Transall Ac-160 Hits The Bench

[The Rat]

Finally started on that little Heller 1/220th scale Transall, same as the one whiffed into a flying boat a couple of years back. Drilled out the portholes this time but the cabin window framing is too delicate to open up the flight deck. Guns are spares from a crappy helicopter kit my son got in a loot bag:



The front gear well has been modified, the kit's arrangement for attaching the nose gear is totally inadequate so the well has had a sheet installed and a hole will be drilled for the gear leg:



But here's another little item I like - take a look at the background. I went to Staples looking for some Bristol board for a background and chanced upon this one, it's white on one side but a nice cloud pattern on the other. It'll never look totally realistic but it does add a certain touch!



Back story might go something like this: France manages to win in Viet Nam in the fifties, and maintains a presence in Southeast Asia. Later in the century pirates become a major problem, along with continuing small insurgencies, and a Transall gunship is developed for both maritime and land operations.

[Captain Canada]

Sweet ! Looking forward to seeing more work on this one ! Love the find of the back-board as well....lucky you !

 

[The Rat]

Love the find of the back-board as well....lucky you !

If you like them then head over to your Staples and grab a few, I checked the web site of the company that makes them and they're not listed so they might be discontinued. I'm going to grab some more for sure!

[Brian da Basher]

Looks like a fun project, Rat-San and I love the background!

Brian da Basher

[cthulhu77]

Gotta love a huge gunship !  

[John Howling Mouse]

Oh great, now, on top of everything else, I've got "background envy" of you, too!

Looking forward to this one, Ratty.  Am thinking about getting the newest 1:72 kit of the Transall....anyone here have it already?

[Rafael]

Gotta love that concept and backstory!!!!
The backdrop is ideal!!

Rafa

[Hobbes]

Very nice! I love the idea of using one of these against pirates.

[The Rat]

Sorry about the quality of the photos, but if I had used the flash at this range it would have looked like a nuke went off. So they're a bit grainy, meh.

This is the gun from the aforementioned crappy helicopter that will be masquerading as a 40mm Bofors:


Scrap from same chopper imitating a pair of M61s. The hole to the right will be accepting a minigun (or reasonable facsimile):


Nose gear test fitted:


Engine intakes drilled out:


Ditto for the exhaust:


And to give you a better sense of the scale:


Yeah, the eels are still around.

[John Howling Mouse]

My Transall has eels all over it!   Boy, this one is zinging along, isn't it?

[cthulhu77]

A transall with eels? I'll have to buy a new Hungarian/English dictionary!

[B777LR]

A transall with eels? I'll have to buy a new Hungarian/English dictionary!

How about a Hungarian-French dictionary this time?