Being a former Paratrooper serving in the 82nd Airborne..The aircraft with the static lines twisting in the slip stream is very cool..your builds are amazing.
Thanks for talking about the time at the bench. For myself, I am in that category, especially in this season as I work at a college. We have a ton of events and travel so it’s hard to just be at home. And then my wife decided we’re starting up season two of our podcast, I have rental properties and sometimes just sitting down and being able to work on a kit paint something that’s never gonna be seen. It’s just a way to unplug and relax. So if someone has a problem with working on something that might be seen find a hobby of your own lol. I think it’s important for everybody to express their creativity and find time and carve time out of their day to even for 15 minutes. Do something creative. Great work on these kits Brett. They are looking very nice. I actually might see you in 3 to 4 weeks lolI’m trying to arrange some travel.
I have to say I'm quite impressed at how well the Monogram kit is holding up against the much newer Trumpeter. I'm currently building my first ever Monogram kit (F-102 Dagger) and I've been pleasantly surprised at how well it's going together. Sure, it's not like the latest kits, but it is decently made and a pleasure to assemble. You can also buy them for very little on the internet.
In all fairness, Monogram made solid kits back in the 80s/90s. They were generally pretty accurate in shape and dimension and had decent details for the time.
This is awesome. When I was in the army back in the early 2000s I was a paratrooper. Recently I joined a parachute team and we regularly still jump out of C47s. In fact, a few months ago for the 80th D-day anniversary I had a chance to jump out of a C-47 in Normandy, France. We all dress up in period correct uniforms to honor our brothers from WWII.
I’m in high school and have recently developed a live of modeling I’m finishing up the USAF a1 sky raider(Tamiya) I depend every free minute at my work station. I am also working on getting my private pilots license!
I lived in a inupiaq Eskimo village in northern Alaska and I got to see all kinds of air craft come in. They would fly over the village then turn and land. There was a hill behind the school that was maybe a 100 feet high and my friends and I would wave at the pilots. Imagine C46s, C130s, DC-3s, and even a C133 flying at eye level waggling their wings as they pass us. I was between 12 and 15. I was thinking of that when I was watching your video. Also. The DC3 they had won best aircraft finish at Oshkosh back in 84 or 85. Frontier Airlines. And i got a chance to fly in it. What a blast. As to models? I'm patiently waiting for a 48th or 35th C46. I can't believe no one does one yet. Your C47s look great. Thanks for jump starting my memories.
That was a great watch! Really impressed with the way you've gone about these and the amount of work you've put in. I'm very much looking forward to the next part.... 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻
From what I remember hearing, Trumpeter based their C-47 kit on the Lisunov LI-2, the Russian copy of the C-47. That's why there are so many differences. Among the projects I would like to do is the C-47 with the skis and the hula girl nose art from the movie "The Thing From Another World ".
Both are pretty good kits, I have the Trumpeter kit half built as I had problems with the clear parts. Mainly the cockpit window, all had a bumpy look so I had to sand them flat and give them a good polish.
At the very end of the video, you knocked the insta set over after using the tube from the nozzel. That has happened to me countless times! Glad im not the only person who suffers from that. 😅
@@HammerheadModelMaking lol. Yeah, I don't normally knock bottles over, its mainly the insta set... seems like every time I pull it out, it gets knocked over.
Kudos on keeping the separate brands properly separated (ask me how I know how difficult this can be). I must be watching too many fighter model builds because the one was exceptionally refreshing and interesting. Now, on to part 2.
Ha ha, sounds like you have a story behind that. Yeah, it wasn't too bad on these ones just because they were both so different, when I did my two mustangs, that was a little tougher to keep track of!
@@HammerheadModelMaking Yes, imagine having to unpaint something back in 1967. I'm enjoying this particular built immensely. I believed I may have overdosed on watching fighter and tank builds.
Brett a lot of frustration with some of the fuselage on a cave in like the trumpeter kit can be fix with small I beams plastic. I always have the sheets,rods and beams for such as this problem and scratch building.
