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Laat year F-RSIN released the L-14 at 1:144 scale and I couldn't pass it up! I use 12 passengers as a minimum for the models I make, so this aircraft is really on the edge for me.

 

The L-14 is a further development of the L-10 Electra (which KLM also flew) and had room for 12 passengers. The first flight was on July 29, 1937. The L-14 was also known as the Super Electra, Electra Senior and Sky Zephyr, but was ultimately mainly referred to by the type number. The L-14 had a deep elliptical fuselage, compound taper on the trailing edges, twin fins and rudders, and retractable landing gear. Unlike the L-10, the L-14 was a mid-wing monoplane and Fowler trailing-edge area increasing flaps. The L-14 was available in a number of variants, the main difference being the type of engines (Pratt & Whitney Hornets and Wright Cyclones were the options in the original configuration). Lockheed built a total of 112 (civilian) aircraft. The L-14 was further developed into the L-18, which had a longer fuselage and modified wings, but was otherwise similar to the L-14). Northwest Airlines was the first to introduce the L-14 on the Twin Cities-Chicago route on October 1937. KLM was the first non-American airline to purchase the aircraft in 1938. A total of six aircraft were purchased (four of wich for the West Indies).

 

The model kit is fun to make, but really small (about 10cm in lenght). The antennas and the cockpit and window decals are made by me. The wire antennas are once again made from a hair from my girlfriend. 

 

The original decals provided with the kit were missing the KLM logo's, but Laurent from F-RSIN was kind enough to send me a new and correct decal sheet.

 

At any rate, a few pictures:

 

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My next build will be the Authentic Airliners Convair 440, also in KLM colours.

 

Thanks for reading and see you next time!

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That's a nice result from the kit  @Malair.

I bought a couple of these, and was rather disappointed that the rather coarsely printed 3d masters hadn't been cleaned up and smoothed out before the moulds were made.

Bit of a curates egg, nice fine details overshadowed by the 3d striations, so every modeller has to deal with them instead of just the master creator.

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Many thanks for all the nice words guys, much appreciated!

 

On 23/12/2021 at 21:11, Dave Swindell said:

That's a nice result from the kit  @Malair.

I bought a couple of these, and was rather disappointed that the rather coarsely printed 3d masters hadn't been cleaned up and smoothed out before the moulds were made.

Bit of a curates egg, nice fine details overshadowed by the 3d striations, so every modeller has to deal with them instead of just the master creator.

Yeah, I noticed that too. It was easy enough to sand it smooth, but it's not something I'm used to from their Resin kit range.

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