Dutch Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Kursad, I would like to see a sheet for the AModel 1/144 DHC-5 / CC-115 Buffalo series of kits. All of the various kit provided decals are atrocious; transparent and incorrect in color and detail for all examples released. While FCM (apologies to the baby seals) did release a set, it only covered a couple of Brazilian, one Ecuadorean and one camouflaged Canadian examples. There are several countries and interesting operators / schemes that could easily fit on a sheet (or possibly two). My favorite is the DHC Demonstrator C-GBUF scheme (Farnborough & Paris Air Shows). See the photo at bottom. I would also like to see correct CAF rescue markings for the yellow / red Buffalo and for the white UN marked birds. The two NASA examples were both highly modified and would require extensive conversion work to depict their testing configurations. So while interesting, neither may be feasible for a decal release, but would spark the imagination of most modelers. R/ Dutch DHC-5 Operators (From Wikipedia): Civil Canada Summit Air (8199400 Canada Inc.) operated two (former operator)[27] Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines[28] Military Abu Dhabi / United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Defence Forces Air Wing – Former operator.[29] United Arab Emirates Air Force Brazil Brazilian Air Force (Retired) Cameroon Cameroon Air Force Canada Royal Canadian Air Force[30] Chile Chilean Air Force (Retired) Democratic Republic of the Congo (previously Zaire) Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecuador Ecuadorian Air Force Ecuadorian Army Egypt Egyptian Air Force Indonesia Indonesian Army (ex-UAE, Retired) Indonesian Navy (ex-UAE, Retired) Kenya Kenya Air Force (retired) Mauritania Mauritanian Air Force Mexico Mexican Navy Oman Royal Oman Police Air Wing Peru Peruvian Air Force (Retired) Sudan Sudanese Air Force – 1 in service as of December 2015.[31] Tanzania Tanzania Air Force Command – 4 in service as of December 2015.[32] Togo Military of Togo United States United States Army Unites States Navy NASA Zambia Zambian Air Force Edited January 11, 2021 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 One of the two operated by Summit Air back in 2013 during a visit to Yellowknife in Canada. SummitairDHC-5-C-FASY by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) Kursad, What about it? Here are clips of the actual AModel decal sheets. While some parts may be usable (stripes), national markings and titles are incorrect in color and style/size (especially Canadian). Here is the CC-115 Buffalo scan. Edited January 11, 2021 by Dutch add detail Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 Bump. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Canmilair is back in business, I used them for my Buffalo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 Wait! What? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 DeHavilland Canada DHC-5 / CC-115 Buffalo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 and... here is the Buffalo I did with them..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 Shawn, nicely done! Is that the Amodel kit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 19 hours ago, phantom said: DeHavilland Canada DHC-5 / CC-115 Buffalo Shawn, Does this mean that "Above & Below Graphics" has bought out the CanMilAir waterslide decal line from William Burns and is now printing them? Prices have increased dramatically! K/r, Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 No idea, and yep. They are not cheap. But they DO exist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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