Eastern Express Convair 990A Spantax

[26Decals]

Hi All.

Here is another of my completed models.

It is the Eastern Express Convair 990A Coronado with my own 26Decals plus Authentic Airliners windows.

Kit went together really well after cleaning up the parts and can recommend it

Cheers

Ray

 

 

Edited September 17, 2021 by 26Decals
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[SAT69]

A beautiful model of what is, in my eyes, a beautiful airplane. Very nicely done.

[Alex1978]

Thats a wonderful build of a classic.

Great to hear the kit is of good quality.I was thinking of getting one but wasnt sure as I still have another Revell Coronado.

But now I might change my mind and get one.

 

Thanks for sharing

Alex

[Swamp Donkey]

Superb. Loved those old Spantax CV990’s and that looks great

 

SD

 

 

[Spitfire31]

Beautiful model! And the windows with some partially closed blinds give a disproportionate (related to their size…) impression of 'life'.

 

Superb work.

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

[Abandoned Project]

She's a beauty. Tempted now after your recommendation.

[Ben Hartmann]

Beautiful build Ray!

 

All The Best

 

Ben

[zebra]

Nice work Ray. I had been trying to persuade myself I don't need one of these as I have an F-RSIN kit and Contrails engines for it and don't think I really need to Coronados, but this is testing my resolve!

[TheyJammedKenny!]

Beautifully done, Ray!  This is a design that just screams "testosterone!"  Those were the days of real jets!

[RidgeRunner]

Very nice, Ray. Seeing her takes me (and others, I’m sure), back to the 1970s  

 

Martin

[Eric Mc]

Very nice.

[Mig88]

Lovely!!!

 

Miguel

[Vesa Jussila]

Excellent build from elegant plane. Thank you showing this. 

[David H]

Wow, Ray- that is just amazing.

 

In my mind, the Convair 990 is the star-crossed pornstar of jet airliners. You did a splendid job of it. looking at the parts so far, it seems EE really nailed the shape of the plane in ways that other companies  missed the mark.

 

I've started cutting mine off the sprues and test fitting it. The fit so far, has not been too bad. If you were to do another one, anything you'd care to do differently?

 

-d-

[David H]

On 9/17/2021 at 7:23 AM, Alex1978 said:

Thats a wonderful build of a classic.

Great to hear the kit is of good quality.I was thinking of getting one but wasnt sure as I still have another Revell Coronado.

But now I might change my mind and get one.

 

Thanks for sharing

Alex

Hey Alex,

For its time, Revell did an excellent job at capturing the shape of the -990.... in its prototype configuration.

The EE kit does a great job at representing the production aircraft, but by all means if you have a Revell -990 either hold onto it as a collectible, or build the upcoming Atlantis re-release.

 

-d-

[Andy Young]

Very nice model Ray. It looks like you had some interesting challenges with masking on the wings and it’s come out very well!

Brilliant!.

 

Cheers, Andy

[Viking]

A beauty! Glad to hear that it goes together well, it looks lovely.

 

Cheers

 

John

[26Decals]

On 10/16/2021 at 2:29 AM, David H said:

Wow, Ray- that is just amazing.

 

In my mind, the Convair 990 is the star-crossed pornstar of jet airliners. You did a splendid job of it. looking at the parts so far, it seems EE really nailed the shape of the plane in ways that other companies  missed the mark.

 

I've started cutting mine off the sprues and test fitting it. The fit so far, has not been too bad. If you were to do another one, anything you'd care to do differently?

 

-d-

Thanks Dave.

The only thing i would do differently is not use the photo real windows, they just don't look quite right to me.

22 hours ago, Andy Young said:

Very nice model Ray. It looks like you had some interesting challenges with masking on the wings and it’s come out very well!

Brilliant!.

 

Cheers, Andy

Thanks Andy but I did cheat a little, the diffferent shades of metallics are actually decals

 

[Andy Young]

2 hours ago, 26Decals said:

Thanks Dave.

The only thing i would do differently is not use the photo real windows, they just don't look quite right to me.

Thanks Andy but I did cheat a little, the diffferent shades of metallics are actually decals

 

Well, the wings still look great, no matter how it was achieved - very nice!