Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Boeing 707-338C c/n 19294-550 rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Renton) - December 14, 1966 and first flown at Renton as VH-EBU on February 13, 1967. EBU was accepted by Qantas Airways at Seattle (Boeing Field) on March 08, 1967, this was the 21st Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways. EBU flew with QANTAS as City of Broken Hill, City of Wollongong and City of Parramatta and was cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register on November 03, 1976 after flying just over 32,283 hours for QANTAS. After QANTAS sold EBU off it served with Air Niugini, Arrow Air, Zaire Cargo, Shanghai Airlines, Anglo Cargo Airlines and other leasing companies. Ferried to Davis Monthan in the Anglo Cargo livery on May 18 1992 and stored at Davis Monthan as '67-30053' until June 17, 1993 where it departed for Lake Charles, LA for conversion to E-8C. The aircraft was re-serialled 'AF93-0597' and designated an E-8C P-3 (3rd Production Aircraft) in February 1997, handed over to 93rd Air Control Wing, USAF at Melbourne, Florida on November 25, 1997. The aircraft was badly damaged during an air-to-air refuelling accident over Qatar on March 13, 2009, the number two fuel tank ruptured in flight due to over-pressurisation causing extensive wing damage. It made a safe emergency landing at the Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The estimated cost to repair the damage was around $US 25,000,000 and was deemed to be uneconomical to repair and was therefore declared a 'write-off'. The cause of the accident was traced to a civilian subcontractor who inadvertently left a test plug in the fuel vent system which occurred during programmed depot maintenance. As the aircraft was only in the air for a short period of time before the air-to-air refuelling took place it had not burnt off enough fuel from the number to tank that would have allowed the 'dive flapper' valve to open when the over-pressurisation of the fuel tank commenced. The aircraft was reported to have been broken up at Al Udeid Air Base in February 2012. This is the Airfix E-3D kit converted to an E-8C using the Flightpath conversion set and Decals by Wolfpak, the full build thread can be found below 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodenlee Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Beautiful work Ray- she has come up a treat!! Cheers Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Awesome build, I love the way she looks, the finish is impeccable. Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Lovely build, Ray. She's come up a treat ! We flew to Oz on -EBU in June of 1969; can't recall which city name it carried. Always wondered what happened to pensioned off aircraft that still had life in them. Rog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Lovely work as usual, Ray - the finish is impeccable! What a sad end for the real aircraft though - I bet someone got a bit of a telling off for that mishap... Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 (edited) That's a very impressive build you've produced. Your paint work is excellent. Edited July 18, 2021 by SAT69 Misspelled "build" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Beautifully done, RAY! I think you did a good job at correcting the looks of the cockpit transparency, too, so it's not tilted upward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Well done on the perseverance. The hard work has really paid off. She is a beauty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Thanks guys, the fleet of 707s slowly grows 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 👏👏👏 That looks fantastic Ray. Stunning line up too. Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano353 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 That looks great I never knew Airfix did a 1/72 707 kit I have the 1/144 but will have to look out for this, I do fancy an RAF AWACS myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 That’s very nice indeed, what an eye catching beast that is, must be huge! It seems strange seeing a WR tail code on anything other than an A-10! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 7 hours ago, Deano353 said: I never knew Airfix did a 1/72 707 kit They didn't. They used the Heller molds that date from 1986 and added conversion parts. Heller's 707 is a big kit, and tackling it requires enormous patience and forces the modeler to make some hard decisions, like whether to correct the nose and cockpit contours. Fortunately, it's back in production and at a reasonable price. When I purchased my first two in 1987, the kits set me back $46 US each. That's a lot of money in 1987! 3 hours ago, Lord Riot said: WR tail code on anything other than an A-10! Warner Robbins AFB is a major overhaul and refurbishment facility for the USAF and home of the JSTARS fleet. I think the A-10s are loooong gone unless there's a GA ANG Fighter Group still flying them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 That is great work and a lovely collection 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BD757 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 A superb model beautifully finished. I have the kit and decals, just need flightpath / DJ Parkins to rerelease the conversation set! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 A fantastic build! She's a big and beautiful bird in this scale! The four-fold display looks awesome. Are the large fan jets on the lower right machine scratch-built or from another source? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 1:17 PM, kapam said: A fantastic build! She's a big and beautiful bird in this scale! The four-fold display looks awesome. Are the large fan jets on the lower right machine scratch-built or from another source? Thanks mate, The engines on the RAF Sentry are CFM56s and come in the kit, Airfix (and some Heller) boxings include both the JT-3D turbojets and CFM-56 turbofans. Other Heller E-3A boxings only have the JT-3Ds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 @Romeo Alpha Yankee, thanks for responding to my query. Actually your builds are inspiring me to seriously consider the BPK Boeing 737-800 kit. The only thing that's been stopping me is justifying the purchase to my Missus, bless her heart! 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 These look great in a nice clean grey looking new. Nice work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Awesome build and collection. We had an RAAF 707 visit our base in the late 80s, early 90s. I met a cute RAAF stewardess at the bar.....she was a cutie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 That is a real beauty Ray, interesting back story as well. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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