Possibly the most beautiful four engine propeller-driven airliner ever built

- is how BAE Systems describe the type

I tend to agree – even though it was not the most successful airliner for various reasons, not least world conflict.

First off, you need stairs to get into an airliner

And I bought some very heavy ones in thick brass.

The plastic is from Valom, reputed for being less than precise – first impressions are good

The fuselage halves are on one tree

And the wings and almost everything else is on three trees

There are also a clear tree that I forgot to take a picture off, but so far it looks promising

The decals look thin and very precisely printed

The throttles are bent but salvageable

A full plan for the two planes included on the decalsheet is included

The instructions being a photocopy. A nice touch is that sturdy looking mainspar, and the assembly sequence has you add the upper wingskin last, likely to eliminate any large fillerneeding wingroots.

As there are plenty of information “out there” on the type I shall not bore you with a lengthy description, suffice it to say that in all 7 were manufactured, all of whom carried names starting with F. Of these none survivrd the war, the last two being scrapped in 1943, one being destroyed by an air attack, the rest damaged in landing accidents! There is a detailed history on Wikipedia, and BAE Systems has a page about it too (where I found the heading text); https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/de-havilland-dh91-albatross

I have quite a lot of builds at the moment, but suffer from lack of airbrushes due to need of maintenance, so this is a gap-filling build as spares are in the mail, but nonetheless one that I shall look forward to

Interesting subject Erik, I'm watching !

Thanks Allan. Hope I can make some progress soon.
Spiros, indeed - they were started as "the internet of those days" promising speedy maildelivery, then progressed to people, and ended living in the harsh outdoors moving important stuff to and from Iceland wich did them no good. As always I am now thinking deep about the interior. Have to decide before long - probably later today.
Thanks for watching.

interior

I found this picture on several web-sites, showing how the interior might have looked (the Valom resin is cast exactly like this)

At least it is one way of doing it, and the resin available may save a lot of time, but will not be very realistic with all pillows and headrests in the same position.

This is a rather long fuselage @fiveten, not like @kalamazoo's Fokker in "movies", so I tought it a bit safer to add some guides. I have a few days at work, and I think I have to get some of the other builds going as I expext spareparts for airbrushes to arrive soon 🙂

Thanks John. I shall try to get moving again, but first work will take up most of my days for another week or so. Stay tuned @j-healy!

Have a seat

Well, I finally ordered the resin seats to get things moving here

The cabin dividers were installed some months ago actually

One of them is just a bit off 90 degrees

I cut the seats and tables from the casting blocks. No sanding, just a cutter and knife on some wet tissue to avoid dust, then a dryfit

The walls need a tiny bit of adjustment, then it is on to the cockpit!

next up – really your guess is as good as mine, so tune in again to check

Nice detailing, my friend @airbum!
This is one cosy interior!