The cargo hold will be sealed up but I can't resist building something like this up. The older gunships had a box you'd enter to use these systems but they've replaced it with an open version in the newer ones. That is, the weapons control station inside the cargo hold: I mean we do all know AFSOC guys don't need sleep.Īnyways! It's scratchbuild-Saturday so I got some cool stuff ready for painting. I did notice it in my research but it just seemed like something not worth it. I'd have to extend the table & it just isn't my plan right now. I think the bunk is gonna have to stay as I'm a bit too deep to remove it now. Not sure if you planned on removing it but ACs as well as MCs have no bunk in the flight deck. Still gotta do the refueling line on the cockpit roof but that shouldn't be too difficult. I pinky promised myself I'd get to painting tomorrow, so we'll see lol. Feels silly painting the cargo hold at all when you can't see anything but it'll look good for the blog lol.Īttached most of the fuselage detail as well as the ammo rack for the 105. planning on adding some green on the edges & then whiping it off to give it that green hue. The shape is not really there & I'd need another pair of thin PE for the frames but it's good enough for me. It looks rough right now but once I get them attached to the roof of the cockpit they'll look good enough. Here are the HUD displays I put together from some spare PE. Eduard asks for a 0,5 mm tube but I didn't bother measuring it. Maybe a basic one wouldn't look too bad.Īttached the steering wheel to a cut pin. gonna be rough to put that together, it would look pretty plain. Kinda disappointed they didn't include it! But if I made that I'd be missing the fire control displays etc. Very nice detail, but I might have to build that ammo feed system for the Bushmaster. I like my cement surfaces clean & paint free!Īlso got the 30 mike & the 105 assembled. Both got some brilliant nose art so it's gonna be a tough call!ĭid some masking for the non-painted areas inside the fuselage. The other one is a "purebred" AC-130J while the other is a converted MC-130J. The resin Hellfires & GBU-39s are gonna work great for a full Ghostrider loadout.Īlready got the photo references for the two tail numbers but I'm still not sure which one I'm going to do. The interior is a lot cleaner at least for now. Thankfully the scale allows for a little messi- a lot of messiness in the CA glue application. The seats do look very nice, even unpainted.Īlso attached the fins for the Hellfires (hope I don't have to do that again anytime soon □). Also missing a display on the instrument panel but I'll live with it □ I'm not sure if the normal Hercs have those, but in assuming not since Eduard didn't include them. I might scratch-build the HUDs that are seen on the AFSOC Herculeses. Got the sweet Eduard PE for the C-130J cockpit, and while it's not exactly the AC/MC-130J cockpit, it's good enough. Right now I've started on the PE, getting all the unpainted stuff glued on before I give the cockpit its gray base color. Might get some gap weeks in the build process but I'll try to keep this updated whenever I do make progress. National Archives or DVIDS.Thought I'd post a build blog here as I'm very excited for this kit! This website is developed as a part of the world's largest public domain archive,, and not developed or endorsed by the U.S. law and are therefore in the public domain. National Archives and DVIDS is "a work prepared by an officer or employee" of the federal government "as part of that person's official duties." In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.ĭisclaimer: A work of the U.S. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings 25 million still photographs and graphics 24 million aerial photographs 300,000 reels of motion picture film 400,000 video and sound recordings and 133 terabytes of electronic data. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value-about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. The objects in this collection are from The U.S.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |