discussion DDA DC-3 Dakota

[Fernando N]

Hi all, here are the photo's I took of this old lady:
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More to follow....

 

[Fernando N]

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Hope they may be useful to someone building a DC-3 or C-47.
Some background info of her to finish it of:https://www.dutchdakota.nl/en/dda-classic-airlines/fleet/ph-pba/

Fernando

 

[colin m]

Fantastic. Both the pictures and the aircraft. I'm a bit jealous.

 

[yak face]

Thanks fernando , superb pics and very useful to anyone whos got a dc3 or ac 47 in the stash ( guess whos got a 1/48 ac47 !!?) A beautiful aircraft and obviously well looked after and loved by her crew , cheers tony

 

[Jim R]

Hi Fernando
Great set of photos. Must have been a brilliant day.
Jim

 

[Guest]

obviously well looked after

It should be — the DDA from this thread’s subject line stands for Dutch Dakota Association

 

[rtfoe]

Simply Wow!

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Steve Jones]

Wonderful reference shots. Fernando. She is a real beautiee. Thanks for sharing mate:thumb2:

 

[flyjoe180]

What's not to love? The Grand old Lady of airliners, awesome.

 

[Guest]

Fernando .
She's a beauty,and well dressed. Great photos.
I've seen the BBMF one fly over , of course its not as colourful as this. Love the sound , such an ionic plane.Thanks for posting.
John.

 

[Mini Me]

Nothing like the sound of big radials! Now that our P2Vs have been replaced with BAE146s I'm afraid it will be a long time before I hear the rumble of twin 3350s again.
Thanks for sharing.
Rick H.

 

[rickoshea52]

I just drove past this old bird at KLM Schiphol, she’s all bagged up against the rain.

 

[Gern]

Very nice!

Considering how many of these were made, how long they've been in service and how many theatres of war they've served in, there don't appear to be many model versions available. Now that we're seeing lots of big aircraft in 1/32, what about one of these? I saw a mock-up of one at a model show a couple of years ago (may even have been 1/24 scale!) but I've not seen anything since.