tMikha Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Hello dear colleagues! Today I want to show you my first non-civil aircraft in my standard scale. What can I say about C-130? Some people says that it's most beauty-looking plane. But in my opinion it looks ridiculous, short and fat fuselage looks strange enough. But anyway, it has own charm, especially in old schemes with naked duralumin body. And I think the most popular military cargo plane will be a good replenishment for my collection. Hercules was produced in many different modifications, the most famous of them is monstrous AC-130 Spectre, the flying artillery battery. Also, C-130 is the biggest plane ever landed and taken off from aircraft carrier. The kit from Amodel was purchased about half a year ago, but for long time I didn't dare to start with it. I've read a lot of negative reviews about this kit. OK, it's short-run technology. How we say in Russia, swearing removed And I have to say that this proverb describes progress of building the model good enough. There was no one connection that didn't need many time, sanding paper and putty to get it acceptable-looking. Usually I spend much more time for paint-works, but when you have a deal with Amodel, you have to be ready to spend some days before you will take airbrush in your hand. On the picture there are two engines from left side - one before and another after correction of them. Also kit has incorrect geometry, when I've placed the wing over fuselage, I've discovered that there is a big fail with engines. They were inclined down. After saying some kind words to Amodel manufacturers, I disconnected engines and took putty and sanding paper again... Taking stock of building progress, there was very long and complicated work to get something looking like Hercules from that sadly-looking plastic pieces, that you can find in the box. BTW Amodel writes in their instruction that "Kit destined only for skilled modellers". I think it's something like disclaimer of responsibility. Paint work was easy enough after finally getting assembled model. First I've used black Decorix primer from the balloon. Then I masked nose and areas behind engines and painted the plane with Tamiya X-11. Then I tried (not very successfully) to imitate panel effect on the fuselage and wing-edge. Red colour for tail was mixed from red and orange Master-Acrylic paints. First, I had an idea to paint the whole plane in metallic, like it is pointed in instruction. But discovering hundreds of C-130 photos, I've found one with red tail and metallic body. It was C-130A from one US museum. I liked this scheme very much and decided to paint my model in something like that prototype. And here I've to say that there is no any real prototype of my model. It only can be named collective fashion of Hercules from the Golden Era of 1960's, with fantastic design of cars, fascinatingly-looking planes and time of Elvis Presley 🤟 Decal from Amodel matches all the (un)quality of the kit. Though it was covered with lacquer, anyway it has crumbled. So it was "US air force' stencils for fuselage. But after it had crumbled, I had to content only with "USAF" instead of correct stencil. Big "S" letter on the upper part of the wing had crumbled as well, but fortunately there was another one in reserve. I"ve used Pledge Future prior and after decals. Also I've applied gray and deep-gray wash from Pacific-88 to get effect of old and exhausted plane. Finally, I've covered model with Master-Acrylic matte lacquer. Summary, what can I say about the model. I haven't create a masterpiece, sure, and there are a lot of mistakes. Painting is not very pretty-looking as well, especially on the photos. But I wanted to get Hercules in 1/144 on the shelve, and I've got it. Will I build Amodel kits in the future? I don't think so. But never ever say "never" and maybe some time I'll want to get another one special plane and the model will be non-alternative.. May be. Wish all of you modelling inspiration! Respects, tMikha. 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Great job in cleaning this model and making it look like a C-130A! You captured the look thanks to a lot of hard work. It might even be конфета "konfeta" at this point. Personally, I like the looks of the C-130, but it's not for everyone. You simply cannot argue matters of taste. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 A very good result though and it looks certainly like a C-130A! I like the looks of a C-130 but I love it’s counterpart the AH12. cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Beautiful! And built with skill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Very entertaining read of a kit that sounds like a great one to avoid! End result is a good looking rendition of a very characterful looking aircraft. I've always liked the big old Hercules. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tMikha Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 58 minutes ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: Great job in cleaning this model and making it look like a C-130A! You captured the look thanks to a lot of hard work. It might even be конфета "konfeta" at this point. Personally, I like the looks of the C-130, but it's not for everyone. You simply cannot argue matters of taste. Maybe now it didn’t become a “конфета”, but now it’s something edible at least 😃 And sure, appearance of aircrafts is the matters of taste. Thank’s for kind feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tMikha Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, kiseca said: Very entertaining read of a kit that sounds like a great one to avoid! End result is a good looking rendition of a very characterful looking aircraft. I've always liked the big old Hercules. Thank you! Sure, the kit is not easy to built neatly, but, if someone really wants to get the model of special plane, it’s possible to finish it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Given the problems you had,it turned out nice. I like the C-130,I once saw a 2 hour documentation about the Herc on TV and since then this aircraft grew on me. I have quite a number of kits in my stash (Italeri 1/72,Zvezda 1/72,Airfix 1/72,Revell's first 1964 issue,Minicraft C-130J and a Matchbox kit,which is a repack of the Revell kit) Thanks for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tMikha Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Alex1978 said: Given the problems you had,it turned out nice. I like the C-130,I once saw a 2 hour documentation about the Herc on TV and since then this aircraft grew on me. I have quite a number of kits in my stash (Italeri 1/72,Zvezda 1/72,Airfix 1/72,Revell's first 1964 issue,Minicraft C-130J and a Matchbox kit,which is a repack of the Revell kit) Thanks for sharing Thank’s Alex!😃 I’ve thought about Zvezda 1/72 Hercules, but It’s a pretty big thing, Herc in 1/72. And also it wouldn’t look good together with my collection of 1/144 “civilians”… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 51 minutes ago, tMikha said: Thank’s Alex!😃 I’ve thought about Zvezda 1/72 Hercules, but It’s a pretty big thing, Herc in 1/72. And also it wouldn’t look good together with my collection of 1/144 “civilians”… Very true,the 72 scale Herc is quite a beast. I have built only one of those yet,the others are still in their boxes due to the shelf space problems 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmm Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Brilliant work and clearly a lot of effort and energy went into this. I’ve built many Amodel kits and this one does have a bad reputation as you say. But you’ve made it shine and the finished result is superb. Bravo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tMikha Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, ajmm said: Brilliant work and clearly a lot of effort and energy went into this. I’ve built many Amodel kits and this one does have a bad reputation as you say. But you’ve made it shine and the finished result is superb. Bravo! Thank’s for kind feedback! And you’re right, it took a lot of effort. Now i’d like to built something easy to assemble and high-quality 🤯 Edited August 25, 2022 by tMikha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Looks as nice as candy to me. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tMikha Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 1 hour ago, billn53 said: Looks as nice as candy to me. Well done! Thank you! 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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