I originally built the monogram kit so I could make "Pinnochio" a DC-3/C-47 at Cold Lake Alberta with the CF-104 nose on it. This was used as a navigation trainer for pilots with a complete cockpit behind and to the right of the crew cabin. I got to fly in this aircraft as an air cadet. I was 14. I am now 67, but the Trumpeter kit makes me want to revisit the project. The original is still on display at Cold Lake AFB, Alberta Canada
Looking forward to this build, it may force me to watch BoB once again, I thought a manufacturer bought out a new C-47 in the mid 80's or 90's, lookingbforward to your build and opinions of both kits, best regards from Australia, Les
This might come off a bit weird, but I am pretty new to modelling and I was wondering how I should go about brush painting the color white. When I paint white it comes up gray because of the gray plastic even after many coats. also I those c47s look great, amazing job with them,keep up the great work.
I would use a light paint colour primer coat on the model, very light grey or white first. This will help a lot with the brushed white paint, which BTW is a notoriously difficult colour to paint with, along with yellow too. Another option could be to use a white enamel paint and slowly build it up over a few layers using a thinned paint so that the details are not smothered in paint.
Yeah, brush painting white is really tough, as someone else mentioned, you should use a light colored primer, you can get spray can primer at hardware stores that come in either white or gray. Those would probably get you better results than painting directly onto the bare plastic. Just spray a nice coat of the primer, then once dry, apply your white paint.
With your flying version, a little bit of battle damage and a feathered prop would add a lot to the story with the troops hasty exit of the airplane--and probable missed landing zone drop. Just like what happened on D-Day.
I had thought about it, but I was under a bit of a self imposed deadline, and just kind of wanted to move forward with it. But I agree, it would have looked cool!
Hey Brett - great video unfortunate about the spills (modelling eh?) C47 is a fantastic aircraft one on my wish list (1/72 scale only) I’m to brave enough to do 1/48 neither mind 2 of them!😂🎉, look forward to the next video. Cheers Liam
The problem with the Trumpeter kit is that it is an Li-2, not a C-47. Soviet engineers contracted with Douglas to use the C-47 design as a base. They redesigned the tail surfaces, the engines (and narcelles) as well as the controls. The aircraft was not lend lease, entirely built inside the Soviet Union. To convert it to a C-47 you must buy the engine narcells and control surfaces on the tail (which you did, of course). If you don't buy them, these little details will nag you forever.
Where did you find those nav charts and flight computer? I've got a 1:48 B-17 sitting on my shelf that I'm itching to build and that's a fantastic idea to add to the navigator section. Just printed on regular paper?
IMHO, modern kit manufacturers compete to see which company can create the most details while driving up the parts count thus justifying the high price of the new kit.
"Why build and paint details you will never see?" I will know it's not there and it *will* annoy me, that's how I see it. No matter if it's just a small cable that's barely visible against a vast bundle of other wires and cables, it will matter to me. Or another way to look at it is, adds some versimilitute.
Being a former Paratrooper serving in the 82nd Airborne..The aircraft with the static lines twisting in the slip stream is very cool..your builds are amazing.
Airborne!!!
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Thank you, I had a very specific vision I wanted for the inflight Monogram kit, and I think it came out just how I wanted.
It's so nice to see someone like you struggling with "that part" or knocking over their plastic cement. Because that stuff happens to me all the time!
Lol, happens quite often with me!
Thanks for talking about the time at the bench. For myself, I am in that category, especially in this season as I work at a college. We have a ton of events and travel so it’s hard to just be at home. And then my wife decided we’re starting up season two of our podcast, I have rental properties and sometimes just sitting down and being able to work on a kit paint something that’s never gonna be seen. It’s just a way to unplug and relax. So if someone has a problem with working on something that might be seen find a hobby of your own lol. I think it’s important for everybody to express their creativity and find time and carve time out of their day to even for 15 minutes. Do something creative. Great work on these kits Brett. They are looking very nice. I actually might see you in 3 to 4 weeks lolI’m trying to arrange some travel.
Yeah man! We all place a different value on our time at the bench and thats ok! Looking forward to meeting up soon!
I have to say I'm quite impressed at how well the Monogram kit is holding up against the much newer Trumpeter. I'm currently building my first ever Monogram kit (F-102 Dagger) and I've been pleasantly surprised at how well it's going together. Sure, it's not like the latest kits, but it is decently made and a pleasure to assemble. You can also buy them for very little on the internet.
In all fairness, Monogram made solid kits back in the 80s/90s. They were generally pretty accurate in shape and dimension and had decent details for the time.
This is awesome. When I was in the army back in the early 2000s I was a paratrooper. Recently I joined a parachute team and we regularly still jump out of C47s. In fact, a few months ago for the 80th D-day anniversary I had a chance to jump out of a C-47 in Normandy, France. We all dress up in period correct uniforms to honor our brothers from WWII.
