Italeri 1146 - 1/72 C-119J Flying Boxcar PRM EDITION  [IT-1146S]

Period: from '50 to '90

Nation: United States

Model Dim.: 37 cm

C-119C FLYING BOXCAR

Manufactured by Fairchild from the past C-82 Packet, the C-119 had been certainly one of the main transportation planes associated with the Fifties. The C-119C model had two 28 cylinder Pratt&Whitney four row radial R-4360 machines therefore had been distinguished from later on types partly by its solitary wheel front undercarriage and differing end design. Production of C-119C was speeded up once the Korean War broke away and these planes were soon being used for many of its transport missions. By the end of this war, a lot of the planes had been supplied on French, whom used them commonly in Indochina. Another less well-known but similarly crucial role they played was to transport product for the construction associated with the DEW line radar stations inside far north associated with the United states continent. Many types of the C-119C were later updated to meet the standards of subsequent models.