KC-135R – 1/72 – Italeri
Turkish Air Force KC-135R
57-2609, İncirlik Air Force Base, Adana/Turkey
* Decals by Babibi & Turquoise Decals
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23 responses to KC-135R – 1/72 – Italeri
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Craig Abrahamson said on May 27, 2018
Now that right there’s a really nice-lookin’ build – AND a really nice place to build it!
Çetin SARF said on May 28, 2018
Thank you Craig, I’m really lucky about my cave. 😊
Ray Seppala said on May 27, 2018
Lovely job Cetin, having built on of these (as a USAF aircraft) I can say you have done a great job adding the extra detail the kit does not supply. Your rear fuselage reinforcing strip area looks perfect.
Çetin SARF said on May 28, 2018
Thank you Ray. This was a really challenging built and took a lot of time,blood, sweat and tears. I built this for a client who is a former KC-135R pilot and don’t wanna do it again. 😊
david leigh-smith said on May 28, 2018
A sleek and elegant build. It’s so difficult to generate interest and scale representation in a one color build but you have done a brilliant job here. Well done. Cetin.
Çetin SARF said on May 28, 2018
Thank you for your kind words David. 🙏
Anthony Conway said on May 28, 2018
Nice job. Good looking build.
Çetin SARF said on May 28, 2018
Thank you Anthony
Paul Wilsford said on May 28, 2018
Such a beautiful lady
Çetin SARF said on May 28, 2018
Thank you Paul
Jeff Bailey said on May 28, 2018
Beautiful job on an updated version of a real classic aircraft, Çetin SARF! VERY well done.
I flew in an older KC-135 from Frankfurt, Germany to Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. It was a great flight and since my family & I were Military, we were allowed access to both the flight deck (to talk with the Pilot, Co-Pilot, & Flight Engineer,) PLUS I got to go to the refueling Tech’s station. We flew over the highest mountain in Greenland (which is mostly WHITE because of the snow & ice, not green!) and I have a great photo looking straight down at the peak from 34,000 ft. / 10,362.2m! (Gunnbjorn Fjeld – 12,139 feet / 3,700m) It was an awesome view!
Çetin SARF said on May 28, 2018
Thank you Jeff. You’re so lucky. It must be great to look down from the boom operator’s window. Do you still have that photo?
Jeff Bailey said on May 28, 2018
I do, but since that was 1992 and I was still using film, I have the photo & negatives in my storage room – somewhere. IF can find it and get it converted to a digital file, I’ll post it here.
Çetin SARF said on May 28, 2018
It would be great Jeff. Thanks.
Robert Royes said on May 28, 2018
Real nice!!! She’s a beauty,
Çetin SARF said on May 28, 2018
Thank you Robert.
paul teixeira said on May 28, 2018
I love it, really cool and nice looking model. Love the KC-135R. Nice model workshop also. I am jealous of that space!
Çetin SARF said on May 28, 2018
Thank you Paul and be my guest. 😉
George Williams said on May 29, 2018
Good work, Cetin, you’ve managed to make a potentially boring looking plane into an interesting model.
Greg Kittinger said on May 29, 2018
She’s a beauty! Very nice.
Çetin SARF said on May 29, 2018
Thank you Greg. =)
George Johnson said on June 6, 2018
Nice work and I really like the extra details. I started one of these about 20 years ago. I bought an AMT KC and found a Heller (I think) AWACS that had the larger engines. I kitbashed the two together and aded a bunch of details to it, but I ended up losing the refueler’s window and boom. The half-built kit languished on the self of doom for many years until it fell apart. I threw it out a few weeks ago.
Çetin SARF said on June 7, 2018
Thank you George. I lost the refuelers window too. And I built it using clear acetate. You could scratchbuild boom. I’m sorry to hear it goes to trash. I hope some mainstream manufacturer may produce a new mold KC one day.