Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Dakota)
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Update No. 2-Ju 87G-1
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 [...]
C-47 Search and Rescue
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 [...]
Dakota forever
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 [...]
Update No.2: C-47 Skytrain
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 [...]
How to illuminate a model – PLASMO's 1/48 Trumpeter Douglas DC-3 [VIDEO]
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 [...]
Monogram's 1/48 C-47 Skytrain "Mini Whiskey 7"
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 [...]
St. Thomas – A day at the Beech
Well I finally finished it, the diorama's pièce de résistance. And boy was it ever a piece of résistance. Back in Texas, we had word for projects like this – “Snakebit.” This Beech was “snakebit.”
To date, this is undoubtedly [...]
C-47 Dakota TuAF – 1/72 – Airfix
Just finished...
Old Airfix (Italeri mold) kit with wonderful Tigerhead Decals.
TuAF, 6063 (Ex. USAF 42-93787)
Family, Friends, Food, Florida, Flying, Fun and good memories, but not necessarily in that order…..part 2
Louis Gardner was kind enough to put up with Joe Caputo and me for an entire day that turned into quite a memorable one. The tour of the American Aero Services shop in New Smyrna Beach, FL, was the icing on the cake, but most important [...]
Family, Friends, Food, Florida and Flying but not necessarily in that order…..
Today I had the pleasure of meeting with Jaime Carreon and Joe Caputo (fellow Imodelers) for the very first time in person.
The misses and I headed to New Smyrna today with Jaime and Joe... The first stop was a great visit at American [...]
