Scale: 1:100
Span: 11 1/2"
Lenght: 16"

Design on the Constellation began in 1939 to meet a TWA request for a 40-seat, four engined airliner of particular performance specifications. It resulted in an airliner which was pressuriesd and air conditioned, and which introduced a power boosted flying control system. Production began in 1940 to meet orders from TWA and Pan American, but the orders were relinquished and the USAAF was to take on the first aircraft. Production was delayed when the US entered the War, and it was the end of 1942 when the first camouflaged prototype of the C-49 was completed.

It first flew on January 9, 1943. The USAAF ordered 180 aircraft, but by the end of World War 2 only 15 had been delivered. In the postwar boom, over 100 were ordered by various airlines. The civilian version of the C-69, the L049, first flew on August 25, 1945.

In late 1946, the L649 Constellation II, with improved performance and the option of u 'Speedpak' cargo pannier below the fuselage, appeared. It was followed in 1947 by the long-range L749.

On October 30, 1950, the first L1049 Super Constellation took to the air. Its most noticable features were the addition of 18 ft. 5 ins / 5.62 m. to its fuselage length and its enlarged tail surfaces.