Italeri AC-130A Gunship
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21 6 October 2019, 16:24
Danumurthi MahendraYes @Martin. What a shame. Its the only C130 in town in this scale and a hell of a kit. It is what it is, i guess
6 October 2019, 23:53
Andy Ballcracking build...better than mine!!, great presence once it's finished and displayed though!?
7 October 2019, 20:58
Danumurthi MahendraThanks @Gerald. Yes @Lukasz had to make a weathered look as the gunship grey was very boring if left as a "clean build."
8 October 2019, 11:03
TreehuggerLooks really nice I think.
I am by such Hercules kits, put off by what I think is such kits being overly expensive, even the ones in 1:144 scale. I wonder why this is (or so it appears to me).
14 November 2019, 11:36
TreehuggerQ: How long and wide is this model in 1:72 scale? 🙂 Maybe this model is larger than I had thought.
14 November 2019, 11:37
Danumurthi Mahendra@Treehugger. The kit's dimension when completed is wingspan 58cm. Fuselage 31cm, total height 16cm.
14 November 2019, 16:31
Gary VictoryReally lovely build and finish Danumurthi, one to be proud of. Well done Sir. 🙂
1 September 2021, 06:53
Raphael BernecoleAmazing AC130 !! a lot of work on this kit !! Superb paint and weathering very finely done, I love it ! Congratulations ! 😉
1 September 2021, 08:53
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An ESCI kit but later reboxed under Italeri. It builds into an AC-130A (not an -H model). This project really wore me out. totally exhausted. I had to work on so many aspects of the kit, particularly the engine extensions, which was extremely troublesome. I used Mr. Color FS36118 gunship grey for the base. for the weathering, I used thin overlays of different shades of greys from Mr. Color and Tamiya acrylics. I did the weathering using a combination of AMMO Mig pigments, filters, Tamiya panel line accent, and AK weathering pencils. I used EZ Line for the areal antenna. I used ArtoolFX and Uschi airbrush templates to help with randomizing the weathered look
