Boeing 747SP Eastern Express 1/144

[Alex1978]

 

 

[Alex1978]

7 hours ago, skystyle said:

Nice ! Whaiting for more photos. And my friend made pilots for 1/144. If that s interesting  i can show.

Thank you.

Yes,that would be nice.Pilots in this scale are unfortunately not often seen.

Alex

[skystyle]

Tell me please, how to insert photo from my hard drive disk here??? 

[Space Ranger]

5 minutes ago, skystyle said:

Tell me please, how to insert photo from my hard drive disk here??? 

Can't do it. Your photos must be hosted on a "third party" server, such as Photobucket, Imgur, Flickr, etc. Then you copy and paste the link (i.e., the URL) to that photo in your post.

Edited December 14, 2020 by Space Ranger

[Space Ranger]

On 12/11/2020 at 4:19 PM, AV O said:

Some are not is so enthusiastic about it :

https://www.airlinercafe.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=11585&n=last#bottom

In that Airliner Cafe thread I have posted several images taken from Boeing 747/747 SP Reference Guide D6-60093, dated January 1976. They include station diagrams and other drawings scaled to 1/144, including fuselage, wing, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, and landing gear. Link: https://www.airlinercafe.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=77128#77128

[Alex1978]

35 minutes ago, Space Ranger said:

In that Airliner Cafe thread I have posted several images taken from Boeing 747/747 SP Reference Guide D6-60093, dated January 1976. They include station diagrams and other drawings scaled to 1/144, including fuselage, wing, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, and landing gear. Link: https://www.airlinercafe.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=77128#77128

Thank you for that.I will try to use this to check the shape and dimension of the EE kit and the other 747 model kits .I also read the post on airliner cafe from Jennings who said he made the master drawings for Revells -8F.

If thats the case with the too large diameter,he mentioned,I wonder if thats also the case with the -8I,this version was released first with Revell and before by Zvezda,who made their own tool.

Up to this day,I never read or heard anything  about the Revell -8F had a fuselage error.The only criticism I read and can confirm are the too small front wheels (about 2mm too small in diameter),which the -8I kit has as well.

[Team Aer Lingus]

Is This the same Man responsible for the Minicraft 707's and told us to bin the Roden 720?  he hasn't really served the civil aircraft community too well ! ,  but hey it seems it's always some one else's fault 🤣

 

regards

 

Eamonn

[Alex1978]

2 hours ago, Team Aer Lingus said:

Is This the same Man responsible for the Minicraft 707's and told us to bin the Roden 720?  he hasn't really served the civil aircraft community too well ! ,  but hey it seems it's always some one else's fault 🤣

 

regards

 

Eamonn

I cant confirm that,but maybe some fellow BM modellers know more in that matter ?

Anyway,I will try to re-measure the EE SP and Revells 747-100/400 and 8I/F and the Zvezda 8I according to Space Rangers posted images of the SP.

The front end should be the same with all 747 versions,so this should work out.

[Space Ranger]

5 hours ago, Alex1978 said:

I cant confirm that,but maybe some fellow BM modellers know more in that matter ?

Anyway,I will try to re-measure the EE SP and Revells 747-100/400 and 8I/F and the Zvezda 8I according to Space Rangers posted images of the SP.

The front end should be the same with all 747 versions,so this should work out.

If you find any anomalies in those drawings, please let me know. I measured and re-measured to check my work, but one can never be too sure. Also, the fuselage stations are not continuous in the aft SP fuselage, which confused me at first.

[Alex1978]

Just finished measuring my different model kits of the 747 according to Space Rangers provided drawings.

Took me some time,as I could not print out the drawings in 1/144 scale,at least I didnt know how...🤔

 

I measured each fuselage at the highest point of the upperdeck.

 

Please excuse the relatively bad outlining on the paper.I did that through the paper from the computer screen.

 

Result of it;

EEs 747SP matches the drawings pretty closely,they nailed quite accurate the main shape .

 Correct,and to my surprise,Revell's 747-8F is off and too high,as stated by Jennings over at airliner cafe.

 

Revell's 46 year old 747-100/200 comes very close to the drawings as well.

 

Here pics of my measurements.

I hope its all sorted out now😉

 

 

 

More pictures of my ongoing build will follow tomorrow.

I made some progress on the build,which went quite well.

Stay tuned...

Alex

[Space Ranger]

7 hours ago, Alex1978 said:

Just finished measuring my different model kits of the 747 according to Space Rangers provided drawings.

Took me some time,as I could not print out the drawings in 1/144 scale,at least I didnt know how...🤔

Alex, if you right click on a drawing image in my Airliner Cafe post, then select "Save Image As…", you can download the drawing to your computer. Then open it in any image editing program (I used Adobe Photoshop to scale them) and print it at 100%. It should print at 1/144 scale. I just checked a couple of them and they are correctly scaled.

 

There were a couple of images from the Reference Guide that I overlooked, and I'll scan and post them to Airliner Cafe later. One is a typical cross section through the fuselage constant section. It shows the fuselage top at WL 358.75 and the fuselage bottom at WL 91. This section is the same for both the 747 and 747SP.

