New Revell 1/48th SPIRIT OF ST.LOUIS

[Keith Diamond]

What about Air's sister air line.....

Connie Lingus?

that begs for some nose art if you do that idea    

[dragon]

5-bladed prop and in line engine (Splice in a Spitfire of the appropriate type) with P-51K bubble top and Stuka tankbuster guns under the wings.   B)  

[Daryl J.]

It could be Porco Rosso's land plane.   Put something like radio gear or an oil cooler up where the blocked out windscreen is to make the situation worse. Then paint the thing overall red with a chrome front end or similar.

Perhaps?




Daryl J.

[elmayerle]

Eh, it's tame, but re-work the fuselage to the single-engined small airliner the Spirit of St. Louis was derived from and put it in appropriately whiffed markings?

[philp]

It is pretty close in size to a 72nd Trimotor.  Go with a windscreen and put it in airline marking for 72nd (maybe some smaller wheels, etc) or go ahead and add a couple more engines and most people will think it is an original trimotor.    

[JC Carbonel]

just paint it red and gold as Amelia Earhart's transatlantic ship !

JCC

[lancer]

Air Lingus sounds good!!

What about Air's sister air line.....

Connie Lingus?

That should make for some interesting tandem seating arrangements.

Can it reach a mile high??

[Aircav]

Wonder how much more fuel you can get in the flaots and how much drag would they produce, could have the Spirit flying the Pacific after the Atlantic    

[jcf]

The Spirit was in the same family as the Ryan Brougham series...Donald Hall modified the basic B-1 design to produce the Spirit. While most Broughams (B-1 thru B-7 and C-1) were powered by Wright radials a few were powered by V-8 Hispano-Suizas.


Broughams on floats were not unusual.

Cheers, Jon

[jcf]

NYP-2 J-BACC* (sister to Lindbergh's plane) was fitted with a windscreen at some point.
A photo I'd never seen before from the J-BIRD Japanese aircraft register book.



*The J-BACC registration was later re-used on a Bf 108. 

[NARSES2]

Now that is interesting. Changes the look somewhat, thanks for posting 

[Captain Canada]

Thanks ! Looks tough 

[Glenn]

Or, you could do it as one of the two aircraft made for the movie with James Stewart. For the left side take off and landings, it had a right windscreen and the reverse for the right.
Glenn