KursadA Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) CD144009 will be a 1/144 sheet for earlier USAF KC-135A/E Stratotankers. Edited September 8, 2017 by KursadA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BN7149 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Saa-weet! -Ryan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gator52 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Great! Jonah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kingoalie Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Awesome!!! Any insight into which squadrons? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I would have interest in the short tail A version markings from Westover AFB, as is in the Italeri 1/72 kit. I'm talking about the Dayglo stripes, SAC sash and badges, and "RAMROD" with lightning bolts. Yes, the kit has to be modified but if you have room on the sheet, I'd be one of those guys that would. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
engineman Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Any of the early 135s, dayglo, and the SAC crest and wing crest on the nose. Perhpas a template to make a short tail . Also some SAC decals for the 1/144 EC-135 . The detail and scale book is a great reference . scott Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 KC-135A #1 City of Renton in its roll out markings and maybe as it's later command post configuration as it is now at McConnell. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
engineman Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I visited McConnell over thanksgiving , and she looks very nice . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfgun33 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 When can we expect to see this one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 After September - I doubt I will finish it on time for the September batch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
engineman Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 (edited) Also how about some of the first R models in the SAC scheme from the 80s scott Edited June 10, 2017 by engineman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falconxlvi Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Sorry if this has been brought up before, but I didn’t see it; will this sheet have markings for any of the KC-135s in the “Shamu” scheme? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gator52 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) . Edited April 22, 2022 by Gator52 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gator52 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) .. Edited April 22, 2022 by Gator52 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Any estimate on when this sheet might be released? Thanks Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 22 minutes ago, Jim Barr said: Any estimate on when this sheet might be released? Thanks Jim Barr Sometime early next year - there are just too many unique markings that need to be drawn, and they need to be drawn at a high fidelity since I will eventually scale this up to 1/72. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yoxford Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 160th ARG Rickenbacker ANGB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 (edited) On 10/19/2018 at 7:06 AM, Yoxford said: 160th ARG Rickenbacker ANGB Wow nice shot. I remember being on that base in 1988 and taking pictures of their KC-135s. My memory is foggy now but I also remember that there were some special KC-135 aircraft there too. In fact I subsequently found out they were the tankers used to refuel the SR-71 fleet and called KC-135Q. They were so special that there was an armed guard standing at a barrier and we could not point our cameras in their direction to photograph them. Scary. Kursad that scheme shown in the picture above would be a great subject to consider. I believe Revell issued this in one of their releases but of course that is now long gone. That go fast stripe sure is sharp. Edited October 20, 2018 by skyhawk174 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AD-4N Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 9 hours ago, skyhawk174 said: That go fast stripe sure is sharp. I was told that “arrow” helped the pilots know which end of fuselage contained the cockpit after a hard night at the O-club. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yoxford Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 On 10/20/2018 at 1:38 AM, skyhawk174 said: I remember being on that base in 1988 and taking pictures of their KC-135s. My memory is foggy now but I also remember that there were some special KC-135 aircraft there too. In fact I subsequently found out they were the tankers used to refuel the SR-71 fleet and called KC-135Q. They were so special that there was an armed guard standing at a barrier and we could not point our cameras in their direction to photograph them. Scary. Kursad that scheme shown in the picture above would be a great subject to consider. I believe Revell issued this in one of their releases but of course that is now long gone. That go fast stripe sure is sharp. I was at the far end of the runway at that time, part of the A-7 unit. Don't know about the special tankers, they all looked alike to us. They did sport the same basic marking for ODS only in the Shamu scheme. On 10/20/2018 at 11:29 AM, AD-4N said: I was told that “arrow” helped the pilots know which end of fuselage contained the cockpit after a hard night at the O-club. That's what crew chiefs are for. Pilots can't be trusted with something that complicated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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habu2 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 KC-135Q was a KC-135A with the capability to carry JP-7 fuel for the Blackbird independently from the JP-4 fuel system used by the Stratotanker. The Q models also had a special comm link in the boom that allowed the two aircraft to talk without breaking radio silence. Some stories say this comm capability was the reason they were named Q models - Q for Quiet. All Q models were later upgraded to CFM-56 engines (and other mods) and redesignated KC-135T. Externally all Qs looked like As, and all Ts like Rs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Thanks Habu2 for the info. So my memory is not so crappy after all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moose135 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 On 10/20/2018 at 1:38 AM, skyhawk174 said: I remember being on that base in 1988 and taking pictures of their KC-135s. My memory is foggy now but I also remember that there were some special KC-135 aircraft there too. In fact I subsequently found out they were the tankers used to refuel the SR-71 fleet and called KC-135Q. They were so special that there was an armed guard standing at a barrier and we could not point our cameras in their direction to photograph them. Scary. I was flying KC-135s out of Grissom AFB, Indiana at the time. In addition to our straight tankers, we also had EC-135G/L radio relay aircraft. We had one EC on alert with the tankers at Grissom, and we had another on alert at Rickenbacker - on a couple of occasions, a sortie I was on dropped into to Rick to swap out alert crews. If they were away from the normal ramp with a barrier and armed guards around them, I would suspect what you actually saw was the alert EC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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