Stuart's D-Day Dakota - Airfix 1/72

[LyleW]

Why have those areas? Parts count = money charged for kit. You could always do a cut away....Oh, looks good on what you have done.

[mustang1989]

Can any of it be seen from that bubble window above the RO station?

[Stuart]

Why have those areas? Parts count = money charged for kit. You could always do a cut away....Oh, looks good on what you have done.

Your guess is a good as mine Lyle - It does seem to be a bit pointless, but if nothing else though it'll add strength to the fuselage.

Thanks!

[Stuart]

Can any of it be seen from that bubble window above the RO station?

Possibly Joe - although not much. I did wonder about leaving the crew door open as well.

I do think the cockpit it'll look good through the windscreen though.

[mustang1989]

Possibly Joe - although not much. I did wonder about leaving the crew door open as well.

I do think the cockpit it'll look good through the windscreen though.[/quote] Leaving the crew door open is a definite must. Along with the lighting coming in from the top of that bubble window at least you'll be able to see something in there.

[Medicman71]

When parachutes are no longer needed!

This is what happens when Maverick flies a cargo plane full of rubber dog s***!

[speedgraflex]

Looking good. Lyle posted an interesting photo showcasing different Olive Drab exteriors on surviving examples. Although, I think the reason for the variations in the photo may be more about the individual teams having their own color palettes. I think so at any rate. I have not found an unrestored example photograph yet. There is a stock photo online of an empty interior which is close to Testors Dark Green in its military color range. You could I think make a special paint pot with a darkened U.S. Interior Green color, if you prefer this. Honestly I think the green you have already looks quite good. I would like to see how Humbrol approaches Olive Drab. I feel Gunze really got U.S. Olive Drab right.

[Stikpusher]

I would go with interior green for the complete interior. Period color photos show that being on the inner surface of opened doors.

As far as Olive Drab goes for the exterior, Olive Drab 41, the color used for the majority of C-47s produced, was notorious for color shift when it weathered. Look at this original color photo of C-47s packed on an airfield and in spite of the mediocre quality of the photo, you can see that there is quite a variety of OD41 to be seen here. Even on the same aircraft due to previously painted sub assemblies being mated for final production. Pick one you like.

[Paul]

That is an interesting find, Carlos. I would get quite a few pots of that stuff if you could get it in Tamiya or Gunze Aqueous.

[Stuart]

So basically I could just paint it any shade of OD and get away with it?!

That's a great photo Carlos, thanks for sharing it.