1/48 Douglas Models Company Sikorsky YR-4A Helicopter - Prototype R-4
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
Very rare solid wood scale model from 1943. Features a 3D factory carved hardwood fuselage, factory-cut rotor blades, finished wheels, other wood and metal stock as required, color decals and excellent full size plans with detail drawings. Even includes an unopened lead tube of modeling cement. Never started. Inventoried complete with all parts and plans. Very little is know about Douglas Modeling Company beyond the address of 105 East Second South, Salt Lake City Utah. On the plans they wrote "We will be interested in seeing pictures of your ship and knowing what you think of our kits. We would like also to have each of you tell us whayou would like to see in new solids models which intend to produce. Watch for our flying model of the Sikorsky Helicopter."
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