Dear Corgi: your next DC-3?

[BSteinIPMS]

I propose Corgi dust off the Dakota/DC-3/C-47/Skytrain moulds and do this one. Why?

1. Colourful: catches the eye. (good for sales.)
2. Little investment/good return on money.
3. Keeps Albert Ross employed researching livery. (He could explain, for example, why this model carries a US registration on the vertical fin and a British one on the wings and fuselage..... :confused: If valid, there is increased potential for UK sales. :) )
4. Maintain presence in 1/144 market.
5. Companion model to Corgi Northwest Orient Airlines B-377 Stratocruiser.
6. BTY wants one.... :D

[BSteinIPMS]

Whoa! Late-breaking news! It lives! :eek: (Ah, the power of the Internet....)

Photographed at Coventry on 16 August 1986 by John Smith.

....and in transition to Air Atlantique.
http://www.planeboys.de/sxf/Airlines/Airlines%20A3/atlantic_cargo/gampy.htm

...and here, too:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=154482&WxsIERv=RG91Z2xhcyBEQy0z&WdsYXMg=QWlyIEF0bGFudGlxdWU%3D&QtODMg=Q292ZW50cnkgLSBCYWdpbnRvbiAoQ1ZUIC8gRUdCRSk %3D&ERDLTkt=VUsgLSBFbmdsYW5k&ktODMp=QXByaWwgNSwgMTk4Nw%3D%3D&BP=0&WNEb25u=QW5keSBNYXJ0aW4gLSBBaXJUZWFtSW1hZ2Vz&xsIERvdWdsY=Ry1BTVBZ&MgTUQtODMgKE=UGFpbnRlZCB0ZW1wb3JhcmlseSBpbiBwZXJpb 2QgTm9ydGh3ZXN0IGNvbG91cnM%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=NTgy&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwMS0wNC0xMA%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=&static=yes&sok=V0hFUkUgIChwaG90b19kYXRlID0gJ0FwcmlsIDUsIDE5OD cnKSAgT1JERVIgQlkgcGhvdG9faWQgREVTQw%3D%3D&photo_nr=8

[shuttle]

Dear Corgi: your next DC-3? Should be in 1/72 scale!!

:D Shuttle

[DCRanger]

Dust off ? I have 21 of Corgi's Daks and that is not a complete collection! It hasn't had time to get dusty.

I will take more but I would prefer more military examples. How about the Russian licence built Li-2 with a gun turret or the Japanese licence built L2D.

One that I would really like is the C47C amphibious floatplane. OK, it was a one off but so what.

[Agent X20]

Take any of them... please

[goonybird]

me too :D
Bit like s*itfires. This casting can run and run BUT pleeeeez don't just do mils.
By all means do a rusky, but not at the exclusion of civils. Specially when they are Air Atlantique (..tic)/ Northwest colors. Dont care if leg-ends (wheels dont drop off!)

[Agent X20]

What.. the yellow and orange CP Air one..!! Ace.....!!!!

Scrummy... :)

[raff]

Dear Corgi: your next DC-3? Should be in 1/72 scale!!

:D Shuttle

Oh well done that man!!! :D
I really could not have said that better myself, although God knows I've tried! :mad:

However, if they insist on continuing to ignore the blindingly obvious then a yellow Canadian TT or Indian AF version... please.
Raff

[Agent X20]

We want a CIVIL ONE!!!!!!!!!! :D

[NeilD]

a Ruskin Air Transport Dak and a Redair Brit.. would apeal to the TV (thats television!!) theme collectors too... Mmm box set..
Neil.

[The Defiant Man]

Dear Corgi: your next DC-3? Should be in 1/72 scale!!

:D Shuttle

I agree.....

About time Corgi stopped pandering to the whims of these 1/144 collectors... :p :rolleyes: :D

<tin hat on>

[Agent X20]

About time Corgi stopped

They did some time ago...

(What was the last 1/144 new new release)

[The Defiant Man]

I don't know, I'm only in my 30's (just)...

[Seafire47]

Bob,

You might also be interested in these which I managed to find on Airliners.net:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=104224&size=L&sok=V0hFUkUgIChhaXJjcmFmdF9nZW5lcmljIExJS0UgJ0JvZW luZyA3NDclJykgQU5EIChwbGFjZSA9ICdOb3J0aCBXZWFsZCAo RUdTWCknKSAgT1JERVIgQlkgcGhvdG9faWQgREVTQw%3D%3D&photo_nr=3

and:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=104225&size=L&sok=V0hFUkUgIChhaXJjcmFmdF9nZW5lcmljIExJS0UgJ0JvZW luZyA3NDclJykgQU5EIChwbGFjZSA9ICdOb3J0aCBXZWFsZCAo RUdTWCknKSAgT1JERVIgQlkgcGhvdG9faWQgREVTQw%3D%3D&photo_nr=2

Both photos were taken at the Fighter Meet at North Weald in 1986 which was sponsored by Northwest. The DC-3 was based there for the weekend - the 747 wasn't! :D

The 747 / DC-3 formation was amazing enough, but the 747 + 10 warbirds was something I'm sure I'll never see again!

