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Thought I'd post a build blog here as I'm very excited for this kit! Might get some gap weeks in the build process but I'll try to keep this updated whenever I do make progress. Right now I've started on the PE, getting all the unpainted stuff glued on before I give the cockpit its gray base color. Got the sweet Eduard PE for the C-130J cockpit, and while it's not exactly the AC/MC-130J cockpit, it's good enough. I might scratch-build the HUDs that are seen on the AFSOC Herculeses. I'm not sure if the normal Hercs have those, but in assuming not since Eduard didn't include them. Someone can probably chime in on that. Also missing a display on the instrument panel but I'll live with it 😄 The seats do look very nice, even unpainted. Also attached the fins for the Hellfires (hope I don't have to do that again anytime soon 😫). Thankfully the scale allows for a little messi- a lot of messiness in the CA glue application. The interior is a lot cleaner at least for now. The resin Hellfires & GBU-39s are gonna work great for a full Ghostrider loadout. Already got the photo references for the two tail numbers but I'm still not sure which one I'm going to do. The other one is a "purebred" AC-130J while the other is a converted MC-130J. Both got some brilliant nose art so it's gonna be a tough call!
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While I encountered more difficulty with this model than I had anticipated (so what’s new?) and, as with all large models, it took longer than a smaller airplane would, I feel that the result is impressive. There are better made examples of this kit on this forum (I see one beautiful example with motorized propellers) but I feel that my relatively 'quick and dirty' approach to model making has some merit too. To see more photos and description, click the link in my signature and then click Gunship: Spectre of death (indented under Vietnam war plastic models). (That hopefully complies with forum rules limiting links to personal web sites while avoiding duplicating content on different servers.)
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This is my 1/72 Italeri AC-130 Spectre. As you are probably aware I am not a big fan of Italeri kits so I won't belabor you with a litany of fit and other issues. The good news, for me, is I have checked my pile and this is the last Italeri kit on it . Interestingly while the decals were again excellent they did not totally agree with the placement drawings, and while this is billed as a "H" model if you look closely at one of the placards it says "C-130A" . Anyway I think it came out very nicely. So on to the pictures. Anyway next up is the Roden AC-123K Enjoy
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These were taken by me of an AC-130 at RAF Mildenhall
