Alex1978 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Some more airliners came off my busy production line last week. The old but very nice Airfix DC-9s. Despite its age,it is very well detailed,with good fit (except the doors) and the shape is pretty well captured by Airfix. I rescribed the flaps and panels on the wings as they were just raised lines on the kit,otherwise it was a straight OOB build. The "Fly",AZmodel,Karaya...or whatever the other DC-9 kit is coming from, has recessed panellines and other nice touches,but I find the Airfix kit still a nice replica of this classic and a re-release would be highly anticipated. Anyone from Airfix reading this...?? I worked on those 3 DC-9s at the same time,so they got finished almost on the same day as well. The KLM and IBERIA DC-9s,the decals came from the respective kits. The windows and details are from the superb Flying Colors MD-80 detail set. For the Aeropostal Avensa DC-9,I used the decal set from Classic Airlines courtesy of Nick Webb. The quality is superb,very thin decals but great to handle.The only small issue was that the cheatline and the tail part is slightly too long.This required some cutting and adjusting.Otherwise the decals fit perfect. I very much enjoyed building these 3 classic Douglas airliners and they will receive a nice spot in my vitrine. Hope you like them And a DC-9-30 group shot 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Hi Alex, Classic Douglas airliners indeed and finished to your usual high standard! The two Europeans featured very prominently in my plane spotting past and are therefore definitely on my to do list. I'm amazed you were able to use the kit decals, weren't they yellowed beyond use? They must be decades old! Still at least you didn't have to raid the stash!! Which paint did you use for the engines on the KLM? It's nice and shiny. I keep hearing very good things about Nick's decals, I've got a couple of his sheets but haven't used them yet. Keep 'em coming! Cheers, Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Got to agrre with you Alex, the Airfix DC-9 is still worth building, as you have just proved in triplicate! Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Nicely done! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 tasty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Turbofan said: Hi Alex, Classic Douglas airliners indeed and finished to your usual high standard! The two Europeans featured very prominently in my plane spotting past and are therefore definitely on my to do list. I'm amazed you were able to use the kit decals, weren't they yellowed beyond use? They must be decades old! Still at least you didn't have to raid the stash!! Which paint did you use for the engines on the KLM? It's nice and shiny. I keep hearing very good things about Nick's decals, I've got a couple of his sheets but haven't used them yet. Keep 'em coming! Cheers, Ian Thank you Ian. I had multiple decal sheets for those DC-9s,so I picked those who were in best condition.The KLM decals were as good as new,as you can see,and the IBERIA set was also still in very good condition.For parts that weren't perfect,I took from the other sheet and so on,until everything was to my satisfaction.Some left over parts were then used to cover up some blemishes. The engines on the KLM and the Aeropostal Avensa DC-9 were painted with Testors silver,upfront primed with gloss black. Cheers, Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Gosh, three for the price of one! What a lovely trio. My one and only attempt to build the "other" DC-9 (in one of Ray Charles's boxings) did not endear that kit to me. Among other problems it has MD-80 sized wheels and there was something weird about the location of the engines which I never properly worked out. Personally I much prefer the Airfix kit and having seen your excellent models I'm definitely tempted to dig one out of my stash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Some really nice airliners on display within these pages Alex and I have to say that these are some of the nicest. Love the old KLM machine but all are equally good. Thanks for posting. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael301757 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Some nice classics there Alex, wish i still had some of these left in the cupboard. Cheers Michael. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Really beautifully done, and worthy tribute to the magnificent Douglas twin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I'm glad I found this after looking at your KLM Airbus Alex. A trio of my favourite airliner . Gorgeous work on all three. I really like the KLM a lot. Do the window transfers go over the original cheat line transfer? I really didn't want to use the little punch 'peg' that is with the kit; it's never going to work . Great stuff! TonyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Thank you TonyT Yes,the window decals go over the original transfer without problems. The MD-80 detail set is very nice and the quality is great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchem Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Absolutely brilliant ! KLM, Iberia and something a bit exotic for dessert - Three course meal ! mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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