GrandpaPhil Posted Saturday at 11:39 PM #1 Posted Saturday at 11:39 PM I am building a giant scale model of a KC-135R Stratotanker, specifically the last one ever made, for a friend of mine. The main parts are being 3D-printed by another friend of mine who is an absolute guru at 3D printing. The small parts will all be scratch built. The refueler is a neat concept and at 1/32 scale makes for a very large scale model that is at a common scale enabling future expansion to depict the refueler refueling another aircraft in the future. The fuselage measures 51” long: It and the vertical stabilizer are both rough sanded. I used max hold CA reinforced with bamboo kitchen skewers to join the two sections together. I have been switching back and forth between the Oryol and this project. Canute, Javlin, thibaultron and 7 others 6 4 Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
king derelict Posted Saturday at 11:45 PM #2 Posted Saturday at 11:45 PM Wow, that’s going to be an amazing project. I’m looking forward to seeing it develop. alan GrandpaPhil, Jack12477, Old Collingwood and 3 others 5 1
ccoyle Posted Saturday at 11:55 PM #3 Posted Saturday at 11:55 PM One of my coworkers is a former KC-135 driver. Canute, Egilman, Jack12477 and 3 others 6 Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Mitsubishi A6M5a, WAK SBLim-2A Richard44's SBLim-2A build
Old Collingwood Posted Sunday at 12:57 AM #4 Posted Sunday at 12:57 AM Hope this helps for reference - I took it in 2017 OC. Egilman, yvesvidal, king derelict and 5 others 7 1 Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
Canute Posted Monday at 12:24 PM #5 Posted Monday at 12:24 PM That's some big model, Phil. I have a few hours in these beasts, since we converted to them from F-4s. Job was OK, the operating locations were fun spots, usually. Old Collingwood and GrandpaPhil 2 Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
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