From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "David Bey" References: Subject: Re: 1/72 Italeri C-130H: RSAF 730 of 122 Sqn Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:11:51 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0015_01C5AB6D.801A0120" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C5AB6D.801A0120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi David, I just wanted to let you know your C-130 article went on ARC today. = Thanks for sending it in. =20 Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Bey=20 To: steve@s102164210.onlinehome.us=20 Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:30 AM Subject: 1/72 Italeri C-130H: RSAF 730 of 122 Sqn "1/72 Italeri C-130H: Republic of Singapore Air Force 122 Sqn = No. 730"=20 by "David Bey" -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert =20 full sized version of photo 01.jpg here=20 Greetings! I just finished this build today - 10082005. It wasn't = intended for Singapore's National Day, on the 9th of August, but rather = as a present for a birthday on the 10th of August. I had been planning = this kit for about half a year now, and bought the Italeri kit during = Christmas Sale. I also purchased the Flightpath Detail Set, and = Flightpath T56-A-15 Engine Units in Resin. I used photos from MINDEF = (122 Sqn helped a lot in the tsunami relief efforts, and they have = plenty of photos to show it), the Verlinden Lock On book, and also the = RSAF 25th Anniversary book called: " ". Decals was always going to be = a problem, until I found out that Scalenutz was planning to release a = set for RSAF C-130s in 1/72 scale around summer 2005 (Of course, in = typical Singaporean style, that just means "the near future, no exact = date"). I emailed Y C Ha at Scalenutz many many many times (I do have to = thank him for his patience), and finally managed to get him to agree to = thermal print a set of markings for me, for $50 SGD. This set had = markings for 2 planes - except on one goof - he included twice as many = Merlion heads (the national insignia) and only one set of the numbers = "30".. so in reality I can only build one plane. Decals took me about 3 = months from the first email to final collection. I started the build on = the 1st of July, so time taken was 40 days, with last 10 days modelling = at maybe 8 hours a day=20 Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 03 .jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 03.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 04 .jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 04.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller version of photo 05 .jpg here. Clicking on that = photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg =20 Using the Flightpath detail set and the verlinden book, I tried to = spruce up the cockpit as much as I could, but losing the throttles to = the carpet monster god. I realised that it would be extremely difficult = to look in from the windows in this scale, so I concentrated my efforts = on the ramp and the cargo hold instead. However, one look at the photos = in the Verlinden book told me that I would not be able to reach that = level of detail in 40 days (unless maybe, if I was that guy at the IPMS = Nats who built that AC-130...). I tellya, the Flightpath photo-etched = set is one bugger to use, as not all the words(ie instructions) are = illustrated. Hey you guys at flightpath: A picture paints a thousand = words! Assembling the flaps was a headache, as there were so many pieces = to put together on each side...=20 Painting was done with standard SEA scheme colours, masked using = blu-tack snakes. RSAF C-130s have the unique feature of having = WRAPAROUND camo - no light grey on the undersides. I could not find any = photos that gave me more than 5% (in total) of the underside camo.. I = gather the underside isn't a popular shot to take for photographers eh? = Attempts at getting photos from contacts were also futile, nowadays it's = illegal to bring phones with cameras inside, much less a digicam (Ah, = those good ol pre-911 days). To give myself a reference when I painted, = I photo-copied the Verlinden scale drawings in 1/144, and started to = draw on them, piecing the tens of photos I found over the net. This = resulted in a rather comprehensive camo scheme, except for a few parts. = As for the underside, I simply used my imagination.. No one's gonna = look at my model's underside either! You can see my hand drawn camo = scheme layout in one of the pictures=20 As I built the cargo hold, I also realised that the innards were = simply tooo sparse. I built 2 boxes to fit inside, wrapped them with = wrapping paper that had "Happy Birthday" on it, and glued it insdie to = hide the emptiness. I guess it also looks like the plane's delivering = birthday presents... As for the Flightpath detail set, the main = attraction is the cargo ramp piece - when masked off and painted (took = me an hour to mask), it looks very nice indeed... The set, as the = flightpath guys say, really isn't for amateurs.. I used up quite a few = x-acto blades as they got blunt on the brass faster.=20 I also had to chop and fill the engine mountings on the wings in order = to fit the resin T56-A-15 units, this I didn't do too well, and some = areas are still rather.. edgy.=20 I also restored panel lines by masking off a thin line and filling the = gap with putty, then sanding it down to shape. It works quite well, as I = realise I can't tell the difference after a few coats of paint.=20 =20 Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 0 =20 2.jpg here=20 The decals gave me a shock when I got them - they were just the = markings, no stencils (RSAF planes have a lot of unique stencils). Ah = well, at least I got my 730 markings, I thought. I tried to use as much = stencils from the kit decals, but i'm still missing a lot. The display = base cost me about 5USD, a photo frame from Ikea, painted using any = spare grays I had, dirtied with all sorts of mumbo-jumbo. The lines were = masked after drawing them out in pencil (and a compass, of course), = yellow sprayed and weathered. The squadron patch, I got from a friend = who used SAF credits to buy it (ie... free).=20 The HF antennas are beading wire, sprayed black. I stretched it a = little to make it just that little bit thinner. Antennas and all, from = the Flightpath set. Here's the weird part: in some photos, a plane would = have the railing antennae, in some photos it wouldn't, so I was at quite = a loss as to which ones to put. In the end I put those that made the = plane look nice.=20 When i presented the present (doh), it got a few WoWs and dropped = jaws. I hope you enjoy it too Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 06 .jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 06.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 07 .jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 07.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller version of photo 08 .jpg here. Clicking on that = photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 08.jpg =20 Finally, I can get back to building 1/48 Jets!=20 =20 Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 0 9.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 09.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 10.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 10.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller version of photo 11.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring up the full sized version of photo 11.jpg Steve Bamford will = insert a click-able smaller version of photo 12.jpg here. Clicking on = that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 1 2.jpg=20 Photos and text =A9 by "David Bey" ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C5AB6D.801A0120 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
Hi David,
I just wanted to let you = know your=20 C-130 article went on ARC today.  Thanks for sending it = in.  =20
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource = Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 David = Bey=20
To: steve@s102164210.onlinehom= e.us=20
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, = 2005 8:30=20 AM
Subject: 1/72 Italeri C-130H: = RSAF 730 of=20 122 Sqn

