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Andrew P (AndrexP)
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Douglas DC-4, PAA “Clipper Monsoon” c. 1948
DC-4, Pan American World Airways NC-88887

Skala:
1:144
Status:
Fullført
Påbegynt:
March 25, 2020
Fullført:
September 19, 2020
Tid brukt:
40 hrs

Douglas DC-4, Pan American World Airways, Registration NC-88887, c. 1946.
(Minicraft kit #14520 ©2001 [original tooling]

While digging into my ancestry on one of those sites, I stumbled across a passenger manifest showing my mom and her family arriving in Miami from San Juan, PR, on 11 June, 1946. I looked up the tail number and found several images of “Clipper Monsoon”, a re-purposed C-54 brought into post-war service as a Pan Am Clipper. I had the Minicraft C-54 kit, so… off I went.

This aircraft was delivered to the USAAF in March 1945 as 44-9063, C-54E-5-DO, c/n 27289, and recovered from Reconstruction Finance Corporation by Douglas aircraft for conversion to DC-4. It served with PAA from 1946 to 1952, then with a succession of carriers and private owners until retired in 1989. In 1990 it was retired to the Berlin Airlift memorial at Frankfurt airport where it basks together with a weary C-47 celebrating that massive mission of mercy.

The kit goes together very well and looks the part. Props are much improved over contemporary Minicraft 1/144 airliner releases that are plagued by misshapen and/or uneven propellers. The kit’s Candy Bomber decals look the part, but I used instead decals from Vintage Flyer, customized with the correct PAA Clipper name and tail number.

Paints are rattlecan and Alclad II metallic, sealed in Future.

Prosjektinnhold

Byggesett
14520
The "Candy Bomber" C-54 Skymaster
Minicraft Model Kits 1:144
14520 2001 New tool
Dekaler
VFD144-158
DC-4 Pan American (Del)
Vintage Flyer Decals 1:144
VFD144-158
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Douglas DC-4, PAA "Clipper Monsoon" (1/144)View album, image #75
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1:144 The "Candy Bomber" C-54 Skymaster (Minicraft Model Kits 14520)1:144 DC-4 Pan American (Del) (Vintage Flyer Decals VFD144-158)

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