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Next Dora Wings project is 1/48th (and later in 1/72nd) de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20A/U-6A Beaver kits. š At last a post-WWII aircraft kit from Dora Wings ! Don't forget: https://www.caracalmodels.com/cd48107.html Source: https://www.facebook.com/dorawingsofficial/posts/pfbid01U3HoSAWtXQKgh5fMyoPn9HmSZVSBJwGSEjAKBJMSbiNbuhLGLQXD2mPA6BJTGkYl V.P.- 105 replies
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Hi all, Adding to my stash - given the choice what would you go for Airfix or Hobbycraft, and why? Thanks. M
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Hi modellers, few days ago Iāve started a new entry to my Vietnam War aircraft collection. It was the De Havilland RU-6A Beaver in VNAF colors. In the early 1960s, the Electronics Warfare Laboratory developed airborne radio direction finding (ARDF) electronic gear and installed it in three de Havilland U-6A Beavers, re-designating them RU-6As. Apparently no special code names were applied to those aircraft at the time. Assigned to the Vietnam Flight Detachment of the 3rd Radio Research Unit in March 1962, those three aircraft became the first Army reconnaissance airplanes in Vietnam. Time later a group of ARDF Beavers went to the Mekong Delta in 1964. Sometime before 1966, three RU-6A aircraft equipped with standard U.S. Army ARDF equipment were given to the South Vietnamese Air Force. Those systems worked so well that more Beavers and U-8Ds were converted under the āRā version, incorporating AN/ARD-15 surveillance equipment for Vietnam service. Example 51-16862 /mM available on decal sheet was delivered to US Army on January 1953 as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962. Later converted to RU-6A. Then this aircraft was given to VNAF, served with 33rd TW (tail code mM), 716th Rec. Sqn. AF. It had the earlier style airborne direction finding equipment (with Collins R-390 radios) instead the newer AN/ARD-15 system that the U.S. used for their RU-6As. (photo credit: http://www.dhc-2.com) Kit is the rather basic Hobbycraft in 1/48 scale but it is a good point to start, a sort of blank canvasā¦ As my usual, I love to show my models fully opened, so that first step was to separate front/back doors from the clear fuselage and replace them by styrene. According a lot of pictures taken in http://www.dhc-2.com website, I was quite sure that cockpit floor was wrong. Much better to replace it by styrene tooā¦ Instrumental panel next to comeā¦ (photo credit: http://www.dhc-2.com) Ciao, Alex Rome -
After the Turbo Beaver (link), LiftHere! is to release a 1/72nd de Havilland Canada DHC.2 Beaver "Kroonduif" resin kit - LHM048 Sources: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1149607-lift-here-models-lhm048-kroonduif-dhc-2 https://lifthereserbia.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/near-future-kits/ V.P.
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During the 1980s, the USAF Test Pilot School operated two DHC aircraft. The first was an NU-6A Beaver, USAF s/n 53-2781. This bird was used to familiarize TPS students with the peculiarities of a tail-wheel aircraft and to demonstrate the effects of propeller torque. The other de Havilland was the UV-18B Twin Otter. This aircraft was acquired in early 1982 and was used to demonstrate single-engine operation and test techniques for a twin-engine aircraft. Here is ā781 as it looked in 1981. A ācivilā paint scheme and registration, N384M. The only hint that this is a USAF aircraft is the Air Force Flight Test Center 6510th Test Wing tail band and a very small USAF serial beneath the tail band. It wore this scheme until at least 1985. By 1988, the Beaver acquired the white and red scheme that had become standard for the 6510TW test support fleet The Twin Otter was unusual in that it operated in a civil guise until 1987, displaying the civil registration N300LJ. The only visual indicator that it was USAF was the Test Pilot School emblem on the vertical tail. Interestingly, a bogus USAF serial number was used for administrative purposes, 74-0437 being used on its USAF fuel card. This same serial number appears in my flight records for a couple of hops in the Spring of 1982. When a USAF serial number was issued for the airframe, 87-0802, national insignia were added in the prescribed manner, along with standard unit markings of the USAF Systems Command shield on the tail along with the abbreviated serial number, tail code and tail band. The 6510TW shield is on the outer portion of the engine nacelles and the U.S. Air Force legend was added to the nose. The US Naval Test Pilot School also operated a Beaver as BuNo 150191, shown here in 1982 And an Otter, BuNo 144670, shown undergoing maintenance when my TPS class visited Pax River in 1982. Thanks for looking, Sven
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LiftHere! (http://lifthereserbia.wordpress.com/lh-models/) is to release in 2015 a 1/72nd de Havilland Canada DHC.2 Turbo Beaver Mk.III resin kit - ref. LHM-022 Source: http://www.aviationmegastore.com/de-havilland-dhc2-turbo-beaver-mkiii-lhm026-lift-here-decals-lhm026-scale-modelling/product/?shopid=LM52cf2b699812364b779f06c044&action=prodinfo&parent_id=212&art=118828 V.P.
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de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, pics thanks to Stuart (Reggie) Martindale. G-DHCZ
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