Rick's Operation Market Garden Dakota

[rickoshea52]

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[Guest]

That looks great..... Cant wait to see it finished

[flyjoe180]

Looks great Rick. Not much to do on it now, look forward to seeing the result.

[rickoshea52]

Re-masked for the leading edges to be done in black. I think I should have done the black first and saved myself a load of masking tape. I could brush paint them but I prefer the finish achieved with an airbrush.

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[rickoshea52]

I'm looking for a bit of feedback - the Xtradecal decal sheets that I have show two walkways on the top of the wings between the engine nacelles and the wing root, but the kit instructions paint guide do not. What's correct - walkways or not?

[flyjoe180]

Had a quick look Rick. Walk way strips appear on contemporary C-47 warbirds but I can't find any period photos showing them. The area around the nacelle/wing root is quite worn however.

Here's one showing 82nd Airborne troops jumping near Groesbeek during Market Garden

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[rickoshea52]

Had a quick look Rick. Walk way strips appear on contemporary C-47 warbirds but I can't find any period photos showing them. The area around the nacelle/wing root is quite worn however.Here's one showing 82nd Airborne troops jumping near Groesbeek during Market Garden

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Thanks Joe. I suspected that might be the case.

Great picture too.

[flyjoe180]

And to back that up, just had a look at Airfix Model World's C-47 build article and they say 'It was noted that Xtradecal and Airfix suggested black walkways on the wing roots of the aircraft; little evidence of this could be found in period photographs so these were left off the build.'

[rickoshea52]

Had a quick look Rick. Walk way strips appear on contemporary C-47 warbirds but I can't find any period photos showing them. The area around the nacelle/wing root is quite worn however.Here's one showing 82nd Airborne troops jumping near Groesbeek during Market Garden

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Of course, that now presents me with another problem - how do I weather the wings to show worn paint now? Normally I would have painted the wings aluminium before the olive drab and use chipping fluid. Grrrr!

[rickoshea52]

And to back that up, just had a look at Airfix Model World's C-47 build article and they say 'It was noted that Xtradecal and Airfix suggested black walkways on the wing roots of the aircraft; little evidence of this could be found in period photographs so these were left off the build.'

I skimmed through that article an hour ago looking to see how the builder decided not to do the walkways. Silly me.

[flyjoe180]

I sense it will be out with some delicate dry brushing of aluminium paint .

[rickoshea52]

Masking applied for the leading edges to be painted black. Then the results after removing the masking and I'm quite happy with this. I was considering varnishing before the black to protect the grey and olive drab, there are some blemishes where raised detail has chafed off but nothing serious that can't be treated with a light dab of paint.

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That looks great Rick ........ Superb finish.

Peter

[flyjoe180]

That turned out rather well Rick, nice one. On the finishing streak now

[rickoshea52]

Varnished!


With Vallejo gloss acrylic, all the paint is Vallejo by the way.


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