Trumpeter 1/48 C-48C Skytrain Transport Aircraft

The Douglas C-48 was the designation given to 36 Pratt & Whitney powered DC-3s impressed by the USAAF after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They were a mix of aircraft already in service (28 aircraft) and aircraft still in production (8 aircraft), and had quite a mix of facilities, including three with only ten seats that were used as staff transports. Another six Pratt & Whitney aircraft were impressed as C-52s, and two as C-68s.:
Item No : 02829
Item Name : C-48C Skytrain Transport Aircraft
Bar Code : 9580208028293
Scale : 1:48
Item Type : Static Kit
Model Brief : Length: 405mm Wingspan:604mm
Total Parts : 379pcs
Metal Parts : 2 Die cast main landing gear strut
Photo Etched Parts : 1sheet
Film Parts : Photo film instrument panel
Resin Parts : n/a
Total Sprues : 13 sprues plus 3 rubber tyres
Paint Schemes : Markings included are:
A: Philippine Air Lines
B: Swiss Air Lines"
Released Date : 2011-12
More Features "Fuselage
~ Left and right fuselage are slide moulded w/ numberless rivets details
~ Split cargo door with ladder made from astoundingly delicatephoto-etched parts:
~ Clear windows to assembleto show the full interior
Engine
~ Finely detailed 2xR-1830-90C ""Twin Wasp"" 14-cylinder radial engines:
~Air Scoops are slide moulded w/authentic details
~ Dust Filters are slide moulded w/ fine detail
~ All intake grill made from photo-etched parts:
Exterior
~ Optional plastic orDie cast landing gear struts slide moulded made due to the weight of the plane
Interior
~ Finely detailed landing gear well
~ Finely detailed cockpit
~ Thesleeping berth seats on passenger cargo come as separate parts:
~ Safety harness w/photo-etched parts for great detail
~ One-piece cargo floor rendered in fine detail
Wings
~ Optional position flaps
PE
~ The photo-etched fret include comes as in size 55x70mm, contains numerous safety harness:
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Description This is an injection-plastic airliner model kit. Trumpeter follows up their 1/48 C-47 kit with this model of the civil DC-3. Markings will be for a Swiss Air Lines airliner, apparently. What we are sure of is that this kit will have all the great detail the previous C-47 release was noted for. A welcome addition to the Trumpeter line!