I much prefer the "working" planes and ships of the model-building world, and there wasn't anything much harder working than a Douglas DC4 cargo plane. Good old DC4s are still in the skies hauling freight.
I had originally planned to complete my Douglas DC3/4/6 collection with yet more Pan Am livery, but while searching unsuccessfully for DC4 Pan Am livery to match my other two Douglases, I spotted this "Ansett Cargomaster" decal set on eBay, and as Ansett is a (defunct) Australian airline, that appealed to me just as much.
The decal set turned out to be OK, from a point of view of accurate fit to this 1/144 Minicraft kit, which it claimed to suit. All the mistakes with the decals are entirely mine. And, as usual with the Minicraft kits, the plane needed a couple of lead fishing sinkers glued into the nose to stop it sitting on its tail.
I like the cargo doors, and the Cargomaster livery generally, so it's nice to complete my Douglas trio with a cargo carrier.