Revell DHC-6 Twin Otter - Manx Air c. 1985.

Enough for a medium sized airport.  The plan is to go big to small.  I haven't decided  whether to do all of the variants of each consecutively or come back to them, eg. DC-9 series 10,30,50.  As some of these flights were on obscure or short lived airlines, I will be making a lot of decals, which be great as I enjoy the graphic design aspect.  

JC1113

Once I am done with my wooden ship model, I'm going in to plastic planes, modeling one of each type on which I have flown. Starting with a Twin Otter and ending up on a 747.

That's a great plan for a collection. How many types between the Twotter and the 747?

Beautiful plane. I flew in one ages ago in Hawaii.  Once I am done with my wooden ship model, I'm going in to plastic planes, modeling one of each type on which I have flown. Starting with a Twin Otter and ending up on a 747.  

Space Ranger

I should mention that I am 6 feet tall and the flight was right before Christmas and completely full of passengers and their luggage. Thank God it was a short flight.

I'm 6'1"...with at least one bad knee...so I can empathize completely! I don't think I've had comfortable leg-room on a commercial flight since about 1980.

gregbale

 

 

Space Ranger

No leg room to speak of whatsoever.

 

 

That's interesting.

When I was trying to work out the spacing using (smaller-scale) HO model RR seats and photographs of real cabins -- to work out relative positions of seats to windows -- I ended up having those seats pretty much 'heel to toe' to match the photos. I didn't think much beyond that after I buttoned the fuselage up...but it sounds like I got it just about right.

I don't think I've ever seen a single account suggesting these birds offer a comfortable ride....

 

I should mention that I am 6 feet tall and the flight was right before Christmas and completely full of passengers and their luggage. Thank God it was a short flight.

The good news is that no Twin Otter crew has ever landed gear up

Nice job on that kit sir!!

My father was a flight engineer on Twin Otters in the RCAF and had many opportunities to take rides in the otters on wheel and floats.

One vivid memory was take off on floats in really rough water.

Well that made me somewhat seasick then the pilots decided to do some training tip stall maneuvers once we where up to altitude well that was it for me my head was in the little white bag till we landed.

  That is such a great looking build!  

Space Ranger

No leg room to speak of whatsoever.

That's interesting.

When I was trying to work out the spacing using (smaller-scale) HO model RR seats and photographs of real cabins -- to work out relative positions of seats to windows -- I ended up having those seats pretty much 'heel to toe' to match the photos. I didn't think much beyond that after I buttoned the fuselage up...but it sounds like I got it just about right.

I don't think I've ever seen a single account suggesting these birds offer a comfortable ride....

Cadet Chuck

I flew on a twin otter run by a commuter airline many years ago.  It was very cramped and uncomfortable, noisy and rough.  Then we flew into a turbulent storm, at night.  Couldn't see a thing.  That was the closest I ever came to getting airsick.

There is a skydiving school near us, and they have a twin otter, so I frequently see it overhead.  Nice nostalgic memories, but I wouldn't care to fly on one again!

 

The most uncomfortable flight I ever experienced was in a Pilgrim Air Twin Otter from New Haven to LaGuardia. No leg room to speak of whatsoever.

Oh Boy ! 

       A "Twotter" To see.The one plane I haven't found for my civil fleet. That's in Model Form of course. Very nice looking  aircraft. Thanks for the views Greg!

I flew on a twin otter run by a commuter airline many years ago.  It was very cramped and uncomfortable, noisy and rough.  Then we flew into a turbulent storm, at night.  Couldn't see a thing.  That was the closest I ever came to getting airsick.

There is a skydiving school near us, and they have a twin otter, so I frequently see it overhead.  Nice nostalgic memories, but I wouldn't care to fly on one again!

JustPlaneJon

very nice work! looks like the real thing. We flew on one back in February on Winair - St Maarten to Saba and back....shortest commercial runway in the world. It was quite exciting! and we still only used half the runway during the landing rollout. 

Cool!

very nice work! looks like the real thing. We flew on one back in February on Winair - St Maarten to Saba and back....shortest commercial runway in the world. It was quite exciting! and we still only used half the runway during the landing rollout. 

Hutch6390

That's a beautiful job, Greg, and the decals are a masterpiece!

Thanks, Hutch! Hardly a masterpiece, but the scheme really grabbed me the first time I saw it. Once I found a font that approximated the Celtic lettering, the rest was pretty staightforward.

Cheers

That's a beautiful job, Greg, and the decals are a masterpiece!

Space Ranger

 

 

gregbale

...but I've really got to work out a way to fix those cockpit-area contours!

 

 

 

 

There is a fix:

https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/dhc-6-twin-otter-new-cockpit-section

 

Thanks!

gregbale

...but I've really got to work out a way to fix those cockpit-area contours!

 

keavdog

That's awesome. Where did you get the decals?  My moms side of the family came from the Isle of Man. I'd like to do that livery

Totally home-made.

If you're able to print your own decals, I'll be happy to send you the file with the artwork.

Greg

PS, take another look at the first pic. You unintentionally created a bit of camo. Smile

It's an odd color, even in the pics of the real a/c, but your 'camo' reference is apt. As I was pondering how to mix it...I realized I already had. It's the lighter green from the WW1 French 4-color camouflage I used for my 1/32 SPAD XIII builds a few years back.

[And to be honest...I had to look about 3 times before I realized what you were talking about.... ]

Thanks for your kind words.

Not sure I've ever seen an Otter look so good......1:1 or model.

Really nicely done, Greg.

PS, take another look at the first pic. You unintentionally created a bit of camo.

  nice turbo prop and back ground too.

That's awesome. Where did you get the decals?  My moms side of the family came from the Isle of Man. I'd like to do that livery

Thanks Don and John!

I did a minor stock-up on these kits a while ago, when Hobbylinc had them for around $10 a pop. The kit RCAF scheme -- probably with floats -- and another 'home brew' decal job for the NASA/Glenn Research Center are in the offing...but I've really got to work out a way to fix those cockpit-area contours!

Very nice, Greg.   None of the model kits seem to be able to capture the look of the Otter windscreen.

Very nice!  Love the photography too!

I have that kit in my stash.  I'll have to put it up higher in the queue.