Artie Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Hi all...I've been asked to build a 1/72 scale DC-3 in Spantax colours. Spantax was a well known spanish airline wich operated from 1959 to 1988. Amongst their routes, the flights between the Canary Islands were very appreciated. On september, 16th, 1966, a DC-3 coded EC-ACX took off from Los Rodeos airport, Tenerife, en route to Mazo aerodrome, La Palma, with 24 passengers onboard, including a young girl and two toddlers. Soon after taking off, the plane got into a deep sea of clouds, and suffered an engine failure wich forced the pilot, Eugenio Maldonado, and co-pilot, Fernando Piedrafita, to make an emergency landing a mile off the coast of El Sauzal, a fishing village in the north of the island. Fortunately, all the passengers and crew were rescued by local fishermen, all but one who suffered a panic attack and a heart strike, being the only victim of the accident. Today, the wreck rests 90ft deep into the sea, upside down, and is must see for local scuba divers. The plane, EC-ACX... The pilot, Mr. Eugenio Maldonado.. The co-pilot, Mr. Fernando Piedrafita.. The flight assistant, Miss María del Carmen Vázquez.. The accident site... A similar aircaft... The kit I'm going to use... I hope to have it finished soon, it's a commision build and, despite not being used to build airliners, these classic machines are quite appealing...... Best regards... 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Looking forwards to this, great intro. Be good if one of the mods can move it to the WIP section, it would get more foot traffic there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Good luck, interesting history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) Hi Artie, Looking forward to this too, sounds like it'll be an interesting project. Are you modelling it before or after the crash? Might make an unusual diorama Cheers, Ian Edited December 25, 2018 by Turbofan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Looking forward to this. Remember, the only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, Turbofan said: Are you modelling it before or after the crash? After the crash...???? I don't think so..I'm not a fan of the so-callled "spanish school"...!!!!😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halcyonjet Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I have just returned from my annual holiday to Puerto de la Cruz and actually visited El Sauzal, not knowing anything about what has been lying at the bottom of the sea for so long. I am aware of course, of the very sad history of several other crashes in Northern Tenerife, and have often thought about modelling the Dan-Air 727 that came to grief there. I will look forward to seeing your project progressing. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 Hope you enjoyed it in Puerto de la Cruz...You should had called us, and we'd gladly picked you up to show the island and, of course, invite you a few single malts in ouir LHS...!!!! The sad story behind that Dan.-Air 727 is still crying here, and it was back in 1982, IIRC. If you take a walk to the crash site, you still can find the remains of the plane. There's a complete undercarriage leg, engine parts, seat frames, and even some suff wich belonged to the passengers lying there. Anyway, it's a frightening place, lots of white crosses hanging from the trees in that deep forest....not for the fainthearted. Not to talk about the terrible crash that happened back in 1977 in Los Rodeos airport, when two Boeing 747 collided..... Arturo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 This is how the DC3 is progressing so far..... WhatsApp Image 2018-12-28 at 13.47.00 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr Alogside the Heller Douglas DC6-B, another custom built for the same customer... WhatsApp Image 2018-12-28 at 11.57.18 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr Inkjet printed Spantax logos.. WhatsApp Image 2018-12-28 at 13.51.55 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr Best regards 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halcyonjet Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 On 28/12/2018 at 17:15, Artie said: Hope you enjoyed it in Puerto de la Cruz... I certainly did thanks -I think that it was about my 25th visit there! Wow!! the DC-3 and 6 are looking beautiful -really nice work! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 (edited) Well, we call it finally done. The customer came this evening to pick them up. So, a sad farewell was given to the Spantax airliners. Sorry for the bad quality cell phone pics.... The models were built devoid of any aerials or antennaes, as the customer wants them to be displayed as "desk models", and didn't want any fragile part to be added. Even the propellers are glued in place. Spantax was famous for being a "charter" airline for big companies. Amongst those companies, Ford España was one of the most prominent ones. They chartered "Bravo Bravo Kilo" to transport their staff and spare parts from Spain to other european countries, hence the "Ford Force" logo...... WhatsApp Image 2018-12-29 at 17.36.57 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr WhatsApp Image 2018-12-29 at 17.36.46 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr WhatsApp Image 2018-12-29 at 17.37.10 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr WhatsApp Image 2018-12-29 at 16.42.07 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr WhatsApp Image 2018-12-29 at 16.42.06 by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr Ok, some aftermarkets were used on this build WhatsApp Image 2018-12-29 at 20.29.42(2) by Arturo Navarro, en Flickr Edited December 29, 2018 by Artie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Superb result on both Artie. I'll bet the customer was very pleased to have such nicely finished models on display. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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