Alex1978 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Eastern Express released their nice TriStar kit in many different liveries and versions. Among those is also the Orbital ATK Stargazer. To my knowledge,this TriStar is the last flying example. It was originally delivered to Eastern Airlines in 1974. Painted with Revell 04 white,Revell 374 grey for the wings and Testors silver for the metallic parts. Some light weathering was added on the wings and tail.AA cockpit window,some details from the NAZCA detail set.The rest is from the kit provided decals. The kit is the known airliner kit,the rocket and atachment are extra parts cast in resin. Eastern Express did not design the kit for a wheels up option,but here it would make sense.Otherwise its difficult to see the rocket beneath it. Closing the wheelwells was not the problem but getting the model on a stand and sit properly is. Because the rocket sits right where the stand should be for balance,the mount for the stand had to be made behind the rocket.The finished model is very heave and of course leans forward. Therefore I had to insert some weight through the No.2 engine to get weight in the back.Now its even heavier and the stand I am using for now is not very stable.I have to do something else in oder to make the TriStar stand properly and safely. But it makes for some dramatic views for the photoshoot.... Cheers 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Your beautiful model represents the TriStar very well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad-4N Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Fantastic job. I have a EE TriStar yet to build. I suggestion for the stand,if it’s hollow underneath you could use two part epoxy to glue in lead weights to make the stand more robust and lower the center of gravity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispisme Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Very nicely done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 7 hours ago, Ad-4N said: Fantastic job. I have a EE TriStar yet to build. I suggestion for the stand,if it’s hollow underneath you could use two part epoxy to glue in lead weights to make the stand more robust and lower the center of gravity. Thank you very much,also for your suggestion.I will try out this method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Very nice build.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Lovely looking superbly finished as always thanks for sharing regards Eamonn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Beautiful model well done 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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