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

[herky]

got your uscg and thai af versions today from ecards,now i just need a bigger house

[airdave]

haha yeah, thats my problem too

[herky]

Originally Posted by airdave

haha yeah, thats my problem too

just a thought but have you ever tried blowing one of these beasties up to A3 then building it.im soooo tempted

[airdave]

I think we talked about this once.

I'm not familiar with A3 size at the moment, but imagine 1/24 scale
(thats 200% enlargement) having more than a 60" wingspan.

It would need a big shelf.

[rickstef]

A3 is double A4, 11.69 inches by 16.58 inches
similar to the Standard size Ledger, 11x17

If you were to do a proper 200% enlargement of any kit, the sheet you are printing on, needs to be 4 time bigger, so an 8.5x11 would have to be 17x22

when printing on a ledger size sheet, the model only gets enlarged some 40%(i remember a discussion on this, and that where this number comes from, but i might be a bit foggy on it)

So in order to print 17x22 you would need to have a wide format roll printer, or a desktop printer that can handle 17 inch wide paper

Rick

[airdave]

I can print up to 6ft across (unlimited length), hows that for scale up?


I think a bigger problem is the thickness of the materials.
Formers would become inches thick...
or many additional formers would need to be added.
Even the wing and fuselage "skins" would need to be considerably thicker
or many more formers would need to be added...kind of like a real aircraft.

[herky]

Originally Posted by rickstef

A3 is double A4, 11.69 inches by 16.58 inches
similar to the Standard size Ledger, 11x17

If you were to do a proper 200% enlargement of any kit, the sheet you are printing on, needs to be 4 time bigger, so an 8.5x11 would have to be 17x22

when printing on a ledger size sheet, the model only gets enlarged some 40%(i remember a discussion on this, and that where this number comes from, but i might be a bit foggy on it)

So in order to print 17x22 you would need to have a wide format roll printer, or a desktop printer that can handle 17 inch wide paper

Rick

yup i remember taking an a4 model to library and asking them to print it a3.as has been said an a3 sheet is exactly twice the size of an a4 sheet but im sure they only blew it up around 40-50 percent.in my naievety i imagined that that it would just print out double size to fill paper

[herky]

Originally Posted by airdave

I think we talked about this once.

I'm not familiar with A3 size at the moment, but imagine 1/24 scale
(thats 200% enlargement) having more than a 60" wingspan.

It would need a big shelf.

a 1;24 herky wouldnt need a shelve it could live whereever it wanted to a3 is double the size of a4

[herky]

i have 13 different hercs in the corgi diecast range at 1;144 scale and at this rate my card models will equal that soon.just noticed a glaring ommission you ypur ranhe dave.no royal airforce hercs of any model or colour schemes.have you never been asked?

[airdave]

Considering the fact that I am English, its surprising how few RAF models I have created!

I think I have two Mustangs and two Spits, but thats about it.

One reason is because when I started this I was only looking at colourful and/or
unique paint schemes, and the RAF planes tend to be all very similar. Its the US
that gave us all the pretty noseart and odd looking Assembly Planes. And its
other countries that use brighter and more distinct colours on their aircraft.

I think an RAF Herc is in order...especially since I have the Canadian versions.
Added to the list!