RobMorales Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Here is the Minicraft 1/144 scale C-54/DC-4 kit in Pan American World Airways "Clipper Racer" livery. These are the kit markings which went on well. The bare metal is Alclad II, the gloss white is Tamiya. I love this kit; the fit is very nice and she presented no issues. I have several more of these that I am planning to build... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aAzZ09 Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Well done, Robert! You've mentioned Alclad II metalizer. I'm about to test it on my F-86 Sabre I'm working on. Your results are very encouraging! Best, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bell Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Travel when an airliner was not just a bus with wings. Beautiful job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewahl Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 HI, Robert, This is obviously a "civilianized" C-54 with the big rear cargo doors instead of a DC-4 passenger door. Pan Am bought these on the cheap after the war. I hope I can come close to the beautiful results you achieved when I build my copy of this kit. Thanks for the inspiration. Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClareWentzel Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Great job Robert!! During WW II, my mom was a riveter inside the wings. Great memory. I have one built and one in the stash. They have lots of variants with the kit. Were the Pan Am markings, kit markings? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewahl Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 Hi, Clare, I have this kit with these markings. It was sold as Minicraft Kit #14500. There are at least half a dozen different kits made from the same basic mold, all with different decals. Then again, Minicraft continues to repackage ALL of their airliner kit this way. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 Beautiful model! Are the gray walkways on the wing painted, or decal? GIL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmorrissette Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 So sweet. Some of the older planes still look the best. Nice work Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMorales Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Thank you guys for the compliments! Gil, those walkways are the kit decals. They went on nicely and settled in with one application of Micro Set and Micro Sol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spruemeister Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Nothing finer than an old airliner. Well done! Rick L. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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