dalea Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Not saying anything till see the price. I remember all those people who were enthusiastic about the Kalinin K-7. Still Vaclav appears confident with 5 boxings spread out over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 36 minutes ago, dalea said: Not saying anything till see the price. I remember all those people who were enthusiastic about the Kalinin K-7. Still Vaclav appears confident with 5 boxings spread out over the years. Preliminary price in the Netherlands is 42,95 in euro’s....the Williams secondhand fetches more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckw Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Just now, janneman36 said: Preliminary price in the Netherlands is 42,95 in euro’s... Less than I expected. This is a big kit. Cheers Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertone139 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 On 4/10/2021 at 5:07 AM, TheFlyingDutchman said: I do have some C-46 Buffalo decals left which I designed for a friend a few years back. They are ALPS and laser printed, so not the sharpest decals you'll ever see, but they worked well for said friend. If anyone's interested mail me at [email protected] , I only have a few sets as I do not have any commercial intentions with this! That is a beautiful finish on that kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 hour ago, dalea said: Not saying anything till see the price. I remember all those people who were enthusiastic about the Kalinin K-7 The Mikro-mir one? Considering the enormous size of the thing in 1/72 and the somewhat niche aspect and therefore limited run, I found some suggestions of people expecting a sub-100 price rather daft. AMS ended up selling (they had 10 in stock) all of them anyway. Don't think that's a real fair comparison in this case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I agree. The market for a C-46 will certainly be much larger than for a Kalinin K-7. It is one thing to be enthusiastic that a model exists of an exotic type and quite another thing to buy one. Particularly bearing in mind that in the market, the vast majority of aircraft are exotic. Including the C-46, to be fair, but considerably less so as it does fall into the popular categories of WW2, military and US. As opposed to inter-war and Soviet. Which is sad for those of us attracted to the more exotic types, but if they were popular and widely available they wouldn't be exotic, would they? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LN-KEH Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, Graham Boak said: I agree. The market for a C-46 will certainly be much larger than for a Kalinin K-7. It is one thing to be enthusiastic that a model exists of an exotic type and quite another thing to buy one. Particularly bearing in mind that in the market, the vast majority of aircraft are exotic. Including the C-46, to be fair, but considerably less so as it does fall into the popular categories of WW2, military and US. The C-46 was used by some of the most popular to model air arms: China, Israeli Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, South Korean Air Force. United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps & United States Navy And civilian operators like Lufthansa, FOF in Norway and the ones hauling cargo in Alaska and Northern Canada are also quite popular. Photo by Ralf Manteufel - http://abpic.co.uk/photo/1219253/, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44128137 Edited April 12, 2021 by LN-KEH Adding photo credit 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 This German C46 is actually C-FAVO nowadays shown as a model int the previous post from @TheFlyingDutchman cheers,Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingDutchman Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 54 minutes ago, janneman36 said: This German C46 is actually C-FAVO nowadays shown as a model int the previous post from @TheFlyingDutchman cheers,Jan Which is why it still bears the LH crane logo on the fuselage, as a tribute! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) Box art - ref. 72146 - Curtiss C-46D Commando - CCG "LATRINE WEASLE" - Kunming China https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=4291952224149493&id=208070375871052 V.P. Edited April 12, 2021 by Homebee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Lambess Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 11/04/2021 at 23:20, dalea said: Not saying anything till see the price. I remember all those people who were enthusiastic about the Kalinin K-7. Still Vaclav appears confident with 5 boxings spread out over the years. I got the K7 Worth every cent IMHO (I don't think people realise how big it is in 72nd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Question: why did at least one (post-war, obviously) Lufthansa C-46 carry U.S. registration numbers? Was this needed to get into and out of West Berlin? I think the color scheme is pretty cool for this fat bird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Can't give you a definite answer, but it may be no more complicated than that Lufthansa leased the aircraft rather than owned it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 On 4/12/2021 at 6:20 AM, TheFlyingDutchman said: Which is why it still bears the LH crane logo on the fuselage, as a tribute! AVO is still in service with Buffalo Airways. I was in that plane when it was with Air Manitoba until the mid '90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 38 minutes ago, Admiral Puff said: Can't give you a definite answer, but it may be no more complicated than that Lufthansa leased the aircraft rather than owned it. That is the correct answer.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 34 minutes ago, busnproplinerfan said: AVO is still in service with Buffalo Airways. I was in that plane when it was with Air Manitoba until the mid '90s. C-GTPO still fly’s as well with Buffalo, so they have two C-46s active.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 2 hours ago, janneman36 said: C-GTPO still fly’s as well with Buffalo, so they have two C-46s active.. Those were all ex Air Manitoba planes. They had four or five until they closed up in '94. I was apprenticing for my first year AME and got to tinker a little on AVO and I think TPO. Was only there for a few months before they closed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 Box art - http://www.valom.net/?page_id=1137 - ref. 72152 - Curtiss C-46D Commando - Operation Varsity - ref. 72154 - Curtiss C-46D Commando - Air National Guard V.P. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 I like the looks of the ANG plane. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 A welcome addition. They may not be the easiest of kits, but I like the subjects they do. Would still like a reworked Albemarle though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 - ref. 72145 - Curtiss C-46A Commando - "The Hump" Source: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/VAL72145 - ref. 72153 - Curtiss R5C-1 Commando - USMC Source: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/VAL72153 V.P. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Nice! Looking forward to seeing the sprue shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Available for preorder at Aviationmegastore in the Netherlands https://www.aviationmegastore.com/curtiss-r5c-1-commando-us-navy-usaac-valom-vaclav-lomitzk-72153-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=177189 https://www.aviationmegastore.com/curtiss-c-46a-commando-the-hump-usaac-valom-vaclav-lomitzk-72145-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=177367 cheers, Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisov Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) 70 euros dosent bode well for UK price 🙄 Just checked Hannants again £69.99 and 10% off pre order. Edited June 10, 2021 by chrisov Updated for Hannants price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Then you can go Polish... https://ksmodel.pl/sklep/szczegoly/curtiss-c-46a-commando-the-hump-1-72-23664/ https://ksmodel.pl/sklep/szczegoly/curtiss-r5c-1-commando-u-s-marine-corps-1-72-23665/ 221,00 Zloty = 42,47 GBP or 49,45 EUR +P&P or here https://www.artscale.eu/172-curtiss-r5c-1-commando-us-marine-corps-valom-1 https://www.artscale.eu/172-curtiss-c-46a-commando-the-hump-valom-1 53,2 EUR +P&P V.P. Edited June 11, 2021 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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