plastic scale model 1/72

**Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules**
**Royal Dutch AF**
C-130H-30 model in 1/72 scale	kit review building report kit review building report
The Lockheed Hercules is the transport workhouse of todays airforces. The C-130H-30 was a modernized version with a longer fuselage. Also the Royal Dutch Air Force uses two Herky birds. The model depicts such a Hercules in use today.
The best 1/72 kit to start with is from Italeri. It is very good , but has one big error: the lack of the loadingfloor kink in the fuselage cross-section. This can be corrected by adding a strip outside at the floor and filling with putty. (note: a similar excercise in the larger 1/48 can be done by using the 1/48 Italeri kit!) The next best kit is that old one of Airfix. All kit's fuselages need to lengthened however. You need to lengthen it 35 mm in front and 28 mm aft of the wing to get a C-130-H30. The Italeri kit was used here.
The use of putty was needed to get a nice finish to hide everything. The cockpit was cut-off and detailed prior to glueing the parts together. ..
The C-130H-30 has a special cooling fairing and intake at the uc.fairing. The undercarriage fairings need to be lengthened also with APU. The crew access hatch is a nice touch to add.
The beavertail is made with also the nacelles being detailed. .
The named aircraft with nose u.c.
And there she is.... The 1/72 model is finished in RNLAFcolors of FS26375 and 26118 with walkways and with the excellent Dutch decals set #72025. References C-130H-30, Modelbouw in Plastic, IPMS Nederland, 1996-4, by Meindert de Vreeze and Bas Damen Also, check it the real thing with numerous pictures on the Dutch Herky Bird here!
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