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    Has anyone built the 1/72 BPK 737-800?

    in Modern - 1969 and onwards

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    1 hour ago, airdaniel said:

    Hi,

     

    As the original MWW (Main Wheel Well) colour on the real a/c is the normal Boeing gray BAC707, I painted the model on the same grey at first.

    Then on the real a/c must use a corrosion preventive liquid (called CPC) to spray over regularly during maintenance. This liquid in a bottle is like a dark brown, rusty colour. Therefore the result on a real aircraft always depends on the thikness of this layer of fluid and the condition of that exact aircraft. Because this liquid remains slightly sticky all their lifetime, if your aircraft going to be dirty, then the main wheel well also going to be more dark and dirty.

    All in all, I mixed many of the colours until I've got an affordable result what I see everyday on our aircrafts. And then added lot's of thinned black paint for washing through. The finish is exactly like on our aircraft.

    So I can recommend you to mix a colour close to the egg yolk, and once you applied, just add very thin black wash over, to imitate the dirt, oily, greasy state.

    I hope it could help somehow.

     

    If you need any detailed photos of a real a/c, let me know and I send them to you.spacer.png

    Thank you very much, your advice is very useful, I will mix paints to get the result

    Has anyone built the 1/72 BPK 737-800?

    in Modern - 1969 and onwards

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    On 10/08/2021 at 21:08, airdaniel said:

    I have also started mine in August last year (1 year ago), but slovly stopped it in December as I switched into my 8 pcs unfinished/boxed Tu-134A. 

     My first impression was that this kit will be a challenge to snap together, however very detailed and accurated kit at all. Needs some pre-skills in the making scale models, but not so bad. Regarding the general quality of the parts needs to be highlight that I've got 3 of the very first 6 examples been manufactured before the kit was released officially, so some extra sprue could occureb by the times... 

    I decided to cut every panels, doors, etc out as can be seen in our repair station, but left it abandoned by the time due to the Tu-134s kit, and everything fitted as temporarily before the correct adjustments.. All small stuffs are 100% scratchbuilds copied from our 1:1 ones...

     

     

    All in all, don't give it up to assemble, as it will turns out amazingly... Just needs time to make it...

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    Неlloi! what color did you use to paint the main gear bay?

    All your Bucc questions

    in Aircraft Cold War

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    5 hours ago, 71chally said:

    If you use the kit options, then no MDC.  The explosive warning triangles are the confirmation.  

    If you you choose to do a different option, use photographs as references, again the warning triangles are the key, and are usually more visible than the MDC itself.

    The warning triangles would only change when the MDC was actually fitted.

     

    Unless you can find tech records for the actual aircraft involved this is the only way to check if your subject is pre or most MDC Mod, as it would have taken time to fit the system across the fleet.

    Thank you very much!

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    Mighty Hunter...1/72 Airfix Nimrod MR2P

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    6 hours ago, rayprit said:

    We have several "walkarounds" on this site of the NIMROD...………..it appears tobe an access bay or something but on several of the walkrounds, when stationary or parked up their is a red blanking plate covering the HOLE...…...check out the walkarounds or even go to PRIME PORTAL, they have plenty of walkarounds on their also

     

     

    Thanks, I looked a lot of walkarounds, but did not find a good photo of this unit. There are many photos from afar, but it’s hard to see inside. If someone gets a good photo of this place, please drop it here.

    Mighty Hunter...1/72 Airfix Nimrod MR2P

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted · Edited by vit79

    Can you please tell me if this is a window or just a hole? Airfix offers this as a window and gives clear plastic. From what I know in this place inside the auxiliary power unit. It seems to me that this is an air intake of an auxiliary power unit, therefore there should not be glass there. Who has a good photo of this place ? 0800571-1-1.jpg

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