The C-47 Channel at iModeler (28 articles)

The C-47 Channel at iModeler

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Dakota)

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28 articles
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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[...]

Update No.2: C-47 Skytrain

by Jordyn Collier on April 7, 2019
in Aviation — 15 Comments

Hello Imodeler! It's been a while. A few months ago you may remember me posting an article called "What is this?" You guys, with your expert knowledge of plane identification, guessed correctly. I am building a C-47! This update is of the tail s[...]

How to illuminate a model – PLASMO’s 1/48 Trumpeter Douglas DC-3 [VIDEO]

by Editor on February 15, 2019
in How-to — 5 Comments

We learned to like and enjoy Plasmo's model construction videos on Youtube, and this one, featuring 1/48 Trumpeter DC-3 in Alaska Airlines livery is no exception. However, I found this video special because it provides a more or less complete g[...]

Monogram’s 1/48 C-47 Skytrain “Mini Whiskey 7”

by Christina Swank on January 24, 2019
in Aviation — 44 Comments

Built from the old Monogram 1/48 C-47 Skytrain kit as "Mini Whiskey 7" The real "Whiskey 7" is a D-Day surviving aircraft owned and operated by the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo NY. I was fortunate enough to be able to take a flight on "[...]