RCAF C-47 Dakota, Burma Campaign, Airfix 1/72

Started by Aldo Missio · 87 · 4 weeks ago · Burma, C-47, Dakota, RCAF, Royal Canadian Air Force
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    Aldo Missio said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

    After coating the plane with Pledge floor polish (1:1 H2O) I have applied the "Flight Colours" decals.

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    Aldo Missio said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

    That was the easy part. Now I have to apply all 500 of the kit stencils. I think I will need a couple of four-hour Dan Carlin podcasts and a lot of IPA (not isopropyl alcohol).

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    Aldo Missio said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

    The Canadian Warplane Heritage Dakota (when I last saw it) had two different aircraft liveries, port and starboard. In this scheme, port side is KN456 'Z' from 436 squadron, starboard is KN563 from 436 sqn. In this scheme, the small letter Z is repeated in a larger size behind the wing, but an earlier iteration of the warbird did not have the larger letter, and this is not provided in the decal set.
    While the decal set calls for an azure blue underside (which would have looked nice, I chose to go with Medium Sea Gray, as the CWH plane has this colour.
    The decal set didn't provide serial numbers, had to scrounge those from a Beaufort set.

    This image shows an earlier paint scheme for the CWH plane, with just the small z on the nose. But I could swear that's a black underside!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Excellent job so far, my friend @aldog! Quite a few stencils to apply! Yes, this looks to be a black underside.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Very nice progress, Aldo @aldog
    That amount of stencils will keep you of the street for a while.
    The underside definitely looks black.

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    Carl Smoot said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Black, blue, medium grey, the color choices are dependent upon the time of day, the day of the month, the whim of the mechanic! 🙂

    I guess this is proof positive that interpreting photos for colors is iffy at best. The model looks great so far. Stencils, ah, a device invented by aircraft companies to aggravate future modelers.

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    Aldo Missio said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

    All true my friends

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

    I am astounded by the number of stencils that go on your C-47, Aldo @aldog. This will be some very tedious work, especially in 1/72. Good luck!

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    Aldo Missio said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Definitely a job for the magnifying goggles, @gblair.

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    Aldo Missio said 2 months, 1 week ago:

    Why my wife thinks I'm crazy.

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    Aldo Missio said 2 months, 1 week ago:

    Did a lot yesterday. Tamiya flat, props, landing gear. Getting ready for a canoe trip today, away tomorrow until Friday. Don't know if I'll have time to weather it before IPMS Toronto TorCon on Friday.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 months, 1 week ago:

    Quite some tiny stencils, Aldo @aldog
    Almost finished and looking great already.

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    Aldo Missio said 2 months, 1 week ago:

    Thanks @johnb. Always amazes me yo can actually read those little s*****s with a magnifier. Quality kit.

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 months, 1 week ago:

    All the additional decals look really nice, Aldo (@aldog). The new age of digital printing allows printing size to be increased and decreased easily without losing clarity. It still boggles the mind that there are decals this small that can be read. Very cool.

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    Aldo Missio said 2 months, 1 week ago:

    Thanks George @gblair . Almost at the finish line.