DC-3, C-47, Dakota, and all license built or copies

[tigercat]

What about a Douglas Rotodyne for those short commuter hops

[Caveman]

Hey tigercat, I think the Russians got there ahead of you. I cant find the images of it at the moment but basically they mounted a turbine and set of rotors above the cabin of a dc 2? Someone else will post the links/pictures im sure.

[tigercat]

It just goes to show as said before that the Dakota has had pretty much had everything that could be done done to it



Heres the


XCG-17
One C-47 tested as a 40-seat troop glider with engines removed and faired over.

[Shasper]

Still waiting for the USAF to grab some BT-67s for some gunship work

[GTX]

Speaking of the Dak, has anyone heard about a 1:35 DC-3/C-47 kit coming out?

Regards,

Greg

[dragon]

Some other fun stuff.

Actually what I had been thinking of (more precisely) were those crazy propellers found on the newer Hawkeyes and Hercules of the US Armed forces or those high tech propellers created by NASA.

[famvburg]

     MasterCraft or something similar. Also a Hadrian (why not a CG-4?) & a Ju 52.

Speaking of the Dak, has anyone heard about a 1:35 DC-3/C-47 kit coming out?

Regards,

Greg

[jcf]

Also a Hadrian (why not a CG-4?)

CG-4A = Hadrian

[famvburg]

   Hmm. OK, what's the British glider used on D-Day? I think it's the British glider, not the CG-4 then. I'll have to look & see if I can find the post.

Also a Hadrian (why not a CG-4?)

CG-4A = Hadrian

[famvburg]

     Aha! Here it is. It's Masterbox & a Horsa. I knew it started with an H! Taken from rec.models.scale.

Masterbox is in the process of developing a 1/35 scale styrene model
kit of both the C-47 and the Horsa glider. Each kit is planned to be
released as either a British or US aircraft and will even have the
appropriate flight crew for each aircraft. Pretty soon we will be able
to model drop-zones or possible even descending paratroopers. With the
British Paratroop figures sets already available from both Dragon and
Masterbox plus the forth coming Dragon Welbike kits and also with a
converted jep to airborne we will be able to model a very interesting
deop zone.

Also a Hadrian (why not a CG-4?)

CG-4A = Hadrian

[rickshaw]

Now, a Hamilcar would make an interesting model for a WWII drop zone.  1/35 would though, be a little large.  Anybody do a Tetrarch to go with it?  Then there were the stripped down Morris 11 CWTs, the Universal Carriers and 6 & 17 Pdrs for them to tow.

[PR19_Kit]

I knew it started with an H! Taken from rec.models.scale.

Hehe, but then ALL the gliders used by British forces started with an H! 
Hadrian, Horsa, Hotspur, Hengist, Hamilcar etc. and every one named for various Greek gods I think. (classics wasn't/isn't my string point...)

A 1/35 Dak and ANY glider have got to be just HUGE! And expensive too I bet, but a modelling tour de force nonetheless.

[tigercat]

I can't find the picture anymore but someone took the front of a DC 3 fuselage and stuck wheels on each corner and turned it into a van/bus

[rickshaw]

I knew it started with an H! Taken from rec.models.scale.

Hehe, but then ALL the gliders used by British forces started with an H! 
Hadrian, Horsa, Hotspur, Hengist, Hamilcar etc. and every one named for various Greek gods I think. (classics wasn't/isn't my string point...)

A 1/35 Dak and ANY glider have got to be just HUGE! And expensive too I bet, but a modelling tour de force nonetheless.

No, classics doesn't appear to be one of your "string" points.  They were named after Ancient generals/commanders.

[PR19_Kit]

No, classics doesn't appear to be one of your "string" points.  They were named after Ancient generals/commanders.

Works for me, but then I can tune a 3-stage servo-valve and I bet Hengist couldn't..........