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Post by justplanecrazy on Nov 12, 2006 21:59:54 GMT 12
Can anyone help with my Kiwi DC-6 project? I would like to know the following;
Anyone got a close up of the badge on the tail? Needed to be able to make one.
Cockpit colour? You can't see much of the inside but a close approximation would do.
As the 3 aircraft were DC-6s not C-118s am I right in thinking they did not have the rear fuselage cargo door?
Finally whats the fairing on the lower nose?
Cheers
Nick
RNZAF mad Pom
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Post by steve on Nov 12, 2006 23:18:52 GMT 12
Yes you are quite correct...the DC6s were just transferred from TEAL to the RNZAF as far as i know with no alterations except markings etc..I do recall seeing them as a young fellow at whenuapai and mangere enginering (when opened)where engine changes were done etc.
I can only remember the stanard fin flash on the tail...not sure?
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Post by Bruce on Nov 13, 2006 7:26:49 GMT 12
The badge on the tail is the Auckland provincial coat of Arms. I have the artwork which I used to print the decals (on inkjet decal film) for my DC-6 if you need it. You are correct there are no rear cargo doors. The other thing to watch with an RNZAF DC-6 is that they did not have the radar equipped nose (as on the Heller Kitset) and a minor reprofiling may be necessary. The fairing under the nose is some form of ADF antenna, I have never seen a precise description of it. see www.rnzaf.proboards43.com/index.cgi?board=Modelling&action=display&thread=1132791121PM me for the atwork details, they come as a word file. |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 13, 2006 7:54:40 GMT 12
Bruce, I hadnt seen your DC6 before. Excellent work! You seem to have quite a collection there.
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Post by phil82 on Nov 13, 2006 8:00:56 GMT 12
The RNZAF DC6 had a weather radar in the nose Bruce, but not the 'radar' nose. That is an excellent model however, congratulations. It's exactly as I remember them.
Those aircraft, incidentally, were great to ride in! They were relatively quiet, and what engine noise there was was not unpleasant, quite comforting in fact!
I do recall an approach to a USAF Air Base in Charleston, South Carolina in somewhat murky conditions when there was a sudden application of power as we went round again. It seems we had been lined up on a motorway, and not the runway!
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Post by justplanecrazy on Nov 14, 2006 8:29:09 GMT 12
Hi Bruce yes please for the word file my e-mail is logged on this site. I have your earlier pictures saved to my PC for reference.
Regards
Nick
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Post by Bruce on Nov 14, 2006 20:55:07 GMT 12
Just sent you the file Nick, Make sure you post some pics of the DC6 when its finished!
cheers.
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