Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Augie David, You cant just bolt on 6 blade props to make a J, the whole Engine nacelle is different.

David W Augie, wanted to try & scratch build since I already had a kit, but will will pick up a new J kit.

Augie Most of it would work, but would need replacement donks, and nacelles. Other than that differences are minor

Ray Seppala On my KC-130J build (album and project under my profile), I started with the base Italeri C-130E/H (KC-130F boxing which just has different decals) kit, I added J models engines, longer sponsons, modified exhausts and various J specific antennas and EWSP kit. @David W, if you want to build an Israeli C-130J you will also need to stretch it. Wingman and Multicast did the set which included fuselage plugs, engines & Props, antennas and decals for an Israeli version. @Augie, the main landing gear sponsons are also short and need modifying/extending, again see my album.

David W @Ray.. Thanks for the info Ray. I was looking at the Indian Air Force C-130J. Much similar to the Israeli one with stretched fuselage & antenna arrays, but also with mid-air refueling probe. Much appreciated. Will follow your tips.

Casey Beckett Lovely Hellfire Herk! Excellent work!

Ray Seppala @David W, when I saw IAF for some reason I starlight away though Israeli Air Force! I don't think there is much difference between different Air Force C-130J-30s except for minor changes to antenna fit.

David W Yup. I can't get a proper match on the grey shade though. It's called Tipnis Grey - a mix b/w Dove Grey & another shade of grey that's bluish or hazy depending on the light.

Treehugger @admin #2

I don't think it is appropriate to link directly to an eBay sales listing. Or?

JD I agree, this invites spam. I could be wrong...

JD I agree. This invites spam. The last thing we need on this site is unsolicited advertisement. Who's with me?

Augie Kindly report it as not a review, then it can be removed.

Treehugger I couldn't find a report button anywhere. I thought @admin might attract or call on the admin.

JD Click Actions under a person's name to report user. This should be enough of a warning...friendly of course...

Владимир Мишонин How i can delete wrong content? I will can't find edit button for a review Sorry

JD I'm sorry, I overstepped my boundaries. Don't worry about it friend...

Martin Oostrom According to the timeline, this is just a rebox and it does have the instructions on the page C-130 E/H Hercules (Testors 594, 1:48)

Augie What they said they are all basically the same, just no weapons.

Johan Hammar Thanks!

Greg Baker Hey guys. I just bought this kit and was disappointed to find out that it only comes with 3-bladed props. I was hoping for 4-bladed ones and thought there was a choice because I know some boxings have both sets. I guess I didn't do my homework before buying, but now I'm in a bit of a jam. Does anyone have a spare set of 4-bladed ones they'd be willing to part with for a reasonable price/trade?

Nathan Dempsey I just checked my J model, but it only has the new 6-bladed props. Sorry!

Greg Baker Thanks for checking Nathan. That's too bad, but hopefully someone will be able to help me out.

Greg Baker Anyone else?

Nathan Dempsey 4 blades for Greg! 4 blades for Greg!

Greg Baker That's what I need... a street vendor voice!

Greg Baker I also decided to get the telemarketer approach and spam PM'ed everyone who has the C-130A box with the double propeller sprues in the hopes that a bit of targeted begging would help.

Nathan Dempsey Good idea Greg. Surely someone has them.

Greg Baker Well. One can only hope. I know I should've done my homework but I just assumed the "A" would come with a choice after I read a review of the earlier boxing. Oh, well. I've also sent a email plea to Minicraft to see if they'll take pity on me and sell me the sprue. It seems they'll offer the service if a part is missing or damaged, so it's not a huge jump from there to here. Fingers crossed.

Derek Huggett Greg - May I humbly suggest you have a look at Welsh Models website (welshmodels.co) here in the UK and check under their 1/144 Accessories listing? Might possibly be of interest?

Nathan Dempsey Welsh does make some great stuff in 1:144

Greg Baker Sign me up for this one!

Clifford Keesler Cool project.

Nathan Dempsey The markings are going to be cool. Love those Draw Decals.

Dutch Thanks fellas. I have heard that because of the way Draw Decals are printed, they do not respond to decal setting solutions, but will respond to very hot water [almost boiling]! We will see how they bend around the nose and tail. Have to back date the kit to L-100-30 first. R/ Dutch

Bcon7000DK The plan is to build a extended C-130J-30 (Danish) for now I'm waiting for the donor plane

Nils Steyaert following

Ekki Me too

Adam Barber Fantastic result!

Augie There, right items linked.

Peter Popovič Aaaaa...now it fits heheheh Thanx for the correction.

Greg Baker Oh, sign me up for these two! I've got a C-130 in my plans too...

Łukasz Gliński Very nice build

Danumurthi Mahendra Thank you, @Lukasz!

Clifford Keesler Nice one Dutch.

Peter Roehrich Looks like a great kit. I've always wondered two things about this aircraft. First, I would think that firing the gun on the left side cause the aircraft to jolt violently to the right. I believe it's 105 mm, which gives tanks a sizable recoil, so I can only imagine what it does to a plane in flight. Second, I wonder whether having all of the armament on the left side of the aircraft put unilateral stress on the airframe.

Anyway, it should be a great build!

Frank Krause Seems the plane isn't moving at all, when the Canon is fired. As from Minute 4 you can see, when the Canon is fired.

Youtube Video

Peter Roehrich Fantastic video Frank!

Dave Flitton The 105 is actually a modified Pack Howitzer from WWII, the recoil is quite contained

Augie So this one been singing to me for a while now..

Jim Lash If any one is willing to part with theirs I would greatly appreciate it, I have a personal tie to the this version of the Gunship. please feel free to contact me directly.

antonio coral a very good offer!

E8Retired what is the cost of such?

Ekki Following.

Ulf Petersen Very nice Hercules, Erik!

Ray Seppala I missed this one when you completed it Erik, lovely job

Spanjaard very nicely done, apparently i missed it too.

Björn Leichsenring A Monster with a nice noseart. Awesome.

David Thor Beautiful!

Vegard Øksenholt Well done!

Erik De Smet Thanks Friends, I am about to finish my other project , the Hercules CH-06 in 1:144 with working engines ...

Stephan Ryll Real nice build

Glenn . Wow so many Aussie projects! I look forward to seeing them. Take a look at "my stash" for items that my be of interest to you for the conversions

Dietmar Kollmann Hi Glenn, thanks for the hint. Wow, I think you need to build all these kits 200 years. Great stash. I will take a look from time to time.

Glenn . Thanks Dietmar, It's nice to find others that have same interests in subjects. Lets know if there's any RAAF subjects you might like to know more about. Cheers

Cortex interesting project idea! good luck

Robert W Martel This is one I've been wanting too. I got the Testors Ac-130

wilky Cost me $100 from Toyworld. Didn't like the price but I put it on lay-buy with four others and the box wasn't squashed by shipping

Roy McKenzie you going to order it?