Academy 1/144 Scale US Air Force C-54 Skymaster Transport Aircraft Model Kit

Academy 1/144 Scale US Air Force C-54 Skymaster Transport Aircraft Model Kit The Douglas C-54 Skymaster was a four-engine transport aircraft developed from the civilian DC-4, designed to provide long-range heavy transport for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War Two. Used extensively in the Pacific, European, and China-Burma-India theatres, transporting troops, equipment, and fuel, often over hostile territory. After the war, the C-54 flew sustained high-frequency supply missions in the Berlin Airlift, along with Douglas Dakota, Avro York and Short Sunderland types, and formed the basis for later long-range transport designs.   FEATURES: Reissued Minicraft kit 4 sprues plus clear parts Choice of markings for 6 aircraft: C-54 of the ATC (Air Transport Command), USAF, 1943. C-54 of the ATC (Air Transport Command), USAF, 1944-45. VC-54C Sacred Cow, the first U.S. presidential aircraft, used for President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s flight to the Yalta Conference in Crimea in 1945. C-54B EW-999 (43-14126), used for the flight of the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Sir Winston Churchill, to the Yalta Conference in 1945. VC-54E 44-9027, "Bataan II", personal flight of 1st Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, General Douglas MacArthur, used for his arrival in Japan, 1945. Air America, C-54G N2168, operated on regional missions between Korea, Japan, and Vietnam during the early 1960s.   SPECIFICATIONS: Length: 19.7cm Wingspan: 24.7cm Scale: 1/144   Paints and glue are required to complete this model kit. Not included. Available separately. OPTIONAL EXTRAS:   Deluxe Materials Plastic Magic Cement 40ml (AD83): Plastic Magic Cement is a thin, liquid plastic cement with a 10-15 sec adjustment time & non-clog action. It is non-toxic, non-flammable, has minimal odour and almost zero emissions when compared to competitors.