Alex1978 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Here is the Heller Airbus A300 kit in 1/125. Its the typical scale for Hellers airliner range and as such it doesnt fit in any other collections. As I have mostly all Heller airliners its not a problem. The kit is quite old and in some areas simple in design. The landing gear in particular is on most Heller kits very simplistic.The wheels have no detail at all. I replaced them with 747 wheels from a Revell kit. For my remaining 2 Heller A300s I might go with the "wheels up" option. The fit is decent and only the fuselage halves and engines needed a bit of filler. The little fences on the wing are also missing,I made them out of evergreen plastic. As my missus is from the Philippines,some PAL airliners are of course a must in my fleet😉. The decal set comes from f-dcal and had to be rescaled to fit the larger Heller Airbus. The quality is great but the reception of the f-decal orders is,at least for me and another fellow modeller,not always granted. It took several months and email requests to finally receive the set. Its a pitty that this guy is so unreliable,I would like to buy more from him but life is too short. My model depicts the first A300 delivered to the airline. For this occasion,Philippine Airlines decided to add the kissing mouth at the front and labeled it "LoveBus" Paints are Gunze white primer,gloss coated with Gunze Premium Clear,Revell grey 371 for the wings and my own mix of Revell grey 374 with a few drops of silver 90 for the coroguard panels. Leading edges are done with Bare Metal Foil. Engines are painted with Gunze metallics. Mabuhay (welcome) Alex 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Impeccable. A lovely model of an unsung classic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV O Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 (edited) Very well done ! https://transportph.weebly.com/blog---janfeb-2019/philippine-airlines-goes-retro-with-their-80s-love-bus-livery Edited July 8, 2021 by AV O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 That really is very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 28 minutes ago, Alex1978 said: Here is the Heller Airbus A300 kit in 1/125. Its the typical scale for Hellers airliner range and as such it doesnt fit in any other collections. As I have mostly all Heller airliners its not a problem. The kit is quite old and in some areas simple in design. The landing gear in particular is on most Heller kits very simplistic.The wheels have no detail at all. I replaced them with 747 wheels from a Revell kit. For my remaining 2 Heller A300s I might go with the "wheels up" option. The fit is decent and only the fuselage halves and engines needed a bit of filler. The little fences on the wing are also missing,I made them out of evergreen plastic. As my missus is from the Philippines,some PAL airliners are of course a must in my fleet😉. The decal set comes from f-dcal and had to be rescaled to fit the larger Heller Airbus. The quality is great but the reception of the f-decal orders is,at least for me and another fellow modeller,not always granted. It took several months and email requests to finally receive the set. Its a pitty that this guy is so unreliable,I would like to buy more from him but life is too short. My model depicts the first A300 delivered to the airline. For this occasion,Philippine Airlines decided to add the kissing mouth at the front and labeled it "LoveBus" Paints are Gunze white primer,gloss coated with Gunze Premium Clear,Revell grey 371 for the wings and my own mix of Revell grey 374 with a few drops of silver 90 for the coroguard panels. Leading edges are done with Bare Metal Foil. Engines are painted with Gunze metallics. Mabuhay (welcome) Alex Very well done Alex👏 Einar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Napakaganda. 1 hour ago, stever219 said: A lovely model of an unsung classic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Abandoned Project said: Napakaganda. Salamat. 2 hours ago, Einar said: Very well done Alex👏 Einar Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 4 hours ago, stever219 said: Impeccable. A lovely model of an unsung classic. I'll second that ... and third it too! A beautiful build. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchem Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Another striking colour scheme that has disappeared 😦 mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 8 hours ago, mitchem said: Another striking colour scheme that has disappeared 😦 mike Thank you very much Mike Yes,thats true.The current livery isnt as striking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Hi again Alex. That's another beauty in a handsome livery from the past. F-DCAL's service can be hit or miss - they have just sent me the same order twice! Hope the cats are well - they don't seem so interested in your models any more Dave G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 32 minutes ago, Skodadriver said: Hi again Alex. That's another beauty in a handsome livery from the past. F-DCAL's service can be hit or miss - they have just sent me the same order twice! Hope the cats are well - they don't seem so interested in your models any more Dave G Thank you very much Dave. Thats probably right about F-DCAL. Its a pity that he is so unreliable,the material he produces is really nice actually. The cats are fine.They had their dinner while I was taking the pictures but its also true that they are not coming to inspect the models. My young one is more interested in whats going on outside in the garden,watching the birds... But I always try to include them in the pictures when they are around 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back in the Saddle Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 On 08/07/2021 at 19:50, Alex1978 said: The quality is great but the reception of the f-decal orders is,at least for me and another fellow modeller,not always granted. I think I know who you mean!😂 Lovely model Alex, you don’t see many A300’s.👍 Great livery too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Nice to see the Heller kit, especially when so well build and finished. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 9 hours ago, Back in the Saddle said: I think I know who you mean!😂 Lovely model Alex, you don’t see many A300’s.👍 Great livery too! Thank you very much You got my hint 😉😂 29 minutes ago, Viking said: Nice to see the Heller kit, especially when so well build and finished. Cheers John Thank you very much John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesModeller Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Tidy little bird! Love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 8 hours ago, RMCS said: Superb Thank you very much 8 hours ago, RMCS said: Superb Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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