I worked on Aussie E, H & J-30 Model Hercs for fourteen years. I had the privilege of being on the initial RAAF J course in 1999 and even had a tour of the LMAS production line. You’re right, this kit looks awesome. (It’s in my stash.) You’ve nailed it. 👌🏼
Sorry, Greg but I had a little chortle when I heard " I wasn't happy with the result ... So I started all over again." Your videos are entertaining AND informative. I really appreciate your dedication to your _hobby_ and you can always go fishing while you wait for the paint to dry.
I am an ex RAF Painter and Finisher, I worked on the H variant at RAF Lyneham....and I have been a model maker for 40 years.....this is a good model and a great build and finish well done pal....I will now buy Zvezdas H variant for my collection...
This brings back memories! I built the Testors/Italeri AC130A Gunship about 30 years ago, which at the time was the biggest model kit and one of the better detailed ones I had ever built. But I'm truly impressed with the quality and level of detail in this one plus the other touches you are adding to it, and those pilot figures are the best I have seen in 72nd scale to date!
That looks really sweet. The use of different colour tones on the fuselage really bring it to life. Ehhh the kids threw something out the window ...... you must really love those kids.
Once again Greg you have produced a fantastic model! In my opinion you are the best modeller on RUclips and this is part is down to your eye for detail and excellent execution. Definitely an inspiration to me to keep improving. Thanks for the video. Take care.
Cracking vid Greg and another challenging kit. The work on those spokes was masterly. I’m looking forward to some videos about dabbling with resin printers! 😉
You are a 'fettler extraordinaire" First station I was posted to was Lyneham on C-130K's. Your build is a fine example of the Herc and your skills . Great job!
Thanks, i just bought this very brand of kit yesterday as a deication to a former rnzaf base commander at Base Woodbourne, Blenheim, NZ. Looking forward to gettingbsome input from the pilots as i build it 🥝🇳🇿😎
Great video, easy to follow, relaxed but insightful delivery and hints and tips. Love the Herc, a model I lusted after as a young teen but they were too expensive at the time. I think I was 23 before I got the 1:24 scale Spitfire and with the aid of collected Flight magazines converted it to a clipped wing (for better low altitude manoeuvrability) and a D-Day version with the black and white stripes (to avoid friendly fire). It was the first heavy conversion I attempted complete with weathering and simulated bullet holes on lower surfaces (Axis ground fire). I picked the hobby up again early 50s after my teenage son showed an interest and we had a few fun years in our garage den making models and dioramas for his school projects, complete with TV / RUclips / internet feed (Apple iTV unit I got used for £35) and an old HI Fi rigged in for audio - to help our research and provide light entertainment. I will maybe get back to it :) for myself again in future.
Great job as usual! I love the way you add that subtle variation of tone to the green paint. Amazing!!!! I'll try to replicate in one of my builds. Thanks for your lovely videos. They're vey informative.
Awesome build, even with the issues and wrong nose, it still looks the business....brings back many memories as a child of this flying very low level over my house (enough to cause vibrations to move pictures and make everything rattle..my mother was terrified of them....)
Hello Greg. I like very much everything what you make. I learn always something about construction of model. I have the C130J of Zevzda company. And I wait for pe for cockpit. I have the pe for the rest of the plane. Not for exterior but for inside the fuselage. So thank for sharing all the video's. Excuse my english languish but it's not my motherlangegeese. Have a good life. I speak french normally. Thank Greg
Beautiful! Cockpit is "I know it is there" amazing level :) Really interesting to watch. And yes, sanding is so "exciting", so I do it for the good half of the build usually :-D
At first I thought that the Revell props were from a Hercules... 😶 I knew that Revell likes to play with their proportions but that would have been quite over the top. 🙂 The kit from Zvezda is a very good representation of the real plane. Nice end result!
