MPC C-130E Hercules

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May 7, 2014
cockpit with fore and aft bulkheads
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May 7, 2014
fuselage halves with main gear wells
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May 7, 2014
rudder and nose gear well attached under cockpit floor
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May 9, 2014
horizontal stabs assembled
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June 12, 2014
horizontal stabs added
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June 26, 2014
cockpit installed in right fuselage half
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June 30, 2014
cargo floor added
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July 6, 2014
cockpit and cargo floor back in after adjustments made
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July 6, 2014
starboard wing assembled
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July 6, 2014
forward fuselage closed up with the help of epoxy for the nose
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July 7, 2014
aft fuselage and rudder assembled
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July 7, 2014
wings on
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July 9, 2014
under side view with cargo ramp
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July 17, 2014
horizontal stabs back on
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July 18, 2014
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July 26, 2014
seam work
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July 29, 2014
continuing seam work
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August 5, 2014
working on seams
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August 5, 2014
upper wings and tail primed
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August 18, 2014
continuing seam work
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August 27, 2014
more seam work completed
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September 1, 2014
my fix for a missing main wheel hub
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October 4, 2014
continuing seam work
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October 30, 2014
base color of MM Dark Tan airbrushed on
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October 30, 2014
props airbrushed black
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November 6, 2014
more paint of base coat
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December 9, 2014
little bit of second color
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February 1, 2015
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February 10, 2015
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February 26, 2015
bottom seam work
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February 26, 2015
MM camo gray applied
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March 19, 2015
props and nose painted
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March 26, 2015
touching up the OD on top
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March 30, 2015
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March 31, 2015
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May 12, 2015
gear up now
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May 15, 2015
gear up under side test prime
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May 21, 2015
bottom sprayed camo gray
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June 29, 2015
more seam work and base color
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July 16, 2015
top base color
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July 16, 2015
bottom color
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July 18, 2015
filling various door seams
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July 24, 2015
shot some greens from leftovers with the F-4
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August 3, 2015
Working on top camo pattern
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August 4, 2015
top camo almost done
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November 27, 2015
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December 6, 2015
paint touchups
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December 12, 2015
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December 12, 2015
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December 15, 2015
more sanding
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December 25, 2015
shortly after taking the last pic, disaster struck. This is the first shot of her undergoing repairs
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December 25, 2015
all structure back together except cargo door
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December 25, 2015
filling seams again
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December 29, 2015
Acryl camo gray on most of the bottom
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January 10, 2016
top glossed
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January 22, 2016
aft bottom sprayed in camouflage gray
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January 23, 2016
bottom glossed
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January 31, 2016
decals going on
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January 31, 2016
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February 4, 2016
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February 4, 2016
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February 6, 2016
priming an under wing tank
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February 7, 2016
all decals done
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February 13, 2016
bottom clear flat
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February 13, 2016
top side touchups
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March 5, 2016
painted the other under wing tank
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March 8, 2016
other wing tank on
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March 8, 2016
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March 31, 2016
part of canopy in and making windows
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April 2, 2016
canopy all in, but with a sizable gap

Commentaires

7 May 2014, 15:41

Glenn
Good luck Ed! what colour scheme will you use? The old Airfix/MPC kit is a bit of work but then they all are... The Italeri kit badly needs updating with new parts better still new tooling! would be nice!

7 May 2014, 16:48

Ed Hubbart
Using the kit markings in SEA color scheme.

8 May 2014, 02:53

Ray Seppala
Nice to see someone tackling these old kits Ed. Have this one in the stash and have another one stalled at the decalling stage. i had plans to do my USAF version in current grey markings form a Wolfpak Sheet.

8 May 2014, 04:29

Kerry COX
I am wondering when this model was actually produced. ? As Glen says, the aftermarket add on's can really help these older kits shine through. 🙂

30 October 2014, 03:53

Es-haq Khosravi
I'm in!

30 October 2014, 09:03

soheil moghisi
nice.

30 October 2014, 10:24

Ray Seppala
Hey Kerry, I suspect it was made in the early 80s. Ed, have you made any progress on this one. Is the replacement wheel hub in place?

30 October 2014, 22:18

Glenn
This boxing is most likely from the early 80's but i think it is the exact same tooling Airfix released in the late 60's early 70's so not much had changed! The Italeri kit has a lot of missing stuff too! That's why you need aftermarket (longer) engine nacells on all the kits from the C-130H onwards plus the extended wheel sponsoon with the air intake and the list goes on! I've got about 10 of Italeri kits to make and a couple of ESCI/AMT gunships to do ALL need some updates of some kind arrrrh........ 🙁

31 October 2014, 02:08

Ed Hubbart
Painting was the main progress made. Trying to get the seams and paint squared away before moving on.

1 November 2014, 02:37

Es-haq Khosravi
Nice job!

11 February 2015, 21:01

Ray Seppala
Nice to see this one progressing Ed!

15 May 2015, 01:54

Mike Grant
Ambitious project, Ed. Looking good 👍

23 May 2015, 14:09

Kerry COX
Now you know why airplanes and ships are called "She", as they use a lot of paint and powder.
This ugly bird is certainly looking the dream girl now Ed. 🙂 🙂

23 May 2015, 19:18

Erik Leijdens
Looking like a difficult kit Ed! But you are making the best of it 👍 Keep going!

27 November 2015, 06:45

Es-haq Khosravi
Very nice job!

27 November 2015, 20:04

Chris Parsons
Great job on that old kit!
Hey Ed, this info is probably much too late to be of use to you but just to be advised, every one I've ever seen (and built) of this kit will crack along the centre seam between the wings due to the weight of the wings pulling down (and out) on the joint, if you can still get inside to re-inforce the upper seam try doing it, otherwise try supporting the wings at the tips or invert the model to take the strain off...you may get lucky, I and some other builders did not.

6 December 2015, 05:53

soheil moghisi
Very nice.

26 December 2015, 07:16

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