Upkeep

The pre-cursor to the DC-3 was the DC-2 which at least externally was a similar looking aircraft to the DC-3. Therefore I am using a certain amount of poetic licence here depicting the two interesting liveries of this earlier aircraft on the LES DC-3.
Therefore these liveries on a DC-3 - rather than a DC-2 - should be considered fictional.
The liveries here of the same aircraft: one before and after capture in action.
In the Spanish Civil War the Republican Air Force used four DC-2s as transports. This particular DC-2 was captured by the Nationalists on 17th June 1936 in Sevilla, in southern Spain. It was immediately re-painted in typical Nationalist colours and was named Capitan Vara de Rey, after the famous 19th Century officer in the Spanish-American War.
Sadly I was unable to find any specific references to the markings originally used by the Republican Forces on their DC-2s, but have constructed this livery based on what appears to be fairly typical Republican livery. There are plenty of good references showing other aircraft. This DC-2, before being re-painted by the Nationalists, is named after the Republican Supreme Commander of Fighters in the Spanish Civil War: Andres Garcia La Calle. The livery shows the widely used fin markings of the Republican Air Force, plus the highly visible red stripes, presumably intended to limit the risks of friendly fire, ground and air.
The original of the wonderful LES DC-3 can of course be found at:
http://www.x-aviatio...uglas-p-84.html
To install these two liveries, merely unzip the files and put in the original LES DC-3 livery folder.
However, these liveries work all the better when combined with the military cockpit file provided by that master livery maker Leen de Jager which can be found on:
http://forums.x-plan...&showfile=16470
As before, the liveries are not remotely near the Leen de Jager standard, but they cover an important event in history and I wanted to depict them as best I could.