Drifterdon

Looks awesome Darren. Can't believe that's the same kit I sent you. Amazing work sir!

Sweet! Shiny! Point!

Looking great Darren. Can't wait to see the rest of the squadron.

Sweet! Love that you are catering to the 1/144 crowd.

Dusting this thread off in the hopes that I will finally have Amber done in time for the anniversary of her loss. I'll post a few updated pics in the next day or so. Fingers crossed I giterdone! Don

I'm thinking I need more KC-135R kits!

Hey Kursad, Any word on when preorders will be enabled for this sheet? I plan to order this and the 1/72 BONE sheet together.

If ya find you have room, how 'bout Alaska Air Guard?

#8 lead shot held in place with super glue.

Please, please, please???!!!!

I had this posted over in the spare parts folder but thought I'd add here in the hopes of getting a few mores looks. I'm looking for anyone that might be willing to trade or sell a set of the long ducted JT3D engines from the Eastern or Hawaiian Air DC-8 kits? I checked with Minicraft to see if they may have spares laying around available for purchase and they have long exhausted their supply of DC-8 pieces parts. Thanks for looking. Don

So is mine!

Dutch, The EC-135 kit is the base model KC-135E with the sprue gates for the EC specific parts opened up for molding. Like the KC-135E, you get only TC hoods on #2 and 3. No on #1 and 4. And some of the earlier ACCS aircraft were equipped with J-57's so you'd need to get a KC-135A kit for those engines if that is what you wanted to build. The EC-135 kit is good for the ACCS parts that come in the kit but the decals weren't all that great. Hopefully Kursad will do up a Looking Glass version with his later 135 sheets in 1/144. Don

Check out the last pic in Carl Knable's build review. It shows the EC specific parts that come with the kit. I'll see if I can get photobucket to cooperate tonight and post the decals pics. And Dutch is correct about getting extra engines but you have to ask him. I've ordered probably a dozen of these conversion sets but unless I ask for multiples of the pylons with the TC hoods, I only get 4 total (2 with and 2 without). http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1379295440/Minicraft+KC-135......The+Long+Wait+Is+Over!

The EC parts are nice. It includes the saddle on the spine, the over-wing fences on the wing tips and the trailing wire antenna on the ventral in front of the main gear. The base kit is the KC-135E with the EC pieces parts on the fret with the engines.