Lockheed C-5 Galaxy design & build

[goodduck]

Wow! That's really nice. I should go learn how to texture in Sketch Up too.

[Ashrunner]

Originally Posted by rbeach84

here in the forum! The only time I'd previously heard "Fat Albert" (other than coming from Bill Cosby) was in reference to the C-130 flown by the Blues. I suppose that is understandable being an ol' navel aviat-tore with limited exposure to the ways & wiles of blue suiter terminology. Certainly the moniker would apply to the C-5, perhaps as the "Fatter Albert" (?!)

I'm sure there are a lot of slang from the other services that would throw me. I do remember getting a radio call asking something on the order of "How far are you guys on Fat Albert?" With my reply being "Truck 1 heading to the farm, Truck 2 preparing to connect." That day in June 1970 was the first time I had heard the term myself.

I was able to locate my 'clandestine' photos from that first encounter. I say clandestine as we had been told we weren't allowed to photograph anything while on the flightline and I had taken my cheap camera to get some photos of the aircraft. Security police had cordoned off the area around the aircraft and they had a couple of guards keeping an eye on things. So I would take a photo when I knew I wouldn't cause a problem.

The photos aren't great, but they are of an historic moment at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. The trucks were our R-5 refuelers. In the photo of the engine, the yellow panel on the right side is the door to pumping compartment of my truck. I used it to shield me imaging the engine from the security policeman not far away.

[nando]

Texture almost complete



Ready for a beta test



Best, Nando

[nando]

Today I printed, cut, glued the first beta version.




It's enough for tonight. Tomorrow we will continue ...

Goodnight, Nando

[NYC Irishman]

I love your work!!!!

If we all asked nicely would you bump it up to 1/72....

Pretty please?

John

[nando]

I just completed the first beta build.
Some observation:

• the paper I used is too tiny (80 gm2), may be ...
• the tabs are very small

so the build process isn't easy, but the result (geometry, textures, general yield) it's good enough for me.

About the request of NYC Irishman, the engine could seem small, but the entire model could extend to 50 cm (21 inches) at the 1/144 scale, whereas at 1/72 could be 1 mt (41 inches) lenght. And what about 1/96? I think that a decisive argument could be the scale of an available model of the R-5 refuelers trucks, so we can reproduce the scene that Ashrunner described (thanks for the 'clandestine' photos)

Thanks kenlwest for your comment, especially after I read elsewhere that my Astronaut inspired You.

Any comment, criticism, suggestion is welcome.

Best, Nando

[NYC Irishman]

I just saw that the plastic model world has done nuts over a 1/72 C-5 resin kit (1/72 scale Lockheed C-5B Galaxy - One of the world's largest airlifter) thats at US$400 officially costs an arm and a leg, I was hoping that a paper modeler would rub it in by offering the same at a spectacularly reduced rate.

However Ill accept anything and be greatful, Its a smashing piece of work you have got there

John

[nando]

John, just to view how a C-5 at 1/144 appears, look at this p.....c model.

Nando

[NYC Irishman]

I hear you Nando..

Im moving to Scotland next month so Ill have time to build something big...How do I edit my screen name?

John

[nando]

Looking at the beta test It seemed to me that the shape of the forward part could be too round, like a barrel.
I verified with pictures and drawing and I modified this part. Now it seems to me better, and here below the comparison with the real one also. On the left upper corner the old version. At the center the new one and in the right upper corner the real one.



I looked for the color and I found that we use the AMC Battle Grey (FS 1617): It seems to me too dark, but may be at the sun light it appears brighter.

Now another beta build, may be at 1/72 scale. By the way, I foreseen the reference for this scale also.



Best, Nando