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Trooper111

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  1. Ok, the one that was just recently retired. Gotcha. I was thinking of the version that had the "Black missle" painted on the fwd fuselage for some reason.
  2. Trooper111

    Zvezda C-130

    On the MC-130e version, Those windows are blanked off because... depending on the timeframe... there were Mod-90 Talon 1's and had a rack of Electronic Warfare systems there Or on previous Talon 1's, that was where the Chaff Magazine/Chaff dispensers were at.
  3. Jost Sir, Because I've gotten these for my RC-135s Cobra Ball, I figured I'd pass along a little bit of helping you complete yours. All these things weren't available when I built mine. Attached are the RC-135s Rear teardrop fairings that began when the RC's were still labeled as RC-135m. These can be located at: RC-135M Rear Fairing (AYVDQ6M2B) by Echoco (shapeways.com) Saving you some headache pain.
  4. Here is a teeny tiny bit of progress on my BUFF, Memphis Belle III 59-2594. Somewhere/Somehow, I wound up with the Decal sheet that has all the small decals on it from the Modelcollect version of their modern B-52g. I decided to use the wing striping from it that represent the wing walk areas on the real plane. A little adjusting here and there and a couple of hours later, one wing was completed... I'm still in the process adding the small "No-step and other warning decals on it but that *hit is tedious. I decided to take a break from that part and add some to the other parts
  5. Just a quick model (keeping with my Electronic Warfare oddballs) before continuing on with my B-52g. I'm not going to go super crazy on this one as it's just a space filler, but I've only seen a couple buit. Good kit, softer plastic like AMT but workable. Considering this is "limited run" kit, the pieces fit pretty well with just a dab of bondo needed on the wing root/fuselage joint. I hollowed out the engine cavity and put a "bullet weight" that is used for fishing with rubber worms for bass into each cavity, otherwise this would have been a tail sitter for sure. The
  6. AWACS-RESIN Sir, What is your reference for those antenna placements. Can you share your photos with the rest of us ambitious modelers as well please.
  7. I built an RC-135U (847) while I had been in the Air Force for only 13 years... I retired after my 20 in 2009, so I calculate it was built sometime in 2002. Obviously before the turbofan engines of today's era. check it out here... 1/72 AMT RC-135U by Trooper McVey (arcair.com)
  8. The picture in the background is "Triple Duece" 58-0222, I took the photo at Eaker when we were both there.
  9. So today I was able to add a bit more to Memphis Belle III. Not a whole bunch per say, but I think I may be getting very close to putting it all together and just spraying gloss, decal it, then flat and weather it for the win. Haven recently purchased multiple sets of the latest Buff decals by Kursad. I have decided to only use the actual "Memphis Belle III" name from the Cutting Edge decal sheet because it lacks in detail by comparison to the Caracal sheet. Today, I was able to get the raised nose on as well as the locking struts that hold it open. I added the gear doors and the .
  10. Chris Sir, Looking thru my drive, I only found one picture of 0052 in Fairchild Markings: Enclosed
  11. As we all age in life, we often poder the thought, Or at least I do... and I would go back into the AF from the beginning if necessary, just to get yo be back on BUFF's if possible. The blood, sweat and tears that were given to any particular aircraft, to watch it leave and return many hours later instilled a sense of pride that today's youth will just not understand... they are too busy with X-box controllers or one of today's cush lifestyles rather than being at the yip of the spear and putting all you got into completing one job or one mission.... so I give you all photographs from an
  12. I have all my photos arranged by tail numbers between G's & H's. So if you have a particular tail number, lmk and I'll have a starting point to look.
  13. I'll look on another hard drive for more unique tall tail pics later on. It's tough looking thru the 1000's of pictures (mosttly G&H's) and deciding if these are "cool enough" that everyone would like the picture I choose. I am limited on Tall tail pics, so Tommy's tigator, which was important because of its use in the atomic testing/dropping of nuclear bombs on the atolls before being used as a low level (below 500') full speed test bed to test structure capability... in which one run too many was attempted and it disintegrated onto a sheer mountain face killing all the Boeing e
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