Started by Viking From Britmodeller.com

Ever since reading the late Stephen Piercey’s ‘Skytruck’ books I’ve had a liking for the big ol’ piston engine airliners earning their keep in unusual and exotic places.  Once jetliners started to enter service, perfectly good large piston engine airliners were not wanted by the big airlines and many hundreds of Lockheed Constellation, Douglas DC-4’s, 6’s, and 7’s were employed on cargo hauling duties.

Browsing Draw Decals website I came across a set for one of the aircraft in Stephens book, the Cayman Airways Cargo DC-6. I just had to have it, and here is the result.

The aircraft was actually kept quite clean looking, so I have kept the weathering to a minimum.  The kit is the 1:144 Minicraft DC-6 minus the spinners as they don’t seem to have been fitted.The decals behaved beautifully and went on a treat. I am particularly impressed that the carrier film seems to have completely vanished.

A WIP thread can be found at: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234950218-1144-minicraft-dc-6-with-draw-decals-cayman-airways-cargo/

“I have always liked the big propliners that found work as cargo haulers when the new jets started taking all the prestige work with the major airlines in the 1960’s and 70’s. There are a few kits for the big Douglas airliners and Lockheed Constellation, mainly from Minicraft, and even fewer aftermarket decal sheets to put on them.

“Having found Draw Decals sheet to Cayman Airways Cargo DC-6, I just had to have one. Both the kit and decal sheet were obtained at this years Telford and work started as soon as I got home.”

Enough of the chat, cue the Caribbean background music….

Lovely artwork and printing on the tail badge;

Now I’d like some more of these, we just need to pesuade Draw to do a ‘Fri Reyes’ DC-4 or 6 (or even B-17!), ‘Lanica’ C-46, or a ‘Conifair’ budworm spraying Constellation amongst many others.

For more on this story go to:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234951630-douglas-dc-6-cayman-airways-cargo/