Plumbum Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I finally decided to get this done. Next year is my 20th wedding anniversary. In 2002 my wife,then fiance, and I decided to fly to Vegas and get married. We got a weekend red eye flight on America West from Boston to Las Vegas. We got in just before midnight, grabbed a marriage certificate and found a place with an all night marriage service. Got hitched then the "reverend" gave us a deal and took us to the famous "Little White Chapel" for pictures. At about 12:30 we made it back to our hotel and hit the slot machines! There is nothing more scenic than flying into Vegas late at night, all you see is dark then WHAM! The lights of the city and casinos is amazing!!! I had the decals, they are not fully correct, they are for a "retro US Air" America West A319 but I plan on stealing the "America West" logo off a Two Six sheet for the A320 America West. The kit I just bought bagged. It has the wrong engines, has CFM 56 and I need IAE V2500 so I found someone who has them and is donating them, there are some nice people still in this messed up world! I started by filling the windows, done it twice now with a plastic strip glued inside and Tamiya putty filled from the outside.---John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Here is the real America West A319.---John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 nice back story look forward to you putting this together regards Eamonn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Thanks, windows filled again.---John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Nice story and nice aircraft, good luck with the build !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Nice story behind this build. Will fillow the progress with interest. I had quite a stock in my Airbus stash of those,now I am working on the last 2 A319s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Thanks, the windows cleaned up good , I added the nose gear well leaving off the nose landing gear and added 25 grams of weight to the cockpit. I then closed up the fuselage halves and added the wind screen. I puttied up all the offending seams I could see at the time. I am not worried about the wind screen remaining clear as I am going to use decals for the windows.---John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 All sanded up and wings added.---John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Looks good so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Thanks, small next to 757.---John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesModeller Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Good start on this little beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I've gone as far as I can, awaiting the donor IAE V2500 engines. I added the wing tip lights and need to sand them in.---John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 The donor IAE V2500 engines arrived, thanks Ian, and the inner parts are painted and assembled. After I sand the seams I can paint them.---John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Very nice work so far John well done Eamonn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I have the seams sanded and scratch built the "winglets" for the engine nacelles from ,015" plastic card stock. ---John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I started masking for the corroguard.---John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Masked, painted and masks removed.---John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Just found this one John, nice progress, I have always liked this AW scheme. Looking forward to seeing it finsihed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 I was able to mask and paint the wings and stabs gray in between 109s. The leading edges need to be painted next.---John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Coming together very nicely john well done thanks for sharing Eamonn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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