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Nice work on this Keyda, good to see one of these being built. I've been thinking about getting a C-130, just a pity the RAF don't use these.
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On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
I really need to try and plan a trip to that museum! Ok forget try, I'm going to make a trip to that museum hell or high water, lol. I just did the virtual tour, and that right there is my ticket to seeing aircraft I never thought I'd get a chance to see in person!
Anywho, made a little bit of progress today. Painted a bunch of stuff light ghost grey as per the instructions. Got the rear landing gear together, and in place in the fuselage halves.
I'm hoping that in the evenings during the week I can get working on the interior. I won't be able to do much in the coming weeks, we are getting a puppy on Friday and I'm sure I'll be busy trying to train him, lol.
This is the weirdness I mentioned earlier. This is not normally how Italeri kits are. Guess I'll see how it works out when I get to it.
Interesting about the noise aspect when firing the weapons! I hadn't really thought about it before. I've been a passenger on the C-130 a few times in Vietnam and it was a very noisy ride. If you consider the greatest amount of noise is from the barrel of the weapons and it is exposed outside the aircraft in the slipstream there wouldn't be a huge amount of noise from the gun breaches. Noticeable I'm sure.
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Mel
AC-130 gunships (and Fat Albert RATO take-offs) have always been a fascination to me. What a scary weapon the AC is. I built a 1/48 AC-130 Revell or maybe Testors, years ago but after a bad crash and not being satisfied with my construction it was scrapped and somewhat forgotten.
A few years back I went to an airshow in Wichita Kansas and low and behold there sat an AC-130. The crew gave us a great tour and let me play with the Bofers twin 40mm and the 105. What an experience!
The Bofers guns were interesting in that they came directly off of a WWII Battleship and shot WWII ammo. They showed us casings dated in the 1940s. They did say that the craft was off to have the Bofers replaced with some modern 30mm gun. The 20mm front Gatling guns had been removed apparently because of their relatively short range at least compared to the 105, 40s and new 30 allowing for a greater stand-off range.
My last encounter with an AC-130 was two years ago was at the USAF Museum in Dayton which has a historic example, actually the one that the 1/48 Revell model was based on.
Wow, all of this talk and the Gang building these things has renewed my intrest in this. I think I'll opt for the 1/72 version this time as the Museum is running out of room. I'll be watching your build and I'm starting the search as we speak!
Max
Ps--A little side story here. I asked one of the AC-130 crew if it didn't get kinda noisy during an attack. His comment was that the AC-130 was a noisy aircraft anyway and you couldn't tell much difference with the weapons running. Interesting!
Melgyver Very true! Best of luck and skill with your build! I should drag out one of my 1/48 AC-130's.
Very true! Best of luck and skill with your build! I should drag out one of my 1/48 AC-130's.
I love the big ones! I did a 1/48 C-130 with LED's last summer. I love it hanging from the ceiling.
tempestjohnny Keyda81 and the "Fat Albert" version in my stash. I saw the Blue Angel's last year. Fat Albert puts on a great show of its own. Man the pilot knows how to fly that thing
Keyda81 and the "Fat Albert" version in my stash.
and the "Fat Albert" version in my stash.
I saw the Blue Angel's last year. Fat Albert puts on a great show of its own. Man the pilot knows how to fly that thing
I'm jealous! We had the Thunderbirds in 2015, and they are scheduled to come again next summer. Don't get me wrong I love the Thunderbirds too, but I would love to see "Fat Albert" at least once. I've watched plenty of videos, but nothing beats in person. I'm pretty sure the last time the Blue Angels were here was in 2007, and I wasn't able to attend the airshow. I just remembering seeing the hornets running practices, and flying right over my house. Scared the crap out of me a few times, lol.
goldhammer Nice start on it, will be watching it in the GB. You keep this 130 thing up, you are going to have more of those things than the USAF does.
Nice start on it, will be watching it in the GB.
You keep this 130 thing up, you are going to have more of those things than the USAF does.
I know, lol. There is already 4 hanging up, this one in the works, and the "Fat Albert" version in my stash.
Melgyver I believe only the seat cushions and arm rests were red for certain time periods. Not the complete seat and support structure.
I believe only the seat cushions and arm rests were red for certain time periods. Not the complete seat and support structure.
Ths instructions call for the whole thing, so I'm just going by that. I'm sure it's not entirely correct, but you won't really see too much of it anyway.
I also love C-130's as one of my top five favorite aircraft. It helped that my father was a navigator on a C-130H gunship with 115 combat missions over Laos. I have five C-130's hanging from my ceiling now; all are in 1/72 scale. Three are cargo craft; two are gunships.
All the more reason to follow this thread. Looking forward to seeing more.
I bought this kit with my birthday money. C-130's are my favorite plane. I did the AC-130U papercraft in 1/100 scale, but wasn't entirely satisfied with that being the "gunship" in my collection, so I had to get this one.
This one is a little different from the other Italeri C-130's I've done. First thing I have noticed is the front glass piece is bigger. It's weird. Lol. I'll figure it out once I get to it.
Definitely watching this Key,as I've got this one on my to-do list.
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I'm building this for the multiprop group build, but figured I'd post it up here too. Once completed it will be the 5th C-130 in my collection. Simple OOB build. Cockpit is painted and together. Tomorrow will be airbrushing a lot of light ghost grey. It seems a good 80% of the parts need to be painted that color, including the interior and exterior of the plane.
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