This is my model of Philippine Air Force C-130H #4726. The plane, along with 2 of her sisters and several other Hercs from the global community, are now engaged in mercy flights to Philippine towns and cities devastated by Typhoon Haiyan.
This is the 1/200 Hasegawa C-130 kit. Got it from a friend several months ago for about $2, missing a box, instruction sheets and decals. I started work on the kit about two months ago. For this build I detailed the cockpit using scratchbuilt parts, covered up the open windows with clear sprue smoothed flush. I dropped the wing trailing edges, and to add some drama, I opened up the forward door, opened up a port engine and sponson and scratchbuilt the engine and other details. The decals are homemade. A fitting tribute, I hope, to the brave flight crews helping the victims of a killing typhoon.
A fitting tribute indeed! Very nice work there! I always love the C-130, it was one of my favorite rides. I did not know that the PAF used the Europe One camo scheme on their Hercs.
Heres a pic of the cockpit while in progress. Im sure I got more pics of this as well as the painted cockpit but I cant seem to find the SD Card the image is stored in. I should find it one of these days.
