History
The DC-7, first flown in May 1953, was basically a stretched longer-
range development of the DC-6B with more powerful Wright Turbo Compound
engines, four-blade propellers and additional fuel capacity. The DC-7 used the
DC-6 wing with very minor changes. The improved DC-7B (1955) had the
same dimensions as the DC-7 with a further increase in fuel capacity.
The ultimate DC-7 model, the DC-7C ‘Seven Seas’, which went into
service in April 1956, was a DC-7 with extra fuel capacity and four Wright
R3350EA1 or EA4 Turbo Compound engines. Its visual differences compared
with the DC-7 and DC-7B were:
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a 40 inches fuselage stretch ahead of the wing
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a longer radar nose
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a taller and squarer tail fin
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5 foot addition to the wing on each side of the fuselage,
between the fuselage and the original DC-7 wings.
Some DC-7Cs were later converted into freighters (DC-7F) with two cargo
doors and some of these were used for Rhodesian sanctions busting.
Description of this conversion pack
This conversion pack is for use with the Heller DC-6B kit and consists of
resin parts for the fuselage plugs, wing centre section, engines, saddle tanks,
and a replacement fin and rudder.
The conversion is in two parts, the fuselage and the wings, and is suitable
for an experienced modeller.
Parts List
Resin parts
Engine - cowling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 off
Engine - core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 off
Engine - gills (closed) . . . . . . . . . . 4 off
Engine - gills (open) . . . . . . . . . . . 4 off
Engine - exhaust section . . . . . . . . . 4 off
Fin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 off
Fuselage plug (left) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 off
Fuselage plug (right) . . . . . . . . . . . 2 off
Saddle tank - No.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 off
Saddle tank - No.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 off
Saddle tank - No.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 off
Saddle tank - No.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 off
Wing centre section . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 off
Metal parts
Propeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 off
Miscellaneous
Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 set
