tomthounaojam Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Greetings Folks, Need a little bit of help here, am planning to build the ancient Airfix Boeing 707 which comes with BOAC and Air India markings and am planning to build as Air India one which 707-437. However, I hit a road block while doing my homework can't find a decent pictures of top view of the wings. If anyone here could share or link to how it is would be awesome. I saw some generic wings and it wasn't much joy, wanted to see the metal variations of the panels. Thank you so very much for the helps. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 No idea sorry! But maybe it helps asking in the civilian section! @tomthounaojam https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/forum/26-civil-aircraft-modelling-discussion-by-era/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) From the one photo in Jetliners that shows a side view of one of the Indian Airlines aircraft, VT-OJI, the wing-body center section was polished aluminum (surprisingly) instead of BCAC707 grey. The leading edges of the wing were polished aluminum. The wing inboard area, top and bottom, was overcoated in corogard, which you can achieve by mixing silver and light grey, because it never appeared uniform. I am pretty darn sure the areas immediately aft of the wing spar would have been flat aluminum, and the control surfaces the same. It is possible that the speed brakes and spoilers atop the wing were BCAC707 grey. Kruger flap high lift devices underneath the wing would have been BCAC707 grey or something close. Wing tips outboard of the outboard set of ailerons and HF antennas were painted gray. Hope this helps. Edited October 21, 2021 by TheyJammedKenny! insert reg # 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 3 hours ago, exdraken said: No idea sorry! But maybe it helps asking in the civilian section! @tomthounaojam https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/forum/26-civil-aircraft-modelling-discussion-by-era/ Thanks for trying help me, cheers Mate. 1 hour ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: From the one photo in Jetliners that shows a side view of one of the Indian Airlines aircraft, VT-OJI, the wing-body center section was polished aluminum (surprisingly) instead of BCAC707 grey. The leading edges of the wing were polished aluminum. The wing inboard area, top and bottom, was overcoated in corogard, which you can achieve by mixing silver and light grey, because it never appeared uniform. I am pretty darn sure the areas immediately aft of the wing spar would have been flat aluminum, and the control surfaces the same. It is possible that the speed brakes and spoilers atop the wing were BCAC707 grey. Kruger flap high lift devices underneath the wing would have been BCAC707 grey or something close. Wing tips outboard of the outboard set of ailerons and HF antennas were painted gray. Hope this helps. @TheyJammedKenny! Much appreciated, I have gone more couple of pictures yesterday and decided to let my imagination run little while, decided to give some panels subtle differences. As, the different parts you have mentioned am hoping to give some different variations of silver hope I can do with limited resources I have. I sincerely appreciate the helps and it give some idea for me play around, the kit isn't the best out there but I will try my best. Thank you. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Not the same aircraft but the same era: https://www.airlineratings.com/wp-content/uploads/uploads/720-022-N7203U-Boe-K6409.jpg Shows the different colours up very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Isn't that a Boeing 720? The 720 had different wings to the early 707s. You could write a very thick book on the evolution and variations of the wings of the 707/720/C-135 family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 There was a discussion on here that I started asking much the same question earlier this year. You will see a link to airliner cafe that should help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Eric Mc said: Isn't that a Boeing 720? The 720 had different wings to the early 707s. You could write a very thick book on the evolution and variations of the wings of the 707/720/C-135 family. Jeez I can't put anything past you this week Eric 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 All: this is more like it. It's not an Indian Airlines jet, but it is a -420 (Rolls-powered) one quite similar to what Indian Airlines flew. Note that the wing body fairing is painted grey, which is more typical of 707s in general. The spar area underside is corogard. https://www.airliners.net/photo/British-Airtours/Boeing-707-436/1731787?qsp=eJwtjEEKwjAQRe8ya4WiYqE7vYAuvMAw86nFasJkQEPp3U2iu/f/g7eQhJfj47ccQQMlsMmdNhTZ%2BJloWOiB/A6mhanv%2Bu1hfyw6BfNzLpey4ySC6ND/fzGFVYUkrTTW8q4i7PpbLaJTijO3Cpynmdb1C2QoLkg%3D Here's the top of another -420: https://www.airliners.net/photo/BOAC-Cunard/Boeing-707-436/9802?qsp=eJwtjEEKwjAQRe8ya4WCxUJ3egFdeIFh8qnFasLMgIbSu5tEd%2B//B28liS/Hx285gUYysMqddpRY%2BWk0rvRAfkcNhWnohn1/OBZtUf2cyxXYcRJBcoT/f9EArQomrTTVcl8Rev2tFgmzpYVbBc7zQtv2BWR0Lko%3D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 (edited) @tomthounaojam, See if this information helps you. Good luck with your build. Mike https://www.airlinercafe.com/page.php?id=72 Edited October 23, 2021 by 72modeler corrected spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 On 21/10/2021 at 09:41, Alan P said: Jeez I can't put anything past you this week Eric 🤣 Sorry 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share Posted October 23, 2021 Thank you all, this where I have reached with the ancient kit it is already dark here so can't do much outdoor shooting hence will upload more pictures and make a thread tomorrow. Regards 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 That is outstanding! I think you captured it well. Will you do a similar panel job on the engines? Keep in mind that the turbocompressor "humps" atop each of the engines had a dark panel located about 3 scale feet (7mm) aft of the nose section. The panel itself was about 3 scale feet (7mm) in length. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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