DRAW Decal released one new airliner set this week:

DW44-MD11-013  DW20-MD11-013  Lufthansa Cargo (2018 cs) McDD MD-11F

I discovered a 2017 release by DRAW that I missed earlier:

DW44-DC9-002E  DW20-DC9-002E Boeing 717-200 Windows, Doors & Details

DRAW also released another P.51 Mustang set, number DWxx-P51-087 is a P.51D Mustang in USAAF markings as “Baby Duck”.  It has been released in 1/24, 1/32, 1/48,1/72 and 1/144 scales.

TwoSix released two decals in 1/200 scale that have been previously released in 1/144 scale.

• TS20-088 Pan Am Boeing 747-100
• TS20-089 Air Canada Boeing 747-100

Minicraft has announced their new kit lineup for 2018.  Where (once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away…) Minicraft was one of the most prolific producers of airliner kits, there is exactly one (!) airliner in their current catalog.   A number of 1/144 military kits have civilian applications.

• M14639 Boeing E3 NATO can be built as a Boeing 707-320B/C
• M14696 Boeing C32B can be built as a Boeing 757-200 (Rolls Royce engines)
• M14671 Douglas R4D (C.47) USAF on skiis
• M14673 Douglas C.54B USAAF, R5D US Navy can be built as a DC-4 or civil C.54
• M14695 Boeing C97 kit can be built as a 377 Stratocruiser
• M14699 Boeing KC97L kit can be built as a 377 Stratocruiser
• M14703 Boeing E3 / E8 J-Stars can be built as a Boeing 707-320B/C
• M14715 Lockheed EC121R Constellation can be built as a 1049 Super Constellation
• M14723 Lockheed 188 Electra in demonstrator markings

Announced kits useful to airliner modellers for 2018 release are

• M14701 Douglas C.47 on floats
• M14702 Boeing E6 Mercury USAF (aka Boeing 707-800) with CFM56 engines

The Ebbro 1/48 Scale HA420 Honda Jet has arrived, and as previously described, it includes chrome details, clear cabin and cockpit windows, and a full interior that can be exposed by removing a separate and either red or blue upper forward fuselage.  Ebbro has now announced that a second release will be coming soon, this time with yellow, hunter green or silver upper fuselage part, as kit EBR48-002.  It also includes a clear upper forward fuselage option, which provides a full and unobstructed view of the interior.

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