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Posted by PaulBoyer on Friday, March 29, 2019 10:17 AM

This is the latest iteration from Williams Bros. Might be hard to find:

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/williams-brothers-72546-c-46-commando--132570

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    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, March 29, 2019 9:18 AM

The Williams Bros kit is not that bad.  I have seen several great build ups of it.  Mine fell off a shelf and I had to trash it.  Sure would like to find another- I don't think that one has been repopped by the new WB.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Friday, March 29, 2019 12:04 AM

My Dad worked at SFO Maintenance as a manager for UAL. The "Flying Kitty Cats" had a maintenance agreement with UAL, which was second to none, maybe TWA was the same.

I think through almost all of the '50s Flying Tiger was the first carrier of choice for air cargo esp. in the East.

Another paint job for a C-46, and I agree we've hiway robbed this thread but it's gonna happen with us prop generation babies; is Air America.

The airplane was a tough bird. Flying the Hump.

Someone I really admired Norm Spitzer:

 I never met Norm but I have read up on him and he was emblematic of other USAAC and ATC people I have known. I worked for a while with Williams Bros to include that ATC badge, no luck although they were nice people.

 

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, March 28, 2019 11:31 PM

Tanker - Builder

Size ? 

      Nope, doesn't matter. I just want a good one .Hopefully with civilian livery .Anyone here remember Flying Tigers Airfreight ?They flew this plane out of Buffalo,N.Y.back in the early 50s and 60s.

 

I remember Flying Tigers Air Freight. Their facility at LAX was right next to TWA. My dad worked for TWA, so I was a regular there as a kid, and saw the Flying Tigers facility every time that I was there.

 

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Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:56 PM

Unfortunately they are again OOP and are expensive.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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    June 2014
  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:41 PM

John;

 Then it sounds like the Williams Brothers kit is the one .Now I just have to find one . T.B.

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    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Thursday, March 28, 2019 1:58 PM

The Platz will build the best, the Williams Brothers is more impressive when it is built well.

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

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    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, March 28, 2019 1:04 PM

Tanker - Builder

Anyone here remember Flying Tigers Airfreight ?They flew this plane out of Buffalo,N.Y.back in the early 50s and 60s.

Founded by AVG pilots. They flew DC-8s for a while out of SFO.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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    March 2008
  • From: Charleston, SC
Posted by kg4kpg on Thursday, March 28, 2019 12:47 PM

The Williams Brothers kit has the Flying Tigers decals. I'm planning to do mine in Braniff colors though. On my Platz 1/144 kit I sourced some 3-blade props from the Roden 1/144 VC-118 kit and will pick some airline scheme for it. 

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    November 2013
Posted by Court on Thursday, March 28, 2019 12:10 PM

Contrail did a 1/72nd vac kit.

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    June 2014
  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Thursday, March 28, 2019 11:22 AM

Size ? 

      Nope, doesn't matter. I just want a good one .Hopefully with civilian livery .Anyone here remember Flying Tigers Airfreight ?They flew this plane out of Buffalo,N.Y.back in the early 50s and 60s.

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    March 2008
  • From: Charleston, SC
Posted by kg4kpg on Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:35 AM

Welsh does a vac kit in 1/144 as well.

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    August 2005
  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Thursday, March 28, 2019 7:29 AM

Platz does one in 1:144

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    June 2014
  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
C-46
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Thursday, March 28, 2019 7:11 AM

 Hi;

 Just a simple question .Besides the " Williams Brothers " did anyone else ever do a model of this bird ?

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