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Anyone remember this when it first hit the shelves nearly 39 years ago? Mine is dated 1980 and from memory, when newly released this particular liveried kit did not spend that long on the UK shelves before Hasegawa rolled the kit out in alternative liveries and put an EOL to the BA livery. I think they only released 2 of their new Love Liner 200 series in the BA Negus & Negus colours - this L1011 and the Super 737. In 1/200 scale, this typical Japanese quality moulded kit is delicious and very accurate when compared to the attempts other vendors went on to release in 1/144 (excluding the new Eastern Express 1,2 and -500 version kits in 1/144) of the Tristar. Throughout the 80's and 90's, I was always amazed at Hasegawa's determination to have the modeller apply huge decals as opposed to paint the obvious large areas of coloured livery coverage and this kit is a great example of just that. I would not have tried to use the belly decals provided with this kit in 1980 let alone now, now that they are 38 years old and would probably crumble as soon as they touched water despite any attempt to lacquer them before use. I started this kit last week while the other 3 Hasegawa 1/200 civil builds that I am working on were drying off so it's a bit of a production line inbetweener for the moment. I am contemplating major surgery and building this lovely old lady with her flaps and slats on show. When completed, this little lady will take up the same display footprint as 3 or 4 of the same would in 1/144, and should still reflect all the glorious beauty those wonderful widebody tri-jets brought to our old skies. Thanks for looking in - while just barely started, here is where things are: John
