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The Indian Government signs the contract for Mig-29 in 1986 and the Mig-29s coming to Indian by 1987 and inducted into No.28 and No.47 squadron. The Indian Mig-29 went into action during the Kargil war and was used as an escort. However, by the mid-2000s it was getting older and IAF decided to upgrade in a similar line of Mig-29SMT, however, it included many foreign-made avionics and took her maiden flight in 2011, considered one of the most advanced Mig-29s in service around the world. All IAF Mig-29s will be upgraded to the UPG standard. 

It was a nice kit and I truly enjoyed building it, the details are very nice and I would say it is one of the best kits out there, Trumpeter has done it job well. The Indian Mig-29UPG is almost identical to Mig-29SMT in appearance except for a few add on the most visible being the ELT-568 jamming pod at the right vertical tail, I scratch built it, there are many small details but I omitted it. For painting I used three types of Tamiya grey and eyeball with ref pictures. Midway through the construction, I realized there is an error I made and it will cost me almost 3 months, The front canopy broke into two parts due to my silly errors, however, a fellow modeller sent me a ICM canopy which took some time to fixed on the trumpeter kit as the dimension was wee different, but finally managed to fixed it to a satisfactory level.

 
So here it is the Mig-29UPG of Indian air force, Thanks, for looking Cheers.

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Very nice! I like that you have it displayed with external fuel tanks. Don't see that very often. Nice trio of models too. The Rafale is so elegant!

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21 hours ago, VG 33 said:

Hello

 

This is very nice with a subtle weathering.

 

Patrick

 

Thanks, Patrick.

21 hours ago, Wulfman said:

Fine looking MiG-29 and lovely collection, great work !

 

Wulfman

Thanks, mate now I need to make a Su-30MKI

13 hours ago, SAT69 said:

Very nice! I like that you have it displayed with external fuel tanks. Don't see that very often. Nice trio of models too. The Rafale is so elegant!

Thanks, mate, actually I don't like fighter jet with too many missile but I thought it look bit empty on Mig-29 so added it. Thanks Cheers

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3 minutes ago, tomthounaojam said:

Thanks, mate, actually I don't like fighter jet with too many missile but I thought it look bit empty on Mig-29 so added it. Thanks Cheers

I tend to steer clear of bombs, missiles and such and only include external fuel tanks too. I think travel pods make a model look good too. You seldom see them on models. 

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16 hours ago, SAT69 said:

Very nice! I like that you have it displayed with external fuel tanks. Don't see that very often. Nice trio of models too. The Rafale is so elegant!

The first five Rafales are being Delivered this week. There has been a series of Indian C-17 flights to Bordeaux recently in support. In fact there is one departing Bordeaux right now!

 

Martin

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3 hours ago, SAT69 said:

I tend to steer clear of bombs, missiles and such and only include external fuel tanks too. I think travel pods make a model look good too. You seldom see them on models. 

True, and flying these days is super expensive and government around the world are cutting their defense spending.

25 minutes ago, RidgeRunner said:

The first five Rafales are being Delivered this week. There has been a series of Indian C-17 flights to Bordeaux recently in support. In fact there is one departing Bordeaux right now!

 

Martin

It arrive today, around 2pm here around 8:30am GMT.

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Very nice build, I'm not an IAF expert but have looked at many a photo and that shade of grey looks right on, and the weathering is just the right colour too! 

 

Were the markings in the kit, or aftermarket? 

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21 hours ago, stevehnz said:

A very nice 29 Tom & a great line up at the bottom. Nicely done the lot.

Steve.

Thanks, Steve appreciate the kind words.

19 hours ago, Ryan Hothersall said:

Nice build. 

Thanks, Ryan.

11 hours ago, Bangseat said:

Very nice build, I'm not an IAF expert but have looked at many a photo and that shade of grey looks right on, and the weathering is just the right colour too! 

 

Were the markings in the kit, or aftermarket? 

Hello @Bangseat for IAF grey you need to eyeball with the reference aircraft cause each shade of grey might be little different from one another, 50 shades of grey for sure. The decals are aftermarket from Bright spark. Thanks, cheers

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15 hours ago, James G said:

Nice collection! And the Fulcrum looks sharp in Indian markings.

Thanks, James. Next planning to build a Su-30MK

10 hours ago, Kampartiger said:

Super Trio of Indian Air Force frontline warplanes,love every each one of them especially the Mig-29UPG.Btw among the modifications done did it include minimizing the famous heavy smokey trail ?

 

Thanks, I think it still use the RD-33 maybe a slight modified one?

8 hours ago, _alfisti_ said:

You did a very well job! Th MiG-29 looks great as the whole indian trio does.👍

Thanks, Mate, appreciate the kind words.

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