Alex1978 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 (edited) My first Vac-Form kit I have build.And only for the reason that it is the only Boeing 747SP kit available,except the resin kit from Authentic Airliners. The build was challenging as I had no experience with Vac-Form kits,but I managed to get it eventually together. While working on this kit for almost 1 year,I came up with the idea to make an In-Flight diaorma,which I thought would be a nice way of displaying it. For my first ever Boeing 747SP I wanted a special and nice scheme,I had Air Mauritius,South African Airways and Air Namibia in my mind. Air Mauritius decals I couldn't find and the only South African Airways markings I found where the new ones.But I wanted my -SP to have a cheatline and the Air Namibia scheme is very attractive. The decal set comes from f-dcal and is of the usual good quality,application though showed some size discrepancies,it was a tad too long.Nevertheless I managed to get it on the Jumbo. For the display stand I took another wooden board from my tv-table as I had no use for it anyway.The size was right too. I airbrushed it with different shades of brown and green to simulate sand and trees,and painted on a river with some side arms to give more depth. After that was done and dry,I used cotton balls to create "clouds". As I also wanted to create contrails,I drilled small holes in the cones of the engines hot sections and superglued thin wires in.On those I applied white glue and pasted thin pieces of cotton balls on it.I know,the contrails are appearing behind the wings,but as to hide somehow the wire I already put some thin pieces at the end of the hot sections. The model itself sits on a transparent plastic tube. For being my very first vac-form kit and also the first in-flight display like that,I am quite happy with the outcome,although the model has some flaws. I don't know if I ever will build another Vac-Form kit again,as I am more the plastic-modeller,but it was a nice and interesting experience. The only problem I have now is...where to put this diorama ? Here now the Air Namibia Boeing 747SP on its way to Windhoek.Have a nice flight I hope you like it Note:No cats included, as they are not able to "fly"... Edited May 29, 2017 by Alex1978 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Nice one Alex! I certainly can't see any flaws, it's another slick finish again! I think the 747sp is one of Welsh's best. Love the livery and a very different diorama display. Cheers, Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchem Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Well done Alex - Fantastic on every level (including 30000ft) ! It's an African airline It has a cheatline It's brought great viewing pleasure ...and I'll give you two extra for it being a vacform I started building the same kit many, many years ago but it landed on the shelf of doom and there was no fuel........ mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 18 minutes ago, mitchem said: Well done Alex - Fantastic on every level (including 30000ft) ! It's an African airline It has a cheatline It's brought great viewing pleasure ...and I'll give you two extra for it being a vacform I started building the same kit many, many years ago but it landed on the shelf of doom and there was no fuel........ mike Thank you very much Mike. Ohh,thats sad to hear.Maybe you should give it another try and finish your 747SP...? I had my doubts too as if I can finish this kit.Vacforms are not so much my "thing",but I badly wanted a -SP in my collection and had no other choice that the Welsh kit. Now with the Authentic Airliners kit being available,I might get me one of those too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael301757 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Another great build from your production lne Alex, dont remember seeing an SP on here before, nice job. Cheers Michael. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Lovely job as usual Alex. One of the nicer schemes for the SP as well. Great choice. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Nicely done and displayed Alex. I have the Welsh SP to build in QANTAS delivery colours. I had also planned on building it wheels up as I was not sure how mounting the gear would go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Very nice indeed Alex. Congratulations on building the kit in a year - it took me about ten years although I admit that included some long periods of inactivity. It builds into an impressive model and you've certainly done it justice. 6 hours ago, TrojanThunder said: ..... I had also planned on building it wheels up as I was not sure how mounting the gear would go. Ray, I built mine wheels down and although it was a long time ago I don't remember any insuperable problems. A large sheet of glass and a fair bit of patience were necessary to make sure all eighteen wheels touched the ground but if I can do it anyone can! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Nice, there is a lot to like about that, not least the effect of clouds seen over an African landscape, cue wave of nostalgia. The SP looks very smart in those colours. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I'm very tempted to buy one of these some day, looking at yours I just might have to bring that day forward! it looks beautiful in that scheme. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 Thank you everybody for the compliments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Lovely job Alex there's something classy about the SP which suited just about every livery (especially the Alliance Air one).... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 49 minutes ago, Vince1159 said: Lovely job Alex there's something classy about the SP which suited just about every livery (especially the Alliance Air one).... Thank you . Yes the Alliance Air scheme was superb.But its a bit too difficult to airbrush that livery.For that reason I bought me a 1/400 metal model of that aircraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 11 minutes ago, Alex1978 said: Thank you . Yes the Alliance Air scheme was superb.But its a bit too difficult to airbrush that livery.For that reason I bought me a 1/400 metal model of that aircraft Same here i have her in 1:500 and 1:400 both Herpa... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Love the SP, love this model - the cockpit windows especially give it a 'face' like the real thing. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 That's a very nice SP and in a very attractive colour scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 smashing work - a lovely re-creation of a classic time gone by - really lovely work - love the livery, love the SP - 10/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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