Minicraft 1/144 C-130-30

jeaton01

Member since
December 2002
From: Northern California

Minicraft 1/144 C-130-30

Posted by jeaton01 on Friday, November 4, 2016 9:25 PM

Got this one at Hobby Lobby yesterday with a 40% off coupon. I've wanted a stretched C-130 for a long time, and I needed something to do to keep from trying to go to fast on a 1/32 Special Hobby P-36A for the Pearl Harbor GB. I'm working on the aluminum finish on it now and there is a lot of that's not good enough do it over going on with it. This C-130 may be done too soon to help! Fit is excellent and it looks pretty accurate to me. I did notice it doesn't have the funny angle at the top of the rudder so I sanded that in. If I was Lockheed I woulda fixed that, looks all wrong. I painted the floor inside Nato black but no one will ever see it even with the loading ramp down.

John

To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

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ikar01

Member since
October 2004
From: Orlando, Florida

Posted by ikar01 on Friday, November 4, 2016 9:42 PM

I didn't know they even made a kit of the stretch Herk. I used to see Saturn Herks all the time land at Dover in 1973. I'll have to look for this one.

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jeaton01

Member since
December 2002
From: Northern California

Posted by jeaton01 on Friday, November 4, 2016 10:52 PM

If you could come up with some H props you could build one of that vintage from this kit, it has both types of engine nacelles in the parts.

John

To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

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Toshi

Member since
March 2015
From: Streetsboro, Ohio

Posted by Toshi on Saturday, November 5, 2016 5:03 AM

I saw this same kit at Hobby Lobby. I look forward to your build, maybe the next time I go there I'll pick one up. It looks great!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world. Mrs. Toshi

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fermis

Member since
January 2009
From: hamburg michigan

Posted by fermis on Sunday, November 6, 2016 12:12 PM

Where's the popcorn eatin smiley???

I've been wanting a few of these kits (various variants!), since I saw the batch at 2015 Nats. The price tag has kept me away though.

I did a few, many years ago, when you could get em for $3-4...pretty sure they were Minicraft???

Anyway...watching, with interest!

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tempestjohnny

Member since
November 2003
From: Naples, FL

Posted by tempestjohnny on Sunday, November 6, 2016 2:50 PM

Cool kit. It's kind of surprising how big they are even in airliner scale.

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jeaton01

Member since
December 2002
From: Northern California

Posted by jeaton01 on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 10:52 PM

Finished this one up today, the ultimate trash hauler. Nothing too much to report in the way drama during the build. Good fit, good decals, decent instructions although a little research enhanced some of the details in the paint. I used the decal for the cockpit glazing, to escape masking all those itty bitty window panes and I'm not sure I am happy with the look of that. Might have been better if the decal had a lighter grey color rather than dead black. Whatever, the C-130 has a face only a mother could love anyway. There are some horseshoe shaped fairings under the fuselage on both sides just aft of the nose wheel on the real thing that are prominent that are not on the kit. I passed on adding them. Also, the kit window decal has two of the lower side window panels on each side, but -30 C-130's only have the forward one so I cut off that part of the decal. The correct window pattern is on the painting instructions. There are a lot of prop blades to paint, and in addition to tip markings there is also a metal face on the leading edge from mid-blade out. The last picture is of a beauty and the beast variety, I think. Hobbycraft B-47B.

John

To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

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1943Mike

Member since
December 2010
From: Salem, Oregon

Posted by 1943Mike on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 11:24 PM

Looks fine to me. I like the comparison with the B-47 size.

I always think of June Allyson and Jimmy Stewart when I see a B-47. Of course Stewart flew lots of planes - B-24's during WWII and NOT on milk runs! B-36's, B-47's (like in the movie Strategic Air Command) and B-52's after the war.

Mike

"Le temps est un grand maître, mais malheureusement, il tue tous ses élèves."

Hector Berlioz

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Buckeye

Member since
February 2007
From: Brunswick, Ohio

Posted by Buckeye on Thursday, November 10, 2016 11:25 AM

Looks great!

Mike

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Don Stauffer

Member since
November 2009
From: Twin Cities of Minnesota

Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, November 11, 2016 8:59 AM

Buckeye

Looks great!

Mike

ditto

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Toshi

Member since
March 2015
From: Streetsboro, Ohio

Posted by Toshi on Friday, November 11, 2016 12:38 PM

I really like what you did. A fantastic build as you said; "A face only a mother could love."

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world. Mrs. Toshi

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jeaton01

Member since
December 2002
From: Northern California

Posted by jeaton01 on Saturday, November 12, 2016 5:50 PM

Thanks, Don and Toshi.

John

To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

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jgeratic

Member since
April 2006
From: ON, Canada

Posted by jgeratic on Saturday, November 12, 2016 6:55 PM

John, I like that, looks sweet! Yes

regards,

Jack

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mississippivol

Member since
November 2003
From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)

Posted by mississippivol on Saturday, November 12, 2016 8:00 PM

Hey, John, great work!

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Keyda81

Member since
August 2016

Posted by Keyda81 on Saturday, November 12, 2016 10:13 PM

I happen to love that face! She's my favorite bird. I've done 3 kits and have a 4th in the box still. I see this one at hobby lobby all the time, and keep passing on it, just something about the box art made it look real cheap to me. But after seeing yours completed I may just put it on my x-mas list.