Many thanks for the comparison photos!
The hobbycraft models, despite better detailed/moulded appear to have some error in the nose and fuselage hight...
compare the built HC kit
http://www.dogfighter.com/C-45-Expeditor/1388.html#_self
with
http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acdata_php/acdata_beech18_en.php
http://www.militaryaircraft.de/pictures/mi...Lu_0180_800.jpg
http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/3vues/c45f_3v.jpg
The nose is wrong shaped, and give a strange look to the kit. The PM models looks better in this point.
http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/...951&start=0
But the HC
As I research on this same subject, stumbled os this, regarding the logo
http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIG-TV-PHOTO-STILL-TO...=item41524c7d04
Not an original, and have some diferences, but I think it is probably a good match on some details.
G_Mendes