Vickers Viscount 803 – KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 1/144

Vickers Viscount 803 in the attractive markings of KLM. Limited edition of only 1900 from May 2002, has to be seen to be appreciated, now hard to find. Complete with a set of liveried steps. Length 7.25 inches, Wingspan 7.75 inches.

The Vickers Viscount was a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs, making it the first such aircraft to enter service in the world. It would go on to be one of the most successful of the first generation postwar transports, with 445 being built.