Jump to content

CD48065 - "Fat Albert" C-130T


Recommended Posts

CD48065 will feature markings for Blue Angels' "Fat Albert" C-130T, BuNo 164763 in its current markings. It will be printed by Cartograf, coming sometime in May or early June. I will do it in 1/72 during the summer.

NAFElCentro08_Fat_Albert_C-130T_07.jpg

Link to post
Share on other sites

Doing this sheet will give me the C-130 infrastructure (base profiles, common markings, dimension data etc.) that I can leverage to design future C-130 sheets quickly, so other C-130 sheets are certainly possible in the future. For the time being the Blue Angels sheet is the only one I am actively working on, though.

Just to clarify: I think masking and painting the cheatlines and the scalloping in the front fuselage is not difficult, so I will provide dimensions and templates for these in the instructions. So there will be some masking involved with this one. Everything else will be on the decal sheet.

Edited by KursadA
Link to post
Share on other sites

What a colorful big bird! And yes, i appreciate that in 1/48!!!

I think I m in for a sheet...and just to show you to support your effort in doing such a sheet! Unfortunately the Italeri H - Herk is not in production anymore. And I see that the BA-Herk needs some modifications but until now NO resin guys put in some elbow grease to provide us with an upgrade set! *wink-wink*

BTW. I know a beautiful JASDF anniversary C-130 ...ehmm...ehmm...and there s also one with a Mickey Mouse nose the japs made for an airshow day!

Link to post
Share on other sites

I made a lot of progress toward finishing this sheet this weekend. It is almost done, but I need to take a one week break from design work to pack and ship the B-58 Hustler sheets starting tomorrow. I will be back with profiles and the final artwork in a week or so.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Kursad, there has been a little bit of discussion over on Z5 about the Blues logo on 'Bert's tail...is there black in it like on the show jets logo??

There is black in the "Naval Air Training Command" portion on the logo but not in the diamond...something I made mental note of while out doing a walk around one morning on the flight line. These photos were taken in 2004, so as always, check with your latest research as the tail may have been repainted since (I'm sure it has been, there used to be the "Lockheed Martin" logo at the top of the tail for a short time).

The black that is in the logo is just barely perceptible, you have to be looking for it...step back away from the bird a little bit and it's gone.

Here are pics from that morning, taken with my old 35mm and scanned so clarity is not the best but you can see the black (area at the bottom of the anchor, outline around the bottom part of the crest, the front of the carrier and background of the NAVAL AIR TRAINING COMMAND lettering) in contrast to the blue of the tail;

Bert2_zps1640af5b.jpeg

Bert_zps4665f543.jpeg

Link to post
Share on other sites

Hi Andy,

I have done my homework before starting the artwork, so rest assured I will get the details right. There is no black in the old CNATRA badge that is part of the Blue Angels badge on the tail of Fat Albert, at least not in the current (last 10-15 years) version. The badge is big and the CNATRA badge is somewhat intricate, so it is easy to misinterpret the smaller blue areas as black. These areas *are* black on the version applied to the BA F-18s, but that version is a decal; as opposed to the painted-on version on Fat Albert.

Here is a photo and an enlarged section that should clarify everything. I do not see any black there, and that is the way I did it. I will be including both the thinner "Blue Angels" script as it was applied between approx. 2009 and 2012; and the "original" style (definitely not the same as on the Hornets).

ba_draft1.jpg

tailbig_a.jpgClick here for enlarged version

Edited by KursadA
Link to post
Share on other sites

I'm just happy that I got this discussion going. I almost started into this project last year after picking up the Flightpath C-130 detail set at a steal. I prodded "Warbird" decals to do a 'Bert sheet back when they popped on the scene with Thunderbird and obscure T-33 Blue Angels sheets but they did not want to bite...

I have two sheets of the Superscale sheets (48-629) along with F/A-18 silhouettes from the Superscale VFA-132 F/A-18 sheets (that's 4 sheets for 8 silhouettes! Found those cheap too at a hobby shop in Va Bch that was going out of business...) to get it done but now have this eBay sheet and the upcoming Caracal sheet to decide how to get this aircraft done!

