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What is big and orange? I guess that some of you thought about a Braniff Boeing 747, but the answer is a Monogram 1/48 scale DC-3. I built mine as a Swedish plane in WW2 neutrality paint. It was used by AB Aerotransport (ABA) and was shot down in 1943.
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During my 40 years of modelling I never finished a 1/48 plane but this time I finally made it. I sanded down the raised panel lines and replaced them with a rivet pattern. |
| But it is awfully big when you are used to 1/72 scale tanks. It hardly fits in my paint box. |
| I cut masks for the registration letters from masking tape. |
| Masked and painted black. |
| Then came the ever nerve wrecking demasking. What went wrong this time? |
| Not much this time. I actually feel pleased with the result. |
| I decided to modify the landing gear to something that look like a pre-war DC-3 gear. |
| My DC-3 is done I added resin engines to it as the ones in the kit was a bit simple. |
| Stockholm October 28, 2010 |  |
Updated June 23, 2013 |
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