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[Pursuivant]

This site might have what you need:

http://www.propellor.tv/C47%20instrument%20panel.html

The restorer claims that the panel and placards are WW2 vintage.

The instruments in the panel might not be 1942 vintage, but they're close enough. My understanding is that there were very few US manufacturers of cockpit instruments (Bendix, Sperry, General Electric, Honeywell, Delco, and a few others) and they all made instruments to USAAF or USN standards.

I'm not sure if you intend to model them, but here is a decent picture of the C-47 radio operator station:

http://www.jsu.edu/socialwork/fredfa...nside_C-47.jpg

Not so great picture of the navigator position:

http://www.jsu.edu/socialwork/fredfa...ide_C-47_2.jpg

[KG26_Alpha]

Can't find a specific 1942 pit layout as there's so many variants around of this aircraft's cockpit
unless you have blueprints and actual panel layouts It could be quite a task finding the data you want.

Link below might be useful for other projects as well as some info on DC3 panel

http://spitfirespares.co.uk/instruments%2021.html

Pre restoration video,
not much help but might be of use in other areas

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tRx1yIpRf8

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Can't find a specific 1942 pit layout as there's so many variants around of this aircraft's cockpit

Due to its extensive post-WW2 use, there have been many modifications to the cockpits of most C-47s. Mostly modern navigation and radio gear, but sometimes more extensive changes.

In many ways, it would be more appropriate to have a later war variant of the C-47, since US aircraft production really expanded in 1943-44. That might also make it easier to find pictures of unmodified cockpits, since more of the later production aircraft are preserved as static museum exhibits.

[Sita]

Thanks Guys for info and reply ...

i based that pit on Techical description for export variant C-47 of 1942 year ... and trying to make it without any modern equipment ...

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Sita

i based that pit on Techical description for export variant C-47 of 1942 year ... and trying to make it without any modern equipment ...

That's a good reason to look for 1942 cockpit views, then!

But, I'm afraid that you might have made things harder for yourself, since US aircraft supplied to the UK and its Commonwealth Allies were often fitted with US-made versions of RAF instruments. I don't know if this was true for the Dakota I, however.

[Pursuivant]

War Department Technical Manual Aircraft Instruments TM 1-413 printed 2 Feb 1942

This manual has exactly the pictures you need, including a very good diagram of a C-47 cockpit (page 4)!

It should be valid for all USAAF aircraft produced in 1942, and possibly later. Not only do you get halfway decent pictures, but there are also some diagrams, as well as information as to exactly how each instrument works. Really good stuff for a cockpit creator.

There's a free, high-quality scan here, which can be downloaded as a .pdf:

https://archive.org/details/TM1-413

Manual for USAAF Propellers and propeller pitch control equipment:

TM 1-412 Aircraft Propellers

https://archive.org/details/TM1-412

[Sita]

i try to cover as widely as possible by that pit ... that plane can use for USAF ( i hope ) RAF and even by lendlease in VVS

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Sita

i try to cover as widely as possible by that pit ... that plane can use for USAF ( i hope ) RAF and even by lendlease in VVS

That makes sense, since many C-47 were supplied to US Allies.

But, if I understand correctly, the main modifications to Lend-Lease aircraft were to guns and ordinance, which don't apply in the case of the C-47/Dakota.

Speaking of modifying the C-47, please take a look into the fragility of the aircraft's DM, which is one of the most vulnerable in the game.

While the airframe wasn't stressed to survive high G loads, it was otherwise fairly durable, as attested by the large numbers of DC-3/Ex C-47/C-53 aircraft still in operational use well after WW2.

Also, take a look at this Victoria Cross citation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lord

Note that Lord was able to fly his burning Dakota for approximately 8 minutes(!) before the fire caused the wing to collapse.