Something totally wrong.....C-45 float plane

[chrisonord]

Yes you read that right
I have built something that is totally different to what I usually build,
For a start, it is a WW2 aircraft, and it still has its original engines(not turbo props). It has some gloss paint on it, and it still looks mostly like it should,baring the floats and 3 blade props :rolleyes:Oh, and there are no weapons on it
The kit is the Pioneer C-45 Epeditor in 1/72nd scale, not the best fitting kit but it was cheap enough for what I will be doing to it 
I will be doing a diorama when space allows and the C-45 will be part of the scenery being a crashed drug runner aircraft. The floats will be removed and the propellers suitably fubared, as it will have mown down a portion of Nicaraguan jungle.
The aircraft is a cartel aircraft, and is used as a "mail" plane, to collect/deliver drugs, money cartel members and supplies. Float planes and flying boats are used extensively by the cartel as they do not have to operate from vulnerable airstrips, and they can be hidden in creeks and estuaries.





Cheers,
Chris.

[Mossie]

Make it Hawaii & it's straight out of Lost....

[jcf]

Looks suitably grungy.

BTW three-blade props and floats are both real world Beech 18/C-45 variations, along with turboprops,
tricycle landing gear, single vertical fin/rudder and some serious fuselage stretches. The Model 18 was
in production from 1937 until 26 November, 1969 and may be the most modified aircraft in history.

[Brian da Basher]

Nice work on the weathering!

Brian da Basher

[Cobra]

Sweet Job this Feels like something out of 'Tales of The Gold Monkey' or 'Miami Vice'!!!!!!!!!!! Like the Colors & Markings!!!!!! Hope to see More Cool Stuff from You!!!!

[kitnut617]

Masterful job Chris -----

here's a pic of a real one

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2HOoAmNLg4/SXysZXM9MzI/AAAAAAAAKT8/twb3Ww237VU/s400/IMG_0100.JPG

[chrisonord]

Cheers for that Robert, now there is something I forgot to put on this thing, a ladder from the cabin door I will see what Ihave suitable enough for that job.
Cheers,
chris.

[Weaver]

Looks good to me - very credible! 

[Tophe]

 
In the topic's title was "something totally wrong......" and I do not understand why, as your model looks very right, doesn't it?

[chrisonord]

In the topic's title was "something totally wrong......" and I do not understand why, as your model looks very right, doesn't it?

Hi Tophe,
I mean it in a different sense, as I don't usually build non military, unarmed, piston engined aircraft.
Cheers,
Chris.

[Stargazer]

In the topic's title was "something totally wrong......" and I do not understand why, as your model looks very right, doesn't it?

Hi Tophe,
I mean it in a different sense, as I don't usually build non military, unarmed, piston engined aircraft.
Cheers,
Chris.

Well, since there WAS a real military version called the C-45 Expediter (UC-45 after 1944), it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to imagine a floatplane version of the C-45... It might have been slightly armed to serve as a coastal patrol aircraft... As for the engine... why not imagine a turbine powered prototype conversion? XC-45J "Turbo Expediter" sounds pretty cool, doesn't it?  

[chrisonord]

Hmmm? turbo prop C-45...........
No stop that!! I have enough to convert as it is without doing one of those
I have another turbo tigercat, that is 75% done, and I want to do a turbo prop Skyraider( thanks to Jeffry ) so I am scouring the universe for a cheap 72nd scale skyraider now
Oh and by the way, the c-45 doesn't float. Don't ask me how I know that
Chris.

[sequoiaranger]

>...and I want to do a turbo prop Skyraider (thanks to Jeffry cheesy) so I am scouring the universe for a cheap 72nd scale Skyraider now<

If you want to do a 1/72 Turboprop Skyraider, then you won't be using the kit prop, so I may have a proposition for you! For my Decimator (Skyraider-based) I wanted to have every available Skyraider kit to work from. I had thought of using the Arifix dive-brakes, but have since changed my mind. The whif is coming along just fine with the Fujimi components. My Monogram Skyraider was given away and used well, so I think my Airfix one is "now up for grabs". I "need" the prop for another whif, but that's all. I need to check the model for completeness, but....are you interested?

[chrisonord]

Hmm?
Very Hmmmm?
I might just be Craig I might just be. I am watching one on ebay at the moment, but that should be finished soon. Pm me with a price for it Craig and we can have a look see.
Cheers,
Chris.

[Stargazer]

Hmmm? turbo prop C-45...........
No stop that!! I have enough to convert as it is without doing one of those

Just realized I made a mistake in my post and fixed it accordingly (it said UC-43 Traveler, which was of course the Beech 17, not the Beech 18!!!)