Hey guys, here’s one more pic showing the unit markings from Hickam AFB in Honolulu, Hawaii:
Fly, unfortunately not. I was flying out of Afghanistan and my camera had been packed away. I imagine it was not the typical layout inside as it had been fitted with rows and rows of airline style seats to accommodate everyone. I just recall being overawed at how big it seemed inside.
No, I was in St. Louis, in the Astronautics Company. However, at Mac the divisions worked closely together, so I worked with McAir folks a lot, military stuff, of course, and a bit with Douglas Space in Long Beach. My specialty was optical sensors- FlIRS, recon cameras, space cameras, etc.
Before the C-17 competition MDC had a joint project with Breguet of France, and they had a fantastic stol plane, the 188. It flew into St. Louis quite a few times, and it was spectacular. Looked like it was about to drop out of the sky on approaches it was going so slow!
Fly-in-hi, glad to see the detail shot. The dark grey wash is a nice subtle touch that doesn’t come off as so heavy handed. It seems to help the eye keep moving around and not get stuck on just one spot. =] I’ve been considering colors other than black myself lately.
I actually bought this wash in a set of 3 colors that are supposed to be used on modern jets with light grey, medium grey and dark grey paints. This wash was the darkest of the three. I’ll probably try the medium shade on the F-22 that I’m working on.
Although, I think these washes could be used on other colors like SEA schemes and such.
Another nice build and I like the tail markings![Y] I used to live in Hawaii (on a different island than Hickham which is on Oahu, not far from Pearl Harbor), so that caught my eye.
Who made the wash?
john
Ammo of Mig
Love this kit. I took a break from scifi a few years ago and built a few planes, this being one of them. Your’s looks much better than mine though! Great job on a great kit!
Thanks alot, robiwon!
Is that the M41A I’m looking at up there?
Alclad is too shiny for the metal parts on the engine cowl noses and on the slats, it was more of a dull stainless color on the aircraft
Also, the panel lines are too dark, you really couldn’t see the panel lines that well
The inboard main gear wheels didn’t touch the ground unless the aircraft was heavily loaded