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Old 11-20-2010, 08:05 AM
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Okay...the C-130/AC-130 redesign is officially underway!

All talk up to this point, but I have begun actually test building some parts.

Just to recap, Nobi has graciously allowed me to use his old C-130 kit
(the one I used for the fat Albert repaint)
as the basis for a completely new design.

The goal being to iron out a number of issues with the original kit,
rework many parts and details,
and add some new design work.
Once the C-130 is sorted out, the first priority is to create the AC-130 Spectre Gunship.

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I have about 70% of the fuselage redesigned, including cleaning up a few part edges, tweaking curves and lines, etc.

I have thrown out all the detail and panel lines and started fresh.
(thanks to all for the earlier blueprints and line drawings!)

There was an issue with fuselage length ahead of the main wings,,
which when measured, appeared to be very close to scale accurate.
The problem turned out to be in the side blisters (that house the main landing gear)..I ended up moving those about 3'-4' rearward.

I've designed all new wheel wells for the Landing Gear,
as well as complete new Landing Gear and Wheels.

Before I go any further, its time to test build the parts so far...



All nose parts went together as expected.
I am building uncoloured, and I will mark necessary adjustments as I go.

Here you can see part of the new Wheel Well in place.
The new gear designs should look good in there!




Heres the front fuselage sections assembled, without main formers...
still working out a design for an intermediate former (that fits above the Wheel Well box)
but you can see there isn't much tweaking necessary with panel lines so far.



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