Some years ago I bought an old 1960 Airfix C-47 from a guy that sells and collect second-hand toys. The kit was complete and the figures showed clearly its age as they were mostly blobs of plastic. The model kit even so is not bad and was glued very quickly as I discarded all interior.
The windshield was lost so I used electric glue to fill the space and that shows :) But frankly I know you are not looking at that but your attention was caught by the beautiful laidy, as Bertorelli would say, taking her panties and saying "Com´in". I used the C-47 "Steppin´out" as inspiration but changed the name and the "6N" is also my invention. Try to guess what it means...
The place from where the asspiration... sorry, the inspiration came.
Only after painting it I realised that the paratrooper is a British one as shown by the shorter boots and the type of helmet. Even so as its not a very detailed character it makes a passable US paratrooper. The open door is again electric glue which hides partially the exiting figure.
At the moment the US airborne fleet counts with one Airfix C-47 and one Italeri C-47 and Waco but more Waco will be added soon.
Next. Pine trees for the Ardennes or Hungarian cavalry for Mohacs.
Excellent additions. A lot of effort for items which don't add a lot to actual play but so visually worth while.
ReplyDeleteTrue. This is by no means essential but look good. That is why I´ll make my next few Wacos from blueboard and wood.
ReplyDeleteExcellent - I haven't added any artwork to the noses of my C-47. You'll also need a Hadrian for the British. I found a vacform kit many years ago and made that - never again will I attempt to make a vacform kit!
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Thanks master. I´ll go for my next waco/hadrians using Blueboard for the fuselage and wood for the wings. I just wanted to build one Italeri in order to use it as a template. The brands that shorten the thing are not my favorite.
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