C-130 / AC-130 Hercules Redraw/Redesign (by Airdave)

[airdave]

Then this is a fairly easy one to create.
Since I have the Arbitrator layout, which is essentially the same aircraft,
I only need to swap out the nose art and aircraft numbers.

Other than that, it appears to have the same setup.

Watch for it shortly after the first model releases.
Which is, of course, after I finish these test builds and tweaks.

got any photos of the Ghost Rider crew?

[Nh3ave2009]

Absolutely FANTASTIC Dave she is a real work of art. I am stunned!!!

[legion]

Originally Posted by airdave

I had no problem with anything you said...up until the word "goofy"!

I think theres a few Spooky guys out there that just might be willing
to laser your house for that comment.

Hey, it's just my personal opinion (beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all) and there are a lot of other planes i could insult for looking 'goofy'. But I won't do that here.


I did find one model of the C-119 Boxcar, by Bob's Cardmodels. Wouldn't be too hard to repaint that to a Shadow/Stinger?

[airdave]

Thanks for the attention and the kind comments.

Obviously this is one of those projects that has dragged on for quite some time
and it must be tough to stay fully focused and on top of the entire project.
I do appreciate those of you that are still watching and waiting for this model.

Legion, its all in fun...we all appreciate your input and opinion
(no matter how ridiculously wrong it is)
...its fun to poke each other a little bit.

The C-119 Boxcar has some similarities...I'm not an expert on either aircraft
so I don't have much of an opinion at the moment.

It would be cool to look into...but you can't just pick a model from someone's
site and start doing repaints.

Well...you could...for yourself...
but I can't do it with the plan of redistributing to others.

But I will look into it....you have peaked my interest in this plane.


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Herc updates:

started work on the engines...got two done so far

(In the photo below) the engines are not glued to the wings yet.
Fit to the wing profile looks really good, a big improvement over the original kit.
This came as a result of reshaping the wing profile
and vectorizing parts to smooth out the curves of the wing ribs.

My new Engine design already works well, but I think I am gonna tweak it a bit more.

As I mentioned earlier, I will not be putting prop blades on this kit,
but I might add some clear spinner discs.




As it happens, last night, Inky sent me photos of his latest work.
Looks like he's getting his engines in place too!
Looking good Shaun!!

[n810]

Look forward to this one! I would really love it if someone would create an interior for the C-130/AC-130

[airdave]

Originally Posted by n810

Look forward to this one! I would really love it if someone would create an interior for the C-130/AC-130

This kit was supposed to have a full cockpit interior!

I built up a complete nose section...
then I cut it into top and bottom parts,
which allowed me to design a new set of formers that included a subfloor former.
The basis for a full cockpit.

I have layouts for most of the cockpit components completed aswell.

I wasn't going to go nuts with details, because the scale is still fairly small
and the window openings will not allow very good inspection of the interior.

But then, I started thinking about how to deal with the cabin windows.

You see the cockpit windows are relatively flush on the real aircraft
and cutting and mounting clear plastic from the inside would create
a very unrealsitic "step" in the window frames ...which I didn't like.

Then I noticed how thin the frames are, between all the windows.
And there are many cockpit windows to cut out.
At 1/48 scale, this was going to be a tricky job cutting out all these small
windows and frames
and then keeping them from breaking or tearing would be another challenge.

The largest windows are only about 1/4" square! The smallest is about 1/8" across the top!
Some of the frames between the main cockpit windows are only about 1/16" wide!

And this Nose section requires assembly before cutting out the openings (in my opinion)
which makes it even tougher to cut out the small window openings cleanly.
Not to mention the fact that you also have to cut through all those tabbed gluing strips!

So, in the end, I was very unhappy with how this whole idea was going to work
and I scrapped the idea completely.

[n810]

Truthfully flight deck is less important to me as the cargo cabin. the ammo drums, loading ramp, things of that nature. I'd love to display one with a hummer driving out the ramp or some cargo pallets (on the C-130) or other interior details like the aforementioned ammo drums, that could be seen with the load door open.

[airdave]

oh, yes, of course.

my original plane was also to include some sort of opening rear door.

but the former design of this model is not condusive to interior parts
or an opening rear door without some major redesign work.

I also realized that once I open up such a large hatchway, it exposes way too much of the interior and would require an extensive interior.

the FLY model Herc has a full interior...I have seen it...it scares me!
its not a model build, it looks more like a Career!

[n810]

Originally Posted by airdave

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the FLY model Herc has a full interior...I have seen it...it scares me!
its not a model build, it looks more like a Career!

Yeah, I have that one. It sits in a drawer and taunts me on a regular basis.

[shawnr5]

Originally Posted by airdave

got any photos of the Ghost Rider crew?

Here is crew 16, from the Spectre Association's webpage