garryrussell Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 At the time the-100 was dead in the water and it looked like the -200 might be as well but there was a future and Lufthansa had ordered it. My first Revell TriStar was in full BA livery before BA had the type...the model contained no registration letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) Nothing to do with United having ordered 50 plus -200's before Luthansa recieved the 1st of the initial order of six. Lufthansa was launch customer with the -130,the prototype was even a -130. Avianca and Malaysian i think were the only other original -100 operators. I must admit I thought Aloha were too but theirs were ex Avianca Boeings built close to 200 737's in the 1st two years,67-69. Edited May 12, 2013 by bzn20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Thanks for all about good responses. I have now Airfix 737 on the desk and hopefully I have time to pick up Revel kit tomorrow. I think there will be some questions about details during the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 The only original customers for the -100 were Lufty, Malaysia-Singapore Airways, and Avianca Colombia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 If in doubt, check out Airliners.Net. Tells you everything you want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATPER Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 The only original customers for the -100 were Lufty, Malaysia-Singapore Airways, and Avianca Colombia. AFAIK the only customer for the -100 was Lufthansa, no one else operated them factory-new..... If those you listed operated them, then as second-hand..... then also add to that list Aero Continente (some are still stored in these c/s...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryrussell Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 (edited) MSA and Avianca did have new 100's built for them There were three customers for the 100 http://www.planespotters.net/Production_List/Boeing/737/737-100/index.php Edited April 20, 2013 by garryrussell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aocasio Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 My choice would be the Airfix 737 since it is closer to a 100 series than the Revell 800 series. The Airfix kit while not perfect is pretty nice and it has the basic original engines , another deal is the wing root fairing , the 800's is completely different , You coul graft the 800 nose onto the 200 fuselage to make the nose more accurate. Just My views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 AFAIK the only customer for the -100 was Lufthansa, no one else operated them factory-new..... If those you listed operated them, then as second-hand..... then also add to that list Aero Continente (some are still stored in these c/s...) No, as noted, Lufthansa, Malaysia-Singapore, and Avianca were all factory customers for the -100 series. There are any number of references, online and otherwise, that show them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATPER Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 No, as noted, Lufthansa, Malaysia-Singapore, and Avianca were all factory customers for the -100 series. There are any number of references, online and otherwise, that show them. you're right, those were the only factory-customers, 32 737-100s total (planespotters.net as source) = 02 737-159 (59 being BOE-code for Aviance) 05 737-112 (12 being BOE-code for Singapore Airlines) 25 737-130 (30 being BOE-code for Lufthansa) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 You are quite right and I cannot think what made me state this! The Airfix landing gear rules! Elsewhere on Britmodeller and some years ago, fellow member Stringbag did attempt a DACO 737-300 conversion into a -200 and got some considerable way along, but seems to have sadly dropped it. Here it is:http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/40793-boeing-737-200/ Just editing this to add that the Airfix 737-200 is quite underscale, as can be seen in one of the photos in the thread cross-linked above. (In case anyone thinks the DACO kits are overscale, let me add that I have measued them and they are absolutely spot-on.) This means the Airfix engines are going to be visibly too small, and aftermarket engines are wrong for early 737s, including all 737-100s. (They are right for Advanced 737s.) I think Chris still has this in progress. Hopefully this thread will prod him to carry on with it Go on Chris, you know you want to !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I think Chris still has this in progress. Hopefully this thread will prod him to carry on with it Go on Chris, you know you want to !!! Hi Neil. I'm afraid family issues are preventing me from doing any modelling at the moment though it is one of many that will be completed eventually. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 (edited) Not sure if this counts (here goes!) N73700 Prototype 737 (-130)FF 1967, 1st customer NASA N515NA albeit in 1973. Edited May 12, 2013 by bzn20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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