This will be a L.A.P.E.S. (low altitude parachute ejection system) and the aircraft will be around 3’ to 4’ (in scale ) off the base. It will be pulling a jeep with a howitzer and ammo out the back. There will be three chutes following that. The whole thing will be 3’ to 4’ feet in lenght. It will be suspended by 2 unfolded coat hangers hidden from view by the pallets and the area between the bottom of the aircraft and the top (of the bottom) of the floor.
The gear will down.
The stabilizers will be in the correct position.
The flaps will be down.
The props will be spinning.
The rear door will be down.
The pallets will be pulled out.
The chutes will be deployed.
What’s the names of this… I guess it would be just “L.A.P.E.S.”
The reason the wings are painted was that I had difficulity finding the right shade of olive drab and when I did, the wings the only parts that I had finished. I know that they will be covered over with putty but that’s OK. At least now you know.
Nice looking C-130! Looks like your attention to detail is going to pay off in the end. I’m looking forward to your diorama. But are you sure you’ll have room? [:D]
This is Momma!! Vance may HAVE to move into that thing with that crack about me finding room for it! [:-,]
As for that poor pasty-faced pilot - - I’m going to get after him myself. IF Vance is real nice he will get to post a shot of the pilot after I’m done with him.
I love the concept, the build is coming along nicely! Can’t wait to see it done!
And, on the flapwells…
When I started working on the Herk in 1985, the flapwells and the interiors of the landing gear wells were painted silver. Not too sure about Vietnam Era Herks, I think that either the green Zinc Chromate color or Silver would be accurate.
Far out, Vance…what a fantastic Idea for a dio.
That’s something I’ve never seen anyone do before - a LAPES dio - it should be quite spectacular when its finished. Lord knows it’s gonna be big.
Please post some pics as you move along - and for sure post some pics of the finished dio - that should be a real eye opener.
This is my “Sanctum Sanctorum” of modeling.
As you can see, I have a few kits.
Here there are the rest, assembled kits (the ones on the wall) and the unassembled kits (the ones on the far wall).
This one shows the size of the model. It’s 32" from wing tip to wing tip.
Here you see the stabilizer surfaces are in the correct position.
This one is the port wing and the port inner flap.
Also the port wing but I’m not sure that the inner color is correct. Any suggestions?
As you can see here, the pilot was from Tennessee (YEAAAAAAAAAA !!!)
All of the parts still unassembled.
The interior view.