Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 This is the Italeri kit (Testors boxing) built as an LC-130F of the United States Navy. It represents 148321 which crashed in 1971 at an ice runway 860 miles (1,380 km) from McMurdo Station as a result of two JATO bottles ejecting improperly and striking one of the aircraft's propellers. In 1987 the aircraft was dug out of the snow and had temporary repairs carried out allowing it to be flown out to McMurdo Station and thence to Christchurch, New Zealand. It re-entered service and spent several more seasons doing antarctic work. The aircraft was retired to Davis-Monthan AFB sometime after 1998 and still resides there as far as I know. I used the Cutting Edge ski conversion as well as some scratch building of antennas and the fairing behind the nose wheel well. The flaps are from Attack Squadron and I replaced the engines with units form Ron's Resin. The decals came from the Max Decal sheet. 40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Very attractive build. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 That is superb, mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Fantastic model Ray 👏👏👏 love the variant and the attractive colour scheme 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODeller Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Very nicely done Ray there is some very tricky masking there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyharry2000 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Another classic build there Ray really like that . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Beautiful! That came out superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Excellent model and an amazing story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 That's a stunner Ray and what an epic back-story too! Cheers, Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdecal Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Beautiful model Ray. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Superb work Ray, what a fantastic scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Great work, Ray. Used to see the type coming and going out of Christchurch airport. Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Very nicely done, great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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