matt_w Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Finished this morning, my latest build, Italeri's 1/72 C130J. Plenty of inaccuracies / suspect fit in places, as well as the size made this tricky. Painted in Tamiya paint, I was real happy with the finish, but then disaster when clear coat was applied, it changed to a much darker shade and resembled the old US airforce dark green scheme seen on the C5 Given time is not an issue and I have little else to do, I re painted it all again. Not as good as my first attempt as its a bit darker.. Slight bit of decal silvering too as they were applied direct to the matte paint, but hey-ho! ZH885 IMG_20200331_142138 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0150 by matt wellington, on Flickr IMG_20200331_142058 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0147 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0151 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0144 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0149 by matt wellington, on Flickr IMG_20200331_142206 by matt wellington, on Flickr and the disaster... at this point I was doing to go rogue and paint it in an imaginary matte black, scheme with a skull on the tail & shark tooth nose art... IMG_20200330_105159 by matt wellington, on Flickr Edited March 31, 2020 by matt_w 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Nice! BTW, worked this very A/C! Rick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_w Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Rick Brown said: Nice! BTW, worked this very A/C! Rick. Awesome! Hope I did a good job of it Edited March 31, 2020 by matt_w 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Wow, great Herc! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 In spite of the disaster, the final result look really good! Of course, i woul've looked awesome in black with a shark's mout, too… I know about the idiosyncracies of the Italeri kit – I built one with my six year old grandson last year. It was a good thing that I realised in time that I had to glue little plasticard tabs on the inside of each door frame – otherwise, the door just fall through. Nice modelling! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Lovely result, looks really good, great save! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Nice job you did on the camouflage, love the color differences😎 cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Nice save. I think it’s turned out very well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_w Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: In spite of the disaster, the final result look really good! Of course, i woul've looked awesome in black with a shark's mout, too… I know about the idiosyncracies of the Italeri kit – I built one with my six year old grandson last year. It was a good thing that I realised in time that I had to glue little plasticard tabs on the inside of each door frame – otherwise, the door just fall through. Nice modelling! Kind regards, Joachim The main issue I had was the weight of the wings after handling for masking and painting etc caused the 2 halfs of the fuselage to split apart slightly. Anyone making one in future- add some card to the inside to strengthen it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 5 hours ago, Rick Brown said: Nice! BTW, worked this very A/C! Rick. Me too,looking pretty good from where am standing 🙂👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Nice work Matt, the different shaded areas look great. Once you have built a couple of these you become aware of the idiosyncrasies of the kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 That's a cracking build Matt,great job on the paintwork. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Agreed! The paint work looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shashman Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Great save. I like the colour and the different shades 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 That's come out a nice model, well done. I always find many colours change alarmingly when glossing for decals, but generally revert to the expected once a coat of Matt or satin varnish is applied. Cheers Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Looks awesome mate, i like your Herc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Lovely Herc, haven’t built one of these since I was 10. Used to love seeing them fly, especially once when I was playing cricket in Bath and a pair flew down the valley above the A36 and we could only see the wingtips from the pitch. Cheers Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 C130! What a classic! I see the RNZAF has just ordered five new-build C130J’s, Not bad considering the base airframe first flew in... 1954 IIRC. great looking model by the way. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Very smart! Love that finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanfan Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 The green finish is great - you've captured the different shades on the RAF examples well. Thanks for posting. Vulcanfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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