Gimme Shelter Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 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 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Hi John, Oh yes I remember this kit it's a beauty! Apart from that belly decal, what we're they thinking? Why didn't they go the whole hog and include a decal for the white areas too!! Wow, 39 years ago that's scary. I've got one of these on the go in 1/144 so it'll be interesting to compare once they're both done. Looking forward to following this build. Cheers, Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Hello John, I’m always been impressed by this amazing airframe, so I’m in! Cheers! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Star Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Pulling up a stool for this one. The Tristar was always my favourite airliner growing up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pommie commie Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 As for the box art..........Inverness! Can't remember if it need an 'S' duct for #2 engine............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 got to love the tristar, a lovely BA colour scheme to do as well. phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Interesting, this. On a flight to Marbella, circa 1978, a young Meatbox got to sit in the 'dickie' seat, headphones on, as the BA Tristar he was on came in to land. Talk about exciting. Don't think many kids get that opportunity these days, sadly. It could have been the very aircraft you are building a model of. Edited December 27, 2018 by Meatbox8 Grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Really nice seeing this. Brings back fond memories, I had a few namely the Alitalia, KLM DC-10s the air india 747 and few others...still have a thai airbus from this series....really nice to see one built never had the tristars ....tracking yr build with anticipation cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Flaps and slats deployed...? I'm in..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I'm looking forward to seeing this one progress, John. I had the Airfix kit when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 Thanks for the encouragement and interest in this build chaps. Reflecting back to when I had the mad idea to build a 1/144 L1011 with flaps and slats deployed many a year back, I think I swore an oath never to try it again - being a gluten for styrene punishment, I have broken my oath and taken the plunge to try the same again in 1/200 - I wish I had never started the task as the scale greatly enhances the challenge and there is a lot of scratch build work going to be needed to complete the flap guide runner pillars soon. 6 hours of plastic and Swann Morton surgery yesterday got me this far. As you will see, its quite a long process and that plastic of Hasegawa's is tougher than an out of date dry Weetabix - the tip of my right index finger is numb today... and a quick test fit of the wing and the first stage of the port side window filling stage completed - another run over with filler still required Starboard side window filling process started My plan is to make the wing conversion a discreet modification without letting the thickness of the plastic make the completed result look out of scale and clumsy so I may have to completely rebuild the flap bars with thin plasticard from scratch later on - we'll see I guess once the flap deployment support pillars are on Thanks for following - if you are a share holder of Swann and Morten, watch them increase in value while I am burning my way through them on this build. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Epic bit of makeover work on the wings, @Gimme Shelter. Love what you achieved so far. I picked up a little set of saw blades last year.... I'll try to get a picture of them. They came in the form of a steel frame, looking just like a PE fret. Saved me a lot of blade cutting time.. This is going to look superb. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Loving it! Threads such as this, and your other one, help make my transition from war and war machines that much smoother. Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Here's the saw blades fret I was saying about. Prob no good on anything else but plastic, but fine enough to cut between aileron side and wing or flap etc. I successfully parted a one-piece canopy moulding with'em! Edited January 2, 2019 by rob Lyttle add pic 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 This is going well John. I am wondering if I could make the same mods to my Airfix Tristar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger350Pilot Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Wow! What an ambitious project; and fully understand how hard that must be physically to cut out the flaps ad slats. But the hard work and patience will pay off in a model well done. Looking forward to the progress AND the finish! Nice going! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 13 hours ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said: This is going well John. I am wondering if I could make the same mods to my Airfix Tristar? HI RAY As these flaps seem to be of more interest than I had anticipated, I have trawled through my archives and dug up all my old photos of how I undertook the process. My apologies if the WIP process photos are not in sequence but retrieving data from photobucket and uploading into Flickr is like mixing enamel with acrylics. I guess so as the Airfix L1011 is 1/144 and no different than the conversion I made in the same scale many years ago (although that was a pirate resin rip-off that later turned out to have been cast from Welsh Models -500 variant). If it helps, here is what I did in 1/144 and it was a bit of a bitch of a scratch build journey leaving me sworn on oath never to try the same...…. but like most modellers, we never learn from our ambitions! Don't panic, you can also get the same detailing set decals from Nazca Decals who seem to have a devout love for fine detailing of the L1011. They provide body and wing sets which add the finishing touch. And this was how I did it and I guess how you can also do so with your old Airfix Superking L1011. As best as I can in order of assembly... starting the kruger flaps /slats process now Good luck to you on your Airfix conversion - if you need further guidance, run a quick Google Image search for 'L1011 Flaps' and you will find a good number of pictures taken from behind the back of the rear wing root. John 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill.B Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) On 23/12/2018 at 00:03, pommie commie said: As for the box art..........Inverness! Can't remember if it need an 'S' duct for #2 engine............ It did, and R-R Hucknall had a slave ‘S’ duct manufactured for cross wind testing. The standard development (and production) testing was done at Derby, and the altitude testing done at Pyestock NGTE, adjacent to RAE Farnborough. P.S. For those thar aren’t aware, the Tristar only had one engine choice, the R-R RB211-22b. Edited January 3, 2019 by Bill.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Thank is gold John! Thanks very much for hunting down those images of the conversion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Thanks for following this build so far to those that have commented and joined the build. Hasegawa really got the shape of their Tristar nose spot on all those years ago - its one of those shapes that is either perfect or looks instantly questionable. And the fit of the clear part was perfect, even though I will be using a decal. I do need to finish filling the passenger windows in properly as I don't want decals sinking into recesses as did on my recent 1/200 747-400D and with the majority of the flaps and slats work now ready, here she is this afternoon John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Crikey. I thought you would've been weeks and weeks at this, just carving an airframe. Great info posts too, that should not be lost, so thanks for retrieving 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 Some updates for those following second swipe at filling the windows in Starting work on the RB211 Rollers 2nd prime and sanded 3rd primed coat and polished up ready for the top Gloss enamel white Undercarriage pillars painted and work starting on the wheels and tyres Bye for now - John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Looks great John! Excellent work Cheers! 🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Great work I can see Loveliner production line looming Martin H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 some outstanding work going on here! phil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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