Woah, I bet that was an amazing experience! Thanks for sharing!
I’m in high school and have recently developed a live of modeling I’m finishing up the USAF a1 sky raider(Tamiya) I depend every free minute at my work station. I am also working on getting my private pilots license!
Thats really awesome!
Love the Shepard Paine diorama pamphlet in the Monogram kit. I loved collecting his pamphlets.
Right! I remember collection all of his pamphlets from the various Monograms kits when I was younger, still have many of them somewhere!
I lived in a inupiaq Eskimo village in northern Alaska and I got to see all kinds of air craft come in. They would fly over the village then turn and land. There was a hill behind the school that was maybe a 100 feet high and my friends and I would wave at the pilots. Imagine C46s, C130s, DC-3s, and even a C133 flying at eye level waggling their wings as they pass us. I was between 12 and 15. I was thinking of that when I was watching your video. Also. The DC3 they had won best aircraft finish at Oshkosh back in 84 or 85. Frontier Airlines. And i got a chance to fly in it. What a blast. As to models? I'm patiently waiting for a 48th or 35th C46. I can't believe no one does one yet. Your C47s look great. Thanks for jump starting my memories.
Woah, those are some awesome memories, thanks for sharing! I agree, a 1/48 scale C-46 would be pretty cool!
Cool post, mate 👍🏻
Great start. Can’t wait to see the next steps.
Thank you!
Brilliant project. Looking forward to the full series.
Thank you!
That was a great watch! Really impressed with the way you've gone about these and the amount of work you've put in. I'm very much looking forward to the next part.... 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!
Excellent build!Excellent thoughts about the hidden details of a model!
Thank you! Cheers!
Love your work! I would love to do a "That's All Brother!" in 1:48
That would be cool!
From what I remember hearing, Trumpeter based their C-47 kit on the Lisunov LI-2, the Russian copy of the C-47. That's why there are so many differences. Among the projects I would like to do is the C-47 with the skis and the hula girl nose art from the movie "The Thing From Another World ".
That would make sense, and I love your build idea!
Lone Star Models does the skis and decals! And I have 2 or 3 C-47s in the stash.
Both are pretty good kits, I have the Trumpeter kit half built as I had problems with the clear parts. Mainly the cockpit window, all had a bumpy look so I had to sand them flat and give them a good polish.
Thats unfortunate about your clear parts!
At the very end of the video, you knocked the insta set over after using the tube from the nozzel. That has happened to me countless times! Glad im not the only person who suffers from that. 😅
Of course man! I knock my stuff over far often than I care to admit!
@@HammerheadModelMaking lol. Yeah, I don't normally knock bottles over, its mainly the insta set... seems like every time I pull it out, it gets knocked over.
Love it!
Thanks!!
Great video of each kit, just purchased the Monogram C-47 with 3D printed paratrooper set. Can not wait for part II
Question was the window removed on the Monogram kit too?
Have fun!
Yes, the monogram kit properly did not have a window there, so no modification was needed.
@@HammerheadModelMaking thanks, I have opened the box yet, it is still sealed. next in queue
Great as usual. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Kudos on keeping the separate brands properly separated (ask me how I know how difficult this can be). I must be watching too many fighter model builds because the one was exceptionally refreshing and interesting. Now, on to part 2.
Ha ha, sounds like you have a story behind that. Yeah, it wasn't too bad on these ones just because they were both so different, when I did my two mustangs, that was a little tougher to keep track of!
@@HammerheadModelMaking Yes, imagine having to unpaint something back in 1967. I'm enjoying this particular built immensely. I believed I may have overdosed on watching fighter and tank builds.
@@MrSteve280 Thank you for watching, part 2 should be out next week!
Brett a lot of frustration with some of the fuselage on a cave in like the trumpeter kit can be fix with small I beams plastic. I always have the sheets,rods and beams for such as this problem and scratch building.
Good idea!
I originally built the monogram kit so I could make "Pinnochio" a DC-3/C-47 at Cold Lake Alberta with the CF-104 nose on it. This was used as a navigation trainer for pilots with a complete cockpit behind and to the right of the crew cabin. I got to fly in this aircraft as an air cadet. I was 14. I am now 67, but the Trumpeter kit makes me want to revisit the project. The original is still on display at Cold Lake AFB, Alberta Canada
Oh yeah, I'm familiar with that aircraft, that sounds like it would be an amazing project!!
