Zulu Hotel Alpha

Looks fantastic, and Jetblue should name this aircraft 'Viking's Daughter'. Love the colours and the decals with all the details- the model cockpit crew gives a fun element to the build- as long as they are not fighting each other?

Looks great-Brings back memories of building the AIrfix A300 in the early 1980s.

so cute!

lovely build- looking forward to the VC-10.

love it- so much detail! i wonder when they will be retired. love it- so much detail! i wonder when they will be retired.

Thanks for sharing this lovely build.

looks elegant.. thanks for sharing

so cute!

A very smart looking build- thanks for sharing.

good effort. So, now you have an unstarted A320 without a winglet!

Looks stunning! This brings back memories - i built a Lufthansa Airfix A300 in the early 1980s. One of my first builds.

Really nice! Brings back memories. As a young teenagaer I made a BA version (Airfix) back in the 1980s- it vanished many years ago.

Beautiful, neat work- thanks for sharing

Both are attractive, lovely builds- thanks for sharing.

wow! nice one- (tbh-I prefer this Condor colour scheme to the Icelandair - i mean the colour scheme chosen by the Icelandair makes it look more like a low cost airline. I guess it operates like one).

Great build! thanks for sharing.

Lovely builds, thanks for sharing.

Amazing looking aircraft, fantastic work and what a nice colourful livery. A job well done!!!

This looks beautiful.. bravo!

Lovely work, always a joy to view it here. - I have had the pleasure of flying DC-10 a number of times- Pakistan International, SAS and Lufthansa (even visited the cockpit - and photo asa bonus). I think the BA DC-10 used to belong to British Caledonian.- perhaps I am wrong. So now you have an extra model.. what are you going to do with it?

Very kind of you- Thanks

You are correct regarding wheel being up. However, the the whole landing gear mechanism looked so cool, that once gone , it left me with an unsatisfied feeling while building it. However, kinds words here do help:) Thanks. I think i added a little too much glue that either directly caused the plastic to warp or caused the battery covering to melt/ react with the plastic. Anyway , one learns in the process and from good advice.

Thanks:)

Thanks... I attempt to adequately dilute the acrylic paint with water before applying. Thank you for your kind words. I will keep keep that in mind for the next attempt. I was afraid that bu-tak might detach after drying up. Cheers! painting was the result of diluting appropriately and adequately with water and then applying a few layers. You guys produce beautiful models and get excellent results,. I wish i could only get half as good.

KLM 737-800 PH-BCA (Flamingo) Zvezda 1:144 scale model. Decals from Zvezda's original (UTair) + 26decal for KLM livery. I write with some trepidation as this was not the happiest of journeys for me. A kit was good but things didn't pan out as they were supposed to. This model was completed in over 6 months due to a number of complications, including time constraints as well as a crash ( the model fell from its storage cupboard) and broke a winglet and lost- broken into 3 pieces) its beautiful front undercarriage struts. I was distraught. Attempt to reconstruct failed the structure and I had to continue it in wheels up/ retracted position. Additionally, another disaster that I could not do much about as the warping due to adhesive. I had glued in a small battery in the inside (as a counterweight) which became unstuck after the crash. I had to saw off the cockpit section to re-glue the battery. I must have been overzealous with the glue (Revell Contacta) as over the next couple of days i observed a warped front fuselage (did not experience with my earlier two Revell models). The model is brush painted with Revell Aqua Colours (acrylic). For the fuselage, Light Blue 50 (closest match i could find in acrylic) and Light Grey Silk 371 (which seemed to me to be a closer match for the fuselage belly instead of white). I wanted to do some weathering but fear of another disaster took over, and I decided that this project needs to end some where! Decals were quite delicate at times for me (this is my third model) but managed not to destroy (most of) them. A little annoying issue for me was that for both the original Zvezda decals and 26Decals there were some stickers that were numbers on the decal sheet but I could not find on the diagram provided. Flying over PIA A320.