Heres the Italeri /Dragon kit of the USAF heavy lift Lockheed Starlifter in 1/200 scale . Originally a Dragon tooling its been reboxed a few times by Italeri , this one being one of theirs. Its a fairly simple kit so I thought it would be perfect to build alongside the F-16c as it wouldnt take long. The kit comes with an option to have the rear loading doors open and has a ramp and 2 tiny Humvees but these were very poor replicas so didnt get used. Painted in the 'European One 'Lizard scheme with Hataka paints set HTK -AS -10 USAF (European Camo). First time ive used these paints , very nice -good colours but a little see through so the correct undercoat is essential.After priming with Halfords grey aerosol primer the gunship grey was sprayed allover , thinned with vallejo airbrush thinners and the two greens brush painted from the bottle with a few drops of flow improver. The greens both needed 2 coats to cover adequately. Nice little kit if you want a quick build .BTW the engines should look like that , the tf33 turbofans on the c141 had a grille right at the front so the kit is accurate in this respect , if you didnt know you could be mistaken thinking it was a bit of lazy inaccurate tooling! cheers tony
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Very nice work Tony. -
Beautiful.
PS I didn't realise how small it is 'til I saw the last pic.Comment
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I had to look this one up. Now I understand the scale ! A tidy job there Tony.Comment
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Nice one Tony :smiling2:.Comment
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Hi Tony
That is a nice result. Very small scale makes your work even more impressive.
JimComment
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Cheers guys , its one of those aircraft that i always liked , occasionally in the 90,s i used to see them flying high overhead , probably from RAF Mildenhall, the engines having a very distinctive sound , you often knew what it was even if you couldn't see it! I was chuffed to get this one on e bay , then in typical fashion shortly after I bought it Roden have released a 1/144 kit! Cheers tonyComment
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