Here's another "real" 50's Lufthansa livery, this time in /144 scale. This kit is a Revell #04252 Lockheed 1049G Super Connie built straight out-of-the-box. My first Constellation kit was the Heller 1/72 with decals for TWA and I was quite enthused about building one in 1/144 scale too.
The kit looks Connie all right and the decals are quite fine. I'd like to try this kit again with the landing gear down, it might look even better that way. Like, it's a good model now but not necessarily great in this guise.
I think the longer radar nose suits Super Constellation better, unfortunately all Lufthansa planes had the short nose which looks a bit stubby in comparison. Likewise wingtip tanks were fitted on all Lufthansa Constellations.
The curved fuselage was a result of propeller clearing and tricycle landing gear.
Story goes that Howard Hughes insisted on that the Constellation should fit exsisting hangars, so a triple tail was designed.
All painting was done with an airbrush and enamel paints. The final glosscoat over the decals was brushed with Johnson acrylic floor wax.
Here's another "real" 50's Lufthansa livery, this time in /144 scale. This kit is a Revell #04252 Lockheed 1049G Super Connie built straight out-of-the-box. My first Constellation kit was the Heller 1/72 with decals for TWA and I was quite enthused about building one in 1/144 scale too.
The kit looks Connie all right and the decals are quite fine. I'd like to try this kit again with the landing gear down, it might look even better that way. Like, it's a good model now but not necessarily great in this guise.
I think the longer radar nose suits Super Constellation better, unfortunately all Lufthansa planes had the short nose which looks a bit stubby in comparison. Likewise wingtip tanks were fitted on all Lufthansa Constellations.
The curved fuselage was a result of propeller clearing and tricycle landing gear.
Story goes that Howard Hughes insisted on that the Constellation should fit exsisting hangars, so a triple tail was designed.
All painting was done with an airbrush and enamel paints. The final glosscoat over the decals was brushed with Johnson acrylic floor wax.
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