Color Scheme: Final
Colors
Registration: NC2303H
Composition: One
Piece Metal
Dimensions: Length:
10.5" (27cm), Wingspan 15.5" (39.5cm)
Condition: Excellent
Model History: I
acquired this model from a private collector on December 30, 2005.
Though the seller said it was made by Matthys M. Verkuyl, I'm
not so sure. It doesn't have a Verkuyl sticker on it but it does
have a casting number of 00500 on the underside. It is an older
model as evidenced by the yellowed paint (which doesn't show up
in these pictures) but who knows just how old. Nevertheless, I
think it is a nice rendering of the venerable DC-3 and it is in
my old employer's livery so I'm very happy to have this model
in my collection.
Update
- February 6, 2006: Thanks to my collecting friend Fernand
Van de Plas from Belgium I now know more about the origin of this
model. Please see his note below.
"Hello
Fred,
For your information.
Like you mentioned indeed this model is not from
Verkuyl origin. In fact it's a Belgian made ID model from the
early
fifties made for the Belgian Forces in Cold War days. Almost all
military and civil a/c were made by this unknown firm (I never
traced
down any name) in matt black finish without stand on 1/72.
They are well made and nowadays difficult to obtain.
The Brussels Aircraft Museum has several examples on show.
I have in my
collection the same model but in home made Air Congo
livery. The early jets like the DC-8 I never saw in this range.
So
probably they ended production around 1955.
All the best
and happy collecting,
Fernand Van de Plas - Belgium"
