Massimo Santarossa takes a short cut with Minicraft’s DC-8, creating a Series 50 Airliner
Let’s be honest…if one builds Spitfires, Bf 109s or Sherman tanks, the choice of kits for each is legion. Pretty much any variant of these ubiquitous machines, like so many other military subjects, can be found already in the box. Even some one-off, oddball versions can be had in injectionmoulded plastic. The same cannot be said for the airliner modelling community, though, and even if it’s the best we have ever seen, the selection still does not compete.
The Douglas DC-8, along with the Boeing 707 and de Havilland Comet, helped to pioneer the era of jetliner transportation. A total of 556 DC-8s were produced starting in 1958, and they flew in all corners of the world. The type was modified and upgraded, and some are still flying today, including one with NASA. For the modeller, what is generally available are some older kits, re-boxed with different decals, and usually of the aircraft’s final, stretched version. If an earlier variant is desired, one needs to resort to the aftermarket and ‘plastic surgery’.
MODEL SPEC
Douglas DC-8-63 Hawaiian Air
By: Minicraft
Stock Code: 14684
Scale: 1/144
Price: US $46.99
Available from: www.minicraftmodels.com
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