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Greetings Greg. Another great building. The result is absolutely fantastic. I really like your persistence in finding the perfect color shade. I have one more piece of advice for you on how to remove the tiny gap between the wing and the fuselage without any problems. I had a similar problem with the build of my Tempest 1:32, where my own clumsiness managed to break the wing and part of the fuselage while cleaning the wash. A colleague recommended me to use Perfect Plastic Putty water-based putty. It can be applied very well to an already finished model and the result is absolutely fantastic. The application can be seen right at the beginning of my last part from the Tempesta build. Sorry, I can't send a link. YT would immediately delete the post. Best regards, Aleš :)
The whole thing came out amazing, really. Figures look like they were done well by you ... Not easy to do ion this scale. Plus they look like they were molded well which helps a lot.
Excellent review, and also thank you for the step by step guide, can you confirm what the glue/adhesive you are using…mainly the green top glue when doing panel lines? Many thanks in advance. Gary
Brilliant work, as ever Greg 👍 The larger props you fitted look like they would have to intermesh 😱😂 I always look forward to your videos. Perhaps one day I may be able to talk you into building a 1/48 Lightning T4 for me? 😉
Some years ago built a master twin-seat nose for the 1/32 Trumpeter lightning. I'll on the next vid show the part, it's still sitting here waiting to be finished, along with 1/32 T-bird Hunter. Which I must build at some point. So much to do so little time to do it😂
Hi Greg,Fantastic result.I remember as a kid getting the original Airfix kit for Christmas (as it was way out of my pocket money range) and proceeded to finish it in high gloss Airfix paints (remember the horrible glass bottles?) the range of paints/materials/tools is so match better now (If a bit expensive) I wonder how many dedicated young modellers are out there in this digital age?
I think you'd be surprised; my kids spend similar amounts of time with plastic kits as they do 'gaming'. War Thunder might be plastic kit manufacturers' greatest advert.
Hi Greg - Herculean effort (sorry, couldn't resist) on a great subject - crew figures are superb, especially compared to the blobs you get with some other kits. If only someone would put out a decent range of 1/72 hard plastic pilots/ground crew/tank crew etc... Thanks for the vid, looking forward to the next (no pressure!), cheers.
A lovely looking model. I find Zevezda kits rather strange. I made the Russian T90 tank kit and found it a very good and interesting kit to build. Then I built a Russian armoured car which was rubbish. It seems this Herc kit is a little variable but, like you, I don't mind doing a bit of scratch building.
Done to your usual superb standard mate, nice. Thanks for the pre build waffle, sets me up for the rest of the video and we have our best chats during these few moments ( joking) but thanks 👍 Q, whats this Ko-fi malarkey? Please explain as if I'm a 56 year old technophobe ☺
Nice build, the outcome is great. The only sour note in the current situation is that I just wish you had supported ICM or Roden instead of a company in Putin-land.
ахах, вы. судите обычные компании из-за правительства страны, а не из-за качества или других. С130 от звезды это лучшие с 130 на рынке. это полностью нейтральная компания, и вы советунте не брать её только из за страны. И после этого называете нацистами нас, хотя у нас на полках спокойно стоят модели ICM . в который раз убеждаюсь. что ваше правительство сделало из вас политических проституток. как вам скажут, то вы будете делать. что вам скажут не покупать. вы не будете покупать, а купите то. что хуже. но выгодно вашему правительству
Excellent stuff. For me personally, Zvezda is my go-to place for Napoleonic Wargame Figures. I have built one Zvezda kit and it was a joy. Seeing your project unfold is a delight, thank you. I thoroughly enjoy your tutorials, or should that be: 'just another month of modelling' to you? Like many, a 1/35 Scale retooling of the Airfix Bristol Bloodhound would be welcomed. I was always drawn to the Roy Cross RAF Hercules Airfix Box Art, but I never had the opportunity to build the kit. (Please tell me that I didn't hear you say "without further Adieu').
@@GregsModels No worries Greg. My profuse apologies for coming across like the Language Police. That wasn't my intent. You do not need to apologise to me. I behaved like a Bowl in a China Shop. I am a damp squid. You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led. Total respect to you.
