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    Zvezda Boeing 767

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted · Edited by Viking

    Thanks for the kind comments guys.

    Fantastic. :o

    Any tips on how to paint the cockpit windows.

    I've tried masking them with some success but it's tricky to get accurate.

    Steve, this is the cockpit glass from the kit. The fit was so good I left it off until all painting was complete, and then pushed it in place.

    There is no glue on it I just ran some johnsons Klear around the edges a few times once it was in. The silver framing is from the Draw decals 767 window set. and fitted beautifully.

    I think I posted a pic with the Draw set in earlier in this thread.

    I had a problem with the cabin windows on the Draw set as they were very thin and disappeared on the dark blue cheatline. They would be fine on a light coloured fuselage.

    I nicked the cabin windows from my A340 decal sheet, which is scheduled to become an A330 in the near future.

    Cuprar, can't wait to see yours, which kit are you going to use?

    Cheers,

    John

    Kulula Boeing 737

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

    Posted

    That is superb!! Ok, it's not an Airbus, but it is excellent work! Which paint did you use for the green?

    Its Humbrol 38, as recommended with the decal instructions. The photos have made it look a touch darker than it really is. The model itself almost spot on matches the pictures on airliners.net.

    John

    Kulula Boeing 737

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

    Posted

    Airliner fans will know of this aircraft, currently flying in the skies of South Africa. I just had to make a model of it, and found Draw decals in the US did a sheet for it (superb fast service from Draw by the way).
    It is the Revell 1/144 kit, with mods to correct the engines & winglets.
    I can't belive a commercial airliner is flying around with the inscription 'Loo (Mile high club initiation chamber) on it biggrin.png
    Here it is;

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    The real thing can be seen Here

    Thanks for looking,

    John

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    Zvezda Boeing 767

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    Well I think I'll call this one finished. Huge thanks are due to Mr Chris Stringbag and his constant halp & generousity with finding the decals I needed to get this project up and running.

    The Zvezda kit is really lovely, I'd recommend it to everyone.

    If there was one thing I learned doing this, it was probably not to have sanded the fuselage seam back after alclading it, and re doing the gloss black & alclad.

    The finish was superb first time, I'm less happy with this second coat. Really the lesson is 'get your seam eliminated before painting'. The trouble was it didn't appear for a few days. Well we live an learn.

    Anyway here she is, I'm glad to have this in my collection. I've flown on this many times on AA55 out of Manchester over the last 12 years;

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    Cheers,

    John

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    Zvezda Boeing 767

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted · Edited by Viking

    Hi Viking,

    Wow, i really love how you do your Tyres, any tips on how you get such a great finish on them?

    Much Appreciated.

    StLeon

    Thank you all for the comments, much appreciated.

    Saint, heres how I do the tyres.

    I never use black, only dark grey like a panzer grey. The ones here were done by first painting the hubs in citadel mithril silver. Then each wheel was put on a cocktail stick and Humbrol 67 panzer grey painted on. The hub rims are very cleanly moulded so its fairly easy to rotate the wheel on the stick and freehand paint they tyre.

    When dry I use my airbrush to lightly mist on a coat of Tamiya 66 light grey while rotating the type on its stick, to give an even and light coating.

    The whole idea is to give te sidewall and 'tread' areas different tonal values. It might not be strictly accurate, but I really like the effect and illusion it creates.

    Another tip if you are not confident freehand painting the tyre is to make a very thinned mix of humbrol 67 and white spirit, something like 50/50. Then put a little of the mix on a brush and just touch it on where the tyre meets the rim. You should see capillary action take the thinned paint 1/3 to 1/2 way around the rim. Touch on another 1 or 2 brushloads until a complete grey ring is formed around the rim.

    let it dry, and then brush paint the whole tyre with normal humbrol 67. You'll find the 'ring' you put on earlier gives a nice margin and hard edge. You do need wheels with well moulded rims though.

    Cheers,

    John

    Boeing 727 Lufthansa

    in Modern - 1969 and onwards

    Posted

    I have one of those on my to-do list.....

    I'm still not quite convinced about alclad, but if your going to use it, Viking has shown way to go, it's gorgeous

    Thanks Kev, I guess we'll always come at this from different angles, Alclad vs Bare-metal foil! I suppose it depends on which technique you find easiest to master, both can give very nice results.

    I'd like to see that TWA 727 when you do it, are you planning on doing it in twin globes (cue the jokes!)

    My next one will be a 727-100 in early Pan-Am from two-six. Lovely scheme!

    Cheers,

    John

    Zvezda Boeing 767

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    I'm looking for a 767-300, is this the best one to get?

    Steve, I've not seen the Revell 767 but this one is just brilliant. The fit is excellent and I would highly recommend it. The only thing missing was the strakes on the engine cowlings. No sign of any in the kit, but I noticed them on photos. Maybe the Aeroflot (kit markings) 767's don't have them?

    Cheers,

    John

    Boeing 727 Lufthansa

    in Modern - 1969 and onwards

    Posted

    Did you use Krystal for the cockpit or is this the kit glass ?

    Hi Neil,

    Yes I used micriscale krystal kleer in plastic strip cockpit window frames. had a fair bit of trouble with the silver surrounds though. I used thin silver decal strip and now with the photos notice its a bit untidy on the lowere edge, so is one of the things I'll tidy up. I had a Decal sheet for the cabin windows, but they all but disappered when I put the first strip on. The problem is that the decals were lovely and thin and having the dark blue underneath just didn't work. White underneath would be fine so I'll save them for another build. I have a similar window sheet for the 767 so will not be able to use them. One of the reasons for trying things on this kit first!

    On the 727 I used a set left over from my Revell 'Norwegian' 737 and they went on ok.

    Cheers,

    John

    Boeing 727 Lufthansa

    in Modern - 1969 and onwards

    Posted

    Graeme - wing fence? Damn I missed that and its all painted now. I'll correct it on the next one though!

    Its pretty much done now, just a few more final bits to do, so hers how it looks now;

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    Opps, wonky camera angle!

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    I'll put a few on RFI later this week whenI've done the finishing off.

    Cheers,

    John

    Zvezda Boeing 767

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    After painting the engine cowlings I noticed that the inner strakes were missing, so I had to go back and scrape a bit of paint off and fit them, and the repaint.

    I mofified the hot sections so that I could fit it all together after fully painting, and avoid some awkward masking.

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    Undercarriage assembled and as I've seen others fit hydraulic lines thought I'd have a go too.

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    After the shennanigans with stripping back and re-doing the upper seam its all resprayed, and moving ahead. Engines are on and she's standing on her own feet.

    Kit windshield fits in beautifully, and the framing decal from the Draw decals 767 sheet applied over it.

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    The 727 'donkey' for trying things out is about done too;

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    Next up, figuring out the decalling.

    Cheers

    John

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