Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar; Italeri; 1/72
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Cherrylock
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Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar; Italeri; 1/72
this is the nice kit from Italeri, the Thunderbird markings are from Warbird (hard and crashed in to much pieces...) but the color in the end is shiny
Re: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar; Italeri; 1/72
Man, that looks great!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Re: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar; Italeri; 1/72
Wow... incredible piece of work!! Well done! An aircraft not seldom seen built up. 
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Re: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar; Italeri; 1/72
Lovely build. Nice to see one build as something else then the gunship variant.
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That’s a beauty! Must have been quite the paint challenge.
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Re: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar; Italeri; 1/72
Woh! Where did this one come from? That is one gorgeous C-119.
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Re: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar; Italeri; 1/72
It's a fine model, but I have to say that scheme on it brings to mind "Lipstick on a Pig". One of the fellows I used to work with had flown them in the guard and it was not a happy memory.
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Re: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar; Italeri; 1/72
Very nice! Love the T-Bird markings on it!
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Re: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar; Italeri; 1/72
I heard stories from older paratroopers who had jumped from them. The Jumpmasters had to stagger the exits when jumping from both doors due to the placement of the jump doors in the design at the rear to reduce the possibility of collisions and entanglements.jeaton01 wrote:It's a fine model, but I have to say that scheme on it brings to mind "Lipstick on a Pig". One of the fellows I used to work with had flown them in the guard and it was not a happy memory.
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Re: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar; Italeri; 1/72
Wow, sensational job Peter! Much better than mine that I did some years ago. Brilliant!
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We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.