hueyfan

That's correct. Far from being a rivet counter I already have a Monogram in the stash and I'd be happy to invest another $50 only into something really worth the expense. Supposedly I am not alone in that. Some in-box reviews have been already issued on various websites but now a comparison between the kit and some good 1/48 scale drawings would be very useful and appreciated. Just my 2¢ Luca

It might be a perspective trick but IMHO the radome seems rather wide and flattened on the top, and its vertical panel line seems located too rearwards. Isn't it? Also the cockpit area seems rather larger, or the fuselage body too few deep on the belly, than the original. http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-phot...2/0/1169023.jpg http://www.luckymodel.com/img/hi-PI000000130408.jpg Luca from Milan, Italy

Hello Ken, I had chance to see C-119s then both the dome-shaped Argosy in Coventry's museum and the other type in Cosford's, and I confirm your supposition. The bottom part of the C-119J tail (visible from the inside in the picture that I linked) opened rising inwards, like the rearmost section of a CH-46 helicopter's ramp. Then the whole tail 'cone' turned up no more than 15-20 degrees, enough to load vehicles or long and cumbersome loads, and even to allow in-flight load drops. Unluckily, once open the tail generated such a turbulence that the tailplanes tended towards loosing control. Thi

Typical non-pressurized aluminium airframe, full of pierced ribs, beams and boxed structures to spare weight. In a commercial product, a set of photoetched parts could add much to the overall effect. Luca

Thank you all for answering. In the meanwhile I've been directed to a website dedicated to aircraft relics in Italy, hosting a picture set dedicated to the unique remains of an ex Italian AF C-119J. Here is a direct link to these pictures: http://www.alatricolore.it/alatricolore/so...rvesa/c119j.htm although I'd suggest a whole tour on the Alatricolore's website, at least just for curiousness about US-made military aircraft left in Italy. Luca

I called it so because also Alvin Lloyd called it "beavertail" all along the Aerofax book, that I also have. BTW if you refer to the picture at page 96, it is too crowded to see the structural details that I need. An ideal shot could be a close view taken from the ground while loading the plane, or from the inside, taken during a paratroops launch. Thank you anyway for the hint. Luca

Hello all. I'm looking for details of the Fairchild C-119J but I had no luck about the inside of the flat tail that distinguishes this particular version from the others. One sample (just a battered fuselage) survives in Italy, in a private area close to visitors, while the USAF Museum in Wright-Patterson AFB (Daytona, OH) preserves the only other sample still surviving. Has anyone ever had a chance to photograph its interiors? Luca