Doing mine as an RCAF bird, using the Belcher Bits decals along with some kit decals. I painted it 3 times before I was happy with the grey. It puts the Italeri offering to shame (the engines were the worst)...
Another great model from Your workbench. Result is perfect, and yes, it is very dangerous to put Tamiya Mark Fit Strong below decals, even with standart Mark Fit that must be very careful done. ;) Fun fact - Zvezda make kit of plane now working against them. Here we had a boycott of them, form well known reasons, then probably even a formal embargo, but... maybe in the future petter times come and I will also built C-130? ;) BTW: are You working with A-400? This will be great - I highly consider that kit from Revell, especially in British colours - I hear these awesome planes over my head every week, and sometimes see them high in the sky. ;)
Hi Greg, the C-130J turned out absolutely superbly, well done mate, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍
Thanks Les 👍
I worked on Aussie E, H & J-30 Model Hercs for fourteen years. I had the privilege of being on the initial RAAF J course in 1999 and even had a tour of the LMAS production line. You’re right, this kit looks awesome. (It’s in my stash.) You’ve nailed it. 👌🏼
Cheers👍
Sorry, Greg but I had a little chortle when I heard " I wasn't happy with the result ... So I started all over again." Your videos are entertaining AND informative. I really appreciate your dedication to your _hobby_ and you can always go fishing while you wait for the paint to dry.
Either that or walk down to the beach, five minutes away, and just stare out to sea 😂🚢👍
Your crew figure painting, and red netting for fuselage seats just blew me away, excellent!!!! Great videos, thank you.
Thank you very much👍
I am an ex RAF Painter and Finisher, I worked on the H variant at RAF Lyneham....and I have been a model maker for 40 years.....this is a good model and a great build and finish well done pal....I will now buy Zvezdas H variant for my collection...
😎👍
This brings back memories! I built the Testors/Italeri AC130A Gunship about 30 years ago, which at the time was the biggest model kit and one of the better detailed ones I had ever built. But I'm truly impressed with the quality and level of detail in this one plus the other touches you are adding to it, and those pilot figures are the best I have seen in 72nd scale to date!
I've been dragging that same 1/48 AC-130 kit around for 30+ years; may get to it one day!
That looks really sweet. The use of different colour tones on the fuselage really bring it to life.
Ehhh the kids threw something out the window ...... you must really love those kids.
Once again Greg you have produced a fantastic model! In my opinion you are the best modeller on RUclips and this is part is down to your eye for detail and excellent execution. Definitely an inspiration to me to keep improving. Thanks for the video. Take care.
Wow, thanks👍
Cracking vid Greg and another challenging kit. The work on those spokes was masterly.
I’m looking forward to some videos about dabbling with resin printers! 😉
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Haha- this was meant to be the comment on your most recent car build! I shall duly copy and paste…
Thanks very much for this. Excellent coverage here. Zvezda looks aweome.
You are a 'fettler extraordinaire" First station I was posted to was Lyneham on C-130K's. Your build is a fine example of the Herc and your skills . Great job!
Thank you👍
Thanks, i just bought this very brand of kit yesterday as a deication to a former rnzaf base commander at Base Woodbourne, Blenheim, NZ. Looking forward to gettingbsome input from the pilots as i build it
🥝🇳🇿😎
Great video, easy to follow, relaxed but insightful delivery and hints and tips. Love the Herc, a model I lusted after as a young teen but they were too expensive at the time. I think I was 23 before I got the 1:24 scale Spitfire and with the aid of collected Flight magazines converted it to a clipped wing (for better low altitude manoeuvrability) and a D-Day version with the black and white stripes (to avoid friendly fire). It was the first heavy conversion I attempted complete with weathering and simulated bullet holes on lower surfaces (Axis ground fire).
I picked the hobby up again early 50s after my teenage son showed an interest and we had a few fun years in our garage den making models and dioramas for his school projects, complete with TV / RUclips / internet feed (Apple iTV unit I got used for £35) and an old HI Fi rigged in for audio - to help our research and provide light entertainment.
I will maybe get back to it :) for myself again in future.
