MPC C-130E Hercules
1May 7, 2014cockpit with fore and aft bulkheads
2May 7, 2014fuselage halves with main gear wells
3May 7, 2014rudder and nose gear well attached under cockpit floor
4May 9, 2014horizontal stabs assembled
5June 12, 2014horizontal stabs added
6June 26, 2014cockpit installed in right fuselage half
7June 30, 2014cargo floor added
8July 6, 2014cockpit and cargo floor back in after adjustments made
9July 6, 2014starboard wing assembled
10July 6, 2014forward fuselage closed up with the help of epoxy for the nose
11July 7, 2014aft fuselage and rudder assembled
12July 7, 2014wings on
13July 9, 2014under side view with cargo ramp
14July 17, 2014horizontal stabs back on
15July 18, 2014
16July 26, 2014seam work
17July 29, 2014continuing seam work
18August 5, 2014working on seams
19August 5, 2014upper wings and tail primed
20August 18, 2014continuing seam work
21August 27, 2014more seam work completed
22September 1, 2014my fix for a missing main wheel hub
23October 4, 2014continuing seam work
24October 30, 2014base color of MM Dark Tan airbrushed on
25October 30, 2014props airbrushed black
26November 6, 2014more paint of base coat
27December 9, 2014little bit of second color
28February 1, 2015
29February 10, 2015
30February 26, 2015bottom seam work
31February 26, 2015MM camo gray applied
32March 19, 2015props and nose painted
33March 26, 2015touching up the OD on top
34March 30, 2015
35March 31, 2015
36May 12, 2015gear up now
37May 15, 2015gear up under side test prime
38May 21, 2015bottom sprayed camo gray
39June 29, 2015more seam work and base color
40July 16, 2015top base color
41July 16, 2015bottom color
42July 18, 2015filling various door seams
43July 24, 2015shot some greens from leftovers with the F-4
44August 3, 2015Working on top camo pattern
45August 4, 2015top camo almost done
46November 27, 2015
47December 6, 2015paint touchups
48December 12, 2015
49December 12, 2015
50December 15, 2015more sanding
51December 25, 2015shortly after taking the last pic, disaster struck. This is the first shot of her undergoing repairs
52December 25, 2015all structure back together except cargo door
53December 25, 2015filling seams again
54December 29, 2015Acryl camo gray on most of the bottom
55January 10, 2016top glossed
56January 22, 2016aft bottom sprayed in camouflage gray
57January 23, 2016bottom glossed
58January 31, 2016decals going on
59January 31, 2016
60February 4, 2016
61February 4, 2016
62February 6, 2016priming an under wing tank
63February 7, 2016all decals done
64February 13, 2016bottom clear flat
65February 13, 2016top side touchups
66March 5, 2016painted the other under wing tank
67March 8, 2016other wing tank on
68March 8, 2016
69March 31, 2016part of canopy in and making windows
70April 2, 2016canopy all in, but with a sizable gap
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