Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Airmodel 1/72

[kalle]

Hi all, And here I am again. Time flies at an incredible speed when I look at when I've posted something here. I don't think anyone is interested in a long story, so I try to keep it short. Since the server of my website, where I store my pictures, stopped working, I had nowhere to store my pictures for a long time. Now this has been fixed for a some time now, but time is running fast, as mentioned, so better late than never show something again. I have a lot of work ahead to change the links of the pictures in my old topics here, but today I will put up some pictures from one of my latest bigger work and I hope that someday I will also put what I have done in the meantime. But now let me present my C-124.  This vacu build was a real test, because the original material was really such that I considered throwing it away somewhere far away. But patience won and today I'm quite happy with it. I have realized that there are only pictures of the finished model in this thread, so I will post the construction process elsewhere.

And of course..Happy Holidays everyone!

 

 

 

[Robertone139]

What a masterpiece!

[Toryu]

Very impressive build of an impressive cargocraft

[Fred piket]

impressive! The size is huge when you see that your photo booth is not big enough..😁

[janneman36]

That is an Herculean effort, well done 👍 

 

cheers, Jan

[Mr T]

That is a fantastic model, especially considering it is a vacform. Tempted to get my Contrail Beverley out now. 

[SAT69]

Very nicely done. The C-124 is one of my favorite airplanes.

[jdorsey9]

That is great!  I have it in 1/144 and it is big.  Can't fathom the size of 1/72.

[TEXANTOMCAT]

Fabulous! 

[ColinChipmunkfan]

Very impressive vac form, well done sir.  I remember seeing these at Mildenhall many years ago.

[Robin-42]

Rarely seen modelled. Thanks for sharing.

[kapam]

Wow!!

That is a beautiful piece of work!
Never have tackled a vac-formed subject myself, but I can appreciate the hard work, skill & perseverance that goes into one.

Especially a big unit like this.  👏👏👏👏

I can visualise the imposing bulk of this model when I look at my 1/72 DC-4 (surely a relative of your Globemaster II?). 👌😎

[Shorty84]

What a build, it must look quite impressive sitting on your shelf. May I ask what the challenges were you've encountered building this kit which made you want to throw it away?

 

Thanks!

 

Cheers

Markus

[woody37]

Wow, an incredible build. I think this is the first I've seen completed.

[Ad-4N]

Fantastic craftsmanship.

[Juhannussima]

Fantastic build and really interesting subject.

[kruzikrucken]

Fantastic result of a seldom seen bird and then built out of a Vacform!

[TheyJammedKenny!]

Wow!  This is really a masterwork.  Would you mind please taking a portrait of this beast with a smaller aircraft positioned close by so we can get a sense of the true size of this mammoth?  

[kalle]

13 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said:

Wow!  This is really a masterwork.  Would you mind please taking a portrait of this beast with a smaller aircraft positioned close by so we can get a sense of the true size of this mammoth?  

Thoughts of throwing it away were only before starting, because after my several vacu builds, I looked at this kit in the box and it seemed that I couldn't get started with it. Crooked and miserable and in every sense worse vacu that I have. I also considered replacing it with an Anigrand resin kit, but I really didn't want to pay that money. But since I liked the plane, I decided to give to this Airmodel kit a try anyway. As is often the normal case with vacu, all the smaller details were missing, or were unusable. In addition to that, the more I studied the pictures of the real plane, the more errors in large details came out. However, once the construction had started, I knew for sure that it could not be left unfinished. I am adding here two pictures of the kit parts, which did not call for construction at all:)

 

Kk

Edited December 26, 2023 by kalle

[TheyJammedKenny!]

Oh, what a horror story!  I grew up in a circle of military veterans, one of whom was a former navigator on, among other aircraft, "Old Shaky."  The navigator told me that during one C-124 flight he was in his bunk  behind the cockpit, only to be awoken suddenly by the shrill noise of an electric fan--which the pilot used as a kind of "klaxon" to warn crew of danger.  The navigator told me that in his groggy state, he realized he was lying against the padded ceiling, and the plane was in a dive!  Fortunately, the pilot was able to arrest the descent and recover the aircraft safely.  His story was almost as terrifying as that from a former C-130 pilot who was sole survivor of a crash at sea because (at the time) he was asleep on a bunk in the rear of the cargo compartment, only to find himself suddenly immersed in water.

[tomprobert]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. It’s fantastic to see kits like these being built and from another fan of ‘bumps in plastic’ I know the pain you’ve been through to get this result. 
 

And it just goes to show what basic kits can be made into with a skilled pair of hands - congratulations on completing a superb model!

[kalle]

Thanks to all for you nice comments! If you live in a small country It is really refreshing to bring your works to larger audience:)

 

Kk

 

[Billy54]

Very, nice build and you have every right to be happy with it. I am envious of both your skill and patience.

[georgeusa]

If the pictures above of the raw vacuform sheets are any indication of the quality of the rest of the parts you used, I am even more impressed with the finished product.  I've only tackled on vacuform kit in my time and it looks great from about 5 feet away, in the dark, behind other assembled kits, by people with coke bottle lenses in their glasses.  Just a really fine looking build of this very large transport.  Thanks for sharing and congrats for finishing it.

[jean]

All I have to add is: Congratulations!!!

 

JR