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Another great job Greg , always a great day when one of your build’s appears on you tube
Congratulations for the outcome!!! Very well made model and clear explanations about building it and its "faults". Thank you!!
Thank you very much👍
Saturday morning TV! Much better than Why Don’t You.
Thanks Greg - fantastic build as always.
Blimey, that and Daktari bring back memories for me 😂
A fantastic result there Greg, great stuff, I’d been looking forward to this and wasn’t disappointed 👌👏
Thanks 👍
Hello Greg. I really love your Channel. Thank you very much for sharing with us😊.
Many greetings from Denmark.
Thank you👍
Great job as usual! I love the way you add that subtle variation of tone to the green paint. Amazing!!!! I'll try to replicate in one of my builds. Thanks for your lovely videos. They're vey informative.
Really impressive. The kit is awesome, jaw dropping skills as usual for the assembly. Beautiful. Regards from France.
Thank you very much 👍
Magnificent work friend!!, you are a master!!; A great model with very good dimensions for the scale it is. Best regards from Mexico!!
First comment - been looking forward to this!! My weekend has been improved already - thank you !!
Fantastic!
Superb job Greg, looks wonderful 👏👏
Awesome build, even with the issues and wrong nose, it still looks the business....brings back many memories as a child of this flying very low level over my house (enough to cause vibrations to move pictures and make everything rattle..my mother was terrified of them....)
Use to work at Marshall (MADG) in Cambridge and always loved the sound of the Hurc.
Very Nicely done.
I certainly enjoyed the build and the entertainment.
Awesome job... I hope in a 2nd video for the complete painting process!
Hello Greg, this C-130J-30 turned out wonderful nicely nice transport plane four engines. I like this plane very much. ❤️👍🤗😁😀🇺🇲🇺🇲
Yet another kit you've excelled at, is there no end to your talent.
Great work Greg. Looks spot on.
Beautiful job. Lightyears ahead of the Airfix offering from the 60's.
Great build as always and so loving your "life's too short" attitude, very refreshing. Shame the C-130 will soon disappear from RAF service.
Yes its very sad😒
10:18 very good technic for masking your cutting board before painting it
Beautiful result as usual. The subject isn't my cup of tea, but just watching the process more than makes up for it!
The kids through one of your builds out the window, did it fly or drop like a rock? Great video, she's beautiful! Keep up the great work!
A nice arc into the ground.
Hello Greg. I like very much everything what you make. I learn always something about construction of model. I have the C130J of Zevzda company. And I wait for pe for cockpit. I have the pe for the rest of the plane. Not for exterior but for inside the fuselage. So thank for sharing all the video's. Excuse my english languish but it's not my motherlangegeese. Have a good life. I speak french normally. Thank Greg
Thank you for your very nice comment 👍😎
Beautiful! Cockpit is "I know it is there" amazing level :) Really interesting to watch.
And yes, sanding is so "exciting", so I do it for the good half of the build usually :-D
😂😂
Nice build! Zvezda always go a long way to making a brilliant kit, but the modeller is always left with some work to do
yet another amazing build. fantastic
Superb work Greg!👍👊
Fantastic as always!. Looks a rather sweet kit!.
Thanks 👍
At first I thought that the Revell props were from a Hercules... 😶
I knew that Revell likes to play with their proportions but that would have been quite over the top. 🙂
The kit from Zvezda is a very good representation of the real plane.
Nice end result!
Greetings Greg. Another great building. The result is absolutely fantastic. I really like your persistence in finding the perfect color shade. I have one more piece of advice for you on how to remove the tiny gap between the wing and the fuselage without any problems. I had a similar problem with the build of my Tempest 1:32, where my own clumsiness managed to break the wing and part of the fuselage while cleaning the wash. A colleague recommended me to use Perfect Plastic Putty water-based putty. It can be applied very well to an already finished model and the result is absolutely fantastic. The application can be seen right at the beginning of my last part from the Tempesta build. Sorry, I can't send a link. YT would immediately delete the post. Best regards, Aleš :)
Thank you Aleš will try that out 👍😎
The whole thing came out amazing, really. Figures look like they were done well by you ... Not easy to do ion this scale. Plus they look like they were molded well which helps a lot.
