RCoulterSr Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 First an introduction..... my name id Randie Coulter, I am an aircraft enthusiast and scale modeler. I live in Fort Smith, AR right in the flight path of incoming and outgoing flights to and from KFSM. A lot of those flights are C-130 training flights out of Little Rock. Right out of high school I worked for TBM, Inc. at Sequoia Field, CA just North of Visalia. When I was there, they flew B-17s and F7Fs in fire fighting operations. Later, they acquired 3 C-130A aircraft that were utilized in the same capacity. The company still exists but now resides at Castle in Atwater, CA. They are still operating 1 C-130 and they have another 2 sitting in storage at the Visalia Municipal Airport. One of their C-130s was one of the original 'Four Horsemen' flight demonstration team and was recently donated to the Castle Air Museum for restoration. Anyway, enough of that. I didn't know exactly where to put this question but, this seemed like the logical place. As I stated, I am a scale modeler and I build only aerial fire fighting aircraft. Recently two of my friends, Bryan Baker and John Gallaher, went to work for COULSON. Bryan is flying tanker 131 (C-130Q) while John is flying 132 (382G). From the references I have found, the 382E & F have a 5' section added in front of the wing and a 3' 4" section aft of the wing. Then they say the 382 G had an additional 6' 8" added to the fuselage. Here in lies the question..... is the addition addition in front of the wing? I am thinking it is but, I want to be sure as I will be cutting up 2 C-130 kits to make this conversion. Thanks in advance for any and all help in this matter. Randie Coulter Fort Smith, AR (KFSM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Podboy Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 For C-130H-30 Super Hercules front plug 2.54 m rear plug 2.03 m… but C-130Q may be different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 The Q is a standard H model with no plugs. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlg6016 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Randie, if you go to the database page and look up the EC 130 Q that may help you out some. Tanker 131 is a former US Navy bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCoulterSr Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 Thank you all for the replies. Robert has given me a great starting point. Randie Coulter Fort Smith, AR (KFSM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hehe Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 http://www.aeroresearchcds.com/book_shelf.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc johnson Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Link to earlier exchanges on this topic, http://www.c-130hercules.net/forums/topic/2223-fuselage-stations-20-and-30-stretch/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCoulterSr Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 Thank you hehe and rc. All help is appreciated. Randie Fort Smith, AR (KFSM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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