1/48 C-130 Hercules build-Completed

Those IP's look great. Nice attention to those details!

Wow that's cool.  I don't have quite that much paitence, lol.  I will certainly be spending the most time on this build though.  Sucks that poor Herc got turned into a pile of scrap.  As for the lights I've got most of them figured out.  I won't have every exact light, but there will be plenty to light it up nicely.

Today's progress was messing around with the cockpit controls.  They aren't true to life, but I'm satisified other than weathering them a bit.  I would seriously be overwhelmed if I ever have the oppurtunity to get in the cockpit, there is SO many switches, dials, knobs, gauges.

I built that kit for my wife years ago, spent about 6 months just on the flight deck and avionics bay area.  She was a crew chief on a C-130 at Little Rock.  This was the ship:

Unfortuately, about a year after she left the flight line, it ended up like this:

Good luck with the build.  After spending 4 years at Little Rock A.F.B. where we had 5 squadrons, I got a chance to see what they could really do, as well as versions that I had never imagined even existed.

Nice. Looking forward to watching this come together.  :)

Keyda81

The 1/72 scale just left something to be desired for me.  I'm used to seeing the C-130's fly over my head, so I get a good view of how big they are.  Our base is switching over to KC-135's missions so the C-130's won't be around near as much.  I'm going to miss seeing them, I feel like I grew up with them in a way. 

Here's a pic of the 1/72 I did.  It is rather plain, but it was my first model. 

 

Toshi

The 1/72 scale just left something to be desired for me.  I'm used to seeing the C-130's fly over my head, so I get a good view of how big they are.  Our base is switching over to KC-135's missions so the C-130's won't be around near as much.  I'm going to miss seeing them, I feel like I grew up with them in a way. 

Here's a pic of the 1/72 I did.  It is rather plain, but it was my first model. 

And all of a sudden, the 1/72 Italeri C-130H Ive been mustering the courage to build over the last few months seems a wee bit tiny. lol

Following this build.

I already did the 1/72 scale, and it's just not big enough, lol.  It will more than likely be the biggest model I do, unless someone comes out with a 1/72 C17. 

Good luck with your build, that will turn into a fair size bird once done. If I can find the IFR pods, I'd pick one up to make a Marine KC-130 F/R.