Edited by 82Whitey51
Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks for bringing this subject up, Andy - it does look like it's a desired subject; and even if it does not turn out to be so - heck, I want to build one and will do the decals. I will send you a sheet as soon as it becomes available. I should have wrapped this up next weekend , assuming I survive the brewing B-58 packing/shipping storm.

Edited by KursadA
Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks for bringing this subject up, Andy - it does look like it's a desired subject; and even if it does not turn out to be so - heck, I want to build one and will do the decals. I will send you a sheet as soon as it becomes available. I should have wrapped this up next weekend , assuming I survive the brewing B-58 packing/shipping storm.

Awesome. I'm in for one of those B-58 sheets too. You make a great product and cover some neglected subjects for sure...now I just need to talk you into doing a particular E-2C squadron in '48 scale (VAW-127) and some '72nd P-3 Orions! As if you don't have enough on your plate.

Edited by 82Whitey51
Link to post
Share on other sites

I only have one C-130 kit in 1/48 and 4 of them in 1/72nd by Italeri in Blue Angel markings. I have earmarked my 1/48 kit for a CAF one off scheme (130330 in 3 tone greys) so unfortunately I may not buy this sheet. No room for any more 1/48 Herc kits.

However if you ever reduce them I should be interested since I believe that the decals supplied by Italeri are not quote right for their Blue Angels release. I can't believe I am asking for a reduced scale decal.

Link to post
Share on other sites

I only have one C-130 kit in 1/48 and 4 of them in 1/72nd by Italeri in Blue Angel markings. I have earmarked my 1/48 kit for a CAF one off scheme (130330 in 3 tone greys) so unfortunately I may not buy this sheet. No room for any more 1/48 Herc kits.

However if you ever reduce them I should be interested since I believe that the decals supplied by Italeri are not quote right for their Blue Angels release. I can't believe I am asking for a reduced scale decal.

Superscale/Microscale does a nice sheet in 1/72nd of the current Blues Hercky bird, sheet 72-896. Very nicely printed sheet and pretty readily available;

http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=MS72-896&Category_Code=AC72&Product_Count=79

Link to post
Share on other sites

Superscale/Microscale does a nice sheet in 1/72nd of the current Blues Hercky bird, sheet 72-896. Very nicely printed sheet and pretty readily available;

http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=MS72-896&Category_Code=AC72&Product_Count=79

Thanks for the info, did not know that. Wow the info out there :) Good thing we have these boards and Google.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks for the info, did not know that. Wow the info out there :)/> Good thing we have these boards and Google.

I did know about the sheet, but thought it was long OOP and not available any more. Good thing I learned about it before committing to a 1/72 version.

Link to post
Share on other sites

I just did the search thing and I saw a review of the sheet from 2006 on Modelling Madness. There was also 3 sheets available on Hannants. Everywhere else it is sold out except the Microscale site. Never knew they actually sold anything since I thought they only printed.

Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...

Doing this sheet will give me the C-130 infrastructure (base profiles, common markings, dimension data etc.) that I can leverage to design future C-130 sheets quickly, so other C-130 sheets are certainly possible in the future. For the time being the Blue Angels sheet is the only one I am actively working on, though.

Just to clarify: I think masking and painting the cheatlines and the scalloping in the front fuselage is not difficult, so I will provide dimensions and templates for these in the instructions. So there will be some masking involved with this one. Everything else will be on the decal sheet.

I was at the McGuire Air Show this weekend and to be honest I did not know the Navy flew C130s. How about some markings for VR64? They are stationed at McGuire.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Some recent pics of 'Bert. Looks like the script is back to the earlier style "A" and "L".

Anyone know what it might say on the entrance step?

10320538_10203287886253178_3743070276388701028_n_zps89e44bc6.jpg

1795841_670039269703861_2028671078_o_zps1b413211.jpg

Edited by 82Whitey51
Link to post
Share on other sites

The whole script is different - it is back to the pre-2009 version (approximately). Photos suggest that used the modern font-based style between 2009-2012; and reverted to the old style again. I will provide both.

ba_draft1.jpg

Link to post
Share on other sites

The whole script is different - it is back to the pre-2009 version (approximately). Photos suggest that used the modern font-based style between 2009-2012; and reverted to the old style again. I will provide both.

ba_draft1.jpg

Very nice! The proof pic on your site looks great.

Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 3 weeks later...

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...