tomthounaojam Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 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. 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Hello This is very nice with a subtle weathering. Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Fine looking MiG-29 and lovely collection, great work ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 A very nice 29 Tom & a great line up at the bottom. Nicely done the lot. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Nice build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangseat Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Nice collection! And the Fulcrum looks sharp in Indian markings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kampartiger Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 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 ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_alfisti_ Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 You did a very well job! Th MiG-29 looks great as the whole indian trio does.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oushinar Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Absolutely brilliant. Very impressive piece of work. What are the three Tamiya greys that you used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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