Redboost Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Hi folks, a little change in my usual portfolio as do not often build airliners, but this one nicely fits to my Czechoslovak / Czech aviation collection. The Roden kit is pretty good, some fiddling and filling was required just around the engine nacelles. The decal are from BOA Agency for OK-MBA, one of two ex-Cubana machines rented by CSA in 1960's for connection between Prague and Havana (operated with stop overs in Ireland and Canada), until the arrival of Il-62. Cheers Libor [ 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Superb! A beautiful rendering of a beautiful aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Now that does look good Libor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Nice clean sharp finish! Love it! More airliners please, how about a CSA Il-62? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadbear Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Beautiful Britannia. Flying to Havana from Prague on that route must have been labourious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Very lovely. I always thought it was strange that CSA ended up with a Western airliner in that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Really nice build there Libor, can't have enough Britannia's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Lovely, and beautifully finished. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfordhibby Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Lovely Britannia in a scheme that i've never seen before. Thanks for sharing this beautiful subject. Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Libor, Beautiful markings and an excellent build! Very, very clean- both the decals and the finish. In my opinion, the Brit and the Connie were the two most beautiful propliners ever! Well done, sir! The Roden Britannia is my only 1/144 scale kit, and I hope I can do mine half a good as yours! Any problems with the kit, by the way- it looks to be a very good one. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redboost Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Thanks everyone for kind comments, glad you like her! Turbofan: yes, that one is in the pipeline, got it to my stash recently. Threadbear: yes, it must be laborious both for crew and passengers. The flight was routed over Berlin-Copenhagen-Shannon (stop over)-Gander (stop over)- Havana, in total 9721 km and with good weather the total flight time was just about 24 hours. Eric Mc: right, that was quite unusual at that times. Anyway, renting those planes from Fidel's comrades seemed to be politically acceptable :-) Mike: I share your enthusiast about these airliners, they are a sort of Aston Martin amongst the planes. Build wise, no major issues, just the engine nacelles did not fit well to the wing's counterparts and needed little filler. But the fit of the large parts was very good. Cheers Libor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Beautiful ! great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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