Airfix Boeing 727-200 Continental Micronesia 1/144

[Jeano]

Hello all,

Here is my first topic, and it is about my last model, a B727 from the new Airfix kit. I used Continental Micronesia decals. I bought them on F-dcal, and I was satisfied by the quality.

I did not pay a special attention to the accuracy of the model, thus I didn't make major changes on the plastic kit (to be honest I wanted to finish it rather quickly). Yet I know some details are not reproduced (on the wings and the gears).

I chose to glaze the windscreen and the windows instead of filling and adding the decals. Only I didn't use the small Airfix clear parts, but placed plastic sheet and Clearfix. Here again you will notice it's not perfect (first time I try it).

Continental Micronesia was founded in 1968 (as Air Micronesia) and ceased its operations in 2010, when Continental merged with United. It used to have routes to Hawaii, Asia (mainly, if not only, Japan) , Micronesia and Australia as well as it was island hopping.

The paint job is done with brush for all colors except white, which is Tamiya Gloss White. I obtain a glossier finished by spraying a grey primer (Tamiya too) instead of a white one. The paint job "pattern" on the wing is done a little bit randomly because there wasn't many pictures on the internet. I had made the 3 Pitot tubes but my little brother broke them ...

I hope you will enjoy.

(I will probably prepare a diorama+backround for my next models ...)

Cheers,

Jean

Edited September 15, 2014 by Jeano

[feoffee2]

Very nice it is something different in that livery

Thanks

[Viking]

Thats a very smart livery, like it!

Cheers

John

[F-32]

That's a lovely scheme, really suits the airframe

[stringbag]

A lot of effort in that one. Nice scheme too.

thanks for posting.

Chris

[Jeano]

Thank everyone for the feedbacks ! I appreciate

[mitchem]

Nice one Jeano. Thanks for posting (and welcome to Britmodeller !)

Looking forward to seeing your next build.

mike

[MikeW]

Lot of extra detail added - nice to see.( Wingtips especially )

Cheers,

Mike

[Jessica]

Nice to see another airliner

[Gimme Shelter]

Hi Jeano

That's a very nice 727 you have shared with us here, I do like to see civil builds on the forum. Every time I see a 727 now it reminds me of the opening credit scenes of the Sopranos - its a shame we don't see these birds around the UK skies so much anymore.

[madaboutmodels]

Very Nice!

[Val]

Awesome model! I'm soon to tackle one of these badboys myself, thanks for the inspiration!