Lockheed C-5 Galaxy design & build - Page 7

**peter taft** · #61 12-13-2010, 08:42 AM

I will certainly consider this for the BUFF... i'd just be happy to be able to continue building her at the moment.... perhaps Santa will give me some magic dust for my skin to heal. Thanks for the idea.

**nando** · #62 12-13-2010, 04:04 PM

I began to design the fuselage, starting from the radome.
It apparently is simple, but the windscreens are very complicated instead.

BTW some screen capture, just to see the general appearance.

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PS: the TF-39 looking good

Nando

**nando** · #63 12-14-2010, 04:48 PM

More on the bow and a pair of dummy wings just to see

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... the tail is far, far away ...

Nando

**assafm25** · #64 12-15-2010, 12:34 AM

Your design work?
Your build ?
Your paint work?

its all look wonderful

**nando** · #65 12-17-2010, 04:09 AM

Thank You assafm25 for your kind comments.

Here below some unroll test, to verify what's the better way to render the round surface of the radome. This step is necessary to me to understand how design and unroll the surfaces of the complex shape of C-5.

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Beside my craftmanship, I think I have to return at the design to simplify the model, altough this choice could make the shape not so smooth.

What do you think? Any suggestion is welcome.

Nando

**NYC Irishman** · #66 12-17-2010, 10:49 AM

Oh the Talent...well done

John

**Ashrunner** · #67 12-17-2010, 12:39 PM

I certainly like the larger nose version. I think it looks more like the C-5 nose I knew so well. The reverse petal design looks okay, but in the long run, I think the many rings of the larger version would be easier to get looking closer to reality.

The engines...well, what can I say? Really nice!

**SJPONeill** · #68 12-17-2010, 01:02 PM

I agree with Ashrunner..with some careful cutting and burnishing a la Deckape's builds that larger nose should come out pretty good...

**nando** · #69 12-18-2010, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYC Irishman

Oh the Talent...well done

John

Thank You John.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashrunner

I certainly like the larger nose version. I think it looks more like the C-5 nose I knew so well. The reverse petal design looks okay, but in the long run, I think the many rings of the larger version would be easier to get looking closer to reality.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SJPONeill

I agree with Ashrunner..with some careful cutting and burnishing a la Deckape's builds that larger nose should come out pretty

good...

Thank You for the opinions, but You was too kind: The first run was very ugly. I have considered your suggestions, so I came back to the drawing board and I redid the surfaces.
The second run It's better then the first one, in my opinion.

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Nando

**Ashrunner** · #70 12-18-2010, 12:24 PM

The new version of the petal design does look better. I still think the first larger nose looks better...but that might be my aversion to those petal type designs. I just can't seem to get them to work out.

Either way you go on the nose, if you keep this standard going through out the process, it's going to be a fabulous addition to the modeling world.