FortyEighter Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) This was purchased at Telford last November, basic build was quite quick ( no real issues) and final painting + decals in June / July. Two thinned brush-painted coats of Daco WP blue for the fuselage, my own mix of Mr Hobby grey / white for the wings and decals for the leading edges and coroguard. Authentic Airliner decals for the cockpit but not for fuselage as their spacing is slightly out from the Daco window deacls. and alongside another from the WP fleet which will be "Crested Butte" - unfortunately the purple paint has gone very gritty, so will probably have to wait until after Telford this year to get another tin of paint The fuselage decals are VERY large - recommended to use Daco's own setting solution but only had Microsol/set so a few wrinkles!! Edited July 20, 2017 by FortyEighter Photos re-instated 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael301757 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Very nice, great livery, love the train on the tail, great memories of a visit to durango and riding the train many years ago, nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 Very nice, great livery, love the train on the tail, great memories of a visit to durango and riding the train many years ago, nice job. Hi Michael Thanks, we've done the Durango - Silverton train twice in thirty years, also loved the Mesa Verde decals - it's a mystical place. Regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Nice work there! I love those WP specials, I have a couple to do myself. Could you not get the purple by mail-order from Daco? seems a shame to wait until November.... ATBRick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Really great job, those decals look to have settled on nicely, you don't mention what kit, I assume the new Daco. or Daco Mark II Did you use up all your purple? If not a light sand with 1200 wet n dry, and a new coat should do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Nice work there! I love those WP specials, I have a couple to do myself. Could you not get the purple by mail-order from Daco? seems a shame to wait until November.... ATB Rick Thanks SpadLiving in Yorkshire it seemed silly to pay the postage from Belgium when it would be cheaper to wait! Anyway there is much to do for the Airliner GB. Edited August 5, 2016 by FortyEighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 Really great job, those decals look to have settled on nicely, you don't mention what kit, I assume the new Daco. or Daco Mark II Did you use up all your purple? If not a light sand with 1200 wet n dry, and a new coat should do it Hi Graeme Not sure what happened with the purple but have tried it twice, perhaps I just got a bad tin? Crested Butte was my first choice for a WP plane as we have relatives living there and have visited many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewP Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Those AA cockpit decals really fooled me. Looks great! one of the more artsy paint jobs on a plane and you did it gorgeously. Great work! Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Very nice finish stunning decals beautiful looking model Thanks for sharing Eamonn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Wow, that a complicated scheme. Looks brilliant! Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share Posted August 6, 2016 Hi Drew, Eamonn & John. Thanks for your comments. I will admit to cheating on the Durango side and cutting the fuselage decal into two parts - it took quite a few applications of Microsol and there are still a few small wrinkles I couldn't eliminate. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uilleann Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Lived in Durango for a year, and flew out numerous times. I'm pretty certain any aircraft larger than a Citation would break the entire airport there! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share Posted August 6, 2016 Lived in Durango for a year, and flew out numerous times. I'm pretty certain any aircraft larger than a Citation would break the entire airport there! LOL Have never flown from Durango but have done DIA to Gunnison several times. On one trip in a "vomit comet" we were sat at the front and cockpit door was open. The autopilot was set to 15000ft, remember thinking that didn't allow much margin for crossing the Continental Divide! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 An excellent model and a superb livery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uilleann Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 An excellent build btw. Sorry, forgot to properly say so initially! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share Posted August 6, 2016 An excellent model and a superb livery. Thanks Alex - having seen your models that's praise indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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