cpoud117 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Hello guys and gals, Here is my attempt at building Airfix's 2014 C-47 as a Colombian Air Force machine from the 80's. This build brought many "firsts" for me. First prop in 20+ years, first transport aircraft I've ever completed, first attempt at "chipping", first attempt at casting parts, first attempt at rigging. All in all it was a fun build, I made my life harder than it had to be by spilling varnish, glue and thinner in the very late stages of the build. It's a colorful addition to my display case and it dwarfes all the fighters and trainers I usually build. Here is the project inventory for those interested Airfix A08014 kit Quickboost QB 72 462 Exhausts and QB 72 490 Engines Plusmodel AL7045 wheels Eduard CX401 masks Some scratchbuild parts (anti collision light, various antennas etc. Mr Surfacer 1500 grey primer SEA schemes using Mr Hobby Aqueous H311, H309, H303, H310. Various Mr Hobby Aqueous and Tamiya XF for the rest. Mettalics from the Ammo A-stand range. GX112 for the gloss coat and GX114 for the final flat coat. Decals were sourced from AMK's Kfir kit + generic numbers from USAFline USF72-021 This particular aircrfaft is a 1944 built, ex RAF bird (KN605) which later on was rebuilt as a Basler AC-47T turboprob gunship. What a carreer! Thank you for reading this far, have a wonderful evening! 69 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armorrich Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Wow..looks great!! Nice job. Cheers..Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish 251 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Lovely result. I like the paintwork in particular. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Now that is a beauty :). Your subject is, of course, exactly my kind of thing!!!! Very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles68 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Hi, that looks fantastic! Your main interests are like mine and im trying to get out of my comfort zone and attack a propeller driven aircraft at some time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Excellent work and a great paint job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly9mm Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 It looks really great. Very interesting choice of painting scheme. Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Well, I do like the C-47, and yours is fantastic! Lovely work all round! 👏 Keith 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Wow, love this, what a great scheme. It looks very impressive, great work Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Thanks for the kind words, highly appreciated. Here are a couple of pictures of the real deal which inspired me. I didn't want to go as hard on the chipping as the real A/C. That being said, even on less weathered Colombian C-47's, it seems that the cargo doors often took a beating. Source: Both Warpaint 133 (review link here) and Cercy's Douglas DC-3/C-34 in latin american military service have this picture Source: I honestly don't remember, I think I got it from a spanish speaking facebook group. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Really nice work, well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalle Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Now how was it when you said I was more of a jet kind of guy.:) As we can see, it doesn't matter, because in skilled hands there will be an excellent result! Kk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 5 hours ago, kalle said: Now how was it when you said I was more of a jet kind of guy.:) As we can see, it doesn't matter, because in skilled hands there will be an excellent result! Thank you I got it easy, the kit's not perfect but it's nowhere near as hard as the vacformed / Mach 2 / 50 year old kits that you normally build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebTartar Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Superb! I love these out of the ordinary schemes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GStreet Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Looks smooth. Well executed. Really interesting subject and you did it respect. G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 Thanks you both, I'm glad you guys enjoy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruskin Air Services Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Very nicely done, really like the SEA camouflage and the bright Colombian national markings. I'm a sucker for a C47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Beautiful!! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 Thank you both! On 3/17/2024 at 4:25 PM, Ruskin Air Services said: really like the SEA camouflage and the bright Colombian national markings. That's what got me too. The idea of a camouflage paint job with discrete roundels and serials contrasted by the bright rudder was just too good to pass. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 What a great looking model of an old warcraft that got another life after WWII. Really well done and you are right about being conservative in your weathering. Your portrayal is done with a lot more restraint than the actual photos of the aircraft being used. Thanks for sharing this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew.S Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Really nice Dakota, especially the paintwork is very neat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy54 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Very nice build in a scheme which you don't see very often. Thank you for sharing your images. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Cracking job ....BZ to you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 Thank you all, highly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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