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  • $\begingroup$ Also mentioned here with some more speculations. $\endgroup$
    – mins
    Commented Apr 19 at 16:03
  • $\begingroup$ @kegaro and mins --interesting that Wikipedia has a photo of a (apparently the second) prototype with a very different tail -- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Albatross#/media/… . I think there's no question the first prototype as shown in this answer was a major source of inspiration for the artwork-- note the shape and placement of the vertical tails, and also the straight trailing edges and swept leading edges of the wings and horizontal stabilizer. However there's obviously been no attempt to fully replicate the plane in all details (eg # engines) $\endgroup$
    – quiet flyer
    Commented Apr 23 at 14:21
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    $\begingroup$ @kegaro and mins -- as to whether the choice of a twin-engine radial-engine design, and the fuselage shape and other fuselage details, were heavily inspired by the Super Electra, or is just the artists generic idea of what an airliner should look like, is hard to say. One problem with the Super Electra idea is that the tops of the passenger windows should be lower than the bottom of the cockpit side windows, and the passenger windoes should be closer together. But since some artistic license was obviously taken anyway, it's possible that the Super Electra was a significant inspiration. $\endgroup$
    – quiet flyer
    Commented Apr 23 at 14:31