C-121A Constellation

Scale:: 1:72
Status:: Completed
Started:: February 17, 2013
Completed:: May 26, 2013

Intent is to build out as shown on the box...Berlin Airlift MATS craft.

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C-121A Constellation "Berlin"

Heller 1:72

80382 1999 New decals

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Constellation C-121 MATS by Heller

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Project: C-121A Constellation

1:72 C-121A Constellation "Berlin" (Heller 80382)

Comments

2 February 2013, 03:27

Kelly Wellington
Whoa, mama. Gentlemen, watch yo' moufs. Miz Connie is in the room.

17 February 2013, 20:18

Frank Krause
???

17 February 2013, 20:24

Kelly Wellington
Just anthropomorphizing a classy old liner, the Constellation...'Miz Connie'.

22 February 2013, 06:16

Frank Krause
Thanks, Kelly! Sorry, that I'm not so familiar with wings...

22 February 2013, 06:19

Kelly Wellington
Ah...well, I'm one of those sentimental ones, lost in an idealized past. For me, it's pretty much the late 1940s, early 1950s. The Constellation is a classic, and, from what I understand, in it's military form, kind of a classy craft to fly; a perk, as it were. There were lots more Dakotas and Skymasters hauling cargo in to Berlin during the Airlift, but Connie got more than her share of limelight because she's so easy on the eyes.

Any way...It's going together quite nicely. I can see that the fuselage join will be a challenge...It's bigger than anything I've ever built. I'm thinking about liquid masking the windows and tape and papering the 'aluminum bits' and go for a rattle can of chrome silver for the body/wings.....yeah.

22 February 2013, 06:42

Acki
There is a great film about the berlin airlift. It´s called "bridges". The story is about an american pilot shot down over Berlin in WWII. After the war he is a pilot of the airlift. The trailer:
Vimeo Video

22 February 2013, 07:23