Once upon a time.......

[Leen de Jager]

In 1935 American Airlines director C R Smith asks Douglas to build a plane bigger and better than the DC2.

The result is the DST Douglas Sleeper Traveller having fourteen beds.

After having build seven DST`s , they created based on this airplane a "Dayplane " for twenty-four passengers and this plane.......became the name Douglas Commercial 3rd model.

The DC3 was born.

Here my impression of the mama-bird ,the DST.

Edited August 16, 2012 by Leen de Jager

[Cameron]

Love it!

[Leen de Jager]

Thanks Cameron.

This is still WIP , at a distance it looks nice on a screenshot , we canot go with our nose between the pixels yet.

I think it needs a week or so, to to get it up to my standard.

I am still missing vital details , due to lack of photo-material.

I welcome ALL DST-pictures available!!!!

Cheers

Leen

Edited August 16, 2012 by Leen de Jager

[Goran_M]

Absolutely stunning!

[Airbus]

GEEE Nice work!

[Ntr09]

This is exactly what I've been looking for! Thanks!

-NR

[Ryan M.]

Thanks for the picture, and the piece of history.

[Leen de Jager]

Hi folks,

Still working on the mama-plane.

Its complicated but there is some progress.

Tail section and texturising wing/fuse joint still to do.

These old things are tricky.

Just to keep you posted.

Have a peep.

Cheers

Leen

Edited August 20, 2012 by Leen de Jager

[Pirx]

Each liverie is better than the previous one, and this one is really nice!

[Cameron]

Again, really nice work, Leen!

[Phantom88]

Beautiful Work.

[Leen de Jager]

Just an update.

[Tom Knudsen]

Repaint or a new aircraft

[Leen de Jager]

Just a complicated paint for the LES DC3.

This paintjob goes further than the average paintjob.

Edited August 23, 2012 by Leen de Jager