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  1. This is the original tooling of the 1/72 Airfix C-130 kit. I have built it as a USAF HC-130N CSAR aircraft or as the USAF puts it "the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory".

    To build the HC-130N I added a added consoles and cabinets to the cockpit Tasman Models AN/ARD-17 Aerial Tracker Radome, inflight refuelling Hose Reel units from Flightpath and propellors from an Italeri C-130 kit. I also added the observer windows in the main cabin, the recover system rails and flare chutes on the upper ramp door and various antennas as seen on the aircraft. The HF antenna wires are Eziline. The decals are from the C-130 Herc sheet by Caracal Models and walkway outline decals from an Italeri AC-130 kit.

     

    72_HC-130N_USAF_74 72_HC-130N_USAF_75 72_HC-130N_USAF_78 72_HC-130N_USAF_85 72_HC-130N_USAF_80

     

  2. This is the original tooling of the Airfix C-130 kit. I have built it as a USAF HC-130N CSAR aircraft. I added consoles and cabinets to the cockpit, Tasman Models AN/ARD-17 Aerial Tracker Radome, inflight refuelling Hose Reel units from Flightpath and propellers from an Italeri C-130 kit. I also added the observer windows in the main cabin, the recovery system rails and flare chutes on the upper ramp door and various antennas as seen on the aircraft. The HF antenna wires are Eziline. The decals are from the C-130 Herc sheet by Caracal Models and walkway outline decals from an Italeri AC-130 kit.

     

     

    72_HC-130N_USAF_85

     

    72_HC-130N_USAF_79 72_HC-130N_USAF_75

     

  3. On 1/21/2024 at 4:54 AM, KursadA said:

    I regenerated the reference images here. There is nothing special in the top view of option 7 & 8 : the wing markings are largely similar to the standard high-visibility schemes of the period, similar to the LC-130.

    Thanks, I have found them.

  4. 17 hours ago, lgl007 said:

    Nice one!  Looks really great.  Question:  will the RAAF fly them with a gloss/semi-gloss finish like your model? Just a question as most military use aircraft are matted 😉

     

    -Greg

    Like the AP-3C it replaced I expect it will be a satin/semi gloss finish, I left it glossed as I liked the look of it.

  5. On 3/26/2023 at 11:56 AM, Trojan Thunder said:

    Bump!

     

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    Kursad, bumping this one again.

     

    While the reference page exists the linked PDFs can't be found. Still after the top/bottom views for options 7 and 8, though all of them would be good for completeness

  6. The main differences between the B and C were that that early Bs had a search light on the starboard wingtip and they only had a single sonobuoy chute under the rear fuselage. The antenna fit was also different as Niels mentioned. The B's radome was the same size as the C. The L-188 Electra had the smaller radome.

     

    The Argentine Bs were not fitted with the search light.

     

    I built the subject kits a few years back...

     

    72_P-3B_Argentina_61 72_P-3B_Argentina_63 72_P-3B_Argentina_50

     

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