Re: Maddog Manufacturing Now Open for 2022!
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 5:12 am
Always great to see hardware in Nato 3-tone getting done. And I love my M.A.N.s!
Well, it's been a couple weeks and I have enough for another tour. Feel free to board the trams again for this latest ride through the plant.
Starting in the Hangar again....
In this bay, the Horten got the bottom color sprayed on:
Here it is clear coated for decals:
Don't worry, the color isn't different on the bottom, it's my phone camera...
Decals next:
Speaking of decals, in this bay we had an issue with this one on the top wing of the JF-17 Thunder:
We used Navy Blue Grey on that and it matched so closely you can barely tell!
She got legs! Landing gear was installed next:
Later on they were painted:
In this final bay, We managed to get decals applied to the AH-1Z Cobra:
Some additional detail painting was done too.
Time to load up now. Pylons got loaded with weapons, and the tail rotor and the landing skids were installed:
The next pics you see of this bird will be after my Marines take delivery of it.
Moving on to the Shipyards, there wasn't much done except for one boat. The Swift Boat got the top of the cabin installed into place:
Later on, additional details were added:
Guns were mounted later, as well as a few other detail parts installed, but the next pics you dee will be after she launches.
Finally, there is one thing in the Motor Pool to see. We got the 20' container for the HEMMTT Load Handling System painted:
Yeah, that's it here. More will be shown later as things move forward.
It was a bit of a short tour, so thank you for coming along. Comments are welcome.