Hasegawa Geek Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 (edited) Hi, This has been an ongoing project since January 2015. When I first started this kit, there were no suitable decals available for it, so I just started building and waited for decals to get made. Eventually in 2016 F-DCAL came out with a few A300-600 sheets, one being IranAir, which I opted for. I wanted to build a specific aircraft I have flown on, either Kuwait Airways or IranAir. I settled with IranAir. I flew on EP-IBB in December 2014 from Tehran to London Heathrow and modeled this kit after that bird. The A300 is my all time favorite aircraft. I don't build in 1/144 but made an exception for the superb Authentic Airliners's 1/144 resin kits. This kit was a dream to assemble and all the parts fit exceptionally well. The final stage of assembly necessary is the gear. IranAir decals are from F-DCAL and wing/detail decals are a mix of Liveries Unlimited and Revell Beluga kit sheets with Authentic Airliners windows. Paint is decanted Tamiya Gloss White & Insignia White and Alclad metal paints. I hope to have this finished by the end of 2019. Kit: Authenic Airliners 1/144 A300-600 resin kit The kit comes with both GE and PW4000 engines: At this point, I was planning on adapting a Kuwait Airways A340 sheet to fit this kit, but scrapped that idea: First coat of airbrushed decanted Tamiya Gloss white was spotchy and required 2-3 more coats to fully cover: DACO aluminum leading edge decals were used: EP-IBB, delivered new to IranAir in 1994 as one of two A300's IranAir were allowed buy to replace the A300 shot down by the US Navy in 1988: Before anybody comments, yes, these are the correct wing pattern corroguard. I was able to finally complete the painting on the engines 2 weeks ago before I had to leave home for 4 months for work. They will be detailed with decals prior to attaching to wings. Edited March 23, 2019 by Hasegawa Geek 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Will be eagerly waiting for the finale Looking good so far 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky coffeeboat Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Wow! What a great build. Mods, please consider moving this to the WiP section as it deserves a much wider audience. AA kits are a pure joy to build. Jeff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 That is just magnificent. I'm totally with Jeff - please contact the moderators and get the thread moved to Work in Progress so that everybody can see it, not just the airliner regulars. Dave G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Here is the photo of the real Bravo Bravo I took years ago, caught just seconds before starting a take-off run: Cheers Jure 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Duly moved. Nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasegawa Geek Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Thank you gentleman. And oops, I posted this in the wrong section initially. I blame 5 days of sleep deprivation...being an Army Officer will do that to you! Jure, great pic of BB. The all white livery is very elegant and makes the A300 look like any other modern airline. When I was on the London - Tehran leg, I flew on -IBD and we stopped in Budapest for fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanex Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 This looks lovely-can’t beat a well finished AA model ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Hasegawa Geek said: I blame 5 days of sleep deprivation. That'll do it, I'm sure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger350Pilot Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Well worth the wait! Looking forward to the final pics. So far this is amazing! Really like the engines! Glad to see the AA models getting some attention, too. Thanks for sharing. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Glad I caught up with this, excellent work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCI Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 wow, awesome! what a nice build, and best choice for liverie and kit!!! will this bird geht a dirty washing? i think every iran air plane can have a bit of wahsing on it 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 That looks superb HG. Pity the Kuwait scheme was abandoned as it was one of the nicest liveries around until they changed it a couple of years ago. Looking forward to seeing it finished too. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Hello I believe on this occasion BB flew to Paris or perhaps to Frankfurt but the reason for landing in Ljubljana was probably the same - topping fuel tanks due to sanctions in country of her original destination. Nevertheless I considered myself quite lucky as it was the first time I saw Iranian airliner on Brnik (LJLJ). Nice kit (those resin wings look remarkably wrap-free) and its build is progressing very well, Hasegawa Geek. Cheers Jure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 This is looking really great so far - you've achieved a superb finish, especially on the engines. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Very attractive looking scheme! