1/87th Scale C-47 |
Gallery Article by Andy Stark
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Dec 14 2003
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Hi all. I have no idea what the
brand of this kit is. I built it a couple of years ago and threw away
the box and directions upon completion. I do remember that it was a very easy
build. It is not very detailed and I built it out of the box except for the
windshield. It was so thick that I replaced it with some clear plastic from a
toy package. I painted it using Poly-S paints over Testors silver. I weathered
it using different shads of olivedrab in sections. I also used pastel chalks to
simulate exhaust stains and oil streaks. I then used very thin black and browns
in the panel lines. I dulled out the decals by rubbing brown pastel chalk on to
them. They final touch was to chip the paint off the Testors silver with a X-acto
knife and masking tape.
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The base is made of
foam core cardboard painted with water base paints. The figures are a mystery as
well. A friend gave them to me. The jeep is Roco product. I did not intend
to make this historically correct. It was built as a way to display a so so
model in nice setting.