zebra Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 From the looks of things, so far at least, nobody's doing anything modern or civvie so I'll be bucking the trend! I'm going to build an A320 in VietJet colours, with a big 'Vietnam' logo on the forward fuselage (seems appropriate!), using the Zvezda kit and Lima November decals. I'll just leave this here for now - need to make more progress on my three builds in the helicopters GB before I can contemplate cluttering up the bench with a fourth build, and haven't dug the kit out of the stash yet, but here's a photo I took in Hanoi 5 years ago to show you what I have in mind: Back to masking that Swedish camouflage... Julian 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 welcome along Julian...and our first civilian build!!! Gee it's a nice and colourful scheme, should look great when done. Arr is this the airline the has its cabin crew in those "interesting" outfits??? Good luck with the build, am glad you bought along a colourful civilian build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Nice one Julian, for some reason I thought this GB was restricted the Wars and subjects contained there in. It will be nice to follow along with another airliner build from the Julian stables. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 That really is a nice and colourful looking jet Julian, she will make a nice contrast to all the SEA camo and natural metal schemes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 12 hours ago, trickyrich said: Arr is this the airline the has its cabin crew in those "interesting" outfits??? I think it might be. Didn't get to find out as I was on Singapore Airlines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 56 minutes ago, zebra said: I think it might be. Didn't get to find out as I was on Singapore Airlines! The Singapore Airlines crew are lovely, in a past life I got to spend many hours with them doing "fly-alongs" with them in the late 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I'm with @Romeo Alpha Yankee but then i never pay attention to rules "according to mrs hewy" ,still nice change Z 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I also didn’t know civys were eligible, would love to see someone do a Vietnam Airlines 787/a350 but this also looks nice scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 It's right there in the rules, about half way down: "Civilian equipment is fine as well, but it must be Vietnamese based" So come on, someone join me and do something civvie! Vietnam Airlines has a nice scheme, then there are the older ones - I've been wanting to do their Il-14 ever since I saw it in Hanoi (the photos are linked from the reference thread) but the one I have in the stash is the wrong version. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 4 hours ago, zebra said: It's right there in the rules, about half way down: "Civilian equipment is fine as well, but it must be Vietnamese based" So come on, someone join me and do something civvie! Vietnam Airlines has a nice scheme, then there are the older ones - I've been wanting to do their Il-14 ever since I saw it in Hanoi (the photos are linked from the reference thread) but the one I have in the stash is the wrong version. I hadn't read the rules thread, I briefly looked at the initial chat thread some time ago but did not think I had anything Vietnam related to contribute at the time. Civil wise, I still don't 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 Time to get cracking. First up, here's what you get in the box: There's only one decal option (Aeroflot) but it can be built with the door open or closed, flaps and slats deployed or retracted, and there are two engine options. It's a shame it doesn't include sharklets, but I don't need them for this build anyway. Looks like a very nice kit. About an hour's work got me this far: I'll be painting pretty soon! I also had a good look at the Lima November decal sheet - one of the options is this one, which I think @modelling minion needs to build: 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Well I hope that is the one you will be building Julian, it does look rather smart. The kit looks pretty good, should be an interesting build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 On 9/13/2020 at 2:03 AM, modelling minion said: I hope that is the one you will be building Julian 'fraud not, I'm using the Zvezda kit which doesn't have the sharklets. This kit goes together beautifully. Ready for a coat of primer: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 A shame about the lack of Minions on your aircraft but nice progress all the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 it is a really nice looking model from the pics. tis a shame you could do that scheme, would have look great.....but the proposed scheme is still really colourful. ...... you just have to watch out for those Minion's, else they try to take over the world....when they should be building models........and looking after the drink tray.....still waiting for my Long Island Iced Tea!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 7 hours ago, trickyrich said: .still waiting for my Long Island Iced Tea!! You'll be waiting for a long time. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 55 minutes ago, modelling minion said: You'll be waiting for a long time. 😁 that's it, I've had too many complaints about you tardiness in delivering drinks!!!! You're fired.......and don't forget to hand in your pumps! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 10 hours ago, trickyrich said: You're fired.......and don't forget to hand in your pumps! Not again! The pumps are mine!! Do you want to use them after my feet have been in them? 🧀 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 5 hours ago, modelling minion said: Not again! The pumps are mine!! Do you want to use them after my feet have been in them? 🧀 I knew this would happen!!! It'll come out of you meager pay! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Well that went off in an unexpected direction! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 20 hours ago, trickyrich said: It'll come out of you meager pay! You can't get less than nothing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 hours ago, modelling minion said: You can't get less than nothing! In the last couple of years there have been countless reports of underpayment of wages in Australia (or, colloquially, 'wage theft'), particularly in the retail and hospitality industries, with many well known and not-so-well known businesses implicated. I never expected its shameful tentacles to reach the peaceful confines of Britmodeller, surely this is supposed to be a peaceful haven, a sanctuary isolating us from the ills of the real world? @trickyrich? More like dodgyrich! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 Crikey, it's been nearly a month since I posted an update. And that was some nonsense about Trickyrich underpaying Modelling Minion. I was concentrating on my helicopter build for most of that time, but did some painting on the A320 here and there, and now it's ready for decals: I've tried to get the demarcation between the red and white right by copying the decal that goes against it onto a masking sheet and cutting it out. Really, really hope it works! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 That looks really smart Julian, very sharp masking. This is going to look excellent with the decals on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 nice job on the masking and painting, it does look very sharp! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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