave a nice textured base for the sand that was sprinkled on top.

This was tons of fun and a nice addition to my collection. I'm not sure how accurate any of this is, but I'm no rivet counter so please be kind.

Colin "Sufa" May

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Photos and text © by Colin "Sufa" May