Revell 1/72^nd scale C-54D Skymaster, catalogue number 04877, 2015 issue.  Always makes me think of a four-engined Dakota … which, I suppose, it is, being developed from the DC-4 in the same way as the C-47 was from the DC-3.  It’s a lovely, elegant aircraft.  This is Revell’s impressive kit of the long-serving, widely-exported aircraft.  It’s another of those kits that would benefit from a separate fuselage roof, which could be left detachable to display the interior – it’s very complete, both the control and crew cabins and in the rear passenger / cargo area, with detailed floors, bulkheads, walls / linings, lots of seats with moulded-on harnesses for the crew … there’s a lot of stuff in there.  The undercarriage is very well done, being highly detailed both in itself, and in its housings and bays.  Other notable features include extremely nice engraved-line surface detailing, a full suite of glazing, very well-detailed engines, and excellent wheel hub detail.  You can have the rear doors open, if you like.  All control surfaces are separate and most can be left movable if you take care with the glue.  Excellent decal sheet carries markings for two USAF machines from 1948/49, one of which partook in the Berlin Airlift.  Sad that the Russians don’t seem to have evolved any since then – still the wannabe playground bullies of the world.  It’s a big old kit in every sense and getting it together will be a lot of fun, however the stash has to decrease as SABLE has become my middle name and it would be nice to reclaim some of the spare room.  Kit parts are still sealed in the manufacturer's inner bags.  Kit is complete and intact, unmade, with instructions and decals as new.  Apologies for the higher than usual postage on this item, it’s because it’s too big to go “small parcel” – it’s a big box.