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Dora Wings is to release a 1/72nd Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter (ex-Big Planes Kits (BPK) - link) kit - ref. DW72025

Source: https://www.facebook.com/1929101897320378/photos/a.2862485143982044/2862485210648704/

Box art & schemes

 

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TheJapanese one is currently preserved at the Ishikawa Aviation Plaza near Komatsu AB - 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishikawa_Aviation_Plaza

jetphotos.com/photo/9571892

 

V.P.

 

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On 10/20/2020 at 4:15 PM, TEXANTOMCAT said:

Wowsers- OK - I'll get in first - AIR AMERICA! Just need a 1/72 C-123 now....

 

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Air America decals are already available from Mike Grant. I used some on my Air America C-123  http://mikegrantdecals.com/shop/product/air-america/  Even tho' they're 1/48th they are small enough.

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On 21/10/2020 at 17:01, Violet Club said:

The C-123 is already available from Roden in 1/72.  We are just waiting for "Air America" decals for use with the C-123 and the Pilatus (both aircraft have an important role in the "Air america" Movie with Mel Gibson).

 

On 13/11/2020 at 10:26, keithjs said:

Air America decals are already available from Mike Grant. I used some on my Air America C-123  http://mikegrantdecals.com/shop/product/air-america/  Even tho' they're 1/48th they are small enough.

The first edition of the Roden C123 already had air america decals in it ! 
And the Mike Grant decals are also available and good addition to your stash…

Still lovely to see the made a 1/72 decalset for this airline with this kit 👍

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2 hours ago, TEXANTOMCAT said:

I missed where it said aircraft from the movie? 🤔

 

I didn't think the real aircraft had Air America on the side, but maybe they did at some point.

 

http://www.pc-6.com/history/2018-n360f01.jpg

 

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This picture taken before reaching Asia has it on the right side. But the first picture taken in Asia doesn't seem to have the US flag on the tail either? Also just noticed that in the first picture the lower half of the fuselage is NMF.

 

http://www.pc-6.com/history/2018-n360f02.jpg

 

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I was looking at doing the Thai airframe and since it's not fitted with the sliding doors, is it safe to assume they don't use the minigun or 20mm canon and the interior can just be fitted with the seats?

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7 minutes ago, Tbolt said:

I was looking at doing the Thai airframe and since it's not fitted with the sliding doors, is it safe to assume they don't use the minigun or 20mm canon and the interior can just be fitted with the seats?

 

Seats are on the E sprue, that with fuselage. I'm 99% sure all sprues are the same like in earlier Dora Wings and BPK boxes.

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12 minutes ago, Piotr Mikolajski said:

 

Seats are on the E sprue, that with fuselage. I'm 99% sure all sprues are the same like in earlier Dora Wings and BPK boxes.

 

Sorry maybe I wasn't clear, like you I'm assuming the sprues are the same as the original BPK boxing but I was just trying to confirm if fitting all six passenger seats in the Thai machine would be accurate.

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3 hours ago, Tbolt said:

I was just trying to confirm if fitting all six passenger seats in the Thai machine would be accurate.

 

It seems to me that it would be. If I see it correctly, all the machines in the pictures on Airliners.net, JetPhotos and Wings-Aviation.ch are more of a utility version but my guess is that fitting seats in them is fairly straightforward and could be carried out from time to time. I have the impression that in some of the photos (especially on Airliners.net) you can see parts of the seats, but whether these are definitely seats - here you would have to compare with aircraft from other countries.

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7 hours ago, Piotr Mikolajski said:

 

It seems to me that it would be. If I see it correctly, all the machines in the pictures on Airliners.net, JetPhotos and Wings-Aviation.ch are more of a utility version but my guess is that fitting seats in them is fairly straightforward and could be carried out from time to time. I have the impression that in some of the photos (especially on Airliners.net) you can see parts of the seats, but whether these are definitely seats - here you would have to compare with aircraft from other countries.

 

Thanks. I just wanted to ask as I didn't want to put some pictures up once I've built it and some one turn around and say that the Thai Air Force never fitted the seats. Like you say it's looks very easy to re-config the interior as the seat are very simple.

 

Like you say this picture seems to show a seat fitted, but the front row of seats are not fitted.

 

https://www.airliners.net/photo/Thailand-Air-Force/Fairchild-AU-23A-Peacemaker/4235171/L?qsp=eJwtjEEKwjAQRe8ya11oqUp3egFdeIEh%2BWgwNmEyRUPp3Z0Gd4/34M3k0qj46r1m0EAFLO5JG8os/C40zMRBYhjX2Pf96WjthfpJ4q0ST9t9Z6ok0Us14Vlxdg5Z4f/%2BKh6yJhTXzg%2Bb7Qwgt8bUHcz7UHLk9oByiLQsPwYNMuM%3D

 

I've found a couple of the aircraft with the sliding doors and they don't appear to have any seats fitted. So I will probably go for leaving out the front row of seats and fitting the 4 smoke pods underwing. Anyway sorry for hijacking this thread.

 

 

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