Flight 666 Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Hi Folks, today if took the finish line of my last 9 month project Hercules EC 130 V ; US Coast Guard. This model it´s a mix from Italeri C-130 J , 1:72, Flightpath PA parts and engines and the hawkeye models conversion kit and decals. Here are just a few pics . For more details I´ll come on later in this treat. Hope you enjoy All the best Quote Link to post Share on other sites
streetstream Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Beautiful. Really nice. Love the flaps and open doors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Wow great work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalo Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Great work on a great looking model! Not something you see everyday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flight 666 Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 Thanks for you nice feedback. For giving you an expression what you have to do to build a " V " out of the Italeri " J " . First off all there are big difference on fuselage. The windows have to be changed from " bullseye " to rectangle the next step was building the air intake on right side in front of the wheelhouse To build the intake i did it in sandwich structure and filled it with 2K car putty. Same Same but different i did to the left side, because the wheelhouse of this kit is also to short. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 beautiful work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flight 666 Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 (edited) After I put the fuslege together I took an eye on the wings and engines. First cut off all parts The kit engines don´t work because this are not Allison T56-A-15 so I ordered the Flightpath set. to can incorporate this parts I formed little walls at the wing parts so I can put it together. A little putty and that´s it The exhaust also needed a little operation . This was made under use some electrical parts for the exhaust,some electronic contacts out of an old handy to build the blade wheel, some wire 0,3 mm and self advertise alum foil 0,2 mm Edited August 9, 2011 by Flight 666 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flight 666 Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 After this work was done , I put everything together and again I was looking for pics and stories. And not to forget I got a big help from a gay who´s a real expert of C-130. He gave pics and was following my build off report before I did something wrong. The next part needs to be changed / completed was the random beam. Hawkeye Mo dells ( Australia ) don't take a big look on the originality here the parts but there a some parts missing. At the end I did this. ( Made out of copper foil from a cpu cooler 0,5 mm ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flight 666 Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 (edited) the rest of the story is is very fast told. I did the ADS -system front and rear, a cooling air box at the right fuselage under the wing and complete all this together . This Parts are self made out of plasticine metal . Its hard after 20 min. so you can revise with drill or sand it or what ever you want. This stuff normally is used to fix damaged at alum parts. ADS rear ADS front Air Box out of copper and a 1:87 scale car wheel. If u like some more details I´ll do it tomorrow good night and regards Edited August 8, 2011 by Flight 666 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChippyWho Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Big plane, big project, HUGE work -and it all paid off nicely! Many thanks for showing us this magnificent creation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Impressive stuff.... SHE IS A REAL BEAUT !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flight 666 Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 Thx Folks, u turn me red but happy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twobobs Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Yikes! You don't see too many of these built up! Pretty dang impressive work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flight 666 Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 Thx, it was a hard work to do. I started the model in a contest in Germany , but I past the timeline. But this is not that important anymore, I´m glad to have it done . In September I´ll take it to switzerland at an modellers expo, and will see what reactions i get. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jgrease Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Wow! Just wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flight 666 Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 O.K. Folks, here are the promised details. Sorry for the long time, but I had a little trouble with my cam. The under wing section with the Flightpath PE parts and engines The ADS systems: and some Radar ans fuselage close ups During my research I Found out that the operators unit was not a fix build in, but a container to move in and out. looks like this this is complete scratch with using some electronic parts out of handys and computers. Thanks for looking and hope you´ll enjoy. Have a nice day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) Lovely job, :thumbsup: I have the same conversion. Looks like I need to check my references. the Hawkeye conversion was made a long time ago by the company's previous owner. The current owner is more thorough with research these days on conversion sets. I dont think this one will be updated for some time. I will need to save this thread for when I do mine. I assume you rescribed the whole kit? Edited August 16, 2011 by Trojan Thunder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flight 666 Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Lovely job, :thumbsup: I have the same conversion. Looks like I need to check my references. the Hawkeye conversion was made a long time ago by the company's previous owner. The current owner is more thorough with research these days on conversion sets. I dont think this one will be updated for some time. I will need to save this thread for when I do mine. I assume you rescribed the whole kit? Thx TS. Yes I did , because of my changed wheelhouse and windows and so, I lost a lot of panel lines . And if you like i can Link you at my build off report, there you can see all what you have to change and why. I had a big help from a really Hercfreak there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Thx TS. Yes I did , because of my changed wheelhouse and windows and so, I lost a lot of panel lines . And if you like i can Link you at my build off report, there you can see all what you have to change and why. I had a big help from a really Hercfreak there. A link to your build thread would be great. No point in reinventing the wheel I say! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flight 666 Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 A link to your build thread would be great. No point in reinventing the wheel I say! :D Here it comes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flight 666 Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Made my Roll Out today. You´ll find it here Best regards and thx for looking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Balgie Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Did the prop decals come with the Hawkeye set? Nice work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Glad to see you pulled this one up again cause I missed it the first time around ;)/> Very nice build and as others have said...you sure don't see this plane built-up anywhere. Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:/> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pminer Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Made my Roll Out today. You´ll find it here Best regards and thx for looking It's all in German...can you post on ARC?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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