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Very cool! It should be sitting on a runway in northern Japan! LOL! Cheers...Ron
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Boeing C-135 Stratolifter only Tails (Scale 1/72)
aircommando130 replied to AWACS-RESIN's topic in The Display Case
Wow! That's awesome...lots of squadron tails without the airplane. I know the 161st out of Phoenix/AZ ANG had a 135 with the AZ flag painted on the whole tail. I've got some time under the boom on those ZZ coded 135's out of Kadena when I was stationed there in the 353rd SOW. Cheers...Ron -
Great job on the KC-10...When I was at Altus in the C-5 Barksdale had converted to the KC-10 and we'd fly down to the AR track for heavyweight AR training. We'd put 100,000 pound of cargo on the C-5 and go spend 4 hours up behind the KC-10 for fuel offload and dry plugs. Was a big airplane to look at from the C-5 cockpit windows. Again...great job and thanks for bringing back memories. Cheers...Ron
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Nice job Chris! Gotta love a Herk in any scale....A Dyess H in SEA paint and the 463rd patch on the fuselage would be my favorite. Looking at yours I can almost smell the puke and hydraulic fluid mix on the inside! Cheers...Ron
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Boeing RC-135S Cobra Ball (Scale 1/72)
aircommando130 replied to AWACS-RESIN's topic in The Display Case
I really like your "Big Safari" 135 collection. You do a fantastic job building them. I like "hog nose" 135's as well...different like an MC-130 to a "slick" herk. If you do a "Lisa Ann" that would be cool too. I knew the crew chief on her. He closed the crew door for them for their flight into the Twilight Zone. He cross trained to be a C-5 Flight Engineer after she disappeard. Great job on the Cobra Ball. Looking forward to your next Boeing adventure! Cheers...Ron -
C-130J Fat Albert (New) Cargo Interior Photos
aircommando130 replied to eraucubsfan's topic in Props
Ha! That's funny! Cheers...Ron -
Beautiful Pilatus! I was just talking about the Air America guys flying into Lima Sites in Laos and landing down the side of a mountain at some of those places. Some very dangerous and exciting flying! Great job! Cheers...Ron
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I want to do the same with a "steam jet" 135 and B-52D. I was thinking of a brass tube and glue the lower boom nozzle to it and the ruddervators to have a boom down. Haven't done it yet...still in the "experimental" stage. Cheers...Ron
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Boeing RC-135S Cobra Ball (Scale 1/72)
aircommando130 replied to AWACS-RESIN's topic in In-Progress Pics
I feel like I need to re-up my security clearence to just look at the pictures of it! LOL! Cheers...Ron -
Boeing RC-135S Cobra Ball (Scale 1/72)
aircommando130 replied to AWACS-RESIN's topic in In-Progress Pics
That's looking awesome! Cheers...Ron -
Those MCARS pods the T2 and the MC-130W were horrible! The variable drag drogue was a mess too. When I was with Lockheed I went to Hurlburt and flew on the MC-W to refuel CV's and 60's and the drogue when you'd spped up would sometimes collapse and just whip around hoping it didn't hit the stabilizer. Slow back down and it would reinflate. Was pretty annoying! Cheers...Ron
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C-130J Fat Albert (New) Cargo Interior Photos
aircommando130 replied to eraucubsfan's topic in Props
The Fat Albert J is a former RAF J that was refurbished and sent to Tinker AFB for it's paint job. It has the standard "Legacy" cargo compartment...regular dual rails and rollers that stack on top the rails. Those rails never fail! It is a beautiful airplane though! Cheers...Ron -
The Marine dash 30 tankers had a problem with the hoses out and recievers the turbulence was making the fuselage twist. I talked to a guy that was in the Marines and got out and went in the AF Reserves at Patrick and he said you could stand in the cargo compartment forward of the wheel well and see it twist. Yikes! Cheers....Ron
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Great looking Edwards Test Phantom! I really miis the sound of those big J-79's turning kerosene into noise! Great job! Cheers...Ron
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1/72nd Zvezda AC-130J "GHOSTRIDER" 4th SOS
aircommando130 replied to A-10 LOADER's topic in In-Progress Pics
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