 

"1/72 = Italeri C-130H:=20 Republic of Singapore Air Force 122 = Sqn      =20 No. 730" 

by "David Bey"
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Steve Bamford=20 will insert =
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Greetings! = I just finished=20 this build today - 10082005. It wasn't intended for Singapore's = National Day,=20 on the 9th of August, but rather as a present for a birthday on the = 10th of=20 August. I had been planning this kit for about half a year now, and = bought the=20 Italeri kit during Christmas Sale. I also purchased the Flightpath = Detail Set,=20 and Flightpath T56-A-15 Engine Units in Resin. I used photos from = MINDEF (122=20 Sqn helped a lot in the tsunami relief efforts, and they have plenty = of photos=20 to show it), the Verlinden Lock On book, and also the RSAF 25th = Anniversary=20 book called: "   ". Decals was always going to be a problem, = until I=20 found out that Scalenutz was planning to release a set for RSAF C-130s = in 1/72=20 scale around summer 2005 (Of course, in typical Singaporean style, = that just=20 means "the near future, no exact date"). I emailed Y C Ha at Scalenutz = many=20 many many times (I do have to thank him for his patience), and finally = managed=20 to get him to agree to thermal print a set of markings for me, for $50 = SGD.=20 This set had markings for 2 planes - except on one goof - he included = twice as=20 many Merlion heads (the national insignia) and only one set of the = numbers=20 "30".. so in reality I can only build one plane. Decals took me about = 3 months=20 from the first email to final collection. I started the build on the = 1st of=20 July, so time taken was 40 days, with last 10 days modelling at maybe = 8 hours=20 a day

