The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined STOL utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. First flown in 1959, the PC-6 continues in production at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke in Stans, Switzerland. It has been built in both piston engine- and turboprop-powered versions and was produced under licence for a time by Fairchild Hiller in the United States
After around 600 deliveries in six decades, Pilatus will produce the last one in early 2019(Wikipedia).
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I wanted to buy this kit on a model exhibition, but unfortunately I had forgotten my money
at my place. When I came back the model had just been sold. Luckily, I agreed with the buyer that he would sell me one of the two kits included in the box. So we both had fun.
A very small and fragile kit from Big Plane Kits (BPK). The entire model is on one sprue. Very many fine details and excellent engraved panel lines. In order to make the transparent parts to be produced in this scale redundant, the two fuselage halves are molded from transparent material.
It comes with some very fine etched parts, so that among other things the doors can be opened. I opted for a machine of a Spanish parachute school and therefore, I built the interior a bit more. For the windows of the sliding doors I used Tesa tape on the rear side.