Alex1978 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) Eastern Express was not known for quality kits not too long ago. But they changed significantly and their Boeing 717 (McDonnell-Douglas MD-95) kit is a superb kit in every aspect. They recently released other Douglas airliners,such as the MD-87,DC-9-30 and MD-80 along with others. The MD-87 is already in my stash and the MD-80 is to follow but the Boeing 717 is now the first one that I have built. It is very detailed,although in my opinion they overdid it with the landing gear.It looks teriffic but there are so tiny parts,its almost impossible to hold them with a tweezer.If they snip off...its a victim for the carpet monster...it happened to the front landing gear which I had to replace with a piece from a AZ-Model DC-9-30... The fit is quite good but its not Revell Airliner standard and all parts need careful cleaning and dryfitting.If one's aware of that,the build is straight forward. The other thing that impresses me with those new Eastern Express kits, is their quality improvement on their decals.They are superb and nice to work with and Eastern Express offers some very interesting paint schemes on each of their airliners,which makes it difficult to make a choice... I really liked the Qantas Link scheme with the Tasmanian Devil I painted the whole fuselage with Revell gloss white,the wings are Testors aircraft grey and the metall areas are Revell metallics. Clear coated with Future. Hope you like her Edited October 23, 2018 by Alex1978 34 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 A stunner from Down Under. Nice one Alex 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 You are really pumping them out,, I have this one to start shortly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Nice one Alex, I watch this aircraft out of my office window on approach to Canberra every few days. I too have one of these to build but not the EE though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 11 minutes ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said: Nice one Alex, I watch this aircraft out of my office window on approach to Canberra every few days. I too have one of these to build but not the EE though. Thank you very much. Which one do you have ? The Welsh kit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 That’s really excellent Alex. I’ve never been a fan of Eastern Express but the 717 looks good although I suspect that’s as much due to the builder as the kit. Please keep them coming! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Very nice indeed. gazza l 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Nice build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill.B Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Bijou, but beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger350Pilot Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Great build, Alex! really love this livery on this fine model. Looking forward to building one of these...you've provided some inspiration to get cracking! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 18 hours ago, Skodadriver said: That’s really excellent Alex. I’ve never been a fan of Eastern Express but the 717 looks good although I suspect that’s as much due to the builder as the kit. Please keep them coming! Thank you very much. The kit is really great and I can recommend it in every aspect.I buy the Eastern Express kits now via ebay from a very reliable seller in Russia.The prices are reasonable compared to some other shops in GB or Switzerland and the shipping is fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 On 10/23/2018 at 9:08 AM, Alex1978 said: Thank you very much. Which one do you have ? The Welsh kit ? Alex, it is the Contrails resin kit. I understand it has some accuracy issues with engine size but I will live with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazontipede Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Great job! I flew on this very aircraft a couple of years back. (Although not to Tasmania, Melbourne-Canberra.) For those who collect such things, there is quite a nice 1:400 die cast of it as well, by Phoenix IIRC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Nice work Alex. I see you've even put the "dirt kit" onto the landing gear. It's such a shame the 717 is so unreliable theses days with the Qlink aircraft often having issues causing delays. Yours is a nice recreation 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchem Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Impressive to say the least. Saw my one and only 717 (Volotea) in Verona and sorely tempted by your build. mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 12 hours ago, mitchem said: Impressive to say the least. Saw my one and only 717 (Volotea) in Verona and sorely tempted by your build. mike Thank you Mike. Unfortunately I never saw one in real 😞 They are very rare at our airports I can really recommend the Eastern Express kit,I had lots of fun building this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Ok, I expected an actual 717. But it's brilliant. The 717 was actually I believe the KC135 fuselage, which is narrower than the 707 fuselage. Just shows so how nerdy I am. Really nerdy. But I do like the the DC9 and it's derivatives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 1 hour ago, noelh said: Ok, I expected an actual 717. But it's brilliant. The 717 was actually I believe the KC135 fuselage, which is narrower than the 707 fuselage. Just shows so how nerdy I am. Really nerdy. But I do like the the DC9 and it's derivatives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-135_Stratolifter This thing? Wow didn't know about that before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 6 hours ago, noelh said: Ok, I expected an actual 717. But it's brilliant. The 717 was actually I believe the KC135 fuselage, which is narrower than the 707 fuselage. Just shows so how nerdy I am. Really nerdy. But I do like the the DC9 and it's derivatives. It is originally a MD-95 from McDonnell-Douglas and the last version of the famous DC-9 / MD-80 family. After the merger (takeover) with Boeing,they kept the MD-95 program alive for a few years but renamed it in 717 to continue the 7X7 type naming. The sales were low so Boeing stopped production of this type and also did not produce larger versions,as formerly plant by MDD as Boeing didn't want to have a competitor to their best selling 737 family.The last 717/MD-95 was delivered in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Hi Alex, I really like this! Good to see one of these new EE Dc9/MD80/717s built up. If I can find one cheap enough I'd like to get hold of a DC9. Cheers, Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 On 27/10/2018 at 20:35, Turbofan said: Hi Alex, I really like this! Good to see one of these new EE Dc9/MD80/717s built up. If I can find one cheap enough I'd like to get hold of a DC9. Cheers, Ian Thank you Ian I can recommend this ebay seller: https://www.ebay.ch/usr/ee-models He ships from Moscow,is very reliable and does fast shipping.Usually takes 8-10 days to Switzerland. The prices are much lower than other shops like Hannants. I don't know for the shipping to the UK,but its worth checking it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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