Making a DC-7C in 1/72

Hans, Ian Huntley did an article in Aeromodeller, I believe, that addressed making corrections to and other variants out of the Heller kit that was quite good but has only a little DC-7 info.  Here is another drawing showing fuselage dimensions from the DC-4 to the DC-7C.  The tail shapes are off but the fuselage station info is pretty useful. 

Thanks John!

I would really need a large three-view drawing of the DC-7C, especially of the tail. The ones on the web I have found are too small or unusable. Not even the two books I have on the subject (Arthur Pearcy's 'Douglas Propliners' and AirlinerTech DC-6/DC-7) include any larger drawings. Strange.

Is the paint & decal drawing in the recent Revell Germany re-release of their 1/122 DC-7C any good? Typically enough it can't be downloaded from revell.de like most other kits they've made...

I don't know, Hans, I only have older releases of the Revell kit and they are stored away.  I did look in my copy of the Airliner Tech book and the drawings on page 99 should take care of all the wing and tail differences.  Are you going to do the DC-7C?  It looks like that is the only version with the different tail, and wing span.

I suppose you'd use a donor L-749 for the cowling/engine faces.

jeaton01 wrote:

I don't know, Hans, I only have older releases of the Revell kit and they are stored away.  I did look in my copy of the Airliner Tech book and the drawings on page 99 should take care of all the wing and tail differences.  Are you going to do the DC-7C?  It looks like that is the only version with the different tail, and wing span.

I will try to use those drawings and scale them up in a copier to see if they work. As far as I know, the DC-7C is indeed the only one whose tail and wings differ. Thanks again!

Maybe I can sacrifice the cowlings from my L-749 kit as well, that kit needs so much correcting anyway... :-)

Hans