I did indeed think about this as I was writing my query, I remember my first airline trip on a Delta Airlines DC9 and I remember seeing a built model of one in the gift shop at the airport, I was already bitten by the modeling bug at age 10 and the DC9 model looked awesome! Shiney and smooth and it just looked solid, nothing like my collection of Monogram Pacific Fleet planes.
Darren @CMOT I hope to see pics of your build soon and maybe some of your other Strato-buses as well.
Cajun 