neilg Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Well I've finally finished this build! I think this has taken me the longest time to build a model. Painting all those wheels put me off, because the detail of the hubs was not very well defined. I needed to be in the right frame of mind to do it (each of the wheels came in two halves...), and considering I was in the middle of decorating my house, I didn't really want to do fiddly painting of wheels too much in my free time. I've got an An-124 and An-225 upstairs to build... I might do those wheels-up!! The detail of the kit is pretty good, and this is the first Roden kit I've made. The decal sheet though was a bit of a disappointment - there was not enough length for the walkway markings. And the decals were very fragile. The outline of the clear part of the decals was also a bit rough in places, and caused the decal to lift when I was applying the varnish, and then caused a bit of silvering in places as air got under it. 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Very nice work on a very large model! Roden decals can be sketchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 You've done a great job on one of my favourite airlifters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger350Pilot Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Nice work on this huge bird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 A must-have kit!!! Nice build and thanks for the decals-warning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilg Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 29 minutes ago, Shalako said: A must-have kit!!! Nice build and thanks for the decals-warning! Thank you, someone did point out in my WIP thread that there are other decals available: On 03/01/2019 at 03:41, CaracalModels said: Please note that the unit names on the sheet are complete fiction: there is no "82th AMW" or "346th AWM" (or any "AWM" for that matter). They could not read the actual unit names on Travis aircraft (60th AMW / 349th AMW); so they made up the numbers. If you are content with the kit decals, you might at least want to modify them; and find an alternate source for the gray national insignia, which will likely disappear on the AMC Gray fuselage once applied. Also, the walkway markings and data stencils should be black like the national insignia, not the greyish colours supplied. Again the Caracal sheet supplies replacement walkway markings, unit markings, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Great job on this kit, it looks beautiful. Disapointing to hear of the decal problems. I have done several Roden kits and decal problems abounded but they were much earlier kits so I had hopped they would have resolved this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Nicely done, and yes the wheels are a pain in the whatsitsname. I too made one for the Lockheed GB using Caracal decals, and must get the photos of the final build on the build thread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Awsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Looks lovely Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Looks fantastic Neilg! Thank you for sharing. Looks like the kit is very accurate in outline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilg Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 8 hours ago, Hobo said: Looks fantastic Neilg! Thank you for sharing. Looks like the kit is very accurate in outline. Thank you. Something looks odd about the nose to me - looks a little too flat on the upper surface, which makes it look too pointy. I always thought the C-5 had a bulbous front end, but it's been a few years since I was last up close to one at Fairford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinistervampire319 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 8:56 AM, neilg said: Something looks odd about the nose to me - looks a little too flat on the upper surface, which makes it look too pointy. I always thought the C-5 had a bulbous front end, but it's been a few years since I was last up close to one at Fairford. First off. Very nice job! I think you're right about the nose. It looks like the top is ok. Maybe lacking a very slight curvature. It looks weird at the cockpit area too. As for the bottom. The curve should be continuous to the nose but the kit appears to curve sharply forward of the gear then straight to the nose. Also if you think painting all of those wheels are a nightmare. Trying washing all of them on a full sized one! Back in the 1980's I worked at Galaxy 5000, the Travis wash rack. It took over 6 hours to wash the mains and nose gear by hand. Cheers Alan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilg Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 13 hours ago, sinistervampire319 said: First off. Very nice job! I think you're right about the nose. It looks like the top is ok. Maybe lacking a very slight curvature. It looks weird at the cockpit area too. As for the bottom. The curve should be continuous to the nose but the kit appears to curve sharply forward of the gear then straight to the nose. Also if you think painting all of those wheels are a nightmare. Trying washing all of them on a full sized one! Back in the 1980's I worked at Galaxy 5000, the Travis wash rack. It took over 6 hours to wash the mains and nose gear by hand. Cheers Alan But you don't need a magnifying glass to do that 😝 I just checked the An-225's wheels and they don't have the best definition between hub and tyre either. I think I'll start on the gear first, then at least it's out of the way before I run out of energy... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Magnificent beast! Excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Cracking job on the mighty Galaxy. I have tve Roden kit in my stash too as well as the old Otaki kit. I wonder about the difference in building those two apart from the more detailed wings on the Roden kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Awesome aircraft and a build that more than does it justice. It's there A WIP thread? What kind of size is the model? Aren't they about twice the size of the V Bombers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilg Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Adam Poultney said: Awesome aircraft and a build that more than does it justice. It's there A WIP thread? What kind of size is the model? Aren't they about twice the size of the V Bombers? Thanks a lot! Yes, there was a short WIP thread: to be honest, it was a simple build, but it took me a long time with the work I was doing on the house, plus the delay I had with building up the courage to paint all of the wheels. There are no dimensions on the box, and I've got it hanging up from the ceiling now, but the span is roughly 47 cm, and the length is about 50 cm. Edited August 31, 2019 by neilg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 5 hours ago, Adam Poultney said: What kind of size is the model? Aren't they about twice the size of the V Bombers? Sorry to jump in here, but when I built mine I was also building an Airfix 1/72 Victor at the same time and posted a picture of both on one of the posts of the build when I had added the wings. Here it is:- 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Jabba said: Sorry to jump in here, but when I built mine I was also building an Airfix 1/72 Victor at the same time and posted a picture of both on one of the posts of the build when I had added the wings. Here it is:- So twice the size is about right, Victor is 1/72 and C5 is 1/144. Nice Victor as well. Edited August 31, 2019 by Adam Poultney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 That certainly looks elegant! Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilg Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Jabba said: Sorry to jump in here, but when I built mine I was also building an Airfix 1/72 Victor at the same time and posted a picture of both on one of the posts of the build when I had added the wings. Here it is:- There is also a 1:72 C-5: https://www.anigrand.com/AA9001_C-5B.htm 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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