moaning dolphin Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Good day every one I though I would share my latest completion. This is the Revell Cargolux 747-8F. Very nice build totally out of the box. Fit was very good and the detail is (to my eye) excellent. I had issues trying to work out the correct colour, in the end I opted for Tamiya spray can which look ok but on reflection it is way, way too dark. On some photos it looks almost white, on others it is quite dark but no where near my selection. I didn't go for a respray because I used a poor primer (automotive) and was worrying about loosing the detail. The decals are very good but the tail one is very thick and just would not settle into the panel lines no matter how much micro-sol i used. The engines I think are very good and the engineering involved produces a very good looking attempt but some of the fan blades did suffer slightly from short shots or flash and they are difficult to clean up. Over all i am happy with the result, She is a big, good looking beast! I am still quite new to the civvy side of things but I do like working in this scale and looking forward to my next attempts. It does make a pleasant change. Any hoo here are the pics: And here she is joining the rest of my civvy fleet. The Concorde is on its last legs but I have another in the stash to take over Thanks for looking! Cheers now Bob 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 A very nice Jumbo Jet, a good addition to your impressive line up, its the first time i have seen the Concorde and the Tu-144 side by side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Good job! I have this in the stash as well with some very special decals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Good job! I have this in the stash as well with some very special decals. Hint? Great looking jumbo Bob. It is a pity that so few are going into airline passenger service - mind you, the liveries would all have ended up just being plain white I'm sure. Like your Tu-144 as well. Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveinns Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Great stuff Bob ! Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Big and beautiful,superb build I see Tupolev,s SST on the shelf I have it on the "to do" list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 BEAUTIFUL build... VERY GOOD .. I think it is quite Impressive .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I hope mine ends up looking so nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Lovely looking freighter there! Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Hint? Got the decals for this bad boy! http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/ee2bf87fcb3eb6b7ccb7b10454fabfc4c4c224a3 Edited January 28, 2015 by TheStig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhunter66 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 very nice indeed chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techniquest Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Great looking '8F. Such a shame about the grey colour, but a fine build in any case. By the way, I like your Austrian VPO A340 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Got the decals for this bad boy! http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/ee2bf87fcb3eb6b7ccb7b10454fabfc4c4c224a3 Now that I do like! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Awesome model, top work! Although the A380 is my favourite airliner, there will always be a space in my heart for the Queen of the sky, they are just beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 This looks really great (and Big) - I have one of these 800's on my stock shelf and was wondering what it will look like built - thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane39 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Very nice work. Love the A340. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpadwick1801 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Thats very nice...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Hi Bob just looking over this beautiful build again as I,m at the painting stage of mine stupidly I was going to paint the thing white! Can I ask what you used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 I used Tamiya grey. I can't remember which one though but it was a generic grey in a rattle can. I think in hindsight it was a bit too dark but I do know what you mean. When I first got the kit I was looking at doing mine white! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 On 03/10/2016 at 7:37 PM, stevej60 said: Hi Bob just looking over this beautiful build again as I,m at the painting stage of mine stupidly I was going to paint the thing white! Can I ask what you used?  Amazing, I had not noticed the grey fuselage on the actual aircraft either. Looking at some images the grey used is different to the Boeing grey of the wings... and a tad lighter than what Bob used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I looked around yesterday the only gray's light enough were small bottles I reckon about four would be needed and then the airframe glossed I might check out Halfords but I dont think there's a single car manufacturer with light gray in the range! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 The shade of grey has been discussed before here and on Airliner Cafe. The consensus from those seeing the actual aircraft in person (not photos where colour shades are affected by light, atmosphere etc) is that the aircraft is overall Boeing Grey.  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skean-dhu Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 See these a/c from the office takeoff/landing three times a week. Yes the actual grey is a lighter shade - but a fine build all the same.  One comment I would make on the GEnx-2B engines is that the fan blades/platforms are around 75% black (composite) with only the forward 25% from the leading edge being metallic and the cone is generally back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 A beautiful well made wide body - I wish these flew over my skies as I have never seen a -800 yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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