Fantastic Greg
Excellent review, and also thank you for the step by step guide, can you confirm what the glue/adhesive you are using…mainly the green top glue when doing panel lines?
Many thanks in advance.
Gary
Beuatiful work.
Great job! Love your build!
Love it! Great build... pretty sure I built something similar as a kid but not nearly as well...
Excellent build, and I love your comment "modelling is supposed to be fun, I wonder what fishing is like", brilliant. Great video sir!
Fantastic building skills.
Very professionnel job
Thanks for the video
Brilliant work, as ever Greg 👍 The larger props you fitted look like they would have to intermesh 😱😂 I always look forward to your videos. Perhaps one day I may be able to talk you into building a 1/48 Lightning T4 for me? 😉
Some years ago built a master twin-seat nose for the 1/32 Trumpeter lightning. I'll on the next vid show the part, it's still sitting here waiting to be finished, along with 1/32 T-bird Hunter. Which I must build at some point. So much to do so little time to do it😂
@@GregsModels 1/32nd T4 would be excellent!
Nicely done
Just amazing
Lovely stuff!
Very nice Herc Greg!
A bit of a modern kit for me..but very interesting all the same. Lovely job on kit and vidio. 👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
Hi Greg,Fantastic result.I remember as a kid getting the original Airfix kit for Christmas (as it was way out of my pocket money range) and proceeded to finish it in high gloss Airfix paints (remember the horrible glass bottles?) the range of paints/materials/tools is so match better now (If a bit expensive) I wonder how many dedicated young modellers are out there in this digital age?
I think you'd be surprised; my kids spend similar amounts of time with plastic kits as they do 'gaming'. War Thunder might be plastic kit manufacturers' greatest advert.
Nice, Zvezda makes some great kits apparently.
I hope Italeri brings back the DC-130 1:72 with the Firebee drones.
Beautiful Hurky Bird 👍😍
Stunning Greg!
Hi Greg - Herculean effort (sorry, couldn't resist) on a great subject - crew figures are superb, especially compared to the blobs you get with some other kits. If only someone would put out a decent range of 1/72 hard plastic pilots/ground crew/tank crew etc... Thanks for the vid, looking forward to the next (no pressure!), cheers.
Cheers Steve👍
Mighty fine result 👍
I got there in the end😂
*Such a nice build to watch, the result is so nice and the C-130 isn't a popular subject, more with a british decoration ...*
Once again you have delighted us with a wonderful build. And what a great subject. Curious as to why you chose zvesda over the other manufacturers.
a better kit
Zvezda is the only accurate kit available.
The kit has its faults, but is the best Hurc in 1/72 so far out there 👍
Cracking build Greg. By the way, fishing is a smelly hobby with lots of slime.
Thanks for the heads up😂
Rockin RAF Herc Model.
A lovely looking model. I find Zevezda kits rather strange. I made the Russian T90 tank kit and found it a very good and interesting kit to build. Then I built a Russian armoured car which was rubbish. It seems this Herc kit is a little variable but, like you, I don't mind doing a bit of scratch building.
13:16 SANDING 😁..... WOOOHOOOO 😊
the propellers are more than sufficient for it, they don't need bigger ones, everything is calculated as it should be
I noticed on 2 kits I had the wings were slightly warped on the sprue, but I did try to use hot water to straighten them out, overall a nice kit
the noses in front of the cockpit are often interchangeable, so don't worry too much
Inspirational 👍👍
Done to your usual superb standard mate, nice. Thanks for the pre build waffle, sets me up for the rest of the video and we have our best chats during these few moments ( joking) but thanks 👍
Q, whats this Ko-fi malarkey? Please explain as if I'm a 56 year old technophobe ☺
Ko-fi allows creators like me to receive money from fans of this content. It's just if people wanted to contribute to helping the channel along👍
@@GregsModels oh thats alright isn't it. Do you have a link I can follow? I'll start digging down the back of couch for a few coppers
@@ianbyrne5708 If you go to my channel, home, should be a link to my Ko-fi page👍
Great!👍👌
That looks superb, I have this kit in the stash and have been looking forward to seeing your build on the subject and you haven't dissapointed!