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Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 03 .jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg  Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 04 .jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 05 .jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg=20
Using = the Flightpath=20 detail set and the verlinden book, I tried to spruce up the cockpit as = much as=20 I could, but losing the throttles to the carpet monster god. I = realised that=20 it would be extremely difficult to look in from the windows in this = scale, so=20 I concentrated my efforts on the ramp and the cargo hold instead. = However, one=20 look at the photos in the Verlinden book told me that I would not be = able to=20 reach that level of detail in 40 days (unless maybe, if I was that guy = at the=20 IPMS Nats who built that AC-130...). I tellya, the Flightpath = photo-etched set=20 is one bugger to use, as not all the words(ie instructions) are = illustrated.=20 Hey you guys at flightpath: A picture paints a thousand words! = Assembling the=20 flaps was a headache, as there were so many pieces to put together on = each=20 side...
 
Painting was done = with standard SEA=20 scheme colours, masked using blu-tack snakes. RSAF C-130s have the = unique=20 feature of having WRAPAROUND camo - no light grey on the undersides. I = could=20 not find any photos that gave me more than 5% (in total) of the = underside=20 camo.. I gather the underside isn't a popular shot to take for = photographers=20 eh? Attempts at getting photos from contacts were also futile, = nowadays it's=20 illegal to bring phones with cameras inside, much less a digicam (Ah, = those=20 good ol pre-911 days). To give myself a reference when I painted, I=20 photo-copied the Verlinden scale drawings in 1/144, and started to = draw on=20 them, piecing the tens of photos I found over the net. This resulted = in a=20 rather comprehensive camo scheme, except for a few parts. As for the=20 underside, I simply used my imagination..  No one's gonna look at = my=20 model's underside either! You can see my hand drawn camo scheme layout = in one=20 of the pictures
 
As I built the cargo = hold, I also=20 realised that the innards were simply tooo sparse. I built 2 boxes to = fit=20 inside, wrapped them with wrapping paper that had "Happy Birthday" on = it, and=20 glued it insdie to hide the emptiness. I guess it also looks like the = plane's=20 delivering birthday presents... As for the Flightpath detail set, the = main=20 attraction is the cargo ramp piece - when masked off and painted (took = me an=20 hour to mask), it looks very nice indeed... The set, as the flightpath = guys=20 say, really isn't for amateurs.. I used up quite a few x-acto blades = as they=20 got blunt on the brass faster.
 
I also had to chop = and fill the=20 engine mountings on the wings in order to fit the resin T56-A-15 = units, this I=20 didn't do too well, and some areas are still rather.. edgy. =
 
I also restored panel = lines by=20 masking off a thin line and filling the gap with putty, then sanding = it down=20 to shape. It works quite well, as I realise I can't tell the = difference after=20 a few coats of paint.
 
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Steve Bamford=20 will insert full sized version of photo 0=20
2.jpg here
 
The=20 decals gave me a shock when I got them - they were just the markings, = no=20 stencils (RSAF planes have a lot of unique stencils). Ah well, at = least I got=20 my 730 markings, I thought. I tried to use as much stencils from the = kit=20 decals, but i'm still missing a lot. The display base cost me about = 5USD, a=20 photo frame from Ikea, painted using any spare grays I had, dirtied = with all=20 sorts of mumbo-jumbo. The lines were masked after drawing them out in = pencil=20 (and a compass, of course), yellow sprayed and weathered. The squadron = patch,=20 I got from a friend who used SAF credits to buy it (ie... free).=20
 
The HF antennas are beading wire, = sprayed=20 black. I stretched it a little to make it just that little bit = thinner.=20 Antennas and all, from the Flightpath set. Here's the weird part: in = some=20 photos, a plane would have the railing antennae, in some photos it = wouldn't,=20 so I was at quite a loss as to which ones to put. In the end I put = those that=20 made the plane look nice.
 
When i presented the present = (doh), it got a=20 few WoWs and dropped jaws. I hope you enjoy it too
 

Click on images=20 below to see larger images

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 06 .jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg  Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 07 .jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 07.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 08=20 .jpg = here. =20 Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of = photo=20 08.jpg=20
 
Finally, I can get back to = building 1/48 Jets!=20
 =20

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Photos = and text =A9=20 by "David Bey"

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