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Roden 1/144 C-141B

jeaton01

jeaton01

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Since there are a few days left I will enter a Roden 1/144 C-141B, my Minicraft C-130J-30 needs a companion. I started on it yesterday and it is a pretty simple build. During the Viet Nam war the A and B versions of these flew over my house several times daily on the way to Travis AFB. Often with sad cargo.

The box art.

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Not much to this one, going to give it my best shot. Simple paint scheme, too.

Major assemblies are together. Fit is excellent, the only rework needed was on the platform that the nose gear attaches too, I had to file the sides to a taper and carve a bit from each fuselage side to get a fit I liked. And what was I thinking, why did I glue in the nose strut already? :facepalm First photo shows the changes made to get a good fit.

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All the little wheelies, and some shiny paint on the front of the nacelles. Some Mr. Surface 1500 on the top seam.


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Well, egg on face, not getting this one done on time. The problem is I just don't want an all grey 141 on the shelf when the white top ones are so pretty. For that I have to come up with my own decals or find some aftermarket.

That's my story/excuse and I'm sticking to it!
 
That's fine John, I like the old MAC scheme myself. Please do share the rest of the build, I'll move it to Wesendorf Field if you want.
 
jeaton01 said:
Well, egg on face, not getting this one done on time. The problem is I just don't want an all grey 141 on the shelf when the white top ones are so pretty. For that I have to come up with my own decals or find some aftermarket.

That's my story/excuse and I'm sticking to it!
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Yep they are much more apealing to the eye
 
Heck with it, I went ahead and moved it John. I'd like to see this finished in the old MAC scheme. :popcorn
 
Thanks, Bob. I have some Caracal decals on the way so it shouldn't be too long. Back on the B-26 this evening, putting PE in the interior. Windows are nicely polished with Novus.
 
Gorgeous work. I really like that scheme. Low vis is nice but the older white or grey schemes just looked so cool.
James
 
I remember one landing at GFAFB back in the day, the low vis scheme James mentions but little did I realize then how rare that sighting would be.
 
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