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Heller/Humbrol 1/72 Douglas DC-6B Super Cloudmaster

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 317 ≡ · ↻ 1 year ago · DC-6B, Heller

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Stephen W Towle said 1 year, 10 months ago:

Great save. 1st the nose gear, then the black paint save in front of the cockpit windows. Followed up with a cheat line save. It's beginning to sound like a football match with color commentary. "The Great Save." The kit is looking sharp John.
George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 10 months ago:

This is really starting to look like a finished build, John (@johnb). I found my EC-121 (L1049) in my storage room, so I can move it farther up the build queue.
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

@stephen-w-towle, thank you, Stephen. This kit seems to have a surprise for me during each step.
@gblair, thanks a lot, George. Looking forward to that Connie.
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:
The decals for the outlines of the doors are made out of one solid film, there is no opening in the center. To be able to remove the masks at a later stage without damaging the decal, I removed the inner part of the decal.
1. removed inner part of decal

2. otherwise it will not be possible to remove the mask since the decal isone solid film
The DC6 is now fully decalled (is that a correct sentence), also on starboard side the long decal was a bit too short. Another surprise was that the outline of the front cargo bay is not following the door frame correctly.
1. not a nice fit
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 10 months ago:

Good move to remove the inner part of the decal, my friend @johnb! Despite not being totally accurate, the cargo door decal looks passable from here.
Overall, the DC-6 looks wonderful and I am looking forward to see it progressing!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

@fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros. From a distance she looks indeed quite nice. Now it's on the repairing the landing gear. For sure I'm going to insert some metal pins to strengthen it a bit.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 10 months ago:

I think the metal pins will provide the required strength, my friend @johnb.
Looking forward to them!
George Williams said 1 year, 10 months ago:

She’s looking amazing, @johnb, seems like good planning removing the centres of those transfers.
Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 10 months ago:

That is well planned ahead John. I am thinking if the decals might be made for a Mach-2 kit that may be wrong in the dimensions, or another possibility is that the decals are the correct outline for the door to correct the kit being wrong? Does the decal textsheet tell us anything?

Anyway - it looks great alreadt - will be quite a treat when finished!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

@fiveten, it will definitely help to carry the weight of this model.

@chinesegeorge, thanks, George.

@eb801, thank you, Erik. It must be something like that. The decals are from LimaNovember Decals, mentioning DC-6B LN72-559. The decal sheet says "This decal is mainly made for the Heller 1/72 DC-06B kit". So that looks to be correct, but in reality it is not.
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:
As mentioned in earlier stages, I was able to knock off all wheels during the build. The nose wheel even twice. To be sure that, once most of the build was done, they would be strong enough after remounting, I drilled a 0.5mm hole in the remaining strut which was still present between the wheels and the landing gear strut. A piece of metal wire was inserted and both parts glued with AC.
1. 0.5mm wire inserted to creat a more strong landing gear
Wheels are mounted again and I will let it dry now for at least 24 hours. Hopefully this will be strong enough to carry the weight.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 10 months ago:

Looks like the legs are now well beefed-up, my friend @johnb! Moment of truth is tomorrow!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

@fiveten, thank you, Spiros. Might be a sleepless night.
George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 10 months ago:

What a spectacular model this has turned out to be, John (@johnb). The paint scheme is very striking. Here's hoping the landing gear cooperates.
Eric Berg said 1 year, 10 months ago:

@johnb - I’m impressed with your drilling skills. Looks rock solid now. You deserve a drum roll when you flip it over tomorrow! Get the camera ready.

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