AREA 88: "Rocky's Arrival" (C-47 Skytrain)

Let's see if the Roden kit really is better than the Minicraft one... 

Sprues look nice and clean... so I think it is better. 

Quick cut and tape together of the fuselage... but it's the engines that will make or break this build, so they've been drilled and painted. 

Engines motors assembled. Looks like they actually fit. The wires will be going into the wings, so probably safer and will avoid the problems I had in some of my other builds. 

Added the upgrades to the interior of the wings and then glued everything in place. 

Painted the cabin interior black (just in case) and then glued in the windows. 

Fuselage glued together and engines assembled and glued on. Sound check... everything still humming.  

That mess of wires is tidied up and consolidated down to two that will exit the fuselage. 

All buttoned up... will it work? 

Yep. It works. Two lights, two engines humming ( one’s a bit squeaky) and a couple of friends flying in formation for moral support... 

Windscreen in place and masked. Flaps cut and reglued in position. 

First coat of paint down... looks like I can still see a seam. 

Green paint finally on. The light’s a bit harsh in this pic though. 

A nice olive green. You can still see the shadow of the seam, but the sanding/putty/sanding was getting to point of no return in terms of making things better. So I had to decide if killing the seam was worth killing all the rest of the details as well. 

Painted the nose and added the landing gear. 

A bit of very subtle chipping along the edge of the wing. 

Added all the bits and bobs... and gave it a bit of a panel wash. 

There we are. All done.