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After they banned smoking in the airplane guys who did smoke would sit
up on the door with a half cup of water for ashes and blow the smoke out
that vent. It would stay cracked just a bit to maintain pressurization. LOL!
Cheers...Ron
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That's awesome! Love those tri-color land based Corsairs!
Cheers...Ron
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Lookin good! You already have it closed up but that recessed circle in the cargo door is the
depressurization outflow valve. It opens with a butterfly plate. You could probably just paint
it really dark gray after she's painted.
Cheers...Ron
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That boomer has really scuffed up the refueling receptacle....LOL!
Cheers...Ron
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On 9/12/2023 at 8:01 AM, Thadeus said:
Very nice work here. A lot of attention to detail. You just have to appreciate the ugliness of C-130. It's so ugly it's pretty.
Hey! Don't talk about my girl like that! LOL!!
Cheers...Ron (C-130E/MC-130P/MC-130H
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Great job so far! Funny how the VooDoo back end looks very Phantom-ish!
Cheers...Ron
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Great job on the AC-J! I've been in a couple of them here at Kirtland since the
gunship crews go through J model academics here. I think the flight deck has
2 CSO's side by side with no bunk up against FS 245. The microwave is there
though! You can use prop blur for the turning props. Having both MC and HC
crews in the 415th SOS here the MC crews pretty much fly in OCP's and the HC
crews wear flight suits. I was a MC-130P loadmaster at Kadena in the 17th SOS
and now it's a AC-J gunship squadron at Cannon. I need to build one to go with
the 17th SOS AC-119 when it was a gunship squadron in Vietnam. That new gunship
is pretty lethal. Will watch your progress as it develops to own the night.
Cheers...Ron
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Great job so far! My dad was in the Air Force with a guy he went to high school and college
with that retired as a Eastern L1011 captain. I was wearing my Eastern L-1011 t shirt yesterday too.
Cheers...Ron
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Yes...the 20mm vulcans were removed. The ECM blisters are off of a B-52.The searchlight aft of the 105mm gun
was also removed and plated over. My favorite is still the AC-130E...20MM vulcans...40 mm and the 105. Painted in
SEA paint on top and black sides and bottom. My old MC squadron (17th SOS) is now an AC-130J gunship squadron at Cannon
Cheers...Ron
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Gorgeous SBD!
Cheers...Ron
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Love it! Well worn and exhaust stained war horse! I'm sure
it was a beautiful sight to the survivor on the ground waiting
for the H-3's to come in for pickup.
Cheers...Ron
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The decal sheet prop tip colors are wrong as well. The MC/HC/AC-J
the blade tips are a light gray color.
Cheers...Ron
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I loved flying on Eastern Airlines when I was young. 727's and Lockheed Electra's.
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Some nice pictures! Thanks again for sharing!
Hope you get to feeling better
Cheers...Ron
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Never too many! Some great builds!
Thanks for sharing....
Cheers...Ron
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1/48 B-24D "Lady Be Good" The old girl has a tragic history but all but one
crewmember was found and returned home and parts of her are in the AF Museum.
Cheers...Ron
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You could build the 37mm with Jane Fonda sitting on it!
Cheers...Ron
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That's awesome! Love the faded center of the panels!
Cheers...Ron
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64-14858 was a "catch a falling star" airplane at Hickam during the Corona
program. It went on to become a MC-130P Combat Shadow with the
17th SOS at Kadena. I have a lot of time in that old girl.
Cheers...Ron
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HC-130 from the 33rd rescue squadron at Kadena supported the splashdowns
in the Pacific. C-141A transported equipment and brought the Gemini/Apollo crews
back to Houston from Hickham AFB.
Cheers...Ron
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That's awesome! The build...the base and blurred runway are really giving it the rolling look.
The piece of wreckage really adds to the intrigue of the model. Great job!
Cheers...Ron
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She's looking good! A bit wrinkleybut aren't we all that were born in the 50's!
A Lt. pilot and I were talking the other day and he said the B-52 was big. I told him
when we'd we'd fly into Guam and park the C-5 you could watch the old D model
BUFF's roll down the runway in a cloud of black smoke and disappear off the cliff
to be seen a minute or so later climbing up to go fly. When my dad was at Edwards
when I was a young guy I'd watch the B-52 taxi out with the X-15 under it's wing.
Cheers...Ron
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That's awesome! Texas guard 101's are my favorite too!
Cheers...Ron
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Happy 4th of July! Today is the anniversary of the Israeli Air Force raid
on Entebbe to rescue the hostages of the hijacked Air France airliner.
The C-130's finest hour! Probably less than a year later I was parked
on that same ramp in Nairobi, Kenya to offload 8 brand new F-5E
Tiger II fighters the Kenyan AF bought.
Cheers...Ron
XB-70 AV-1 "VALKYRIE" - 1/72 - October 12, 1964 - Test flight No. 3 - 9:07 a.m. - USAF Edwards Base (California)
in The Display Case
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Thats awesome! My dad was stationed at Edwards back then and he took us
down to Palmdale to watch the "roll out" of the B-70. I saw it fly in to Edwards
to start it's test program. You reproduced the supersonic heating that burned
the paint off perfect and the drag chutes and runway reall add to the real feel.
Great job on an awesome airplane!
Cheers...Ron