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A quick build for in between as a distraction from my other,bigger,projects. The Hasegawa kits are always easy and fun builds. Long I wanted to build this McDonalds plane,but I couldnt find the 1/144 decals that were once available,anymore. A few weeks ago,I found those 1/200 decals to my surprise.I grabbed them and as I already had a Hasegawa MD-80,started right away with the construction while the decals were on their way. The model was built in a good hour,I just had to make the stabilizers below the cockpit out of plasticard.Hasegawa's MD-80 kits unfortunately lack them. After a little sanding,white primer was applied as a base coat for Revell red 31. 4 thin layers of red were applied to get an even gloss red finish.The leading edges and engine inlets were painted with Testors Chrome,engine outlets with burnt metal from Gunze. 2 layers of Gunze Prenium Gloss prior to decalling. The decals are from "Decales de Guido" ,nicely printed,a bit stiff but with decal softener and patience,they worked. Another 2 layers of Gunze Premium Gloss to seal everything...done. I decided to build it gear up,as the kits landing gear and main gear doors are a bit off,the MD-90s that I buit some time ago,look a bit strange with their landing gears,so i better omitted them here. Some backstory to the real thing,yes...it did exist 1996, Crossair,Hotelplan (a Swiss travel agency) and McDonalds worked together and Crossair painted one of their MD-83s fully red and also the cabin interior was adapted to the McDonalds look. 169 red leather seats were installed as well. The jet was used on holiday charter flights around the typical tourist destinations such as Las Palmas,Rhodos,Korfu and other mediterranean destinations. On board,BigMacs,Hamburgers and french fries had been served and for the kids,a visit in the cockpit was also included. It was a real eyecatcher wherever the "McPlane" called MD-83 appeared. On with the pics Cheers Alex- 13 replies
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The MD-80 kit is,together with the DC-8 kit,probably the best airliner kit from Minicraft. Accurate in shape,nicely detailed and easy to build,its great fun to work on it. When I saw that decal set from DRAW decal,I knew I had to build one of my Minicraft MD-80s in that scheme. I remember in 1992 when Balair introduced this new livery,I often went to Zurich airport and took pictures of them and the then newly bought Airbus A310-300s After the merger with Geneva based CTA ,Balair was renamed BalairCTA but the colour scheme stayed and the planes got the nickname parrots. Those jets were among the most colorful ,even at that time ,and a true eyecatcher wherever they showed up. Sadly the "Mad Dogs" are pretty much non-existent anymore on our Swiss airports,I miss the sight and sound of them. DRAW decal provides both titles,but I opted for the simpler Balair title as I have an A310 to be made in the latter livery. All paints are Revell enamels clear coated with Gunze Gloss clear. Happy Hollydays,
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Hello Everyone Right another question session!!!! I must be driving people mad... lol.... So moving quickly on from the 707 i have deided i want to do a series of MD-80s. Id like to do the following. Alitalia MD-82 http://img.planespotters.net/photo/299000/original/I-DATI-Alitalia-McDonnell-Douglas-MD-82_PlanespottersNet_299842.jpg Airtours MD-83 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordi757/3480792833/ Air Liberte MD-83 http://www.al-airliners.be/k-o/liberte/ijmd-83-2.jpg SAS MD-87 http://www.freefoto.com/images/2050/38/2050_38_19---SAS-McDonnell-Douglas-MD-87-SE-DIF_web.jpg As with many other Aircraft Sub types i have no idea at all how to tell them apart or what kits there are of them. So i want to do all of these in 1/144. I know that Mincraft has released an MD-80, thats all it says on the box. So how do i tell what version of MD-80 is in the box. Also waht modifications on the MD-80 kit will i need to do? So i am pretty much asking what vrsion and how do i do it? Thanks Bradley.