Great comparison, the Trumpeter version at the local shop temps me every time I go...
I would suggest waiting for the rest of the parts of the video to come out before you make your decision!
@@HammerheadModelMaking it's all a pipe dream anyway, I won't ever pull the trigger lol
@@scaleffect Lol, I know the feeling!
This model is on my wishlist but not part of my stash yet... Will see how you end up before ordering anything
I think its a bit of a tossup between the two, both have good and bad qualities.
Long time waiting on this
Hopefully it doesn't disappoint
Excellent superb.
Thank you! Cheers!
Perfect 👍👍👍
Thank you!
Looking forward to this build, it may force me to watch BoB once again, I thought a manufacturer bought out a new C-47 in the mid 80's or 90's, lookingbforward to your build and opinions of both kits, best regards from Australia, Les
The Monogram kit was reissued multiple times during the 80s/90s, but it was largely the same kit with a few new parts added.
This might come off a bit weird, but I am pretty new to modelling and I was wondering how I should go about brush painting the color white. When I paint white it comes up gray because of the gray plastic even after many coats. also I those c47s look great,
amazing job with them,keep up the great work.
I would use a light paint colour primer coat on the model, very light grey or white first. This will help a lot with the brushed white paint, which BTW is a notoriously difficult colour to paint with, along with yellow too. Another option could be to use a white enamel paint and slowly build it up over a few layers using a thinned paint so that the details are not smothered in paint.
Yeah, brush painting white is really tough, as someone else mentioned, you should use a light colored primer, you can get spray can primer at hardware stores that come in either white or gray. Those would probably get you better results than painting directly onto the bare plastic. Just spray a nice coat of the primer, then once dry, apply your white paint.
thanks alot for the comments,
ill be sure to give that a try!
With your flying version, a little bit of battle damage and a feathered prop would add a lot to the story with the troops hasty exit of the airplane--and probable missed landing zone drop. Just like what happened on D-Day.
I had thought about it, but I was under a bit of a self imposed deadline, and just kind of wanted to move forward with it. But I agree, it would have looked cool!
Just a comment for the algorithm .
Cheers!
Hey Brett - great video unfortunate about the spills (modelling eh?) C47 is a fantastic aircraft one on my wish list (1/72 scale only) I’m to brave enough to do 1/48 neither mind 2 of them!😂🎉, look forward to the next video. Cheers Liam
Hey Liam, yeah, I tend to spill more often than I care to admit! I think both Italeri and Airfix make decent C-47s in 1/72 scale!
@@HammerheadModelMaking ha ha - goodness I done the same earlier myself 🤦🏼♂️half a new pot, cheers take care.
The problem with the Trumpeter kit is that it is an Li-2, not a C-47. Soviet engineers contracted with Douglas to use the C-47 design as a base. They redesigned the tail surfaces, the engines (and narcelles) as well as the controls. The aircraft was not lend lease, entirely built inside the Soviet Union. To convert it to a C-47 you must buy the engine narcells and control surfaces on the tail (which you did, of course). If you don't buy them, these little details will nag you forever.
I see, thank you for the clarification!
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Thanks for the visit
I forgot to add: yes, I do have pictures Dane
Where did you find those nav charts and flight computer? I've got a 1:48 B-17 sitting on my shelf that I'm itching to build and that's a fantastic idea to add to the navigator section. Just printed on regular paper?
I think I just googled Normandy WW2 maps and picked one that looked good, then scaled it down in Photoshop and printed it on normal printer paper.
Would using milliput work for the window job instead of uv reactive resin?
Yes, it would work just as well I imagine!
muy lindo
Thanks!
Are you a pilot?
Not anymore, I had my private pilots license way back in my early 20s, but due to time and money haven't kept it up.
@@HammerheadModelMaking I was asking because you really understand things about the aircraft you build! Nice job man!
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Hi!
IMHO, modern kit manufacturers compete to see which company can create the most details while driving up the parts count thus justifying the high price of the new kit.
Yeah, I can see that to some extent.
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"Why build and paint details you will never see?" I will know it's not there and it *will* annoy me, that's how I see it. No matter if it's just a small cable that's barely visible against a vast bundle of other wires and cables, it will matter to me.
Or another way to look at it is, adds some versimilitute.
Thats a good way of putting it! And I think I am probably of similar thinking!
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More often than I care to admid!