Seafire

[plumstix]

I was gutted I missed that. I was there in 85 and 87 but couldn't get to 86 for some reason or another that I can't remember.

[Agent X20]

Was yer team in the Cup Final that year..?

[Albert Ross]

I propose Corgi dust off the Dakota/DC-3/C-47/Skytrain moulds and do this one. Why?

1. Colourful: catches the eye. (good for sales.)
2. Little investment/good return on money.
3. Keeps Albert Ross employed researching livery. (He could explain, for example, why this model carries a US registration on the vertical fin and a British one on the wings and fuselage..... :confused: If valid, there is increased potential for UK sales. :) )
4. Maintain presence in 1/144 market.
5. Companion model to Corgi Northwest Orient Airlines B-377 Stratocruiser.
6. BTY wants one.... :D

The reason for the dual reg is that Northwest sponsored Air Atlantique to reapint G-AMPY to commemorate their 50th Anniversary. It flew in formation with a NWA B747 at the North Weald Air show in 1986, as per the link already posted. Scheme lasted just the one season, so not worth doing this one. If we did a NWA DC-3, it would be a 'genuine' one. Next Corgi DC-3 WILL be a US airline, but not NWA and will appear in the second half of this year.

[Albert Ross]

They did some time ago...

(What was the last 1/144 new new release)

...the one that will be announced in May :rolleyes:

[Agent X20]

Next Corgi DC-3 WILL be a US airline, but not NWA and will appear in the second half of this year.

Wont be Pan Am ( as in Blue Globe.. :( ) so only about another 947 to go... :D

So a new new brand new 1/144 type... come on.. civil or military..???

[The Defiant Man]

As a type will probably be one that can cover both civil & military...

[Agent X20]

As in VC 10...???

[The Defiant Man]

Just a presumption - what the h*ll do I know? Probably talking garbage as usual (although I was right about the Meteor back on the old forum ;) )

[Agent X20]

Fancy a second shot then....??

[The Defiant Man]

The Meteor was a tip-off from someone with good connections in the trade. Unfortunately don't see him no more.....plus I don't collect civils so not really up on what would be popular (or not popular, going by Corgi's track record :rolleyes: )

So....No thanks Agent, if I did I know it would come back to haunt me.....

<cluck, cluck> :D

[Agent X20]

Ah well that's me in a cul de sac.... reverse please... engine room....

[BSteinIPMS]

Bob,

You might also be interested in these which I managed to find on Airliners.net:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=104224&size=L&sok=V0hFUkUgIChhaXJjcmFmdF9nZW5lcmljIExJS0UgJ0JvZW luZyA3NDclJykgQU5EIChwbGFjZSA9ICdOb3J0aCBXZWFsZCAo RUdTWCknKSAgT1JERVIgQlkgcGhvdG9faWQgREVTQw%3D%3D&photo_nr=3

and:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=104225&size=L&sok=V0hFUkUgIChhaXJjcmFmdF9nZW5lcmljIExJS0UgJ0JvZW luZyA3NDclJykgQU5EIChwbGFjZSA9ICdOb3J0aCBXZWFsZCAo RUdTWCknKSAgT1JERVIgQlkgcGhvdG9faWQgREVTQw%3D%3D&photo_nr=2

Both photos were taken at the Fighter Meet at North Weald in 1986 which was sponsored by Northwest. The DC-3 was based there for the weekend - the 747 wasn't! :D

The 747 / DC-3 formation was amazing enough, but the 747 + 10 warbirds was something I'm sure I'll never see again!

Seafire

Thanks for the pics, Seafire; very interesting. Here in Minneapolis Northwest Airlines aircraft are so taken for granted that we expect they'll be around for ever, just blending in with the landscape. 'tain't so, is it? These classic aircraft disappear before we know it, and we always (blessed with hindsight) say "Why didn't I take rolls of film when I had the chance?"

