Lockheed Constellations in 400 Scale

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For those 'youngsters' that think a Tristar or MD-80 is a classic this recent purchase Lockheed L-749 Constellation says 'hold my beer'. ZS-DBR 'Cape Town' was delivered new to SAA in 1950 and flew with them for 9 years. After storage it was converted to a freighter for ACE Freighters, flying with them until being broken up in 1967. Despite the seam and age of the model (2005) this is still a great mould and lovely release.

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The addition of the SAA Connie gave me the impetus to revisit and rewrite my old mould review for the short Connie, of which there have only been 19 releases in 400 scale to date. That's a shame, although Aeroclassics has a 200 scale version of the mould it has been using more recently we haven't seen those models repeated in 400.

https://www.yesterdaysairlines.com/lockheed-constellation.html

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The 1950s-1960s is my favorite era of aircraft. All those unique looking props and early jets, combined with polished and/or cheatline liveries. Too bad Aeroclassics is not making so many anymore, which makes sense, but I've missed out on quite a few.
 
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