Grandboof Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Hi All As promised in the GB chat when I signed up for this ( Something about a Airliner from each country ) this is the first build . Here are the starting pics. Will try to finish on time at least one of them Martin H 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Great to see the civilian side of aviation getting some attention. Great subject choice Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 That's an excellent choice Martin and like me I'm aiming to model four 'military' aircraft, one from each of the four Nordic nations. I wish you the best of luck and will be keen to see your other three choices as the time rolls on. Cheers and all the best.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 welcome along Martin and I agree with the other comments, it's nice to see some civilian aircraft in the GB. SAS is certainly a famous/well known airline form the region, so it's nice to see one in the GB. Good luck with the build, I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to seeing her in the gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) My heart is melting 🥰 I worked plus 20 years on SAS DC9/MD80 - including SE-DII - best aircraft I ever worked on 👍 Will be following your build with great interest Martin, wondering what your other contributions might be? Let me know please in case you need references and I’ll see what I can dig out of the archive. Cheers Johnny b Edited January 27, 2020 by desert falcon 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 Thanks all for your comments RL Good luck with military builds will be watching Johnny B The other choices at the moment are Norway DC-6 or DC-10 ( Both SAS) , Denmark Boeing 720 Conair , Finland Caravelle Finnair but this could change or be added to . One thing I have noticed is a difference in the order of the National flags on the forward fuselage in your photo compared with the kit decals . I was wondering if this has relates to the country of registration . Off to get started on DII more soon Martin H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 5 hours ago, Grandboof said: Thanks all for your comments RL Good luck with military builds will be watching Johnny B The other choices at the moment are Norway DC-6 or DC-10 ( Both SAS) , Denmark Boeing 720 Conair , Finland Caravelle Finnair but this could change or be added to . One thing I have noticed is a difference in the order of the National flags on the forward fuselage in your photo compared with the kit decals . I was wondering if this has relates to the country of registration . Off to get started on DII more soon Martin H Hi Martin H, Didn't notice the difference of the 'belly flags' before you mentioned it, but I checked all the old reference photos I have and regardless of nationality markings or aircraft model, all SAS aircrafts of the "Jan Carlzon" era had the nationality stripes as shown in my photo above (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, where Sweden would be yellow followed by blue). The same was true for the flags on the MD80 engine cowlings, or aft part of the fuselage for other aircraft models, which had the same order of appearance as the belly flags (DK, NO, SE). Below another (poor quality) photo for inspiration, for your Danish contribution. Cheers Johnny b 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hi All Firstly Johnny B the difference in the flag order is down to suspect box art I have found an image of DII and flags are in the order as you described . Thanks for the pic . The Dane will be the next of the mark after DII has progressed a bit . A start has been made just parts cleanup and adding of weight ( Instructions call for 7g but have added eight) . Dry fitting hasn't revealed any major problems . The flight deck will get a quick coat of grey in case I go for the clear option . More soon . Martin H 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 Hi All. Fuselage joined up . Nice joint went together without the usual words . Pic shows it before cleaning . If the rest of the build goes this well I will be pleased Thanks for dropping in Martin H 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Always nice to get the fuselage buttoned up Martin, it’s a great sense of progress. I read with interest the above details regarding the SAS scheme and how good is it that @desert falcon is on hand and happy to provide reference data if required. Great thread. Cheers.. Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Hi All This kit is still proving to be a great fit . Wings together with no hassles . Dry fitting of the wing root joints are very positive with just about no gap at all. The plan now is to paint the wing and tail plane components separately thus cutting down on masking . Thanks for looking in Martin H 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Everything certainly looks smooth and clean Martin. Nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Looking very nice Martin. Good luck with your multi-national plan - you're a brave man trying to achieve that within one GB! I've only recently started painting my airliner wings etc. separately and it certainly does make things a lot easier (particularly with rear engines). Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 good to see this one is progressing along, will be nice to see some colour of her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 2/24/2020 at 12:19 AM, CliffB said: Looking very nice Martin. Good luck with your multi-national plan - you're a brave man trying to achieve that within one GB! I've only recently started painting my airliner wings etc. separately and it certainly does make things a lot easier (particularly with rear engines). Cheers Thanks Cliff More like mad Time will tell . Colour soon Rich Martin H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Hi All Progress is some what slower than planned . Wings primed fuselage to follow . I will be using the decals for the flight deck glazing . The next update should be along sooner than this one . The fit is still good the only filling required was a small amount around the tail cone joint . Even the small parts fit well . Sorry for the delay Thanks for dropping by Martin H 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 You have showed us the plans for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. What will it be for Iceland? I have decals for the Conair 720 and there seems yo be a small fault in the decal instructions. It says to remove two windows on the right side for a 720 but the windows amount (39) is correct for a 720. Instead two more windows are needed for a 720B. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Good to see you're enjoying this one Martin and making progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 yeah, great to see this one progressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 The plan for Iceland is an F27 if it arrives in time and more crucial the Decals If not plan B is a Beech 18 . No Pics this time but DII is primed Martin H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Liking the sound of those plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Hi All A little more progress Finally have a reasonable gloss white coat ( or should I say coats ) on . The decals will go on before any more assembly so as to have a reasonably fat surface to work with and a splash of colour should brighten things up a bit . Should have the wings painted by the weekend . Thanks for dropping by Martin H Sorry about the pic 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Just had a quick catch up Martin, looking very nice. I had forgotten how long the MD80's and 90's were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Good to see this one is still progressing Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Hi All Decals delayed because I had to improve this . Should be back on track later today Martin H 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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