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On 7/5/2024 at 9:16 AM, bdt13 said:

Perhaps a future F-16 sheet could feature F-16C 90-0808, marked as "BOB" in honor of the last three of the serial:

 

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There will only ever be one BOB, and it's not an F-16! 😁

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Completely agree!  I’ve seen BOB in a few places, NAS Washington and at NAS Glenview where it was based at the time.

 

The accompanying shot was taken on a rather chilly day in February 1990.  I was doing a currency tour out of FT Sheridan, but the Reserve ASF was at Glenview.   Loved walking the rank and getting shots.

 

Completely agree!  I’ve seen BOB in a few places, NAS Washington and at NAS Glenview where it was based.  No 4 eng pack & prop and spinner are interesting....

 

KC-130F 149808 VMGR-252 NAS Glenview 02-17-20-90

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Got a few instructor hrs on BOB when it came through the AATTC at St. Joe in the mid to late 90s.  Of course, it had been repainted in low-vis gray by then.

 

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The Navy/Marines C-130 sheet that was meant to follow CD72117 is long overdue-I will finalize it soon and Bob will certainly be on it.

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LC-130F 148320 VXE-6, XD-06 "PETE" NSF at NAF Cherry Point June 1992 original designation USAF 59-5924

 

There was a conversion kit at one time for the ski's

 

Not entirely sure what the last line on the NSF marking is...  When I moved to the Denver area, I applied to the Raytheon team that managed the IT systems for the Antarctic station.LC-130F_148320_VXE-6_XD-06_PETE_NSF_NAF-Cherry-Point-June-1992_orig_USAF_59-5924___SM.jpg

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On 7/6/2024 at 7:12 PM, Dave Roof said:

 

There will only ever be one BOB, and it's not an F-16! 😁

Thanks, I did not know of the other BOB!

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On 7/10/2024 at 10:17 PM, KursadA said:

The Navy/Marines C-130 sheet that was meant to follow CD72117 is long overdue-I will finalize it soon and Bob will certainly be on it.

Us braille scalers could sure use a C-130 sheet in 1/144.    There is just the one sheet for RAF Herky Birds but nothing for US Navy/Air Force/ANG/AFRES....  Trying to politely put this out there.    Please sir????

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Brother Don,

Don't forget to add USMC Battle Herks to the list of 1/144 scale C-130 decal requests to go along with US Navy/Air Force/ANG/AFRES.

K/r,

Dutch

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23 hours ago, Dutch said:

Brother Don,

Don't forget to add USMC Battle Herks to the list of 1/144 scale C-130 decal requests to go along with US Navy/Air Force/ANG/AFRES.

K/r,

Dutch

Yep.   Even B0B would be greatly appreciated.

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16 hours ago, John54 said:

Probably on some other thread but early F4E Phantoms In Vietnam, like Arkansas Traveler.. Kits in all scales abound.

..or early F-4E in CONUS..

 

MB

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With the apparent success of Caracal's Sikorsky H-34 sheets, I vote for H-19 sheet reprint to go with the new 1/48 AMP kit.  

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Roden is re-releasing their C-141B kit. Since this sheet sold out, here's an opportunity for a reprint or, better yet, a Starlifter Part 2 sheet.

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On 7/26/2024 at 10:06 AM, habu2 said:

Roden is re-releasing their C-141B kit. Since this sheet sold out, here's an opportunity for a reprint or, better yet, a Starlifter Part 2 sheet.


Indeed, I really liked how mine turned out with those decals.

 

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On 7/26/2024 at 2:30 PM, kernsc said:

The Connecticut anniversary scheme C-130H was on center stage at Oshkosh this year.  Would make for a cool build.

 

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great suggestion!  I had the same thought seeing that airplane.  I never did have a chance to do a walk around of it, did you get good photos? 

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5 minutes ago, KursadA said:

I released decals for the CT ANG anniversary aircraft soon after the scheme was first shown.

Ah, I didn't realize that as I'm a 1/48 guy.  Great, you already have the artwork!  Can you include that on your next 1/48 Herc sheet?  I doubt the 1/48 C-130 sheets sell a ton as that's not a model that folks are going to build many times over.  That said, there aren't many decal options out there so I snapped up your C-130H sheet.  I suggest that next time you do a 1/48 Herc, you mix up H, J, and Gunship models on the same sheet, plus a mix of Guard and "regular" active units (Rammstein, please!).  I pretty much expect to throw away the decals from any Italeri kit.

 

Speaking of which, the JA-39 Grippen is not well covered by aftermarket decals.

 

Also, I've just realized there are very few (good) aftermarket decals for SB2C Helldivers

 

I also sounds like Z-M has Recce Phantoms in the pipeline, so adding more options there would likely sell well as those kits are release.  The excellent AirDoc USAFE and German recce birds are long out of print.

 

I wish I could build models as fast you release interesting decals options!  

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