1/72 C-130E(I) Rivet Clamp Special Operations Aircraft - Operation "Stray Goose"

Thanks, TJ!

Stunning detail!  What is the origin of the name Rivit Clamp?

Thanks, John!

Those are two-part code names for various Air Force development programs. They're assigned somewhat arbitrarily, but may retain the first name for related systems. For example, the development of the C-130 special ops aircraft that eventually became the Combat Talon I and II was first designated Rivet Yard, and then became Rivet Clamp and finally became Talon I. There were other "Rivet" development offshoots from the Rivet Clamp program.

Cheers,

Russ

From one old Raven to another (though I spent my time on BUFF "G's" and F4 RF,E, with a little on D)  this will be a masterpiece to go along side the Arc Light beauty.

And, 46 years later I still HATE ALT-28's, hope they never saved even one for a museum.

Now that you mention it, it does look like an orca!  I love this build.

goldhammer

From one old Raven to another (though I spent my time on BUFF "G's" and F4 RF,E, with a little on D)  this will be a masterpiece to go along side the Arc Light beauty.

And, 46 years later I still HATE ALT-28's, hope they never saved even one for a museum.

 

Hi, Goldhammer and thanks for the good words!

Lol I hear you about the 28. If it was in any museum, it would be a marine museum - as a boat anchor! I've still got oil stains from those things! :)

Cheers,

Russ

Hi, Chad!

Thanks for the good words! :)

Cheers,

Russ

So glad to see you back at this!  You are right, it does look like an orca, lol. 

Very nice work.  I can't see a lot of the detail work, but what i can is impressive.  I spent 3 years in Marine 130's, and would like to do one some day.

Keyda81

So glad to see you back at this!  You are right, it does look like an orca, lol. 

 

Lol, thanks, Keyda! And I may even finish it one day!

Cheers,

Russ

wayne baker

Very nice work.  I can't see a lot of the detail work, but what i can is impressive.  I spent 3 years in Marine 130's, and would like to do one some day.

 

Thanks, Wayne! I'll look forward to seeing your build!

Cheers,

Russ

Deleted. Double post.

It truely saddens me to read about issues with your image hosting websites, but it is understandable to know your frustrations with them. I can't see many images from multiple threads due to my own issues with photobucket. They seem to be the main culprit.

Anyways I am very impressed with your build. It is a nice one! To not see the end results posted by you is like not finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Your attention to detail shows much talent, way more than I have, as well as your patience to want to even add that much detail in a closed up fuselage.  At least you and the rest of us have the pictures and memories of a great build.

KUDOS!!!

Thanks for reposting the photos you did.  I'm a fan of the Special Ops aircraft myself, and have a stash of planes to build for a Special Ops sheet metal tech.  He worked on the AC130s, AC119s at Hurlburt in the 70s.  Hope you don't mind, but I copied a lot of your interior photos for references on how to make a believable C130 cabin.  Your mastery of the modeling hobby is obvious.  Great work.

 Cheers, my friend,

  Russ

Thank you for the good words, jmoran!

You're certainly welcome to copy anything you can use. I have some measurements and some photos relating to building the cockpit and upper deck. If you're interested, PM we with an email address and I'll send you what I have.

Cheers,

Russ

Hello, Folks,

I've been in a modeling slump for the last 8 months or so, mainly due to the image hosting fiasco, but I've added back the images in the thread (for the third time) and I've recently gotten the urge to finish this thing. I finally did the top camouflage, which I've been dreading.

I guess it doesn't look too bad but I want to give it a more sun-faded look. If any of you have experience producing this effect, I would sure appreciate any advice or tips. Painting is my Achilles heel and I don't have a spray setup (yet) so I use rattle cans and paint brushes.

Many thanks for looking in, and for any help you can provide!

Cheers,

Russ

Hello Russ!

It's good to see you back with this beauty! The paint doesn't look bad at all, the edges are maybe a bit hard here. An airbrush would surely help you here. If you want I can show you how to build a helluva compressor out of an old fridge - sounds like a joke, but it really works.

As for the sun faded you have several options here. One of them is lightly misting the top surfaces from far away with some lighter colour - a green or maybe grey would do. I've done it with an airbrush many times and it works, I just don't know if a spray can can vaporize the paint this fine. I would like to advise testing it on something else first.

Another option would be to dry-brush the whole top surface (lots of work!) also with a little lighter colour, like above. But you have to take a really large and soft brush and wipe it almost dery every time to avoid hard streaks. It would also be good to dry brush "along the arflow" so should any streaks show, it would still be realistic.

In any case - good luck with your build and I hope to see another update soon! Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

Good to see this going again!

I would vote for holding on this project until you have a good airbrush setup and work up the skills to do what is one of the harder tasks, an even mist coat.  You've put so much hard and skilled work into this one to go adrift at this stage.  Other than the airbrush you might try the dot filter method with oil paints, it is the most forgiving of error process I know of.  Spray cans are just too hard to control, though you are doing well with them given how nice the model looks at this point.

Yikes!!! That is one great looking model.

Hi, Pawel,

Many thanks for the good words, and for your tips and advice! I softened up the edges some with a 2400 grit sanding pad and it already looks better. As for the fading, I'll try both methods... on a test piece for sure.

Cheers, and thanks again!

Russ

Hi, John,

Sound advice, my friend, and thank you! As it turns out, I finally got my compressor fixed but now I don't have a suitable place to use it. I'm working at converting a portion of my garage into a model workshop but it could be 2-3 months before it's ready.

Meanwhile, I want to get the Clamp finished so I can move on to something else. If I don't have any success with the methods you and Pawel suggested, I'll just hold off with the fading until later when I get some experience with my (future) spray booth.

Thanks again!

Cheers,

Russ

Thanks for the good words, Johnny!

Cheers,

Russ

Well, I took the plunge and opened up the roof section again. Couple of loose parts and the edges of the opening need some work, but the worst issue was a missing crew seat at the front console in the Talon compartment. It didn't fall out when I removed the top section so I suspect it had fallen out before I sealed up the plane back in May. I'll have to make another one but fortunately I have another kit that I can pull parts from. I also had to cut further back behind the cockpit to avoid damaging the window frames so the cockpit detail won't be so easy to see.

Below are a few photos.

Thanks for looking!

Hello Russ!

I admire your dedication - not many modellers would open up a model like this to correct some problem that isn't that obvious... What exactly went wrong?

And I love the interior work here - my dream is to pull something like this off in the distant future...

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Thanks, Pawel!

Actually, there was nothing wrong... till I opened it lol. I built it so I could remove the forward roof section to view the internal detail. I had to glue it shut to sand and paint it. However, I made the mistake of using car body putty to fix the edges and that crumbled in a few places. Live and learn...

I'll be looking forward to your future build, my friend. Let me know if I can help in any way.

Cheers,

Russ

Hello, All,

Rivet Clamp is finally finished. Below are a few pictures. Thanks for looking!

Cheers,

Russ

Hello!

It's a beauty! And your knowledge of the real thing is something really rare... I sure do hope you will help me when I try to build my own Combat Talon. Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

That is a masterful build. Killer workmanship. Well done all around.

BK

Just found this thread. That is a beautiful detailed build. Well done!!

You asked about sun fading effect earlier and a wash of yellow ochre artist oils will give you that effect. Word of caution, easy with the yellow ochre cause it is a strong color.