Alex1978

Great looking 767 Neil. The livery is very attractive. I have this kit too,but did not get around building it yet. Alex

Thank you very much Dave. Its always nice to have a cat. I am very happy to have Speedy and his sister with me and my other,older girl cat has something to do...😊

Thank you very much. Yes, Speedy certainly steals the show. He's always by my side ,whatever I do😊

Before I started the assambly,I dryfitted the upper wing halves to the fuselage. The dihedral is too steep and it would also cause a very big gap at the joint to the lower wing outer portions,which would be harder to fix without destroying the wing details. I assambled the wing completely as a unit,this way the gap at the lower outer wing piece,would be kept at a minimum. Reinforcing/widening the fuselage at the wing root is the better solution. It gives,in my opinion,less work with filling and sanding. In doing so,I even somehow managed to get the wings look "fuel heavy"

Thank you very much. It is really huge...still struggling finding a display space...😁

Thank you very much to both. The metal finish was done with different shades of metal paints from Gunze. I first sprayed gloss black to all areas that would be metallic. Then I applied silver/aluminium mix on the fuselage underside,and after dry sprayed some panels duraluminium. Wings got chrome silver on the slats,the flaps a mix of aluminium,matte aluminium,steel. Engines received duraluminium on the front,hot section matte aluminium and burnt steel. The weathering was done with graphite powder. After all was to my satisfaction,I gave the wings and fuselage underside a matte varnish. The fuselage section,where the wing is,attached was strengthened and slightly widened with a few pieces of sprue,to make this,area more sturdy and to avoid gaps between wing and fuselage. Pieces of plastic where also inserted into the fuselage to help the wing/fuselage piece fit snuggly to avoid too much filling and sanding

Thank you very much Keith. Yes,Speedy is with me since last december,together with his sister Samira. But she was busy catching flies while the photo shoot was on...😉

Thank you very much Thank you very much. Yes,that would be a nice addition

Thank you very much. I hope this wont be the case,even though he already managed to "crash" one of my display models,when jumping on top of my cabinet...

Thank you very much Mike. I hope to see your Heller 707 in future here. Its a nice kit and worth building. With Speedy,I may have a new "model critic" 😉 What baffles me more and more is the very striking resemblance of him with my former buddy cat Sakura,who passed away about 3 years ago. From his appearance to his character,Speedy seems like a reincarnation of Sakura...

Its been quite a while since I posted something. Work and life kept me from being too much online and on BM. Modelling came also a bit shorter than usual. I have a lot of models finished late 2024 but still not photographed and posted. They will appear in a while... This one was done earlier this year and was a pretty much straight forward build. More or less built oob ,the only thing I enhance a bit was the cockpit... not much can be seen of it now...🫤. I always wonder why I keep on detailing cockpits or other parts of a model,when I know pretty well,that not much,if anything,can be seen in the end...must be some kind of modelling stubborness😉😊. This is my second Heller 707 and as the previous one,its a troublefree build. It looks very good but for its size it could do with a bit more details,still it builds into an impressive model of this classic jet. The decals are from 26 and are of the usual good quality. Simbair was a subsidiary of East African Airways,a joint venture between Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda,as can be seen from the livery. Cheers Alex "Lions" also appear sometimes on the Nairobi apron...May I introduce "Speedy" 😉

Great looking 737. My BKK 737-100 build is more of a stop and go affair. The BPK kits are very demanding but the result in the end is very rewarding as your build clearly shows. Alex

An absolute stunner Rob. I have one on my bench as well, your build gives me the drive needed to continue on it. Alex

If nothing else...the owner has had a great taste of style with that livery 😊... Great build all the way,elegant and clean. Hope to see more from your workbench. Alex

Superb work Matt. Very attractive "what if" livery , it suits the 727 very well. I am always stunned about your home made decals 👍 Alex