Boeing Model 200 Monomail - Dekno 1/72nd resin with Arctic Decals

 

 

 

In photos with the mail truck the Monomail does not have a Townend ring, but the kit provides one.

The Boeing Monomail, one of the main contributors in the development of the modern plane as we know it, even if not a success itself, opened the door to a series of technical innovations that lead to great advances in design and configuration. Svelte, imposing, elegant, well-proportioned, it saw a short but interesting evolution and was used as a passenger and mail carrier.

For more information, contemporary articles, and the step-by-step building post, please go here:

https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2022/07/boeing-model-200-monomail-172nd-dekno.html

Dekno has to be congratulated for releasing such an attractive plane part of its now extensive line of civil Golden Age kits. The kit is quite good, benefiting from a more experienced hand. I commissioned special markings and masks sets from Arctic Decals. The kit was modified to show open mail compartments, and to bring up the spice a quite so-so RPM Ford ambulance truck kit was modified to represent an Air Mail truck as seen in photos with the Monomail.

My thanks in the first place to the late Jim Schubert, friend and fellow modeler, who saw the kit project throughout providing the detailed plans and notes used by Dekno to produce the masters. My thanks also go to Arctic Decals for creating the very nice decal sheet and the painting masks, and to Tim Kalina for providing important input. 

Jim, don't be too hard on my mistakes. I see you smiling up there on your cloud!