bar side Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 So were you based down at Lyneham then @fatalbert? I had a relative who lived in Wootton Bassett in the late 70s & early 80s. While my mum was nattering about this & that I used to watch the Hercs going over. Used to get driven down to Gloucestershire form Essex for our family holiday each year. Came past Brize on the way there & if we were lucky there might be stuff out of Fairford too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 1 hour ago, bar side said: So were you based down at Lyneham then @fatalbert? I had a relative who lived in Wootton Bassett in the late 70s & early 80s. While my mum was nattering about this & that I used to watch the Hercs going over. Used to get driven down to Gloucestershire form Essex for our family holiday each year. Came past Brize on the way there & if we were lucky there might be stuff out of Fairford too. Not Lyneham,Cambridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, fatalbert said: Not Lyneham,Cambridge. Ah, Marshalls. I am just down the road in a Suffolk. Bit spoiled with Mildenhall Hercs and Marshall’s. Watched two tail chasing up the A-14 last year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, bar side said: Ah, Marshalls. I am just down the road in a Suffolk. Bit spoiled with Mildenhall Hercs and Marshall’s. Watched two tail chasing up the A-14 last year Small world 🙂,have been furloughed since March,beginning to forget what they look like lol.Had one fly over me the other day though,out here in welwyn garden city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Saw the invasion striped US one cover over on its way to the Hall the other day. Was in the garage working on the kit at the time. Some lovely pics of her on the Facebook Mildenhall & Lakenheath page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 Bit of progress - I painted the cockpit window frame before fitting it. Haven’t glued it in yet but will mask it over & fit it soon. And the refuelling probe is glued on. Still need the ‘ear’ at the back end but hopefully looks ok 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 Thinking this should cut about to make an ear... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 Fitted something to look like the ear And glued the cockpit screen in place Primer coated in grey And panel line preshade might be ready for grey green coat tomorrow! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 Couldn’t resist starting last night. Going to take a while 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 Have been thinking about how to paint the prop tips without going mad. A while back my daughter got some acrylic paint pens in the main primary colours. So red & white would be handy anyway. I got a piece of plastic & painted it grey, then coloured the tip red. Using the white pen I then drew on a line. Something like this I think that might work. To spray I would always go white first then red over & mask & try to avoid bleed under. This avoids all of that. So back to the painting. Takes a while! Seriously worried I would run out of paint But I didn’t And all of the bits together Got to connect up the electrics & then they can get fixed together. Then wheels on, paint & fit props, touch up joins & bits. Still kind of exciting to have a grey green Herc for the first time since I built an Airfix one as a kid. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Looks good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 16 minutes ago, bar side said: Have been thinking about how to paint the prop tips without going mad. A while back my daughter got some acrylic paint pens in the main primary colours. So red & white would be handy anyway. I got a piece of plastic & painted it grey, then coloured the tip red. Using the white pen I then drew on a line. Something like this I think that might work. To spray I would always go white first then red over & mask & try to avoid bleed under. This avoids all of that. So back to the painting. Takes a while! Seriously worried I would run out of paint But I didn’t And all of the bits together Got to connect up the electrics & then they can get fixed together. Then wheels on, paint & fit props, touch up joins & bits. Still kind of exciting to have a grey green Herc for the first time since I built an Airfix one as a kid. And this one has spinning props and flashing lights to boot! Now if you could only fit a sound chip with the sound of Allison turboprops spinning up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 10 minutes ago, LorenSharp said: And this one has spinning props and flashing lights to boot! Now if you could only fit a sound chip with the sound of Allison turboprops spinning up.... I always fancied filming it with a YouTube of a Herc start up playing in the background. Try to match things starting to the sounds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 The painted body and the remaining bigger bits Fist on with the tail, off with the window masks Then rudder on & tail top & underside beacon test Duck bill tail light test - surprisingly effective Taxi lights test That’s about it for today 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Barside you are in the home stretch leading by several lengths. looks Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 11 minutes ago, LorenSharp said: Barside you are in the home stretch leading by several lengths. looks Great! Will feel happier when those wings are on & the electrics are still all working! Then there are the probably shot decals. But I do like seeing the big grey green lump sitting there. Not sure my wife agrees, but you can’t have everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Big afternoon with the soldering iron. Got the wings on! I haven’t glued them, they are pushed on but all the wiring Is done. Props still need more work - tips painting & tidying up So test the lights - beacons Landing & taxi lights Wing tip & tail lights Checked the engines & they were all turning. More left - tail ramp & door, finish the wheel well doors. Then might think about decals and small aerials etc 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 That is one beautiful big ... Tailed Bird barside! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Thought I should try the lights at night Need to build a lighting and motors control panel for this! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 A big Red button that says "Do Not Touch" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Sharp Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Absolutely loved following your build, thank you for taking the time to pause to take pics and upload, it’s been so helpful to see your methods used, must try and do a build rather than posting the finished product, would love to learn a bit more about Arduino to make it flash, guessing you learnt to code and programmed yourself? Any links to useful sites would be so helpful please, just got the starter set! I’ll be sad to see this complete but on the other hand can’t wait to see her done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 Thanks @Jon Sharp. I find photographing it as you go helps me remember how I did things. For example, the para seats in this will hardly be visible so being able to look at how they were done will help if I ever build any again. So sharing the pictures is not a problem. Glad you like them! The Arduino units are pretty cheap now & you just need a laptop with usb. The programming looks fairly straight forward if you have tried scratch or python before, and there are lots of pre written code sets on line, so I plan to try some more time if & different actions, but so far the only thing I have got it doing is flashing! Just google Arduino & see what you find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Starting to look pretty amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 19 hours ago, Murdo said: Starting to look pretty amazing! Cheers Murdo - struggling to find places around the house to hide her though! Some work on the props Got to spend some time closing up those wing joins. What with the wiring & all they didn’t close up tight. Three coats of liquid green so far & more still to do Anyway props coming along 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 All C-130 kit manufacturers seem to make the same mistake on the props - the leading edge de-icing boots do not go up the blades on the 54H60 props! They only wrap around the black blade boots, so those thin strips they mould on the leading edge of the blades don't belong there (they're the thin black lines you've followed up the leading edges of your props - probably too late to correct it now). The older three-bladed Aeroproducts propellers had those strips, as do the Dowty-Rotol props on the C-130Js but not the Hamilton Standard variants. You'd reckon they'd have looked at the props more closely when they patterned the models, wouldn't you? This project is coming to a very nice end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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