Einar Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 IMHO the most beautiful jet airliner of all times is the Caravelle. In the 1960-80's they were widely used by various airlines, most of them European ones. For instance the Finnish flag carrier, Finnair operated several Caravelles of different types during 23 years. One of the Caravelle operators was Alitalia whose old livery looked very elegant (in my mind very much smarter than the airline's later green, white and red livery). I built the Alitalia Caravelle VI-N from the excellent Authentic Airliners 1/144 resin kit. The decals I ordered from 26Decals. The assembly of the resin kit was, as usual, straightforward and without any problems. However, the same cannot be said about the decals.The problem was the cockpit area where they didn't fit at all. The cheatline namely consists of horizontal white and blue lines that spread wider at the cockpit area. In order to get all the lines horizontal on the convex surface of the fuselage tip I had to cut each and every line off the decal and attach them one by one. In fact, I had to order another decal sheet from 26Decals to get the more material for the job. In the end I think I managed reasonably well. I painted the white areas of the fuselage with Tamiya fine surface primer which I then sprayed with Tamiya gloss varnish TS-13. The metal areas I primed with Tamiya gloss black TS-14 and sprayed with Vallejo metal colour-aluminium shade. For the landing gears, wheels, and smaller details I also used Humbrol enamels and Vallejo acrylics. 44 1
TheyJammedKenny! Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 This is exquisite! The decals must've been a pain, indeed. I agree with you about the looks of the Caravelle: one the most attractive airliners ever built! Regrettably, I never flew on one, and I understand they had a "smallish" feel on the inside. 1
Viking Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 I'll always steer clear of a multi striped cheatline that meets on the nose. You are braver than me Einar, and have made a beautiful job of it! I'd agree that this is one of the most attractive liveries. Cheers John 1
Einar Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 21 minutes ago, Viking said: I'll always steer clear of a multi striped cheatline that meets on the nose. You are bracer than me Einar, and have made3 a beautiful job of it! I'd agree that this is one of the most attractive liveries. Cheers John Thanks John, Einar
Einar Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: This is exquisite! The decals must've been a pain, indeed. I agree with you about the looks of the Caravelle: one the most attractive airliners ever built! Regrettably, I never flew on one, and I understand they had a "smallish" feel on the inside. Thanks, you're quite right they, were quite narrow inside Cheers Einar
Einar Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 Just now, Abandoned Project said: A beautiful airliner Einar. Thank you! Einar
Skodadriver Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 Another lovely model Einar, thanks for sharing. I tend to agree with @Viking that multiple stripes round a model's nose are best avoided! In fairness to 26 Decals your problems probably arose because most of their Caravelle sheets were designed to fit the Airfix kit which is inaccurate around the nose. Anyhow, your hard work and skill have produced a superb result which more than justifies the effort. Just one small suggestion. A couple of years ago I built a modified Airfix kit in Alitalia green strip livery using 26 Decals. I overlaid the 26 windows with Authentic Airliners window decals and I was pleased with the result which you can see here. I think they add a final touch and I wonder if you would consider "retrofitting" them? Dave G 1
Einar Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 39 minutes ago, Skodadriver said: Another lovely model Einar, thanks for sharing. I tend to agree with @Viking that multiple stripes round a model's nose are best avoided! In fairness to 26 Decals your problems probably arose because most of their Caravelle sheets were designed to fit the Airfix kit which is inaccurate around the nose. Anyhow, your hard work and skill have produced a superb result which more than justifies the effort. Just one small suggestion. A couple of years ago I built a modified Airfix kit in Alitalia green strip livery using 26 Decals. I overlaid the 26 windows with Authentic Airliners window decals and I was pleased with the result which you can see here. I think they add a final touch and I wonder if you would consider "retrofitting" them? Dave G Thank you Dave! Your Caravelle looks excellent! That's a very good idea. I will absolutely retrofit the AA windows. I have an extra set of them so I can do the trick. Cheers, Einar
Buzby061 Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 A lovely rendition of a classic aeroplane. I logged quite a few of those from the terraces at Ringway many moons ago! Pete 1
Einar Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 51 minutes ago, stevej60 said: Beautiful build and finish. Thanks Steve, Einar
Einar Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Buzby061 said: A lovely rendition of a classic aeroplane. I logged quite a few of those from the terraces at Ringway many moons ago! Pete Thanks Pete, Einar
Antti_K Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 More beautiful work Einar! The smooth aluminium painted surface really caught my eye. Well done! Cheers, Antti 1
Einar Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Antti_K said: More beautiful work Einar! The smooth aluminium painted surface really caught my eye. Well done! Cheers, Antti Thanks / kiitos Antti! Cheers Einar 2 minutes ago, ForestFan said: That’s lovely, great job you’ve done there Thank you! Einar 1 1
Vincent Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 Einar, A classic airliner in a classic scheme and yet another of your top class models. Those Alitalia stripes were worth the effort and added expense. Vincent 1
bigbadbadge Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 Looks lovely, despite your issues with the decals it turned out really well. Great work Chris 1
exdraken Posted July 18, 2021 Posted July 18, 2021 Very nice model! , and the Caravelle is anyways one of my favourite classic designs! As Alitalia is bowing out, very worthy! 1
Einar Posted July 18, 2021 Author Posted July 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, exdraken said: Very nice model! , and the Caravelle is anyways one of my favourite classic designs! As Alitalia is bowing out, very worthy! Thank you Exdraken! Einar 8 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Looks lovely, despite your issues with the decals it turned out really well. Great work Chris Thanks Chris, Einar 1
Einar Posted July 18, 2021 Author Posted July 18, 2021 9 hours ago, GiampieroSilvestri said: Very nice! Saluti Giampiero Grazie mille Giampiero! Einar
Einar Posted July 18, 2021 Author Posted July 18, 2021 10 hours ago, Vincent said: Einar, A classic airliner in a classic scheme and yet another of your top class models. Those Alitalia stripes were worth the effort and added expense. Vincent Thank you Vincent! Einar
Alex1978 Posted July 18, 2021 Posted July 18, 2021 Wonderful Caravelle. I agree,cheatlines around the nose of an airliner are a pain to achieve.You did a great job on this. I remember seeing the last flying Caravelle in Europe in 1991-1992 in Zurich.It was the Swiss charter airline Air City who operated the last one.They eventually had to phase her out because the Swiss authoroties did not renew the Caravelles air worthiness certificate. It was always a nice and somehow unusual sight,seeing her at the gate side by side with the then quite new A320s 1
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