[Alex1978]

Small update.

The problem with imgbb.com seems solved.Everything back to normal.

 

Progress on the SP;

Fuselage halves glued together,wings attached,and on some areas a little filling was needed.Mostly all parts fitted quite well.

I inserted two pieces of sprue into the fuselage to where the wingbox will be attached.

The sprues work as a spreader to slightly widen the middlesection of the fuselage.

It was slightly inbound.When the wings with the wingbox were attached,there was no gap between the fuselage and the wings.

 

So far,everything is in place and looks good.

 

Here now the pics from the work yesterday and today;

 

Inserted spreaders to widen the fuselage before attaching the wings

 

I attached a piece of plastic sheet in front of the fuselage and at the back of the wingbox/gear bay,to have the piece sitting flush and have a guidance

 

The cockpit is visible through the windows.

As I cracked the window piece due to clumsy handling,I will use a decal,hence its not painted

 

 

A little bit putty was needed

 

Looks good now

 

 

Landing gear

One axle was already broken off and missing in the box.

Made a new one with a spare piece.

I inserted a small piece of wire to enhance stability

 

All fiddly parts attached.

I will also add some hydraulic cables to further detail the nice gear parts.

 

 

 

 

While these pieces are hardening,I started on the engines.

Fanblades and exhausts are done.

Inside walls of the engines done and painted.

Careful cleaning and sanding of the parts resulted in a seamless ring.

 

 

The wheels consisted of two halves each.Now ready for paint.

 

Probably tomorrow I will get some primer on the fuselage.

 

 

One thing still needs to be considered...

I still dont know what airline livery she will get...🤔

 

 

 

Stay tuned

Alex

 

Edited January 26, 2021 by Alex1978
Errors in writing

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

I can see all the pictures.

HP and Firefox.

[Alex1978]

17 minutes ago, Moa said:

I can see all the pictures.

HP and Firefox.

Thank you for the info.

Seems the problem on imgbb was solved.I could also upload the pictures.

I will post them in a minute

Edited December 16, 2020 by Alex1978

[skystyle]

Looks great !!! whaiting for new photos ! and thank you

[Alex1978]

14 minutes ago, skystyle said:

Looks great !!! whaiting for new photos ! and thank you

Thank you.

New photos are here.

Just scroll up a bit,above Moa's comment

 

Alex

Edited December 16, 2020 by Alex1978

[Space Ranger]

Looking good. I can see the photos also.

[Space Ranger]

I've posted two additional drawings over at Airliner Cafe: https://www.airlinercafe.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=77144#77144

[Team Aer Lingus]

Incredible attention to detail Alex the u/c work is exceptional well done

 

thanks for sharing

 

regards

 

Eamonn

[Alex1978]

Small update

 

Airline for the SP was chosen.

 

https://www.planespotters.net/photo/804553

 

 

Today I attached the tail and gave the fuselage the first coat of primer.

Some areas need a bit more touch ups,the overall result is already very good.

Landing gear got the hydraulic cables done and primed as well.

No photos of that,as there is not much to see.

 

Tomorrow I will deal with the landing gear and wheels and give the fuselage another shot of primer.

 

Stay tuned

Edited December 17, 2020 by Alex1978

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

10 minutes ago, Alex1978 said:

Small update

 

Airline for the SP was chosen.

 

 

Today I attached the tail and gave the fuselage the first coat of primer.

Some areas need a bit more touch ups,the overall result is already very good.

Landing gear got the hydraulic cables done and primed as well.

No photos of that,as there is not much to see.

 

Tomorrow I will deal with the landing gear and wheels and give the fuselage another shot of primer.

 

Stay tuned

 

Nice choice! (I am biased!)

I suggest you change the photo into a link, as there may be some issues if you just post the photo, it happened here before.

 

[Alex1978]

6 minutes ago, Moa said:

 

Nice choice! (I am biased!)

I suggest you change the photo into a link, as there may be some issues if you just post the photo, it happened here before.

 

Thank you for the reminder.I will try and change the picture

[Alex1978]

Some more progress on the SP.

Landing gear is done so far.Some light weathering will be added later.

 

I took care of some spots on the fuselage that needed attention.

Primed these areas again.

First thing I tried on this build was a panelwash.

Then a test coat of white was applied.

Not yet satisfactory for the final paintjob.I need to sand and polish up the white a bit to get rid of some blemishes and also some of the panellines appear a tad too deep.

 

I started work on the engines.

They are a bit overdone in the number of parts.

The engine pylons consist of 4-6 pieces each  and are to be glued to the engines after completion.

A slightly simpler construction would be more appreciated but the parts fit well at least...

After completing that 747SP ,I might consider to apply for a job at Boeing...😉

 

Here some pictures of todays process.

 

Cheers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[71chally]

Very nice, you're getting a lovely finish there and nice to see the undercarriage detail.  

It absolutely looks like the 'Stubby Plane' now that the cockpit transparency is painted with the rest of the fuselage.

[Team Aer Lingus]

That's really taking shape Alex superb work so far the u/c looks great and the mainframe is stunning 

 

regards

 

Eamonn