airscale Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 How do I have been hard at my P51 and a few years ago a good family friend who I grew up with in Singapore when my father was in Transport Command with her husband had asked me if I would make a model for him. Of all the aircraft he had flown, he had all but a Transmeridian Air Cargo CL44 Freighter. My dad and he both flew them after RAF service in a divergent list of airliners, exec jets & freighters. At the time I researched it and found Welsh Models make a 1/144 kit and 26 decals did the markings so I got hold of them both.. ..then it sat in a cupboard until this weekend - as I am waiting for masks for my P51 I was at a loose end, ans as it was due to be a Christmas present, I thought why not - surely it can't take long to make a simple desktop model.. ..here's the box.. ..and one-piece resin wings & a bag of other goodeies with the decals.. ..the fuselage is vacformed, so this was marked & cut out.. ..assembled, filled and with a mounting spigot being added for the wings.. ..it needed a fair bit of priming & sorting - partly due to my cavalier assembly, and partly due to raised doors and trench panel lines.. - the hinge blisters were also added.. ..I later added brass tubes for the exhaust pipes to the wings... ..main assembly complete.. it needed LOTS of filler to blend the flying & control surfaces.. ..a final prime of mr surfacer.. ..a coat of alclad chrome.. ..masking for the darker metal areas of the engine nacelles.. ..the nose tip was masked & painted, and the tips of the nacelles dipped in a lid of paint.. ..props painted and decal strips added for de-icers.. ..that was Saturday, this morning I added the decals and glosscoated the fuselage... ..and thats it - a model in a weekend and I also get to surprise some folks very close to me TTFN Peter 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Wow! Fantastic result from a quick build. I'm sure the recipient will be delighted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Hi Peter Awesome! What a fine model. I leave my filler to dry for longer than you've taken to complete the whole thing!! There are many of us who could learn a thing or two from this build. A great Christmas present for your dad's friend. Cheers, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 A Speedy Gonzalez build! Nice result! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Lovely model. Probably about the same amount of work as an access panel on your mustang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 I wish I could finish a basic injection moulded kit in a weekend, let alone a vacform Nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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