Alex1978 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) The MD-80 kit is,together with the DC-8 kit,probably the best airliner kit from Minicraft. Accurate in shape,nicely detailed and easy to build,its great fun to work on it. When I saw that decal set from DRAW decal,I knew I had to build one of my Minicraft MD-80s in that scheme. I remember in 1992 when Balair introduced this new livery,I often went to Zurich airport and took pictures of them and the then newly bought Airbus A310-300s After the merger with Geneva based CTA ,Balair was renamed BalairCTA but the colour scheme stayed and the planes got the nickname parrots. Those jets were among the most colorful ,even at that time ,and a true eyecatcher wherever they showed up. Sadly the "Mad Dogs" are pretty much non-existent anymore on our Swiss airports,I miss the sight and sound of them. DRAW decal provides both titles,but I opted for the simpler Balair title as I have an A310 to be made in the latter livery. All paints are Revell enamels clear coated with Gunze Gloss clear. Happy Hollydays, Edited July 13, 2019 by Alex1978 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 That is a great Classic again..superbly build.. cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Another beauty there Alex, always loved the colourful Balair scheme, and yes one of the better Minicraft kits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Lovely job. I don't think that I've ever seen yellow wings on an airliner before! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorbertBu Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 That is really an unusual sight. I must try that Minicraft kit also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Hi Alex, This is another beauty! So colourful and a super smooth finish as usual. It is a great kit, my only improvement would be to add a mm to the main landing gear to improve the 'sit'. As it is I think the kit always looks 'bogged down'. I must add the DC4 to the list of best Minicraft airliner kits too! Cheers, Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Another beautiful model. How many of these do you have? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 On 13/07/2019 at 20:47, Turbofan said: Hi Alex, This is another beauty! So colourful and a super smooth finish as usual. It is a great kit, my only improvement would be to add a mm to the main landing gear to improve the 'sit'. As it is I think the kit always looks 'bogged down'. I must add the DC4 to the list of best Minicraft airliner kits too! Cheers, Ian Thank you very much Ian, Yes,I thought something was not right when I worked on the landing gear.Didn't realize what exactly the issue was. I had to correct the gear doors ,as they seemed to be too long and would not sit properly I will keep that in mind on the other Minicraft MD-80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 20 hours ago, Moa said: Another beautiful model. How many of these do you have? Thank you very much. I still have 2 more of the Minicraft kits along with a MD-81 and a MD-90 from Eastern Express. I allready finished the Boeing 717 (MD-95) from Eastern Express,its a great kit,so I expect the same quality from the other EE kits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Another beauty Alex, I have to agree it is one of the best 1/144 airliner kits around. Shame the real ones are disappearing. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now