Building a "Vomit Comet"...

How about an in flight scene, with either a clear side or cut-away, showing figures floating within?

Actually, there have been/are several of them, not just a single plane. In addition to the original KC-135s, I think someone now operates a 727 in that role. I seem to remember now something about an independent contractor and merely selling services to NASA. So NASA may be outsourcing those flights now.

Back in May 1983 I was at Ellington AFB photographing the ANG F-4Cs when the Weightless Wonder IV, aka Vomit Comet came into the pattern. After a few touch and goes, it landed and taxied in. I went over to the ramp where it parked and several men and women in orange flightsuits climbed down from the forward crew hatch on the left side of the nose. I asked a woman with the unusual name "Sally Ride" on her nametag who I needed to speak to to get permission to photograph the airplane, never thinking to take HER photo! Anyway, I've got several photos of the airplane. If you want them, let me know and I'll scan them for you. Your other diorama ideas, humorous as they might be, wouldn't be realistic at all based on what I saw that day. It was then a KC-135A with J57s and the refueling boom removed. Scott Wilson

The old Revell kit could be found as a C-135B without the refueling boom. IIRC, it had J57s and was in 1/139th scale. Unless you're really picky that is pretty close to 1/144th.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

braille scale!

I did a fairly nice one as a C-135B courier with French Blue undersides and white 'roof'. I used a bunch of railroad striping to get those cheat lines right. I'll have to show a pic sometime.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Well, it's /dev/null

And here I thought Dev Null was the guy that worked w/ Soledad O'Brein on "The Site"

with his brother, fum duk and friend bouche dag.

well...I hope that *wasn't" directed at me. I meant no offense and was simply offering an observation

nah, was and old joke.