I see these plains more or less daily, so i think i have make one in RDAF colors
The left and the right side panels are full of puss pull safety fuses.
Nice build, the outcome is great. The only sour note in the current situation is that I just wish you had supported ICM or Roden instead of a company in Putin-land.
ахах, вы. судите обычные компании из-за правительства страны, а не из-за качества или других. С130 от звезды это лучшие с 130 на рынке. это полностью нейтральная компания, и вы советунте не брать её только из за страны. И после этого называете нацистами нас, хотя у нас на полках спокойно стоят модели ICM . в который раз убеждаюсь. что ваше правительство сделало из вас политических проституток. как вам скажут, то вы будете делать. что вам скажут не покупать. вы не будете покупать, а купите то. что хуже. но выгодно вашему правительству
Excellent stuff. For me personally, Zvezda is my go-to place for Napoleonic Wargame Figures. I have built one Zvezda kit and it was a joy. Seeing your project unfold is a delight, thank you. I thoroughly enjoy your tutorials, or should that be: 'just another month of modelling' to you? Like many, a 1/35 Scale retooling of the Airfix Bristol Bloodhound would be welcomed. I was always drawn to the Roy Cross RAF Hercules Airfix Box Art, but I never had the opportunity to build the kit. (Please tell me that I didn't hear you say "without further Adieu').
Yes I did say it, sorry won't happen again.😂
@@GregsModels No worries Greg. My profuse apologies for coming across like the Language Police. That wasn't my intent. You do not need to apologise to me. I behaved like a Bowl in a China Shop. I am a damp squid. You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led. Total respect to you.
@@tomsenior7405 Don't give it a second thought. I took it as a bit of banter, take care 😊
Impressive!
LIRCM Laser InfraRed Counter Measure
Great job Greg. Not as straightforward as you'd expect for a new tool kit.
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Fljghtpath do a 1/32 bloodhound rocket with launcher and I think Accurate Armour do loads of different Landrovers
Not to sure about the RAF figures.
Really looks great, too bad it's Russian. I just can't bring myself to buy it. Enjoyable to watch, subscribed!
Just a comment for the algorithm
I want this plane for myself hercules
Yep,.... sanding is exciting?!
I have it its also my pfp
hey Greg as russian speaking person i should say that Zvezda is pronounced as [zvezdA] with the stress to last A
great built tho
Cheers, will remember next time👍😎
Greg you did a fabulous job of this kit. You are true Master modeller. Love watching your videos. You are a true inspiration.
Спасибо за описание !
Doing mine as an RCAF bird, using the Belcher Bits decals along with some kit decals. I painted it 3 times before I was happy with the grey. It puts the Italeri offering to shame (the engines were the worst)...
Greg - you probably are aware now that Airfix are re-releasing the Bristol Bloodhound kit, plus figures, Land rover and ... MP with dog!
Another great model from Your workbench. Result is perfect, and yes, it is very dangerous to put Tamiya Mark Fit Strong below decals, even with standart Mark Fit that must be very careful done. ;) Fun fact - Zvezda make kit of plane now working against them. Here we had a boycott of them, form well known reasons, then probably even a formal embargo, but... maybe in the future petter times come and I will also built C-130? ;) BTW: are You working with A-400? This will be great - I highly consider that kit from Revell, especially in British colours - I hear these awesome planes over my head every week, and sometimes see them high in the sky. ;)
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Sorry Greg but I cannot give this video a thumbs up. Because Ive already done it before 😛👍
That looks great Greg, and it's great that you can see quite a lot of the cockpit details through the canopy.
Very good kit (from italeri) very nice job, well done, bravo!
Great build mate. I have this with Indian decals planned.