Hi, All,
Well, after a year and 3 months, my Arc Light diorama is finally complete (not necessarily finished
). Below are a few pictures to show the various maintenance scenes. I'll add some detailed shots later. Excuse my photography - I just have a small mini-camera and it causes a lot of distortion.
![](https://s6.postimg.org/gb8xh1pj5/DSC01362_150.jpg)
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The first picture below is a shot of the third clip being moved into the loader by the MMS guys.
![](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/6901/fm5KL7.jpg)
This next picture shows the bomb loader from the other side of the wing. Note the MMS tech with the control box for the bomb loader.
![](https://s6.postimg.org/r8kenl1fl/DSC01322_150_zps000c1b48.jpg)
Here's a view of a nav tech working on the navigation radar antenna inside the chin radome.
![](https://s6.postimg.org/ctkv7nhxd/DSC01330_150_zpsd760d9a1.jpg)
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Here's the second half of the MMS team loading 750 lb bombs on the left pylon. Two engine repair techs wait off to the side for MMS to finish.
![](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img921/9061/dM2veJ.jpg)
BTW, I miscalculated here - I originally planned to have the techs working on the engine but then I realized there wouldn't be enough room to do that safely with the loading operation going on. I should have put the display engine on the outboard engine.
[Update: I've replaced the display engine with a nacelle bulkhead and two detailed engines with the covers removed, and moved them all to the left outboard nacelle position. Pictures in later posts.]
Here's a shot of the second jammer picking up a bomb from the bomb truck.
![](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/3117/vEaQfu.jpg)
On the other side of the bomb truck, you can see two ECM techs offloading chaff magazines from their van in preparation for lifting them up into the 47 section.
![](https://s6.postimg.org/mkdljvr0h/DSC01327_150_zpsfb88a62e.jpg)
Finally, here's another couple of MMS techs working on the gun turret. One tech is moving a B-4 stand under the gunner's hatch so he can check out the system when power is restored.
![](https://s6.postimg.org/mfefny935/DSC01323_150_zps7298d8e8.jpg)
Inserted 8/15/19
And here are the windshield wipers - these were a bit tedious...
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Many thanks to all of you who have looked in or followed this build.
Cheers,
Russ