BetaSingh Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Dear esteemed Britmodellers, I have just gotten a Welsh Models Alaskan 737-400 for a tenner, but I am wondering what I would need to do to convert this into a 737 NG (737-700 or 737-800) aircraft in the old Alaskan livery. The decals I have are for a 737-400, and I don’t really want to modify these. Furthermore, I have some spare winglets that would fit the 737. Any advice on such a ‘conversion’ for a newbie like me would be greatly appreciated. BetaSingh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 What scale is the kit? Is it the old 1/144 kit with a vacformed fuselage and the wings, engines etc in a sort of beige coloured plastic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaSingh Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 Yes, I have tried to look on https://www.scalemates.com/ for any tips but I found nothing. BetaSingh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Hi Betasingh, If what you have is a 737-400, it won't convert to a 600 or 700 very easily, the wings, tail & engines are very different. A Revell or Zvezda 737-800 would be a better start point. (737-200, 300, 400, and 500 are the 'classic'. the 600, 700,800 & 900 the 'New Generation'. But if your decals are for a 400 anyway, why not just build it like that? Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaSingh Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 Ok, that I will do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV571 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Hi Betasingh, The 737NGs (-600/-700/-800/-900) while visually similar to the earlier 'Classic' versions are quite different in almost all respects. For example the fuselages are different lengths - 119ft 5in for the -400 and 129ft 6in for the -800. The wings, stabilisers and engines are also new as are many other details. You'd be doing a lot of modifications and scratchbuilding to convert a 737-400 into a NG. As John says, if you want to do a 737-800 it'd be much better to get hold of the excellent Zvezda kit; the 737-700 will follow in due course from them. The kit decals may be useable on an -800, it depends if there's enough extra in the fuselage stripes although the specific Drawdecals sheet may be better: http://www.shopdrawdecal.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=44-737-50. The Welsh Models kit itself is quite basic being one of their earliest with low pressure injection moulded wings plus basic white metal detailing parts. They are a good introduction into vacforms though since the trickier bits are covered by the injection and metal bits. My advice would be to build it 'as is' and gain some useful experience for more advanced projects. Good luck with the kit! HTH, Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaSingh Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Yeah, you are spot on, I’ll just build the Alaskan 734 as is, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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