C-141A!

Donald Dickson II
Aaaaawwwwwww shit! I got ahold of the old Aurora 1/108 kit of the 141A! With original decals in great shape! Gonna need new stars and bars though as the blue is TOTALLY wrong.

And the scale is weird but awesome! Its actually a perfect size for this plane. And I get to my girl in NMF now. Well, once I get around to her.

Donald Dickson II
With the conclusion of the CH-47, I am moving on to this baby. The kit was produced in 1969. It has NOTHING on the inside. Literally nothing. So I just sprayed flat black on the inside and got to it. Fuselage together and wings on. The fit is NOT bad considering its almost as old as me.

The decals were my big worry. Its not like I can find aftermarket for this thing. I cut out one of the stars and bars and tested it. I am replacing those anywa, so...

Holy shit! It worked! It came off the backing and did not shatter. I scanned it just in case, but it looks like I wont have to worry.

Donald Dickson II
So I worked the seams and sprayed flat black. I actually got rid of the majority of the seam on the first go around. Yes! I will spray gloss black later tonight.

Donald Dickson II
OK. So I took some 1MM Tamiya tape and masked off the walkway markings. Just cover the black thats already there and wallah, no need to use up my black line decals.

Then I sprayed the areas that will be aircraft gray. Though I did forget the nose area. I dint mask because I figured I will simply just mask the gray areas and spray the aluminum once it is set. I figured that would be better than spraying the metal and masking over that. We will see how it works out. Also, I am having to guess about the underside. I never saw an A model in real life. Either in the original paint job or the later gray/white. And I cant find pics really showing those areas. Just enough to see that it did wrap around under the leading and trailing edges and was not restricted to inside the walkway lines.

Maciej Bellos
What a kit! Following!

Looks good! And big!

Donald Dickson II
Maciej, thank you! And yeah, its a good size. Wingspan about 17.5 inches or so.

So, last friday was my birthday. So I took the weekend off. Not to mention the basement flooded, so I was dealing with that. Makes it hard to spray when there is water everywhere. But before all that, I did get a little done.

The landing gear on the thing are atrocious. Again, 1969. They werent looking for detail and accuracy. The tires are awful as well. So, I decided to close her up. When I close access panels and wheel wells, I pack it with kids play clay. This gives it support and allows me to line the parts up as much as I can. They are gonna require some more work, but still better than what the gear would look like.

Donald Dickson II
The masking on this actually turned out to be kind of tedious. But its mostly done. Just waiting for the paint on the tail to dry (had to do some sanding) then I will finish up and spray the aluminum. Between personal stuff and other personal stuff and some more personal stuff, I havent been able to spend a lot of time on it.

Clifford Keesler
It's looking good, watching. I can imagine how big it would be in 1/144. let alone 1/72. LOL.

Donald Dickson II
Anigrand does a 1/72 B model. One of these days I'm gonna get it.

Clifford Keesler
I would to, if I was rich. LOL.

Martin Oostrom
Building your baby? Gotta be here for final reveal and the ride!

Donald Dickson II
Clifford, notice I said one of these days? LOL

Martin, yes indeed. 🙂 And welcome. 🙂

Carlos Cisneros
One of my favorite rides… good memories! I remember building this kit ages ago. Can't wait to see what happens here!

Donald Dickson II
Carlos, welcome!

Donald Dickson II
So, I amnaged to absolutely jack the paint up on it and had to fix one side of the fuselage. It doesnt look bad, but not great. Overall, not my best NMF. And I am not going to try to do varying colors as there are NO panel lines. Nothing for guidance so I will leave it dull aluminum.

So some touch up, finish up the engines and put them on and decals and she will be done.

Bernd Korte
All I can say - it looks very nice in the photos! This is the first time I see this NMF/grey livery. Very interesting!

Clifford Keesler
Looking good there Donald.

Donald Dickson II
Thank you gentlemen. ?

Bernd, it was only on the A's. Once they got stretched they were painted the Gray and white or the euro camo.

Carlos Cisneros
I remember them being in aircraft gray and white before the B stretch. They went to the Europe camo after being stretched.

Donald Dickson II
Yep, but the original off the line paint job was this one.

Donald Dickson II
So she is all finished. For a 52 year old model, it wasnt bad at all. And the decals actually acted better than some new ones I have dealt with.

Martin Oostrom
She looks mighty fine Donald. And it's getting busy on your transport shelf

Donald Dickson II
Thank you Martin. Yeah I'm going to have to get get a display case just for the cargo stuff.

Carlos Cisneros
Beautiful finish! The NMF & Aircraft Gray is an attractive modern look on the old girl.

Bernd Korte
Very nice! Could have been the desktop model of a proud Lockheed manager at the time 🙂!

Clifford Keesler
Very well done Donald. I like it.

Rui S
Well done indeed 👍

Donald Dickson II
Thank you gentlemen. 🙂

Treehugger
That Globemaster with jets, seen on far right in photo 16 seems hard to get. Being a Revell kit I am surprised they don't seem to sell more of them. Would like to buy one, but not at some premium price off eBay or whatnot.

Donald Dickson II
Treehugger, I know right? I do not for the life of me understand why they stopped producing it. I was tempted to buy all 3 that were on the shelf back when they were first released. I kick myself constantly for not doing so. But who knew?