Lord Riot Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Morning all Is it still possible to get a 1/72 Herc kit that can be built almost OOB as an RAF Herc from the 70s to 90s period? There seem to be a few American ones but are they suitable to build as a C-130K? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Depends on how accurate you want it to be as the perfect Herc still awaits. Italeri seems the best by most accounts. See this thread There is no straight kit for a C3 but I believe a conversion is available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Scimitar said: There is no straight kit for a C3 but I believe a conversion is available. David J Parkins' Flightpath range includes a set of resin fuselage plugs. Edited November 12, 2017 by Richard E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 Thanks, that’s great. Italeri it is then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Engines at the weekend in 'A place in Shropshire' a Hercules ex-pilot forcibly reminded me that no Hercules model from any place has the right engines 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 There are several aftermarket engine sets available both for the -J and the -K, as Italeri chose to stick with the -A engines on all their kits. Note that the engines should be in line with each other, not as Italeri decided. As has been mentioned many times, it is about time a nice accurate 1/72nd Herc was released by a mainstream model manufacturer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepb Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 What are the options in 1/144 scale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Minicraft do many a version of the Hercules in 1/144th, but how accurate I do not know and getting hold of them in the UK can be a bit of a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley John Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 On 13/11/2017 at 11:05 PM, perdu said: Engines at the weekend in 'A place in Shropshire' a Hercules ex-pilot forcibly reminded me that no Hercules model from any place has the right engines Shillelagh type forcibly reminded by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 IN-dubitably Normal no compromise "The engines on every C-130 model in this building are wrong, if that gunship was based on C-130A it wouldn't be too bad!" Unquote... I was near one of the USAF model displays at the time 😨 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixII Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 On 13/11/2017 at 11:05 PM, perdu said: Engines at the weekend in 'A place in Shropshire' a Hercules ex-pilot forcibly reminded me that no Hercules model from any place has the right engines I know of whom you speak!!!! Have you heard the one about the EX Jindivik? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I await, (in trepidatory mode) enlightenment oh guru Do, we all ask, tell in your own time natch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Here for the uninitiated (like me) is a pictorial explanation of why Hercules angines are wrong. https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/details/attack/detail_attack_48046.shtml Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 it still amazes me that there isn't a reasonably accurate new tool 72nd Herc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 It shocks me There is so much dross uncorrected by the original makers Mind you it took a long time to improve on the early Dakota models too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixII Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Are we sitting comfortably? then I'll begin! Imagine if you will, flight deck of a Nimrod, AIM 9 under the wing, no sight as such, just a little flippy up perspex square with a cross drawn on, targeting is boresight! Target is a flare being towed by a Jindivik drone, you come up astern, hit the button, ' cos the 'Boss' is giving you grief to fire and get out, Fox 2 is the shout, away goes the missile, tracking all the way, right up to it missing the flare and making a VERY ex Jindivik! Boss will NEVER let you forget it either 👿 😁 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 But But but I thought the Jindivik was supposed to be the target... Ah I bet more thought was later given to sighting 9Ms betterly Or not using that crew member to play Fighter ace again, I wonder who the unfortunate one is? Will we ever discover 'who was it'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixII Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 14 hours ago, perdu said: But But but I thought the Jindivik was supposed to be the target... Ah I bet more thought was later given to sighting 9Ms betterly Or not using that crew member to play Fighter ace again, I wonder who the unfortunate one is? Will we ever discover 'who was it'? WHAT??? Destroy a drone? just be grateful they had an AIM 9 spare! Fighter 'Ace'? If, of who we speak reads this, the reaction will be ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 20 hours ago, 71chally said: it still amazes me that there isn't a reasonably accurate new tool 72nd Herc. You and I along with another 10 billion modelers. The Hercules is such a historically significant aircraft flown by so many countries, I can’t believe there isn’t a new tooling of a Hercules. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 I have worked on these beasts for the last 20 years,and I recon that the fuselage of the original airfix kit has a better shape of the kits out there,one will still need to replace the engines though.The ramp will need the elephant ear fairings added too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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