'Clear Contact' KC-135 & C-141 1/144 scale

[Tronk 11]

Hi Guys,
Its been a while since I last posted, but here goes my efforts again. This is a Minicraft KC-135, and Roden C-141B Starlifter, both 1/144 scale, and both with the SUPERB Caracal decals.
I hope you like it.

'Clear contact' by tonyrichard24759, on Flickr


KC-135R
KC-135 by tonyrichard24759, on Flickr


C-141B
starlifter by tonyrichard24759, on Flickr

C&C welcome.
Tony

[rolypoly33]

Outstanding

[Philwinward]

Brilliant, where do you get ideas like this !
Phil

[Dave934]

Fantastic.
Dave.

[Tronk 11]

Thanks for the kind comments. I think a lot of modeller have been waiting a long time for the starlifter in 1/144 scale and then Minicraft do a wonderful KC-135. The stratotanker ain't cheap but its worth it.
To top it off caracal do some beautiful decals which just finish things off nicely.

Fingers crossed for rodens C-5 which is rumoured to be coming out, that would be good fly with the 135 or a super conversion with the cargo doors open really excited me. Once again caracal are doing the galaxy decals and the B-52 and B-1, I have a B-52 to do but getting hold of a good B-1 isn't easy.

[Knife 04]

Now that is very special - outstanding work!

Darren

[Skywatcher]

+ one on above
Thanks for sharing ,
All the best
Max

[paddyboy]

Hi Tony



Great piece of work, buddy

Best regards

Patrick

[downes0106]

Brilliant piece of work.

[eagle1]

Fantastic work. Well worth all your hard work

Thanks for sharing (great photos as well)

Cheers

Martin

[GhostFlight91]

Very nice

[martynl]

Nice work

[Fastwalker]

Outstanding! What were they like to build?

[Tronk 11]

Hi fastwalker,
The starlifter needed a bit of work around the cockpit as its blanked out. The rest of the construction was easy enough.
The stratotanker also needed a cockpit. It also needs some work around the windows the side cockpit ones aren't right. Just need to reference pictures with the kit. The detail on the 135 is outstanding, I'd say some of the best work Minicraft have done, however it's expensive. The saying goes you vet what you pay for and this is certainly true for this kit. The engines were so good a fit I left them off the kit until it was totally finished, a perfect fit.
Decals were replaced by the caracal decals which transform them both.

I'd recommend folks to give them a try, perfect size as 1/72 scale is too big and 1/200 is too small.

Thanks for the nice comments from everyone.