The C-47 Channel at iModeler (31 articles)

The C-47 Channel at iModeler

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Dakota)

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31 articles
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C-47 Walkaround

by Spiros Pendedekas on January 3, 2021
in Photo Collections — 18 Comments

Hi everyone! I had the chance to spend some time near HAF's C-47, s/n KK156. This was the last flying HAF C-47, meticulously maintained, til its last flight that took place sometime around 2010, or even before... Since then, it resides in 114CW,[...]

Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Royal Hellenic Air Force Korean Detachment (ΕΚ.Σ.Ε.), Airfix, 1/72

by Spiros Pendedekas on October 22, 2020
in Aviation — 50 Comments

Hi everyone! This is my Royal Hellenic Air Force C-47, s/n 92630, named "ΑΡΗΣ"-"MARS", built through the "Korea : The Forgotten War……….." Group Build. It was at this scheme that "ΑΡΗΣ" took part in the Forgotten War with the Greek Korean Deta[...]

AC-47, Monogram C-47 Conversion in 1/48th

by Walt B on August 24, 2020
in Aviation — 16 Comments

This was my second attempt at the AC-47. The Spooky was so incredible I built one back in the 1980's. This one 20 plus years later had the help of a resin kit for the guns and gun sight. I re-scribed all the panel lines and made the flaps fro[...]

Mini Whiskey 7 #2 1/48 Monogram C-47 Skytrain

by Christina Swank on February 13, 2020
in Aviation — 18 Comments

I finished Mini W7 #1 roughly a year ago, and since then I've started volunteering at the museum that owns the real Whiskey 7. I donated Mini W7 #1 to the museum and she resides in their gift shop. So I had to build myself a Mini W7 #2. Just [...]

Revell 1/48 Douglas C-47 Dakota USAAF PTO

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on December 8, 2019
in Aviation — 14 Comments

Built two years ago. Because there are a lot of D-Day striped Dakota models out there, I convinced my father to do a PTO aircraft. Revell Germany kit (Berlin airlift) with North Star Models decals. They came without US insignias (and the kit onl[...]

Airfix Douglas C-47 Skytrain

by Jeff Groves on November 14, 2019
in Aviation — 9 Comments

This is the new mold Airfix C-47A in 1/72 scale. It is a fine kit in all respects, it builds up quickly and with no surprises. The interior is perfectly adequate, very little can be seen in any case and I would advise against adding additional[...]

Update No. 2-Ju 87G-1

by Jordyn Collier on October 15, 2019
in Uncategorized — 13 Comments

I've put the fuselage halves together and did what little I could without the proper tools to try and minimize the gaps. I dont have putty, so any diy things I could do? Also, I attempted pre-shading using black sharpie, so let's see how it turn[...]

Panels and rivets

by Bernard Bedeur on September 3, 2019
in Aviation — 7 Comments

Hi to all seekers of detail in our models. In starting up again in model making , this since my childhood and teenage years ! I have been awed in the level of detailing that one can do now having pushed the rendering to such realism that it begs[...]

C-47 Search and Rescue

by Julian Shawyer on July 1, 2019
in Aviation — 23 Comments

This is the Hasegawa 1/200th scale C-47 Skytrain Search and Rescue kit released in 2000. I believe the original model was released in 1994 as a DC-3 with All Nippon Airways markings. This kit made back in 2000. It's painted with the now long go[...]

Dakota forever

by Peter Doll on May 9, 2019
in Aviation — 19 Comments

Thanks for letting me in to your society and I want to start my entree with a model in 1:48 scale of the most famous airplane of the world, the DC-3/C-47 Dakota . The ancient Monogram Kit was used and the model has been built right out of the bo[...]