Eric Mc Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Not content with limiting myself to five unfinished airliner projects, I've started on a sixth. This is more of a refurb job. I originally built this model back around 1990 but it had long been confined to a shelf in my garage as not being "worthy" of my modern skills (cough). It was originally in the colours of Eastern Airlines (Golden Falcon scheme) - which was quite nice but the model wasn't that well built. So, I have now stripped it back and have started on the process of rebuilding to a better standard. I have also obtained some resin Pratt and Whitney JT3C turbojets which are correct for the series 21. I will remove the original engines shortly - which are not very accurate and relate to the original Series 10 DC-8s. I will finish it in the colours of Spanish carter airline Air Spain - which were a common sight at British and Irish airports up until the mid 1970s ferrying holidaymakers to the exotic glamour of Torremolinos and Malaga. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Only 6 started Eric, get started builds up! This will be a very striking scheme, looking forward to your progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 Slight correction - the replacement resin engines are actually JT4As. I managed to get the old engines off without too much trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diogo Monteiro Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 It looks promising! I will follow this for sure! Well when it comes to Air Spain I’m from the neighbor country and I never heard about it before! Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Why not start another project? I love it. The DC-8 has charm, and your model looks the part, shape-wise. I'm looking forward to seeing this take form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) The original kit is very old and was released by Revell at the time the first DC-8s were entering service. As a result it is based on the original production version, the Series 10. The Series 10 was powered by Pratt and Whitney JT3C pure turbojets. Virtually all of these Series 10 aircraft were upgraded to either Series 20 or 30 versions. This involved either replacing or upgrading the original engines to either JT4As (Series 10) or more powerful JT3C (Series 30). The main distinguishing feature of these upgraded early DC-8s is the ring assembly placed behind the jet exhaust. To accommodate this fitting, the pylons carrying the engines were enlarged. The kit (being a Series 10) only features the early engines and pylon arrangement and, as a result, really limits your options regarding colour schemes. By getting the resin JT4As (produced by F-RSIN), this opens up the possibilities no end. By the early 1970s, these first generation of DC-8s were being retired by their original owners as they were replaced by the turbofan powered (JT3D) Series 50 models and the stretched and modernised Super 60 family. Consequently, the early 8s started being used by charter airlines. I loved watching them coming and going. Being pure jets, they were noisy and smokey - and full of character. I originally bought this model in the early 1990s. It had re-appeared (after a long absence) in the box of Mexican Revell associate Lodela. And it then disappeared again. I haven't seen it for sale for ages. I also have the Revell/Lodela boxing of the DC-8 Super 61/63 which may very well make its appearance on this forum before too long. In more recent times the Minicraft DC-8 series of kits has been the "go to" choice for anybody building a DC-8. I have one in the stash and I am sure they are an order of magnitude more sophisticated than these old Revell kits - but I love "ancient" plastic and by all accounts, the Revell DC-8s are not too bad. Edited April 6, 2021 by Eric Mc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Eric Mc said: Edited April 6, 2021 by Eric Mc Double post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Ohh,a Revell DC-8🤗 They may be old,but I really like them.I finished quite a number of them and still have another one unbuild in my stash. Looking forward to your refurbished DC-8. Great choice of livery. It would be nice if Revell,or Atlantis Models,would ever re-release these kits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I am waiting to see this ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Who's resin engines are these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTiger435 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Sounds like an interesting build, nice looking livery, looking forward to seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 Sadly, the build ended up on hold (for all sorts of reasons). I will get back to it, at some point. The resin engines come from F-RSIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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