chrish Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 While taking a holiday from the big project I began this, smaller project. fixing sink marks while (future project) "Dirty Harry" Callahan awaits and watches in primer. Gazzas, Iain, mustang1989 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Cool airplane. chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Yep! I've got this same kit with some AM for it. Looking forward to some paint! chrish and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Thanks! the only AM I could find is black dog engines, is there more? what I’d have liked is a set of P&W engines and Canadian markings but it’s not in service here.... yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Living close to RAF Brize Norton we see these a lot - and it's quite a stellar performer when displayed. Look forward to seeing this come together Chris! Iain LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 Thanks I've gotten a bit done, by bit I mean the thing is almost building itself. Although I have taken a bit of time to thin the exhaust outlets a little, three on the left are done the one on the right needs doing wing halves together, seam, such as it was sanded and made good. Excellent fit so far! a bit of paint wheels masked and painted. Gazzas, mustang1989, Kagemusha and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Nice! Just a color IP and some PE for the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Nice start, Chris! So, is this thing bigger than a C-130? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 Thanks I agree it does look like a cross between a C-130 and C-17! 16 minutes ago, Gazzas said: Nice start, Chris! So, is this thing bigger than a C-130? Gazz, It's 1/72 and almost as big as my stretched body 1/48 CC-130J!! I'd buy a 1/48 one in a heartbeat!! Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ade rowlands Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 8 hours ago, Iain said: Living close to RAF Brize Norton we see these a lot - and it's quite a stellar performer when displayed. Look forward to seeing this come together Chris! Iain Noisy bugger though. You can certainly hear it approaching down the valley when there’s one about. Frequently fly high over the house, again a distinct noise to it. See them do touch and go’s at Liverpool Airport a fair bit. The only thing turbo prop that’s noisier are the Antonovs An-12’s that do cargo runs in to Liverpool Airport. The A-400 is certainly not going to be creeping up on anyone to drop off it’s cargo. LSP_K2 and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Gazzas said: Nice start, Chris! So, is this thing bigger than a C-130? Quite a bit bigger. A few years ago after one of the central London flypasts they extended out to the west of London and turned near my house going off to Brize. A C130 and one of these monsters in line astern and seeing the two together it was noticeable how much bigger the Atlas was. In the "Mach Loop" Edited March 29, 2020 by PhilB adding vid Sepp, jimbo, Gazzas and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 It's an impressive model with a real presence, the fit....is kind of hit and miss. Mostly good but with a couple of exceptions, the wing to fuselage isn't great, the fuselage cabin side windows protrude above the surface of the fuselage but the rest, so far has been good. I masked and painted the strips and interior, before deciding to close the cargo bay. It looks so much tidier all closed up The flight deck, I'm not sure what's going on with the color shift, my pics seem to have a violet or pink tint... all closed up and seams being worked on. Thanks for looking LSP_Kevin, The Madhatter, Lothar and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Madhatter Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Nice work on this Chris. I built one of these many years ago and also found the wing root fit to be less than stellar. Its a big bird though huh? I've pondered getting a 1/144 version and making it jet powered instead. Maybe one day I will but it's great to see another one of these 72nd kits being built Which scheme are you going for? I always thought the German one looks more interesting than a standard overall grey LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Thanks for looking, not sure which scheme yet... probably Luftwaffe. I built up the engines and got myself a bit worked up because I accidentally wiped off the part numbers I had so carefully inked on to three of them. But careful deduction (got lucky) showed that two of the engines have a thick "armor" belt on one half, the half that faces the other engine so the two with "armor" must go inboard with the armor facing the outboard engine. The engine halves with "armor" at the top in this image, seams dealt with and ready to continue. LSP_K2, LSP_Kevin and mustang1989 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 You're really moving on this. I like what I see so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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