United DC-7

I think you should go for it, the worst that's going to happen is that you will learn something. May not turn out terrific, but you gotta start from somewhere. I'm sure if I jumped into cars, it wouldn't turn out pretty. If you worried about ruining a nice kit, buy one of the Minicraft models as a way to get your feet wet. They're easy enough to put together, and a good kits to learn on. Good luck and keep us posted

I agree.  Those old Revell models are generally fairly easy to build, so it is a way to get your feet wet with airliner modeling, or just build a once only airliner model without learning a lot of special skills.  I think the old Revell model is not that different of a kit from Minicraft airliners, except maybe a bit bigger.  Forget the scale of that one, but I think it is bigger than the 1:144 that the Minicraft are.

Thanks guys!  I guess the shrink wrap comes off!  I will give this a go.  It will be about the 8th aircraft I have done in around 50 years and most of them were done when I was 11-13 years old.   Wish me luck!

"Don't worry..."  It's probably a simple kit and easy to build.  Painting and decaling will probably be the majority of the work.  I recently got an unopened Aurora kit of a United DC-10 "Friend Ship"-  Now in progress and looking really good.  Fortunately, the decals are still ok after being in the box since the early 70's!

Good point about old decals.  Nowadays any time I build an old kit where I have any doubts about the decals before trying any, I scan the decal sheet. If they do disintegrate, or in any way do not work, I can then make inkjet decals.

Go for it.  Plastic modeling skills are the same no matter the subject of the kit so you won't have any trouble with it...

I have yet to pull the "wrap" off this kit but I too have thought about the decals.  Since this kit is from around '72 or '73, I will do as Don does and scan the sheet just in case.  I do not intend for this build to ever see a contest table, just be a nice out of the box build that displays well and something I can share with you aircraft guys here.  Thank you guys for the support!

  Regardless how it turns out we'll laugh and make sport of you  er- uh- encourage and support 

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Seriously go for it ,we are here to help and I'm always glad to see another aircraft modeler  come on board. Good luck  

I have to disagree about opening it. The decals probably will be worthless, and you won't find replacements at 1/122 scale. Leave it to the collectors.

http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=21653&cat=Civil%20Aircraft&manu=Revell&searchtext=dc-7

Depending on the kit it could be worth some money.

A fresh 1/144 kit with new decals will be far more rewarding.

Just my two bits.

GM I agree that if my kit was the one in your link, I would not open it.  The one I have is much more common and available today.  It is of the old mold, but only has the stairway included in the kit.  I have opened it and found the decals to be in very good condition and with the exception of parts that come off the "trees" the kits looks pretty good.  Had this been the old kit from 1955 I would not be building it.  I do have an old Aurora kit from 1956 that is sealed and I will leave that one alone.  It may not be worth much but I just think it looks cool on the shelf "in the box"

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I think you should go for it, the worst that's going to happen is that you will learn something...