Turbofan Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Here is my Airfix A300 with a Bra.Z nose and home made decals. Another of my 'planes I remember from Heathrow around 1980'. The Airfix kit is fairly accurate and could be built OOB and still look very good, however I've used the replacement nose available from Bra.Z as I feel it really captures the Airbus widebody family nose shape 100%. The only other changes I've made are to move the tail bumper to a more correct position and scratch build the intakes on the underside of the fuselage between the wings. The cheatlines have been painted as has the tail with the logo printed on white decal paper and doubled up. Titles, names, coroguard etc were all home printed too except for the small logos on the engines and below the flightdeck windows which I found in my spares box. Stabiliser rubbing plates are from the 26 A300 detail decal sheet as are the door handles/details. Passenger and flightdeck windows are from Werner at Authentic Airliners. I've depicted D-AIAA Garmisch Partenkirchen as a fairly new aircraft and so have only lightly weathered the wings. Overall I'm pleased with this model as it was my first attempt at designing and printing my own decals and it seems to have turned out alright. Hope you like it and thanks for looking! Cheers, Ian 41 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 You ought to be right chuffed with that it's gorgeous great work with making your own decals as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchem Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Wunderbar Ian ! Classic kit, classic markings and fantastic finish - couldn't ask for anything else. (Looking forward to seeing what's going to be rolling out of your printer next) mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Absolutely stunning result. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Smashing. I was given one of those kits a few weeks ago. I might even build it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 You've done a great job with those decals Ian, what a lovely finish of such a classic scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael301757 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Really nice, lovely crisp detail and as you say the nose does look just right.great job. Cheers Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Simple, elegant, classic. Top marks for keeping an example of this classic kit alive and looking very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Another winner Ian, very interesting home produced decals. I'd be keen to learn how to do that myself. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I'm giving up as of now. Superb result Ian. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Two masterpieces in one day Ian - how do you do it?? That's another really beautiful model, in fact I think I prefer it to the SVC10 - I love the classic Lufthansa cheatline scheme which always takes me right back to spotting at Riem circa 1986. The BraZ nose looks really good. I've been meaning to try one on an A310 where the improvement would probably be even more striking. Thanks again and please keep them coming. Dave G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Thanks for all the comments everyone! Eric, you know the right people. I'd love someone to give me an Airfix A300! I saw one at Telford for £10 but stupidly didn't get it, of course, when I changed my mind and went back it was gone John, I find designing the decals almost as enjoyable as making the models. I use Inkscape which is a free vector graphics program and I've recently bought a laser printer which makes things a whole lot easier. My previous attempts have been with an inkjet which was a disaster. I had quite a few subjects on one sheet so there will be some more of my homemade decals appearing soon! Nothing major it just helps with logos, titling and small details. Dave, they've been waiting in the wings for a while almost finished so when we had a dry sunny day I had to quickly add the finishing touches and get them photographed. This wasn't as easy as it first seemed because it was fairly blustery and the nosewheel kept lifting off the ground, either that or the whole model would swing round into the wind! You don't get that with a resin kit that's for sure. I can definitely recommend the Bra.Z nose and I think I'd agree with you, it would massively improve the Revell kit. Been thinking about an A310 myself too. Next off the bench is quite significantly smaller shall we say. Stay tuned as it's nearly done! Cheers, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 (edited) I'll be upgrading my computer system in the next few weeks so will look at the Inkspace system you mentioned. I'd love to have a go at designing and printing my own decals. I recently built the Airfix Comet 4B which comes with a set of airport steps. I painted the steps in the 1968-74 BEA colours but didn't have tiny red BEA markings that would normally appear on the side of the steps. Now that I'm back into airliner kits I am finding your builds and those of Viking inspirational. Edited August 6, 2017 by Eric Mc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Thank you Eric, I'm glad you find them inspirational! We need lots more airliners to counteract all the WW2 stuff. Not that there's anything wrong with anything WW2 or military it's just that there are too many! The graphics program is Inkscape not Inkspace for when you get your computer sorted. Cheers, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 THat is really nice Ian, I have one lurking in the stash and don't think I could finish it as well as yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearmatt Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Wow! Getting nostalgic here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgeline Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Nice build! I had to go back and compare the dates between this one and the Trident... How are you finishing these airliners so fast and still detailing them so well?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 Hi Ridgeline, Thanks for your compliment glad you like this one too! I have posted quite a few recently because I tend to work on lots at the same time and sometimes they all get finished fairly close together. I don't build that quickly. At the moment I have 8 on the go! Cheers, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Superb result on this old kit. Its still a nice A300 kit oob,but yours is spot on and the classic Lufthansa livery is an aditional winner. Top marks all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 That is nice Ian, do you have pictures of the underside showing the intakes? I did the same with a FedEx build a while ago. I have another in the stash for an Australian Airlines build, will have to do all the mods all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Excellent looking Airbus, perfect in every way and not bad for an oldish airfix kit, congrats! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 That's another stunner Ian. All of your models are beautiful neat and clean examples of the airline modeller's art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Very nice indeed. I'd forgotten what a chubster the A300 is. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 beautiful! its hard to tell if its a model or the real thing. fantastic work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco1964 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Nice job with these decals Ian. It took me at old times, how many hours flight on that airplane! Beautiful result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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