[BSteinIPMS]

The reason for the dual reg is that Northwest sponsored Air Atlantique to reapint G-AMPY to commemorate their 50th Anniversary. It flew in formation with a NWA B747 at the North Weald Air show in 1986, as per the link already posted. Scheme lasted just the one season, so not worth doing this one. If we did a NWA DC-3, it would be a 'genuine' one. Next Corgi DC-3 WILL be a US airline, but not NWA and will appear in the second half of this year.

Thanks for the explanation, Albert. I'm in the game still for another Corgi DC-3 despite having 15 of 'em, and look forward to a US airline livery. Still would like a NWA bird to go with my NWA 377, though. Oh, and a NWA 707, too! :D

[Agent X20]

Here in Minneapolis Northwest Airlines aircraft are so taken for granted

Yep same here with Orange EasyJet 737's... suppose one day they will be a rarity....

[charley]

Yep same here with Orange EasyJet 737's... suppose one day they will be a rarity....

In a museum somewhere! :rolleyes:

[Agent X20]

naw that's Ryanair.....

[goonybird]

Not that funny 737-200's already gone/going. One of Ryanairs donated to Dublin airport for tug driver practice. ..(don't think it'll float though :rolleyes: )

S'pose we'd better start guessing next US civil DC3?

[NeilD]

this one.. and a 1-11 to go with it... :D

www.airliners.net/open.file/091484/M

[Albert Ross]

this one.. and a 1-11 to go with it... :D

www.airliners.net/open.file/091484/M

Nope - the clue is that John Wayne starred in many of them!

[goonybird]

Gotcha. A nod's as good as a wink ;)

[BSteinIPMS]

this one.. and a 1-11 to go with it... :D

www.airliners.net/open.file/091484/M

Great choice, Neil, I'd love to see Corgi do the Braniff DC-3. But I wouldn't mind a TWA or a North Central Airlines bird, either. North Central was based in Minneapolis and gobbled up Southern Airways, changed its name to Republic, and was, in turn, gobbled up by Northwest. Lots of nice photos of NC birds on airliners.net. The liveries all had the famous "Waldo the Flying Duck" logo prominently displayed, usually on the vertical fin/rudder.

[goonybird]

So, is that you in the hat then Bob? :D

[NeilD]

hmm so its some cowboy outfit then.. ;) perhaps though they'll produce a DC6 or DC10 in a matching scheme.. yee-haa!! :D

[Craig]

Cowboy outfit........so DAN AIR then??? :D

[BSteinIPMS]

So, is that you in the hat then Bob? :D

Naw, I'm the little black & white thing on a leash just behind him, thinking his pantleg looks like a good place to go.... ;)

[goonybird]

I think bob said this before, but theres an article in scale model magazine re:
the Douglas XC47(DL).
What a beauty, can't be that difficult to do floats on a dak, and a civvie scheme to boot!
Might consider a repaint/float fitment to a spare DC3 I've got knocking around. (make a change to smashing it! :D )
Over to you Albert!!

[shuttle]

goonybird,

Did you ever smash another Corgi after the disgraceful scenes with the Hunter?

:) Shuttle

[Agent X20]

Cowboy outfit........so DAN AIR then??? :D

Scuse..... you have a short memory.. you obviously havent flown the likes of EasyJet/RyanAir or Virgin... compared to these Dan Air was First Class.. admittedly their stewardesses were all grannies, but at least there was a modicom of service...

[BSteinIPMS]

I think bob said this before, but theres an article in scale model magazine re:
the Douglas XC47(DL).
What a beauty, can't be that difficult to do floats on a dak, and a civvie scheme to boot!
Might consider a repaint/float fitment to a spare DC3 I've got knocking around. (make a change to smashing it! :D )
Over to you Albert!!

Just do a dogpile.com image search for "dc-3 on floats", Goony, and you'll find several. Great subject for Corgi. But, alas, too logical. ;)
http://www.centercomp.com/cgi-bin/dc3/gallery?428
http://www.marylandspa.org/DC3float1.jpg

[DCRanger]

I have only seen pictures of the military version before and was under the impression that only one was built. The civil one seems to sit on the floats differently to the military version. Do know any more details about it.

I also sugested the float plane version earlier in the thread and it is one of the few that I would be prepared to pay full rrp for!

[Agent X20]

Yep.. Zero too.... (floats)

[DCRanger]

You mean Nakajima A6M2-N Rufe? :)

[Agent X20]

Zero with floats... :D

[DCRanger]

Ah.. you mean Dakota without floats. Yes plenty of them and more are welcome :D

[goonybird]

Thanks Dcranger, knew someone had mentioned dak ala floats. That civil pic of "bob's" looks like diagrams in modeller magazine I was referring to.
Would have made a more interesting collectors club model methinks :confused:

[DCRanger]

Thanks Dcranger, knew someone had mentioned dak ala floats. That civil pic of "bob's" looks like diagrams in modeller magazine I was referring to.
Would have made a more interesting collectors club model methinks :confused:
I think there are any number of Daks civil or military that would be more interesting collectors club model. There are probably more interestng civil Spits than the one they chose.

