Romeo Alpha Yankee

Back from my trip up north and got some time on the bench. Having a look at some photos there are a few little fixes I can make to the kit. The RAAF's Falcon 20s were delivered without APUs but when I was posted into the squadron in 1987 they all had APUs installed. I wanted to model the aircraft as I remembered it. So a bit of shaped card, some glue and a drilled hole later the APU was 'installed'. I also noticed the exhausts were a bit undersized so I added some card to to the exhaust section to beef it up a bit and filled behind them with some sprue glue. I also removed a small section of the tail cone for the fitment of the brake chute canister assembly. Finally I have filled the cabin windows as they will be painted over and decals will be used.

Well Alex, as others have said you are doing a fine job beating this kit into shape. I applaud your attention to detail. I would have commented earlier but have only just found your build thread, how I missed it after all this time is still a mystery to me. I for one will not be attempting one of these as I have the One Man Model 3D printed kit (and am working on the Falcon 20) and am thinking about breaking it out to build after seeing your efforts to date.

I must have half dozen various marks of Hornets kits in the stash, so it's a YES from me!

Revell 1/144 Boeing B747-8f British Airways World Cargo, G-GSSD

Thanks all, I thought I had finished the 747 this morning and was gloss coating it. The lacquer clear spilled out of the cup resulted in some repainting, as we are close to the end of the extension and I am away for a week up north from tomorrow so I doubt I will finish the repairs before the 18th. So I will call it done for the GB with some creative photography Here is the damage A teaser with more in the Gallery Thanks for suggesting and host the GB B!

Almost there with the decals but some remedial work had to be carried out on a wingtip when I dropped the model onto the tip while decaling. The tip shattered into 3 parts, I found 2 of them and had to complete the repair with card and superglue. I just have to add the final walkway decals on the wings, glue the engines and tail planes on and gloss coat it to complete the build

I just caught up with his one Alexey. You've done a beautiful job yet again. 🏆 The interior detail looks great, it's a pity you can't see it.

Good start, I did the same with my CT-4. Looks like it has a lot more detail than mine.

The rest are going on OK, more decaling down and the wheels and gear doors are almost done. I found a good match for the BA red from my paint stocks, looks like Xtracolor X14 (Red Arrows red) is a perfect match

All main gear legs are now attached and wheel wells repainted. There are more parts to the gears in the form of the brake disks which will go on next and then painting all the dreaded wheels! And decaling commenced, while they are very nice they are quite brittle and I have damage each of the three BA decals applied to far. Some touch ups will be required when the time comes.

Love it David, nice result

Very nice work Harry 🏆

Thanks Alex, I managed to assemble the engines. from my drawings and this head on shot they look undersized and too rounded. I could try and flatten the top bottom and sides of the nacelles, but I may also live with it. The windscreen is a mess, I may also replace the clear sheet if I can't tidy it up enough. And finally a shot with its replacement in RAAF service, a Falcon 900, I will attempt to resurrect that build and finish it during this GB.

British Airways Scheme Blue 1999

There was an older Model Alliance sheet that included that 2SQN tail flash, (MA-72141 Canberra International 'Bomber Canopy' version - Pt3) though the overall scheme on he sheet was for the first Aussie Canberra in the silver/white scheme.