RJ-WobblyHands Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 'Most senior officers regard as the most vital to our success...the bulldozer, the jeep, the two and a half ton truck, and the C-47'. General Dwight D. Eisenhower - Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe For this GB I will be building the Airfix Dakota III / C-47 Skytrain using the latest Airfix boxing - Though I will be making Decals to represent an aircraft from 34th or 43rd Troop Carrier Squadron they were part of the 315th Troop Carrier Group based at RAF Spanhoe in Northamptonshire - from there they took part in both operations Overlord and Market Garden , but my build will depict an aircraft from March 1945 when they moved to RAF Boreham in Essex where they carried elements of the 6th Airborne during Operation Varsity, This added another aircraft to my 'Essex based - US aircraft during WW2' The kit and the sprues all nicely wrapped up: The kit even includes a Jeep so I will get 2 of Eisenhower's vital 4 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Got to love a Dak. Have fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 My #1 favorite aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Welcome, this looks good. My grandfather was a radio operator in C-47's in the Pacific! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-WobblyHands Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Finally plastic has been cut and assembly has been started (Far too many projects modelling and home on the go !! ) The office area : and other internals ready for priming and good old interior green ! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-WobblyHands Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Slow progress, due to the nice weather we have been experiencing in the UK . Interior Green with a bit of black and dark wood colours make up the internal paint scheme , and cockpit instrument decal - which of course you will not see very much - if anything when all buttoned up ! Benches attached to the sides almost ready to close her up Edited June 8, 2021 by RJ-WobblyHands 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-WobblyHands Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) This weeks progress - saying goodbye the the internals ,buttoning up the fuselage, and connecting the wings - Its starting to look like a Dak now Some seam tidying and a little putty here and there is next! Edited June 13, 2021 by RJ-WobblyHands 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-WobblyHands Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 Thankfully that fight is finished - glazing in and masked , the 3 pieces for the cockpit were painful to fit ! Started on fitting the engines an cowlings Getting close to be able to start painting 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 That is nice progress on this one. Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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