[NeilD]

you mean this one...

http://www.douglasdc3.com/float/float.htm

[DCRanger]

Nice link, thanks Neil.

So thats a military one and a civil one and every one is happy?

[NeilD]

Nice link, thanks Neil.

So thats a military one and a civil one and every one is happy?

everyone happy??? here?!! :eek: have you been drinking! :D :p

I do like the psycadelic Dak on the homepage of that website... :D

Neil.

[eismeer]

A nice JU52 with floats would be nice too like the Airfix one back in the 70's :cool:

Slightly off topic :p

[raff]

you mean this one...

http://www.douglasdc3.com/float/float.htm

Great link Neil .

Thanks

Imagine that in 1/72!!!! :rolleyes:

Raff

[Agent X20]

In da bath..!!

[raff]

A nice JU52 with floats would be nice too like the Airfix one back in the 70's :cool:

Slightly off topic :p
Maybe a tad ... but one of my favourite Airfix kits! In any case a 1/144 "Annie" would be very acceptable! In or out of da bath!

Raff

[Agent X20]

What an Avro Anson..??... on floats... Oh go on... Ill have one.....

[BSteinIPMS]

What an Avro Anson..??... on floats... Oh go on... Ill have one.....

I think Raff wants this: "Iron Annie" ;)

[Agent X20]

Well he can go and buy himself a nice Armour 1/48th one... ( at the price not far off what a Corgi 1/144 one would be... :rolleyes: )

Looks like the new Easy offering..

Business Class.. in Aircraft..
Economy... you hang on to this here raft and we tow you along.. :D

[eismeer]

I think Raff wants this: "Iron Annie" ;)

Yep thats the one Bob. Like raff i also remember building this kit many years ago :D . Looked very impressive on its floats

[Agent X20]

Rather have an Anson... who wants German Aircraft...?

[BSteinIPMS]

Rather have an Anson...

Me too. It would be far easier to repaint than a corrugated surface after it all washes off in the bath...... :D

[Agent X20]

Viscious sub hunter though.. that 0.303 in the dorsal turret... :eek:

[DCRanger]

Quite handy that 0.303. The following quote is from http://www.warbirdalley.com/anson.htm

"Despite its obvious limitations as a weapon, the Anson's maneuverability, surprising durability and skilled crews sometimes turned the slow, lightly armed craft into a formidable opponent. During the evacuation of British and French forces from Dunkirk, for instance, one of a group of Ansons pressed into service to protect the beleaguered troops was attacked by 10 Messerschmitts, shooting down two and damaging a third before the "dogfight" ended. Not bad for an obsolete and vastly outclassed weapon."

[DCRanger]

Yep thats the one Bob. Like raff i also remember building this kit many years ago :D . Looked very impressive on its floats
Mine was the Italeri version which I still have. It is one of the very few that survived my other half's dusting forays.

[Agent X20]

"Despite its obvious limitations as a weapon, the Anson's maneuverability, surprising durability and skilled crews sometimes turned the slow, lightly armed craft into a formidable opponent.

Be a sensible Warbird to operate... you could camo it.. joyriders.. sensible mpg... mile high club.... You gonna operate one Mr P/J..?

[NeilD]

Club Model alert.... :D

[minter]

hideous! rather have a sainsburys orange sliced dak! :D

[Agent X20]

Speak for yourself... blue is calmer.. Orange is more.. sorts 1970's Ford escort...

[NeilD]

hideous! rather have a sainsburys orange sliced dak! :D

MINTER!! you heathen!! I'm gonna tell 'em over on F*ypast you said that, then you'll see how mean they can get..!!! hah! :p :D
Neil.

[Agent X20]

Eat him alive they will... :D

[minter]

what did i say http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/cwm/cwm/uhoh3.gif

[Agent X20]

Dunno.. bout time someone else was eaten.... obviously I would keep a low profile as with the forum, Mummy Mint sufferring from metal fatigue or Mrs Mint findin those Mossies, your longevity aint particularily on the up!!! :D

Made a will...?

[eismeer]

Mine was the Italeri version which I still have. It is one of the very few that survived my other half's dusting forays.

I remember suffering the same fate with a lot of my models only the one doing the dusting was my mom :eek:

Must add i was only a boy at the time though :D