DC-2 - Transport revolution

Plastic kit of a Douglas DC-2 airliner in 1:72 scale.

Kit of three frames of plastic parts, a frame of clear parts and detailed 3D printed parts.

Decals are offered for four DC-2s from four different continents. America is represented by the EAL machine, Asia by the machine named Tsukuba of the Japanese Dai Nipon Koku Kobushiki Kaisha, Australia by Pengana, which offers decals in both ANA and AOA colors. Europe is represented by the Czechoslovak OK-AIC.

Use plastic model glue to glue the model. You can paint the model with plastic model paints. (glue and paints are not included)

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The Douglas DC-2 was a twin-engine airliner that first flew on May 11, 1934 (serial number 1237, NC-13711); it competed with the Boeing 247.

The aircraft was based on the DC-1 prototype with several modifications (longer fuselage, 14 passenger seats, more powerful engines). The aircraft was first purchased by TWA; other American carriers were interested in the aircraft, and TWA followed suit. Aircraft for European customers (KLM 21 aircraft, LOT DC-2B with Bristol Pegasus VI engines, Swissair 6 aircraft, CLS and LAPE) were assembled at Fokker in the Netherlands, where 39 aircraft were built from parts supplied from the USA. One DC-2 (serial number 1413, URSSM-25) was purchased by the Soviet Union for study and testing purposes, and in March 1934 Japan purchased a license. One prototype was delivered in parts and five DC-2s were built by Nakajima Hikōki K. K.

Although the aircraft was later overshadowed by its successful successor, the DC-3, it was the first aircraft to demonstrate that passengers could travel comfortably and reliably. As proof of this, the first KLM aircraft (DC-2 PH-AJU) took part in the MacRobertson Air Race between London and Melbourne. Out of twenty participants, it came in second behind the de Havilland DH.88. The DC-2's journey took 90 hours and 13 minutes, and it was in the air for 81 hours and 10 minutes.