MPC C-130E Hercules
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cockpit with fore and aft bulkheads
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fuselage halves with main gear wells
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rudder and nose gear well attached under cockpit floor
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horizontal stabs assembled
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horizontal stabs added
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cockpit installed in right fuselage half
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cargo floor added
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cockpit and cargo floor back in after adjustments made
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starboard wing assembled
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forward fuselage closed up with the help of epoxy for the nose
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aft fuselage and rudder assembled
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wings on
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under side view with cargo ramp
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horizontal stabs back on
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seam work
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continuing seam work
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working on seams
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upper wings and tail primed
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continuing seam work
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more seam work completed
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my fix for a missing main wheel hub
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continuing seam work
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base color of MM Dark Tan airbrushed on
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props airbrushed black
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more paint of base coat
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little bit of second color
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bottom seam work
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MM camo gray applied
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props and nose painted
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touching up the OD on top
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gear up now
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gear up under side test prime
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bottom sprayed camo gray
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more seam work and base color
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top base color
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bottom color
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filling various door seams
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shot some greens from leftovers with the F-4
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Working on top camo pattern
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top camo almost done
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paint touchups
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more sanding
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shortly after taking the last pic, disaster struck. This is the first shot of her undergoing repairs
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all structure back together except cargo door
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filling seams again
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Acryl camo gray on most of the bottom
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top glossed
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aft bottom sprayed in camouflage gray
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bottom glossed
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decals going on
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priming an under wing tank
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all decals done
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bottom clear flat
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top side touchups
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painted the other under wing tank
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other wing tank on
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part of canopy in and making windows
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canopy all in, but with a sizable gap
Kommentit
7 May 2014, 15:41
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Good luck Ed! what colour scheme will you use? The old Airfix/MPC kit is a bit of work but then they all are... The Italeri kit badly needs updating with new parts better still new tooling! would be nice!
7 May 2014, 16:48
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Nice to see someone tackling these old kits Ed. Have this one in the stash and have another one stalled at the decalling stage. i had plans to do my USAF version in current grey markings form a Wolfpak Sheet.
8 May 2014, 04:29
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I am wondering when this model was actually produced. ? As Glen says, the aftermarket add on's can really help these older kits shine through. 🙂
30 October 2014, 03:53
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Hey Kerry, I suspect it was made in the early 80s. Ed, have you made any progress on this one. Is the replacement wheel hub in place?
30 October 2014, 22:18
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This boxing is most likely from the early 80's but i think it is the exact same tooling Airfix released in the late 60's early 70's so not much had changed! The Italeri kit has a lot of missing stuff too! That's why you need aftermarket (longer) engine nacells on all the kits from the C-130H onwards plus the extended wheel sponsoon with the air intake and the list goes on! I've got about 10 of Italeri kits to make and a couple of ESCI/AMT gunships to do ALL need some updates of some kind arrrrh........ 🙁
31 October 2014, 02:08
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Painting was the main progress made. Trying to get the seams and paint squared away before moving on.
1 November 2014, 02:37
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Now you know why airplanes and ships are called "She", as they use a lot of paint and powder.
This ugly bird is certainly looking the dream girl now Ed. 🙂 🙂
23 May 2015, 19:18
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Looking like a difficult kit Ed! But you are making the best of it 👍 Keep going!
27 November 2015, 06:45
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Great job on that old kit!
Hey Ed, this info is probably much too late to be of use to you but just to be advised, every one I've ever seen (and built) of this kit will crack along the centre seam between the wings due to the weight of the wings pulling down (and out) on the joint, if you can still get inside to re-inforce the upper seam try doing it, otherwise try supporting the wings at the tips or invert the model to take the strain off...you may get lucky, I and some other builders did not.
6 December 2015, 05:53