Lockheed 1649 Starliner (oz16087)
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Lockheed 1649 Starliner. Free flight scale model for rubber power. Wingspan 36 in.
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Quote: "LOCKHEED 1649 STARLINER 36” span. Drawn 28 MAR 2015.
WING CONSTRUCTION: The wing was constructed using the Rees’ sliced rib construction. Which is covered very well on Mike Stuart's site : https://www.ffscale.co.uk/rees.htm
You’ll find the standard radial nacelle wing and the proposed turboprop nacelles as well. This is a challenging model but has been a favorite of my since I was a kid. I remember building a plastic model in elementary school. Shortly after Columbus reached America.
This model of Lockheed’s Constellation was the longest and didn’t really use the tip tanks but I just had to add them. Most people wouldn’t know this anyway.
FUSELAGE CONSTRUCTION: As is my usual construction method of fuselages, a ladder jig is used. Check out stickandtissue.com for info on ladder jig under the Current Rubber Builds board.
EMPENNAGE: The horizontal tail surface and the three vertical fin/rudders are built as shown on the plan.
This is one of my favorite airplanes and the build of this plan can be found on stickandtissue, it was a while ago so in the earlier posts, see https://www.stickandtissue.com/forum/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1429683808/128
Regards,
Tom Akery/Sky9pilot"
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What a beauty, Tom! I appreciate your plans very much, both for the technical expertise displayed and for the sheer aesthetic quality. In other words, they are too pretty to miss!Miguel - 15/06/2025
Steve, I thought I send you a couple bones shots of the Connie [pics 003, 004] to include with the completed model. Post them if you wish.
Thanks again for all you do with this site.
Tom Akery/Sky9pilot
Tom Akery - 19/06/2025
Lovely bones!
Jan Novick - 19/06/2025
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