Heres the Italeri /Dragon kit of the USAF heavy lift Lockheed Starlifter in 1/200 scale . Originally a Dragon tooling its been reboxed a few times by Italeri , this one being one of theirs. Its a fairly simple kit so I thought it would be perfect to build alongside the F-16c as it wouldnt take long. The kit comes with an option to have the rear loading doors open and has a ramp and 2 tiny Humvees but these were very poor replicas so didnt get used. Painted in the 'European One 'Lizard scheme with Hataka paints set HTK -AS -10 USAF (European Camo). First time ive used these paints , very nice -good colours but a little see through so the correct undercoat is essential.After priming with Halfords grey aerosol primer the gunship grey was sprayed allover , thinned with vallejo airbrush thinners and the two greens brush painted from the bottle with a few drops of flow improver. The greens both needed 2 coats to cover adequately. Nice little kit if you want a quick build .BTW the engines should look like that , the tf33 turbofans on the c141 had a grille right at the front so the kit is accurate in this respect , if you didnt know you could be mistaken thinking it was a bit of lazy inaccurate tooling! cheers tony
