Northrop Delta 1 DE /E US Transport plane

In 1932, the famous American aircraft designer Jack K. Northrop designed a new aircraft, the Delta, after his earlier successful Alfa and Gamma cargo and mail planes.
It was a single-engine low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction with fixed landing gear.
The type was intended for use on short domestic routes and was built in several versions that differed in their engines and the shape of the pilot's cockpit.
The first versions, known as Delta 1A, 1B and 1C, had a narrow canopy that could accommodate only one pilot. The following versions, the 1D and 1E, already had a wider cockpit in which a two-man crew could sit, and they also had a much more massive fuselage section.
Unfortunately, one of the first Delta 1A aircraft crashed in Mexico during delivery to the customer.
This accident was also one of the reasons for the US government to ban the use of single-engine types for regular passenger service. The aircraft already in production were bought by private individuals or used by companies for business trips. One of the Delta 1Ds with build number 74 was used by the US Coast Guard and later transferred to the US Corps of Engineers and flown in Ethiopia (Africa) during World War II.
Delta 1D c/n42 was first used on Ellsworth's Antarctic flight, then bought by the Australian government and handed over to the RAAF after the outbreak of World War II.
A few other Deltas were lucky enough to be used even earlier in the war, as three of them were acquired by the Spanish government, although two of them fell into the hands of the Nationalist Spanish forces - making the Delta a type that fought or was used on both sides of the conflict.
In 1936, Canada acquired the licensing rights, partially compensating for Northrop's commercial failure with the type.
The Canadian aircraft were produced by Vickers in versions Mk.I to Mk.III.

Plastic model kit

Scale 1:72

unbuilt / unpainted