papa 695s 1/72 C130 Hercules

[flyjoe180]

Cockpit is looking great Ian. Nice scribing work too. Something I will have to try one day.

 

[papa 695]

Thanks Joe still plenty of work to do on both the cockpit and scribing

 

[colin m]

Looks good Ian. I haven't built one of these since I was a kid. I think I used to hide £1.00 notes in the back.

 

[papa 695]

Thanks Colin.


I was thinking of detailing all the inside but with what I have in mind for this one you wouldn't see anything, so it will be just the backend with added detail

 

[1275GT]

Fair play to you for re-scribing that !!! Nice work so far

 

[papa 695]

Fair play to you for re-scribing that !!! Nice work so far

Thanks Neil it as took some time do do but I've just got it all re-scribed so now I can crack on with it

 

[papa 695]

Well finally got some more done to this one


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Nearly ready to put it together

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice progress Ian; that ramp is looking good. Crew members are looking A1.

 

[dougie]

Looks great so far, the ramp is nice as are the crew

 

[papa 695]

Ok started to put this together now


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Like I said at the beginning I was going to do a little diorama with this one, well the idea is that it's in the 70's and we're having a little trouble in one of the African States ( no change there ) so the British send in some troops to sort it out.


SoI'm going to add this to the Hercules


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And going to try showing it as they drop it off using the LAPES ( low altitude parachute extraction system ). That's the plan anyway.

 

[papa 695]

Got this put together now, ready for primer and painting


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Going to paint these separately then add them


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[flyjoe180]

Fantastic idea Ian. Looking forward to more !

 

[papa 695]

Got this painted now. Got to put some Klear on and then the decals and a little weathering


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[papa 695]

Got the two halves together now. A little filler needed


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[colin m]

Looking good Ian. What's the filler used underneath ?

 

[papa 695]

Looking good Ian. What's the filler used underneath ?

Its Mr Surface 1000 on top of some Squadron green Colin

 

[papa 695]

Got all the decals and tools on the Saladin


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Also got the windows masked and fitted, needs a little work on the top, but a little filler should sort that out then it's priming time


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[flyjoe180]

Nice work on the armoured car Ian. The Hercules glazing is very nicely masked, and as you say that gap should be easy to fix.

 

[papa 695]

Got the wings put on this one now not much room on the desk for it. Still plenty of work to do on the wing roots but it's starting to look like an Hercules now.


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[flyjoe180]

Did your wing need strengthening at all Ian? I've heard of rods (spars) being put through to support both wings.