Lockheed C-130J-30 RAAF
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 1:22 pmThis is the 1/144 Academy C-130J-30. Originally tooled up by Minicraft. Not my usual scale for airlifters.
It was a straight forward and simple build. The part I always dread is decaling those walk ways. The kit was some shape issues (the engines) which I did not address. I added a Satellite Wi-Fi antenna which was the only mod carried out.
It is marked as A97-441 of 37 Squadron which was an aircraft that was deployed to the Middle East (with another C-130) for civilian evacuation of Aussie nationals when Israel attacked Lebanon. In the end civil aircraft were used to extract the people and the RAAF aircraft were not used.
Beside a 1/72 version
It was a straight forward and simple build. The part I always dread is decaling those walk ways. The kit was some shape issues (the engines) which I did not address. I added a Satellite Wi-Fi antenna which was the only mod carried out.
It is marked as A97-441 of 37 Squadron which was an aircraft that was deployed to the Middle East (with another C-130) for civilian evacuation of Aussie nationals when Israel attacked Lebanon. In the end civil aircraft were used to extract the people and the RAAF aircraft were not used.
Beside a 1/72 version