jyguy Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) Inspired by the recent GB Douglas Dakota group build I eventually decided to throw something together for a change and chose this rather bright Dak of the French Navy.They were operated by 56 Squadron from Nimes.I recall seeing their aircraft at Luton and Jersey. Its the Airfix "new tool" kit with some minor modifications.The hatch over the flight deck was added from plasticard and a trim tab scribed on the starboard aileron.The original astrodome cut out was filled and a new opening made further down the fuselage.The aircraft's main role was training Navigators hence the bubbles location over the main cabin.The Exhausts were also opened out. Aftermarket resin wheels from quickboost were used as I feel the weight on tyres effect has been overdone in the kit.A pannier was added under the nose,unfortunately their is scant reference material regarding the item but I believe it houses ariels.Numerous ariels were made from plasticard of came from the spares box. The decals are Xtradecal sheet 72-207.I wanted a different serial to that supplied(One of the aircraft I had seen) so bought a set of numerals by tech mod which proved impossible to use,by me at least, even after a coating of Klear.Fantasy print shop came to the rescue with a very user friendly set of decals. The kit requires a certain amount of fettling to go together mainly around the spar centre wing area and the Cockpit side windows are best installed prior to closing the fuselage.Talking of transparencies I used a Pmask set for masking which were excellent. The kit was finished with a mix of Tamiya and Humbrol acrylic rattle cans.The original aircraft were a painted silver which is much easier to replicate than bare metal. Edited August 13, 2019 by jyguy typo,Punctuation. 32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Beautiful build, looks great in that scheme, very unusual 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFlyHalf Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 That is a smart looking aeroplane. Congratulations on a great - and interesting - model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Ah, you know how to please - a Dak, unusual scheme, great build and dayglo! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyguy Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 Thank you all very much for the kind comments. I am now considering building a Camouflage and dayglo Luftwaffe example from the same decal sheet that provided the markings for this One. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorbertBu Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Exactly this scheme is also on my list. Thank you for your inspiring model with lots of Detail! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyguy Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 Their is a lot of excellent reference material on the Luftwaffe C-47D/C-53 in a soft cover publication called F-40,Flugzeuge der Bundeswehr by Hanfried Schlephake.It was published back in 1987 but it is well worth sourcing a copy as it includes plan drawings. of the camouflage scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruskin Air Services Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Really nice Dak and a scheme not often seen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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