Connie

In 1946, the Atlantic stopped being a voyage and became a night’s sleep. The Constellation flew pressurised and high, above the weather that had made the route an ordeal. Its fuselage curved as the wing demanded, and the tail split into three to fit the hangars that already existed.

Part of the Authentic Models Elements of the Skies collection, honouring the moment in 1946 when the Lockheed Constellation opened scheduled transatlantic service and made the Atlantic a night’s work rather than a week’s.

Connie is the connoisseur’s choice in the range. Curved where every other airliner of its day was straight, and immediately recognisable to anyone who knows the era.

Each piece features hand-applied aluminium panels, pierced cabin and cockpit windows, four detailed radial engines with three-blade propellers, and a polished curved stand with an engraved plate.

It rewards the person who looks twice, and it tends to find the one guest in the room who knows exactly what they are looking at.