Douglas World Cruiser diorama

In honor of the 1924 Around the world flight I have made the 1/72 diorama of the Douglas World Cruisers using the Williams Bros. kit.
On April 6, 1924, four Douglas World Cruisers, each named after a major American city (Seattle, Boston, New Orleans and Chicago) began the first leg of the historic around the world flight. They took off from Sand Point on Lake Washington in Seattle. The 8 men were:
Pilot/commander Maj. Frederick Martin and flight mechanic SSgt. Alva Harvey in the Seattle.
Lt. Lowell H. Smith (pilot) and 1st Lt. Leslie Arnold in the Chicago,
1st Lt. Leigh P. Wade (pilot) and SSgt. Henry H. Ogden in the Boston and
Lt. Erik Nelson (pilot) and Lt. Jack Harding in the New Orleans
There were no fatalities but only two of the planes original planes completed the flight with one lost in a crash and one lost at sea after a successful water landing. A spare aircraft joining them late in the mission so that 3 could arrive at the final destination.

[@franksmodels29]

Great build fantastic diorama 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@JMdfcv]

OUTSTANDING DWC build and diorama display, Max! 100 year anniversary and 22 days until flight completion back at Seattle. Nice 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@celebratingaviationwithmik9782]

Truly fabulous build, Max! You've so very nicely captured 1924 Seattle in plastic. Superb job!!!

[@maxsmodels]

Thanks Mike, See ya Wednesday

[@stuartaaron613]

Beautiful work. Consider it a birthday present to yourself.

[@Sarah-JaneR32]

Great work Max, Scratchy would be proud of what you did with the models, love all the little details in the diorama, model on

[@maxsmodels]

Thanks you SJ

[@francisfierko753]

Outstanding diorama!! Wonderful legacy piece that helps tell the story of these daring aviators and their accomplishment.

[@davidshell1738]

Excellent work Max!! 👏 Everything Douglas is cool! Again excellent job!! 👍

[@Paladin1873]

The greatest feat in aviation history and few today remember it.

[@maxsmodels]

It really was.

[@edcooley6768]

Great work Max beautiful diorama

[@sean8013]

Looks brilliant Max! Great display piece

[@mrains100]

Thank you.

[@donalddoheny2499]

beautiful work Max happy birthday

[@PopsP51]

Now that's a cool diorama that really tells a story. Great job, Max. That was a lot of work!

[@michaelnaven213]

Nice work Max, it all came together very well.👍👍👏👏

[@paulbervid1610]

Great work

[@trainsontuesday]

WOW! Truly great modeling boss, an accomplishment to be proud of.

[@MImodler]

Great job Max, turned into a lot of work but you stuck with it and now you have an impressive piece for display

[@tommyanderson-filmmaker3976]

Very nice Max. Awesome job.

[@mode1charlie170]

Great tribute Max!

[@nathanbond8165]

Two points here Max wonderfully done diorama really captures the spirit of the Douglas World Cruiser flight and thanks to your music now I have to watch the Spirit of St Louis movie😂😂😂😂😂

[@maxsmodels]

my work is is done 😁

[@garfieldsmith332]

Great build Max. You sure put a lot if hard work into it and overcame all the obstacles thrown in your path.

[@maxsmodels]

If I ever do it again I will change how...but I will not do it again.

[@treyzmodels422]

Wow! Outstanding Max! This Dio really tells a story! Very nicely done Sir!👍🏆

[@maxsmodels]

Thanks Trey

[@BradleyHatchen-vv3fd]

Looks really good

[@SteveJarvisVT]

Atta Boy Max!!!! Nice job I love all the bits and bobs you put in to make it pop

[@BradleyHatchen-vv3fd]

I just build this kit a few days ago it turn out very well

[@maxsmodels]

cool

[@peterpimentel5881]

Nice work it makes me want to go out an buy the $65.98 kit lol. The diorama really stands out. I am presently working on the old Glencoe 1/70th model of the Martin MB-2 Biplane bomber an hope I can do as good a job as you did on the model biplane diorama you did max so thanks for the post and model on an also Happy Birthday.

[@RobertWheeler-xh3zc]

Glad to see it in a glass case rather then a shelf. I've heard that bad things can happen to shelves. 😢

[@maxsmodels]

TOO SOON!!!! 🤣😅😚

[@ewmhop]

GREAT JOB ON DIORAMA MAX,MAYBE PUT IN HURRICANE HOBBY FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE, NOW DO THE SWIMMING POOL SCENE FROM "WINGS OF EAGLES" GOD BLESS EVERYBODY

[@kitsune303]

nice!

[@jwrockets]

Mission accomplished.

[@HootOwl513]

Museum quality Max.

[@maxsmodels]

You are too kind

[@CharlesEntrekin]

Beautiful job, just as long as you don't get the itch and fix some little detail or add something to it. That's my major fault in dioramas, remember remember it's just gorgeous the way it is

[@maxsmodels]

thanks

[@lancerevell5979]

Excellent work on the diorama, Max. At long last, it's done. But, is anything really ever "done"? 😊 I need to read up on the real flight. I've only ever seen snippets in various aviation books. 😎👍

[@nathanbond8165]

So in 2005 the History Channel created a documentary about the Douglas World Cruiser flight titled the First Flight Around the World you can purchase it from the History Channel website on DVD also in the 1950s there was a author who wrote a pretty comprehensive book on the Douglas World Cruiser flight I believe it was self-titled Flight Around the World

[@JMdfcv]

First Flight Around The World by Tim Grove, The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 2015 publication.

[@outbacktrek]