Convair CV-710 Skylark

[TomZ]

Convair CV-710 Skylark



After it became clear that the US Air Force would not order the C-99 in quantity, Convair tried to sell a civil passenger transport variant, the model Convair 37 with a capacity of 204 passengers. Like the XC-99 this has the wing, tail and engines of the Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber.
The model 37 was sold to a number of airlines as the CV-310 and was the start of a very successful family of airliners. Over the years the models 410, 510 and 610 were developed and sold. The ultimate variant was the model 710, or CV-710 which appeared in 1967. The CV-710 had a completely new fuselage and was the first of the so called "wide bodied airliners". The CV-710 could carry 320 passengers in a 3-3-3 configuration.



It still retained the same basic wing structure. The engines used were upgraded versions of the  Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major. The Pratt & Whitney R-4360-140 solved a lot of the cooling problems suffered by the first Wasp Major versions and  produced over 5.500hp each.



The CV-710 was very successful and sold to over 40 airlines all over the world. It served until finally in the early 1990s there was a breakthrough in the long development of the jet engines and the first jet passenger liners appeared.



TomZ
http://www.airwar1946.nl/index.htm

[McColm]

Brilliant idea and build 

[loupgarou]

Fascinating. But, please,give us details about the base models etc. I haven't found anything in your site.

[TomZ]

Fascinating. But, please,give us details about the base models etc. I haven't found anything in your site.

It's a combination of the 1/144 Hobbycraft B-36 for the wings and tail and a Zvezda Il-86 airliner for the fuselage.


TomZ

[Weaver]

Oh that's sweet - well done! It looks so right! 

[TheChronicOne]

 

[Old Wombat]

Not really into civvies but this one's brilliant!

[ericr]

 

[Tophe]

VERY nice!
It is so pleasant to see a very different airliner, like no one else!

[zenrat]

Awesome.  Even in 1/144 that's going to be pretty large.

[NARSES2]

Oh my ---------

That is simply stunning. I'd have payed top dollar to fly in that, even though it's Virgin 

[chrisonord]

Marvellous,  certainly  had me scratching my  bonce.
Chris

[PR19_Kit]

Absolutely EXCELLENT Tom! 

[63cpe]

Yeah, way to go Tom! 

Cheers!
David aka 63cpe

[AndrewF]

Spot on.