Ju 52 and DC-3 pics.

Heck of a nice backyard! Did they tell you the airfield was there when you bought the house?

I think these look great. I like the -52 very much, as I did that livery in 1/72 a number of years ago.

Did you swap in the tail skid, or did it come that way?

Normally I have a real aversion to Nazi stuff, but hey I figgered if you are going to go in, go all the way.

Fantastic Douglas as well. Does she have a name?

Many moons ago I flew in an Aloha DC-3 from Oahu to Hawaii with my folks...and a chain gang. It had paratroop style seats. Later we drove up to the prison and bought a boatload of the koa wood stuff they were making. Ah, the '50s.

The Ju 52 kit comes with both a tailskid and a tailwheel.  The military version uses the tailwheel, the civil the skid.

The decal sheet for the DC-3 included flagship names, but I gave up putting the small decals on because they were so bad.  They might have just been old, so I had to put decal film on to keep them from splintering.  That made them stiff.  Plus, the adhesive had dried out.  So I only put the decals on that I really needed.  I intend to build several more DC-3s, so the lessons I learned on this one will be a help for the latter ones. 

BTW, somehow one of the photos did not get inserted.  Here is another attempt.

The photo was taken with a photo backdrop that I shot at the Anoka County airport.  However, I need sunlight to get the crisp shadows, and highlights.