SamuraiPaddler Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Hi everybody... Just finished my latest "bright idea" - a forced perspective dogfight. I'll tell you right off the bat, I'm no contest-caliber modeler, but I do enjoy trying to do things I haven't seen before. That's where this comes from. From the side, it looks kinda goofy and out of proportion: But if you look at it from the right angle (which is why I put the patch where I did...as a kind of visual cue for the proper way to look at it) - you're watching a dogfight over the shoulders of the crew: I thought it would look unique...it's not QUITE what I envisioned, but it did turn out close enough that I was happy. It's a 1/48 Revell F/A-18F with TwoBobs decals, and the F-18C out in the "distance" is just a leftover 1/700 plane from a carrier kit. Figures came out of a Hase F/A-18F. Hope you like it...and maybe one of you contest-caliber modelers can do the idea more justice than I did Quote Link to post Share on other sites
klimmer Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Actually when you look at from the perspective you mentioned it looks great. I missed the leading plane in the first shot until you mentioned it. As far as " not a contest caliber modeler" I would disagree. You did a great job on that piece. Congrat's Much more then I would have had the guts to do. :lol: Ted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlyAndFight Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Fantastic idea and I too agree that it looks great. If I may be so bold, the only thing I would change would be to paint the base sky blue with some airbrushed clouds, if possible. -OR- cut out a photo or printout of the Earth from about 10,000 feet. Both would add to that forced perspective and give the impression of being in flight. Just an idea, but your's does look amazing. Great job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Kethan Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Paddler, Great looking diorama and a very cool idea! If you want the viewer to view it from a certain angle, why don't you convert it into a shadow box... Complete with the airbrushed clouds, sides & top of the box, with a light in it? That would definately force the viewer to see it the way you want it presented.. Once again, great job of a cool idea. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SamuraiPaddler Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 Thanks for the ideas, guys This one, however, is finished. Honestly, I'm so happy to have it finished, I don't feel like messing with it any more :D BUT... I'm also working on an in-flight TOPGUN A-4 and wanted to do something similar, with a 1/700 F-14, but not repeat myself. Thanks to your input, I'm starting to have visions of shadowboxes with images of the earth on the "floor" and clouds painted on the walls. So this one will stay as-is, but I definitely will try to incorporate some of your ideas into the A-4 scene. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Wow, that looks very cool! That above-the-shoulder pic is awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longmc Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Paddler,Great looking diorama and a very cool idea! If you want the viewer to view it from a certain angle, why don't you convert it into a shadow box... Complete with the airbrushed clouds, sides & top of the box, with a light in it? That would definately force the viewer to see it the way you want it presented.. Once again, great job of a cool idea. Chris I would second these recommendations. When viewed from the "forced perspective", it looked very impressive. I had thought of doing the same with an F-16ADF in Texas markings and a 1/144 cuban mig-23 "sneaking in". After seeing yours, I might just do it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 That's not fair, a big 1/48 guy vs. a little 1/700 guy! :D That is a nice diorama, especially works from that rear perspective. B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mdooley Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 How'd it go closing up the gear bays on the Revell? I closed them on a C Hornet last year...what a nightmare! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SamuraiPaddler Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 Hi everybody... Just got back from Oceana and this model is now sitting in VFA-213's ready room. So it well and truly is finished as-is :) That said, there still IS that A-4E and Tomcat to do, so I'll try to work some of the background ideas into that scene. mdooley, the gear doors actually went together better than I had expected. The main gear doors fit pretty well with just some careful sanding and carving away of interior door and wheel well detail. The nose gear doors fit ok, but all in all, the main gear doors fit the best. I had tried closing the gear of a Monogram F-18C once, and that didn't work for me at all. This, however, buttoned up pretty nicely given that landing gear doors are NEVER made to fit nicely in the closed position :) There was still a bit of work to do on them, of course, but it's FAR less than on that -C I tried. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chopperpilot71 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Now thats inginu.........enginuity..............ingenooi................ Thats a really good idea!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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