It is time, I think, to start a new thread on a civil airliner once more, the forum has seen enough military aircraft for the time being.
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Some time ago Ken west made a beautiful model available on E-card for a very reasonable price of the Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation, operated by the USAF, see pic 1 for a picture of the coverpainting by Billy Leliveld. I decided to make this model in scale 1 :67 and in the colours of KLM as a Super Constellation Super G. This type has the long radar nose and wing tip tanks to get non-stop trans-atlantic range in 1956 ( if there was not a too strong headwind). Ken West's model has a very accurate radar nose, but unfortunately no tip tanks. However, I had previously designed with the help of Siatky's cone developer programme these tip tanks, and I was reasonably pleased with the result, so I decided I could use them. So, having aquired Ken West's model, the next step will be the painting of the fuselage with KLM markings.