Herpa KLM Lockheed l-1049H Super Constellation 1:200
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Friday, 11 August 2006 |
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Herpa KLM Lockheed l-1049H Super Constellation 1:200
Wings900 Model Review
Reviewer: Jim Klug
Model Photographs © Jim Klug
Real Aircraft Photo Courtesy of JetPhotos.net | Airline | Make/Model | Manufacturer | Scale |  | Lockheed l-1049H Super Constellation |  | 1:200 |
Introduction |  | Even though many may remember KLM as a faithful Douglas customer over decades, the Dutch airline also went shopping at Lockheed, mostly in the postwar years. Between 1949 and 1953, the Dutch ordered a number of Constellations and Super Constellations. The latter remained in service until the late 1950s, one of them being the L-1049G Super Constellation with the registration PH-LKK.
Product ID: 551229 |
The Model |  | | An all metal 1:200 KLM Connie from Herpa? Well, I found this one interesting becasue Hogan/Socatec came out with the exact same model last year. Do'nt worry, this is not a us vs. them review. I will only write about this model and let you go see the other review I did of the Hogan/Socatec review.
So it is a prop airliner and the more I see of these models, the more I like them. So let's get started. |  | | Ahh the front section. The first think you notice is the nose, nice detail here with the two tones of the nose section. The windows look good and the cocpit window frames look nice and the bulge of the fusealge for the cockpit is also well done. The gear detail is nice. The gear is collectly positioned and he doors are accurately reproduced as well.
The livery is also nicely done with the Flying Dutchmlan ositioned correctly on the side. The winsow - albeit without frames like the real plane are also does well and positioned correctly. Herpa gets extra credit for reproducing the shift up of the pax windows over the wings. The KLM and logo also look good as well. The antenna has been changed and looks better now with the plastic base covering the hole in the metal mould giving it a much better and realistic aspect.
The wing root here is a good job for an all-metal model. It would be nice to see no gap on models this size, but I guess that is almost next to impossible. The engines here are nice, but the lack some detail and it would be nice if the air inlet was painted black and the air duct to be a little wider. |  | | Moving on to the wings. The metal wings are truley great. The details are crisp and clean. The engines again could use a little more detail. Interestingly enough, they wrtr able to reproduce have two tones (the wing color and the engine nacelle). The props do spin freely when you blow on them. But do be careful as they are metal and they easily bend and can snap off. But Herpa has taken care of this and they are well protected in the box.
The wing pods are nicely doen and look good. The KLM on the wing could not be verified as I cannot find a picture of the real airplane that shows this. The Flying Dutchman lookd good and is the correct size qnd well positioned. The windows loot a tad bit too big and the gaps between the 4th and 5 windows seems a little bit too large.
|  | | Moving back to the all-metal tail. Thank goodness this is metal as a plastic tail would ruin this model. The tail of this mould is seally unusually thin though. I guess it is to keep the model from tipping back.
The colors, leading edge and details here are all great. |  | | The overal livery here is well reproduced and there are enough details to statify most everybody. Although this model will not amaze you with its unbelievable mould, details, and livery, it just constantly continues to to please. It may have some shortcomings, but they are almost always overlooked. |
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