Albatros D.V...

This is the Eduard 1/72 kit, a marvelous representation of this great machine. I prefer to model the Theo Ostermann mount, to avoid the typical green and mauve or the lozenge wing colors.

The level of detail is proper to Eduard standards, easy to build and beautiful schemes to choice.

Do-17E Airfix 1/72 old fashion kit...

The Dornier 17 or the "flying pencil" was the most advanced bomber in the world when it was presented in the International Military Aircraft Competition at Zürich, Switzerland in 1937 and faster than any fighter produced at that time.

This plane with the Ju-88 and He-111 was the symbol of the air power of the new German regime.

Consequently, Do-17E (E models, was one of the early versions equipped with BMW diesel engines) was one of the first kit produced by Airfix at the beginning of the sixties. I was keeping one of this kits from 1968 aprox in a forgotten box in my mother's house. I recovered it in 2005 and after a lot of considerations, I decided to construct the kit in a pre war scheme.

Today, Airfix is showing a healthy business present, up to dating its old kit portfolio. Every body says that the new molds are a marvel and congratulate the company for their efforts.
But, the old mold is not bad at all, one can do a very acceptable subject spending little time.
The most surprising thing for me was to see that decals worked pretty well despite being fully yellowish and craqued after all those years. As always, the swastikas was borrowed from another decal sheet.

Needless to say that I'll buy the new kit and put the models side by side to compare the look of both subjects.  

In future post, I'll compare this kit with the extraordinary Revell Do-17Z.
 

 

 

DC-3 "El canela" (Cinnamon)

Italeri 1/72 DC-3 'El canela' (the cinnamon one) 

She was the first presidential aircraft in Chile (1947) and got that name after the standard interior color in civilian planes by Douglas in that era. There are few pictures at present times, but is known that the motto was scripted besides a small chilean flag on port side under pilot window. On the fuselage, both sides, over the windows was the legend 'Presidente de la República'. 

The very first scheme she dressed was overall natural metal finish. Later, at the end of forties or beginning the fifties Chilean Air Force unified painting schemes of all transport planes with white paint on the upper side of fuselage and a dark blue ribbon all across the windows.

I can't resist to recreate the initial NMF of this beauty. The result, OK... thanks to the impressive 1/72th Italeri kit. I'd utilize the very good Testors transparent decal set to design my own decals.

I'm learning to take pictures...soon, expect to improve the quality of that photos.
Cheers,