MPC C-130E Hercules

cockpit with fore and aft bulkheads 

fuselage halves with main gear wells 

rudder and nose gear well attached under cockpit floor 

horizontal stabs assembled 

horizontal stabs added 

cockpit installed in right fuselage half 

cargo floor added 

cockpit and cargo floor back in after adjustments made 

starboard wing assembled 

forward fuselage closed up with the help of epoxy for the nose 

aft fuselage and rudder assembled 

wings on 

under side view with cargo ramp 

horizontal stabs back on 

seam work 

continuing seam work 

working on seams 

upper wings and tail primed 

continuing seam work 

more seam work completed 

my fix for a missing main wheel hub 

continuing seam work 

base color of MM Dark Tan airbrushed on 

props airbrushed black 

more paint of base coat 

little bit of second color 

bottom seam work 

MM camo gray applied 

props and nose painted 

touching up the OD on top 

gear up now 

gear up under side test prime 

bottom sprayed camo gray 

more seam work and base color 

top base color 

bottom color 

filling various door seams 

shot some greens from leftovers with the F-4 

Working on top camo pattern 

top camo almost done 

paint touchups 

more sanding 

shortly after taking the last pic, disaster struck. This is the first shot of her undergoing repairs 

all structure back together except cargo door 

filling seams again 

Acryl camo gray on most of the bottom 

top glossed 

aft bottom sprayed in camouflage gray 

bottom glossed 

decals going on 

priming an under wing tank 

all decals done 

bottom clear flat 

top side touchups 

painted the other under wing tank 

other wing tank on 

part of canopy in and making windows 

canopy all in, but with a sizable gap