Landing flaps for the Curtiss C-46 Commando in 1:72 scale, intended for Valom kits. The large wing of the transport aircraft thus gets its high-lift devices extended.
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The Curtiss C-46 Commando was the largest twin-engine transport aircraft of American manufacture in the Second World War. Against the better-known Douglas DC-3 it carried considerably more and had a roomier fuselage with its characteristic double-bubble cross-section. It became most famous on the route over the Himalayas between India and China, where supplies for the Chinese front were carried in thin air and in weather that turned a flight into a lottery. With its massive radial engines and its broad wing it looks like a proper piece of aircraft in a display case even in 1:72 scale.
Replacement landing flaps in 1:72 scale for Valom kits, which allow the wing to be built in the landing configuration. It is exactly on a large transport wing that the difference is most pronounced, because extended flaps take up a considerable part of the span and add depth and shadow to a model at once.
Score the outline of the part to be cut out and work in several shallow strokes, because the thin wall of a wing forgives little. The parts are not polystyrene, so super glue holds the joints. Cut the excess material away a little from the part, sand the remainder off and wash and degrease everything before painting. With a large span, watch that both sides have the same angle of extension; you see that best from behind, against the light. The exposed space in the wing takes a dark wash and fine traces of use, while the surface of the flaps themselves should be kept restrained, so that the impression of one continuous area does not fall apart.
For modelers of transport aircraft of the Second World War in 1:72 scale. Paints and glue are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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