Son Of Medicine Man
I know what you mean! I did order the C-46 kit.
At the risk of being a bore, I'lI tell you I flew on a C-46 just once. It was an Air America plane out of Nha Trang going to Saigon. It was like something out of a movie - most of the passengers were Vietnamese nationals and most were dressed in their typical country garb. There were also American and South Vietnames army soldiers in fatigues and one or two Vietnamese officers in full dress uniforms. I thought the pilots were mechanics at first the way they were dressed. Very casual.
The seats toward the back had been removed and there were a number of cages with live goats and chickens tied down back there, as well as crates of cargo. There was sawdust and bits of paper all over the floor and a lot of dust in the air. You can imagine the noise with all the Vietnamese talking, the goats baaing and the chickens clucking. So if you do the interior, you might want to add a little "local" flavor .This would make an interesting diorama with animals and cargo being loaded through the cargo door and a line of mixed humanity waiting to climb aboard.
The flight took about an hour and we bounced around all over the sky due to heavy turbulance. Fortunately nothing serious came loose and we landed safely. As I recall, the plane had no markings except a tail number. It was still in its unpainted aluminum skin except the underside which may have once been white.
Russ