The Operation Vijay game (more on that soon) allowed for the possibility of Portuguese reinforcements arriving by air. Thus it was back to my box of random 1/300 aircraft to select a suitable model. The Portuguese Air Force had a few DC-6 on fleet and I had a spare model of the very similar C-54. This is a Heroics & Ros casting and is really quite a big lump of metal.
A least the markings were a bit easier to paint on surfaces so large!
4 comments:
Nicely done Tim, a quick check in the internet thingy and I found that the Portuguese had the C54 as well, so you can't go wrong!
Very pretty. Nice clean scheme. I'll have to take a look at these 1/300 aircraft - they look fun.
Paul
There was a plan to send a pair of DC-6s to Goa during the crisis but historically it never happened. But that's close enough for me!
Stephen Beat
And a hell of a wide range available for not a lot of outlay.
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