Martinnfb Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 One note. Check out, amongst another details, the different engine cowling shape, Trumpeter/HobbyBoss kits have exactly the same shape on they DC-3/C47 kits (1/48,1/72) . The reason for that is most likely that they used as an example the Chinese copy of LI-2. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Do these birds have the same dimensions as a Dak, 95 foot wing span 64.6 feet long?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I believe they are wee bit longer, need to look it up. we are talking few inches at the most Edit: shorter span 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 For years I have been gearing up for one of these ( original US production machines) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Heaven 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 got to keep this happening....soon Ernie will need more inspiration.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I think Ernie needs to buy a real one and restore it! ....and put "CLUNKMEISTER AIR" on the side! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 It may be cheaper than the HPH kit. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 On final approach to Košice Airport, C-47A-45-DL # 29600 crash landed in a field and came to rest on a railway embankment. All 23 occupants were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 this one wasn't so lucky, but still open throttle impact into a mountain and four people survived said something about rigidity of the airframe. It is worth to mention remarkable work of the rescue crews, considering the freezing January weather in the remote mountain pass. On the leg from Bratislava to Košice, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and was contacted by ATC and diverted to Poprad. Few minutes before its ETA in Poprad, while cruising in bad weather conditions at an altitude of 1,300 meters, the aircraft hit trees and crashed in a snow covered and wooded area located in the Tatra Mountain Range. Four passengers were injured and rescued while all 22 other occupants were killed. Causes: It was determined that the crew started the descent to Poprad prematurely following a wrong altimeter setting, causing the aircraft to hit obstacles and to crash. Poor visibility caused by snow falls and heavy winds blowing up to 100 km/h were considered as contributing factors. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Fantastic video Jeff, thanks for sharing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 2, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted March 2, 2019 Martin, those Czechoslovak trees and mountains get taller in the fog. In Qu’appelle, Sask, there was a many hundreds of ft high microwave tower that stood about 500 yds north of the main East-West Trans Canada Highway. Every year it seemed, it’s guy wires would claim a Cessna, Piper, or Beech when they were scud running to Regina, following the highway in a snowstorm. After bad snowstorms, there were always airplane parts scattered all around, along with the inevitable occupants and personal belongings. I have no idea how many airplanes that tower took down over the years until they relocated it farther north about a mile. I think it took a family being killed to wake up the politicians. That bloody tower almost claimed me as well. Probably 3 weeks after getting my fresh new Private Pilot License, I got caught in the crap coming back from Brandon. Yep, 400 ft, stay to the right of the road, and oops, I remembered the tower in the nick of time and straddled the road until past the town. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 2, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted March 2, 2019 Jeff, that video brings back memories, although you could usually replace the trees with drifts of white stuff.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 5:48 AM, Martinnfb said: ....we are talking few inches at the most Edit: shorter I hope this isn't a phrase common to your lifetime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 On 2/21/2019 at 1:39 AM, 1to1scale said: I think Ernie needs to buy a real one and restore it! ....and put "CLUNKMEISTER AIR" on the side! "CLUNKY AIR" might make some question their ticket purchase! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Tried to load this pic before, and I don't think it worked, but here is a good idea for a dio eh? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 2, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted March 2, 2019 I love the field expedient winter hatch on the RCAF overwing exit Good to know you won’t be tracking mud back inside when you come in after taking a break. “Wipe your feet before you come in!” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NigelR32 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 On 3/2/2019 at 2:37 PM, Jeff said: Tried to load this pic before, and I don't think it worked, but here is a good idea for a dio eh? Yeah.. if someone made a 1/32 M-38, or 1/32 GPW or any 1/32 vehicles...Arrrgghhhh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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