Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) This was a refurbish project of an old A300 build. I decided to update the model since the Airfix kit missed a few A300 features. I started with this: As it was finished about 15 years ago How it was before the restoration Rubbed it back with the associated voluntary disassembly Started a repaint Scratched up some missing parts Modified the engines Added some paint and decals.. The decals are from an A310 Flying Colours sheet. Due to a deadline (today) I used A310 registrations instead of mucking around with making up A300F4 regos. Edited September 16, 2017 by Romeo Alpha Yankee Image links updated 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Thank you for a bitter-sweet memory: a shiny new FedEx A300Fs port wingtip provided shelter from the downpour for two friends and I at Farnborough '94. Less than two months later one of those friends was dead as a result of an RTA whilst on a working trip to South Africa. Thank you also for the WIP photos of the air con pack intakes. I have an unbuilt A300 in deep store that I want to finish as Laker's G-BIMB, later G-HLAD, which first flew on my 21st birthday and which now, sadly, no longer exists. Lovely model, thank you for sharing her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Another superb build Ray, thanks for sharing. The Airfix A300 may be ancient but in the hands of a skilled builder it can produce an outstanding model as you've just demonstrated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Another nicely finished Airbus to add to your line-up. Love the paint finish and the small mods to bring it up to date. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 You make it look so easy. Sigh. Love the extra detail work you put it ( although, to be honest, wished you had refinished it as TAA again ). Love those classic liveries. Cheers, Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggy4624 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Another vote for taa - I was at Perth airport the day VH-TAA was delivered in 1981. Nice to see that scheme again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 That looks great! Very impressive modelling. Cheers, Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timo Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Hi Ray A great restoration job - especially the paint work and scratch building. A very nice end result indeed. A couple of questions: - Are they Revell Beluga parts you used as templates for the scratch building? - Is that a DHL Cargo 767F on your workbench? - would love to see that too. Cheers Tim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Cheers all You make it look so easy. Sigh. Love the extra detail work you put it ( although, to be honest, wished you had refinished it as TAA again ). Love those classic liveries. Cheers, Mike Mike, That is one part of these builds I like, simple models with card that can be made with some card and files and sometimes a bit of putty. My little changes are by no means perfect, those 2 air con intakes ended up being slightly different in shape. Something I was happy to live with. I have another A300 kit to do in either TAA or Australian Airlines livery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 (edited) Great job! I worked on VH-TAA and on Fed-Ex (and others) A300 conversions to F standard. I love your model's previous life and the new look ! Edited November 14, 2015 by bzn20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Hi Ray A great restoration job - especially the paint work and scratch building. A very nice end result indeed. A couple of questions: - Are they Revell Beluga parts you used as templates for the scratch building? - Is that a DHL Cargo 767F on your workbench? - would love to see that too. Cheers Tim Thanks Timo, Yes, there were parts of a Beluga as ref, but they were no longer on the Beluga! I had started a A300-600R conversion with Beluga and A340 kits and it is still a work in progress. Yes number 2, the DHL 767 is stalled as I need another set of decals. I might redo the winglets as well as they are not aligned the best on the wing tip. Here is a link to the build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchem Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Excellent finish there Ray - both before and after ! Thanks for posting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 Image links restored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Nice restoration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 A beautiful model in both its incarnations. Some great scratch-building skills on display. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 Found lost images and update post again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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