Ottawa Irregular Modelers
Academy 1/480th C-5A Galaxy
Has it been about a year since I actually FINISHED a model? Sad ...
So I chose this minimalist Academy kit with all of 19 parts to shake the rust off. Which would have been fine and good if the decals hadn't broken into more than 20 pieces. That thin blue decal down the length of the Galaxy gave me fits and took forever to reposition all the wee bits.
But, as always, I'm happy. This was a former Entex "Air Giants" kit. Fuji also produced this kit, the first version IIRC. Straight out of the box and painted with a hairy stick.
By the way, the Galaxy is one of the largest aircraft in the world, capable of lifting 135 tons! First produced from 1968 to 73, the first wave, 81 C-5As were made. Starting back up in 1985 (to 89) another 50 were added. The USAF plans to have 52 of these behemoths still flying in 2017.
Academy 1/480th C-5A Galaxy
Has it been about a year since I actually FINISHED a model? Sad ...
So I chose this minimalist Academy kit with all of 19 parts to shake the rust off. Which would have been fine and good if the decals hadn't broken into more than 20 pieces. That thin blue decal down the length of the Galaxy gave me fits and took forever to reposition all the wee bits.
But, as always, I'm happy. This was a former Entex "Air Giants" kit. Fuji also produced this kit, the first version IIRC. Straight out of the box and painted with a hairy stick.
By the way, the Galaxy is one of the largest aircraft in the world, capable of lifting 135 tons! First produced from 1968 to 73, the first wave, 81 C-5As were made. Starting back up in 1985 (to 89) another 50 were added. The USAF plans to have 52 of these behemoths still flying in 2017.