1/72 AMT/Ertl NKC-135A

Gallery Article by David Horn II

 

1/72 AMT/Ertl KC-135 converted into a NKC-135A

 

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multiple pods or "hard points" under the wing chaff dispenser chute and refueling mod

Here are some photos of a 1/72 scale NKC-135A I built for my father a few years ago. This aircraft is one of two that are the strongest electronic aircraft jamming platforms in the military. These aircraft known as NUCAR 1 and NUCAR 2 are now retired in Arizona. Their sister ship, an EC-24 (Modified DC-8) performed the same mission and it is also in storage there.

The kit is the AMT/Ertl KC-135 kit modified with the pods, addition of chaff dispensers and refueling boom removed...as you can see in the pictures below.

David Horn II

      

Photos and text © by David Horn II