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Hi Keith Wow - looks great and good luck with your assembly. My all spying little eye spotted a set of 1/200 747 GE's in the background on your table - I'd be just as keen to see that 1/200 build too..... While I was hanging around at LHR last Thursday waiting for the new BA Negus Livery 747 to drop in, I saw an Iran Air A3XX on the tarmac over at T2 from a distance. I don't know if it was the same reg that you flew into LHR on or not but at least I have now recently seen one of Iran's up close. A Big question for you. I have just had my 1/144 AA 747 delivered, what glue did you use to attach the wings. I was thinking about drilling out a female hole and using a brass rod male type pin to secure the angle of attachment and give the assembly a more rigid fixing - I am aware that if the ends of the 747's wings get accidently knocked, they act as a massive lever and the fuselage / wing root joint effectively become the hinge point where the stress will probably leave the joint area being bent, broken, snapped, cracked. Regards - John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasegawa Geek Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 5 hours ago, Gimme Shelter said: Hi Keith Wow - looks great and good luck with your assembly. My all spying little eye spotted a set of 1/200 747 GE's in the background on your table - I'd be just as keen to see that 1/200 build too..... While I was hanging around at LHR last Thursday waiting for the new BA Negus Livery 747 to drop in, I saw an Iran Air A3XX on the tarmac over at T2 from a distance. I don't know if it was the same reg that you flew into LHR on or not but at least I have now recently seen one of Iran's up close. A Big question for you. I have just had my 1/144 AA 747 delivered, what glue did you use to attach the wings. I was thinking about drilling out a female hole and using a brass rod male type pin to secure the angle of attachment and give the assembly a more rigid fixing - I am aware that if the ends of the 747's wings get accidently knocked, they act as a massive lever and the fuselage / wing root joint effectively become the hinge point where the stress will probably leave the joint area being bent, broken, snapped, cracked. Regards - John John, Those GE's are the ones that ended up on the Gabon Old pic. There is a Hasegawa 747-100 Air France kit that is in the process of being sanded down and repaired (fuselage was cracked in few places). The guy I bought it from tried to build it in 1989 (it has the receipt of sale still!) and gave up and its quite a mess. I will probably just put a basic livery on it and save the BA Landor for a fresh kit. As for the wings on this kit. I am 95% sure I used 5 minute epoxy years ago when I started it. The wings themselves are not very heavy even with engines attached so I did not warrant the need for reinforcing with metal. On the 747, I would probably do so. The landing gear on this kit is the biggest issue I am finding since they are not metal and need to hold up a very heavy weight of the fuselage. AA offered metal A300/A310 gear about a year ago and I foolishly did not jump on them when available. On 3/23/2019 at 7:16 PM, RCI said: wow, awesome! what a nice build, and best choice for liverie and kit!!! will this bird geht a dirty washing? i think every iran air plane can have a bit of wahsing on it 🙂 I will give it a little weathering, but nothing crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 On 3/25/2019 at 7:51 PM, Hasegawa Geek said: John, Those GE's are the ones that ended up on the Gabon Old pic. There is a Hasegawa 747-100 Air France kit that is in the process of being sanded down and repaired (fuselage was cracked in few places). The guy I bought it from tried to build it in 1989 (it has the receipt of sale still!) and gave up and its quite a mess. I will probably just put a basic livery on it and save the BA Landor for a fresh kit. As for the wings on this kit. I am 95% sure I used 5 minute epoxy years ago when I started it. The wings themselves are not very heavy even with engines attached so I did not warrant the need for reinforcing with metal. On the 747, I would probably do so. The landing gear on this kit is the biggest issue I am finding since they are not metal and need to hold up a very heavy weight of the fuselage. AA offered metal A300/A310 gear about a year ago and I foolishly did not jump on them when available. I will give it a little weathering, but nothing crazy Hi Keith Cheers - I remember the lovely Gabon build. My AA 747 did come with both resin and white metal landing gear but I am thinking of building her as a cruiser wearing the new Negus Livery now. Thanks for the tip on the 5 minute epoxy too. Hope those Landor decals have made it to you John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasegawa Geek Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 On 3/28/2019 at 1:02 PM, Gimme Shelter said: Hi Keith Cheers - I remember the lovely Gabon build. My AA 747 did come with both resin and white metal landing gear but I am thinking of building her as a cruiser wearing the new Negus Livery now. Thanks for the tip on the 5 minute epoxy too. Hope those Landor decals have made it to you John Hi John, I will check with my mail getter about the decals. I have not been home for a few weeks but I am sure they have arrived safely. Sometimes it takes months(!) for parcels to arrive from the UK to me for some reason. Hopefully this isn't the case! Thank you again. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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