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On the bench:
A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!
2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed
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Wow!!!!!!! Those guys are something else.
Jim
Stay Safe.
Main WIP:
On the Bench: Artesania Latina (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II
I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.
Wow
They have to fly an airplane that big, well, because, you know, they're too big to carry in anything smaller.
OK. In the stash: Way too much to build in one lifetime...
I had no idea big jets were used for firefighting.
Wow.
They have gone to the 747 and 10's because the WWII airframes of the past are just flat worn out and too expensive to keep in the air. Add in several crashes and aircrew fatalities because of airframe fatigue, and parts availability.
BTW. That was a perfect drop
I recently watched the DC-10 fight a fire in Big Sur.
Cal Fire is the biggest fire fighting organization in the world.
The Dept. is well led and stocks up on the latest equipment/ resources. The big jets are independent contracts, but the latest additions to the fleet of state aircraft are C-130s.
They can roll on the tank and dispersal equipment through the tail.
I've watched the Hercules make multiple drops in a single flight.
Being close to a fire line (9 miles) and watching the air assets go in is impressive.
Remember; California controls 3% of the forests in the state; the Fed 57%.
But Cal Fire fights them all.
Bill
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Been a few years ago, but at least a couple of the early 130 conversions went down on the pull up after the drop due to wing stress on older original airframes. IIRC those were "A" models.
My lady showed me a facebook video the other day of a jet drop shot over a house...almost nailed the camera person.
This is an older clip, but it's about as close as it gets (language warning for the last second) Change of underwear required before RTB.
Phil_H This is an older clip, but it's about as close as it gets (language warning for the last second) Change of underwear required before RTB.
BK
I'm a big fan of CalFire, living socal. We had a 17k acre fire 2 weeks ago and had 8 tankers fighting it including a dc10 and 747 which flew back and forth over my house at about 4000 feet. Quite a show.
Thanks,
John
On the bench: A diorama to illustrate the crash of a Beech T-34B Mentor which I survived in 1962 (I'm using Minicraft's 1/48 model of the Mentor), and a Pegasus model of the submarine Nautilus of 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas fame.
The jet my have a spool up issue however when it drops tons of retardent the jet, even props from a former mech, tend to jump UP in altitude requiring pilots to remain in a level flight situation throughout the drop.
we're modelers it's what we do
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