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Offline TomZ

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More AND Less build
« on: July 16, 2019, 09:49:52 am »
I started out with an idea for a 1/144 three engined DC-3. Not the later turbo prop version but a 1946 version powered by three Twin Wasps.

But then I had a DC-3 model left with only one engine. SO why not do both one more AND one less?
One Twin Wasp is obviously not enough to power a DC-3 so I hunted around in the spares box and found a Pratt & Whitney YT34-P-6. The YT34 produced 5500hp so that would be OK.
I kind of underestimated the size of this engine though, so just sticking it on the nose in front of the cockpit didn't work.

And so we end up with this pair:



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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2019, 09:58:16 am »
Neat :thumbsup:
The DC-3-3 looks kind of Italian?
One imagines the pilot of the single engined Dak (DC-1 ;D) would be blinded by the exhaust glare during night flying,
And that it would torque roll on take off, unless its having a Contra prop?

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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2019, 10:29:29 am »
DC-3-1 looks, to me, like a super-sized Spad. ;D :thumbsup:

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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2019, 11:07:16 am »

both look good  ;D :thumbsup:
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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2019, 01:54:06 pm »
Quote from: TallEng on July 16, 2019, 09:58:16 am
The DC-3-3 looks kind of Italian?

Yeah, they kind of had a fetish fro three engines, didn't they?
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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2019, 02:04:22 pm »
This brings back a few memories  :thumbsup:

Pics from the 2008 Milton Keynes show.



Funny thing is I was thinking only last week about doing another one.............
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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2019, 06:30:10 am »
Quote from: The Rat on July 16, 2019, 01:54:06 pm
Quote from: TallEng on July 16, 2019, 09:58:16 am
The DC-3-3 looks kind of Italian?

Yeah, they kind of had a fetish fro three engines, didn't they?

All down to less powerful engines then nearly everyone else.
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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2019, 10:00:14 am »
Not to burst some bubbles, but...



I am not aware of a conversion with three radials, though.  ;)
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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2019, 10:32:36 am »
Quote from: TomZ on July 16, 2019, 09:49:52 am
And so we end up with this pair:
Great pair! :thumbsup:
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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2019, 10:27:33 am »
Finished the two DC-3s




















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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2019, 10:38:46 am »
Absolutely BRILLIANT Tom!  :thumbsup:

I love your modelling AND your thinking here.  ;D
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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2019, 12:00:41 pm »
 :thumbsup: for both !
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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2019, 01:35:12 pm »
I can dig!!!
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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2019, 09:49:19 pm »
 :wub: :wub: Congratulations!
(my very favourite is the single-engined one with a new canopy)
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Re: More AND Less build
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2019, 12:11:56 am »
I rather prefer the tri-motor variant, looks very natural - and pretty in the Air France markings, too.
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