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This depicts EC-135P 61-0274 as she appeared at the end of her flying career in 1992. At the time of retirement, she was assigned to Langley AFB as a SCOPE LIGHT Airborne Command Post for US Atlantic Command. First time using EZ Line for the wire antennas, and I really like how it turned out. I added a total of 9 blade antennas based on photos. Decals are a mix of kit (EC-135C), custom, and Caracal sheets 144004, 144026, and Basics 48007. Chris
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To depict the base C-135B configuration, I replaced the boom with a strip of Evergreen no. 131 for the fuel dump pipe and added the second AC inlet on the bottom of the fuselage (included by Minicraft in the KC-135R release). If I'd been more attentive during construction, I would have realized this C-135B did not have turbocompressor hoods on the inboard engines, since it left the factory with TF33s as opposed to the other C-135 variants re-engined later in their careers. Sensor fairing under the forward fuselage was formed from two RB-36D radomes from the Hobbycraft kit, with a
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Model represents KC-135R 63-8004 "Gunfighter Express/City of Mountain Home" of the 22d Air Refueling Squadron, 366th Wing around 1999. This is my sixth completion of the Minicraft KC-135 and second of the R-model. Built OOB, mostly painted with Model Master enamels. Decals are a mix of Caracal, kit, spares box, and custom. Intake covers were cut on a Silhouette Cameo. Last couple of photos taken with my 366th Wing B-1B that I finished a couple of years ago (Academy kit). Thanks for looking- Chris
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This model represents KC-135R 60-0331 during the 1993-1995 timeframe when the KC-135 Formal Training Unit was in the process of transitioning from a SAC unit at Castle AFB to an AETC mission at Altus AFB. The 93d Bomb Wing, long the home of B-52 (328 BS) and KC-135 (93 ARS) initial aircrew training at Castle AFB, was reassigned to Air Combat Command in June of 1992, taking the B-52Gs with it until their retirement in 1994, and the Wing was subsequently inactivated in 1995 when Castle closed down. Meanwhile, as part of the broader tanker and airlift consolidation under Air Mobilit
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edit: After completing a third Barksdale KC-135Q model, I thought I'd consolidate the threads rather than start another! ******** Lots of transition for the USAF in the 1990s; the combination of BRAC, MAJCOM reorganization, and the post-Cold War drawdown led to some unique and short-lived paint and marking combinations. In June 1992, the 2d Wing at Barksdale was reassigned from SAC to Air Combat Command, and the Wing's aircraft received ACC-style unit markings. For the KC-135s of the 71st Air Refueling Squadron, these markings were fairly short-lived, as the squadron was rea
