Eyes in the Sky GB: Open ended

alrighty, I'll have you down

Would you accept an entry that's already started if it's something I just started this month?  It was July '06 so it's in your time frame. 

That would be my 1/48 Hase RF-4B.  It came with decals for a late-70's bird and the all-black retirement scheme and I'm still trying to figure out which one to do.  I can't find good pics of the black version, and I like the sharper "chisel nose" on the older one, plus I think the retirement bird may have had the longer 'burner cans of the F-4J retrofitted.  The kit comes with those but I would like to maintain the -B look, even with thick wings.

OTOH, black jets are just way cool.

Failing that, I also have a minicraft 1/144 kit of the C-54 derivative flown by the USCG on iceberg patrols and SAR missions before they got their Hercs.  I forget the designation but it has a pretty cool color scheme.

I may run out of time to get it done as I am starting school in less than a month, but I do get a whole month off in the winter... 

if it's started or from another build, that's okay. I have the only guidlines on the first post. Those that said what they want to build, i'll have you down

Pics, s my friend came yesterday for a photo session:

I would like to join this GB with an Academy, 1/144, EC-121D, College Eye.  It is the Connie with the gawd awful radomes on her back and belly that was used as AWACS in Viet Nam.

Darwin, O.F.

I have finally made some progress on my Academy 1/144 version of the Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star as used in the "College Eye" program.  This was the Viet Nam era precursor of today's E-3 AWACS.  I started one kit and very shortly it morphed into twins.  The second one will probably wind up being a J model basic MATS trash hauler.  Comments welcome.

Darwin, O.F.

Out of the Box

Wing Enhancement

Engine Cowl enhancement

Twins

Ventral Radome

Dorsal Radome

It looks releay alwesome.

I have some pictures of markings for the project if you want them.

I'll be in with an Academy 1/72 OV-10 Bronco.

Will

Well, it has been about 4 months since anyone posted to this thread, so I guess I'd better update my project.  It is the Academy 1/144 EC-121D College Eye, aka AWACS from the Viet Nam era.  I let this set for several months and then got into too much of a hurry to finish it so that I could move on to something else.  The seam filling leaves a lot to be desired, the gloss finish is a little too shiney and the whole thing is very rough in some areas.  Both Connies were built simultaneously. Comments welcome.

EC-121D on right and C-121J trash hauler on left

Overall view of model

left front quarter

#1 & #2 engines

Triple Tails

#3 & #4 engines