Paul J Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 ......! My love for this aeroplane will be shown here. Over the past couple weeks I posted my recent finishers to 1/144th scale a pair of Dakotas. One Minicraft( the CP Air one) and one Roden kit as a BIA cargo hauler. So now I can show the others of my collection. All built some time ago. All 5 and a half of my collection so far. My three Canadian Daks. L to r: CP Air recently posted here the other day, centre, WWA Dak and right, Pacific Western Dak. On the left my fairly recent completion of the stalled Roden build in BIA colours. and on the right another G-AMRA in Morton colours. More of this one below. Currently on the bench. Need to make a decision on a finish for it. I have decals for the WWA one above in 1/72 and is in my for sale listing. If there are no takers I may well use them for the one on build or go for another CP Air one in the 72nd scale . So hard to decide and so many schemes to choose from but lack of suitable decals that are not military. The above pics are of a Minicraft kit and Whiskey Jack decals. Another Minicraft kit. S &M Decals( One of Mel's early sets). Minicraft kit again. Leading Edge Decals. Finally keeping it in the family a DC-2. Its the CMR resin kit and supplied decals. Next instalment will feature my 1/72nd daks! 37 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 A beautiful collection of a fantastic aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmm Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Beautiful - I’ve often thought about building a flock of Daks like this and you may just have provided the inspiration. It’s hard to find a livery the Dakota doesn’t look awesome in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 They are just fabulous! My favorite aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Lovley job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Each one a real beauty! Thx for sharing! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 What a fantastic fleet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Superb collection and builds of this all time classic. I like to do the same with my Boeing 747s...but I would need to rent a parking lot to display them all together...😊😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Very nice collection. Out of all the kits, which do you recommend as the best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 1 hour ago, John_W said: Very nice collection. Out of all the kits, which do you recommend as the best? Of the only two that I know about, the Minicraft and Roden, the Roden one is better . Except the way the bottom side of the wing trailing edge where it meets the fuselage. Its done where the falsps would be and has a curious angle and the ends but a bit of filler and rescribe will improve it. But the rest of it is better than Minicraft with such things as the main wheels, legs and the optional door/cargo door. and the engines are better too with proper cowls etc. The Minicraft is better in the way the lower centre section fits as I attempted to describe above for the Roden one, but the bad bits are the too long engine cowlings and slightly undersized engines, closed doors with only the pure passenger door outlined and no freight door outline( opposite to the Roden one), the strange main wheels and odd looking props. Over all the shapes of both look fine to me with fine surface detail all over but there are probably discrepancies to perfectionists but when built both look good. So for me the Roden one is just a bit better. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 21 hours ago, Paul J said: Currently on the bench. Need to make a decision on a finish for it. Military, the type deserves at least one example in this excellent collection. Or, the livery of the Canadian transport company that featured in the TV series a couple of years ago. Were they green? I can't remember! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: Military, the type deserves at least one example in this excellent collection. Or, the livery of the Canadian transport company that featured in the TV series a couple of years ago. Were they green? I can't remember! I believe you mean Buffalo Airways as in Ice Pilots. As for military I don't fancy drab camo schemes but something like post war RCAF or RAF could be on the cards but I will need to source suitable decals. The RAF one will bethe easiest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Beautifully done, all of these! What a handsome collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Very smart little fleet you have there, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Impressive fleet. I also have one 1/72 Dakota, needs some TLC though: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Fabulous fleet, great work on the Daks ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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