Tag: New Guinea

• Douglas Dauntless – Part Three – Perhaps It IS A Dountless…

  

  Maybe they know something I don’t. In my relentless pursuit of knowledge – also known as surfing the net – I discovered that there were quite a few RNZAF Douglas SBD-4 and SBD-5 aircraft used in the South Pacific. There are a number of period photos of them in flight and on the ground in…

  Dick Stein

  August 2, 2020

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, New Zealand aircraft, research, Uncategorized

  Douglas Dauntless, New Guinea, New Zealand

• Douglas C-47 – Part Four – The Romantic Gooney Bird

  

  Do not adjust your set or your eyes. The green is supposed to look like that. VH – CGQ or ” Honeymoon Express ” was a lot dirtier in her flying days than she appears in the museum. Not a scrap of shine on her in the three photos that appear on the net. I…

  Dick Stein

  July 28, 2020

  1:72 scale, airliner, American aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Weathering

  camouflage pattern, Douglas C-47, New Guinea, Pacific theatre

• Douglas C-47 – Part Two – Honeymoon Express

  

  The plane I’m building has a real history – apart from being a special scheme on a set of aftermarket decals. ” Honeymoon Express ” was the lead ship on a paratroop assault on Nadzab in New Guinea in 1943 in conjunction with an assault on Lae. It is a good point of interest as…

  Dick Stein

  July 26, 2020

  1:72 scale, airliner, American aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, research, subassembly, Uncategorized

  C-47, Douglas, Italeri, New Guinea