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Juno Dakota: 1/48th Monogram C-47 Skytrain

by Fly Past Rush on June 26, 2024 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

This old 1/48th Monogram C-47 Skytrain kit was originally released in 1978. The moulds are now in Revell's possession and still available on occasion. By the standards of the day, Monogram's 1/48th C-47 kit was well detailed and included [...]

Back from the forgotten storage box: Monogram 1/48 Douglas C-47A Skytrain

by Tom Cleaver on January 26, 2024 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

The C-47 is the military development of the Douglas DC-3, the civil airliner that has been called “The Plane That Changed The World.” That is not hyperbole. The DC-3 was unlike any airplane that came before it. It gave airlines [...]

Airfix (Italeri) 1/72 C-47 Skytrain Hellenic Air Force

by Spiros Pendedekas on January 10, 2023 · in Aviation · 46 ≡

After the end of the war, many C-47s continued to offer their services to the USAF, with their contribution to war operations being enormous, as the typical examples of the aerial resupply of Berlin during the Soviet blockade in 1947 and [...]

ITALERI DOUGLAS C-47 SKYTRAIN

by Tony Anderton on January 9, 2023 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Well, after "recovering" from the dreaded Covid-19, I've now been diagnosed with Chronic Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome (yep, I've never heard of it before either.) So work on the Victory has taken a back step. To try and cheer me [...]

USAF C-47 Skytrain

by Jay Mitchell on November 25, 2022 · in Aviation · 30 ≡

This is a 1/72 MPC C-47... although the box describes it as a DC-3. This is originally an Airfix release kit and had a “Made in England” slip of paper in the bag with the parts . The fit of the parts was generally good, and there was [...]

Trumpeter's 1/48 C-47 Skytrain "D-Day Mini Whiskey 7"

by Christina Swank on February 9, 2022 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

Where do I start...Whiskey 7, or 43-30652. A 1943 Douglas C-47 Skytrain that served as the leader of Serial #18 on D-Day, according to records with the 37th TCS, 316th TCG. No actual photographs where her tail number can be seen exist [...]

C-47 Walkaround

by Spiros Pendedekas on January 3, 2021 · in Photo Collections · 18 ≡

Hi everyone! I had the chance to spend some time near HAF's C-47, s/n KK156. This was one the last flying HAF C-47s, meticulously maintained, its last flight taken place sometime in 2005. Since then, it resides in 114CW, Tanagra, my Base, [...]

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

by Christina Swank on February 13, 2020 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

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. [...]

Airfix Douglas C-47 Skytrain

by Jeff Groves on November 14, 2019 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

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 [...]

Update No.2: C-47 Skytrain

by Jordyn Collier on April 7, 2019 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

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 [...]