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Lockheed L-188 Electra
One of the most remarkable turbo-prop aircraft in my view was the Lockheed L-188 Electra. KLM bought a fleet in 1959/1960 and used them on European routes as well as on the longer sectors to the Middle East and Africa. Because of their high speed, they could compete with the Sud Aviation Caravelle, which was in use with most European airlines. KLM was the only original European carrier to employ the Electra. Fortunately no aircraft was lost due to the early engine flutter.
The model I made is a reprint available from Scaldis of the KLM Electra, published in I think 1960. I used aluminium paper for the underside of the fuselage and the wings, engines and tailplanes. I didn"t include a full building thread here, becaue the technique I used is fully described in earlier threads, you can find them by doing an advanced search (see button at top of the page) for threads under my avatar name (scon10). For the darker engine segments (probably fire resistant metal), I used Tamiya Gun Metal #X-10 Here are some photo's |
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Beautiful build of an attractive airplane!
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Great build. Very nice work. A rare bird.
I haven't seen an Electra model available for download anywhere. Gary
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Beautiful work ! Love the airliners. Thanks for sharing.
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Gary, Scaldis sells printed models, not downloads (as far as I know). It is on high quality paper. I have no idea for postage to Canada. You can google them, if there is no advertisement on this forum.
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its the first electra model i have seen
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An absolutely magnificent job on the Electra. Always been a favorite of mine.
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if i recall the p3 orion is based on the electra
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From what I see, there are two printed kits out there of the Electra, the Scaldis kit as well as the Schreiber-Bogen one. Don't know of any for download. If there are any for download, I'd love to find them.
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The Schreiber makes a nice model, but alas, the livery is that of the KLM DC-7C so not correct.
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