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Speaking of C-47s

Tue Dec 09, 2014 3:53 pm

Back in the day when the NMUSAF was the USAFM, (c 1972) and their bookstore was smaller than my kitchen, they had on display above the shelves (toys) a front profile wingtip to wingtip--engines--and cockpit of a C-47.

It was a 3D folded paper airplane front profile and was probably 4 feet wide when mounted on your wall. At the time I thought it was a waste of effort and why didn't they make something cooler like a B-25 or B-17....fast forward....now 40 years later and I am a rabid C-47 fan I kick myself for not buying one....probably sold for less than 5 bucks back then!

Question: Does anybody have one folded up in a box and want to get rid of it? Anybody have a similar thing featuring another plane? Would be interested to know who made it. I have posted on Fiddler's Green--the paper airplane site--with no joy.

Thanks!

Re: Speaking of C-47s

Tue Dec 09, 2014 4:07 pm

Pathfinder wrote:Back in the day when the NMUSAF was the USAFM, (c 1972) and their bookstore was smaller than my kitchen, they had on display above the shelves (toys) a front profile wingtip to wingtip--engines--and cockpit of a C-47.

It was a 3D folded paper airplane front profile and was probably 4 feet wide when mounted on your wall. At the time I thought it was a waste of effort and why didn't they make something cooler like a B-25 or B-17....fast forward....now 40 years later and I am a rabid C-47 fan I kick myself for not buying one....probably sold for less than 5 bucks back then!

Question: Does anybody have one folded up in a box and want to get rid of it? Anybody have a similar thing featuring another plane? Would be interested to know who made it. I have posted on Fiddler's Green--the paper airplane site--with no joy.

Thanks!



That's the Alan Rose kit. It has been digitally redrawn and may (or may not) be available as a legitimate download.
A couple of threads here : http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/reco ... c-3-a.html and http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/avia ... bking.html

Re: Speaking of C-47s

Tue Dec 09, 2014 4:32 pm

Thanks Shrike!

I think that's it! Sure seem to recall it before 1985....but whatever!!!

My 4 foot recollection was actually 6 FOOT four!!!

http://zealot.com/threads/alan-rose-dc3 ... ot.173273/
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