Finnair Boeing 757-200 in 1/144 scale

[Einar]

The plan and goal in developing the Boeing 757 was to replace the already ageing Boeing 727. The new plane type made its maiden flight in 1982 and during the next 12 years some 1.050 pieces of Boeing 757 were built in two different versions.

 

In their fleet Finnair operated seven longer fuselage Boeing 757-200's powered by Pratt & Whitney 2000 engines. These planes were mainly used for chartered holiday flights and I also flew a couple of times with them to Madeira and to the Canary islands. The planes’ seating was normally very cramped and the Finnish holidaymakers gave the Boeing 757 the nasty nickname ”the guinea pig cage 🙂 

 

I built the model from an excellent Authentic Airliners resin kit in 1/144 scale. There were no problems in assembling the model; only a bit of sanding and putty here and there was needed but nothing special worth mentioning.

 

I bought decals for the the Finnair livery from Draw Decal and the cockpit window decals from Authentic Airliners. The corogard and stencil decals are from Flying decals.

 

I painted the white areas of the model with Tamiya Fine surface primer coated with Tamiya gloss varnish spray TS-13. The gray areas in the wings and stabs were paint brushed with Xtracolor X150 (Canadian voodoo grey). I also used various Humbol and Vallejo paints for details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mike]

Moved that for you

[Einar]

Just now, Mike said:

Moved that for you

Excellent!! Thanks a million Mike

 

Einar

[Vesa Jussila]

@Einar Really nice one again. This is Finnair plane I managed to avoid. Typical excellent build from you.

[Einar]

10 minutes ago, Vesa Jussila said:

@Einar Really nice one again. This is Finnair plane I managed to avoid. Typical excellent build from you.

Thanks / kiitos Vesa,

 

Einar

[Maginot]

Excellent finish. That's a great bit of modelling.

[GiampieroSilvestri]

Nice!

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

[Malair]

Very Nice build! Indeed, if you want quality, Authentic Airliners is the way to go. 

[Alex1978]

Another winner from you.

Cant go wrong with a 757.Such an elegant lady

 

Thanks for sharing

[Einar]

5 minutes ago, Alex1978 said:

Another winner from you.

Cant go wrong with a 757.Such an elegant lady

 

Thanks for sharing

Thank you Alex!

 

Einar

[Einar]

42 minutes ago, Malair said:

Very Nice build! Indeed, if you want quality, Authentic Airliners is the way to go. 

Thank you!

 

I fully agree on AA quality

 

Cheers

Einar

[Einar]

48 minutes ago, GiampieroSilvestri said:

Nice!

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

Grazie mille, Giampiero

 

Einar 

 

 

[Einar]

1 hour ago, Maginot said:

Excellent finish. That's a great bit of modelling.

Thank you Maginot,

 

Einar 

[phildagreek]

Nice!

[Einar]

12 minutes ago, phildagreek said:

Nice!

Thank you!

 

Einar

[Skodadriver]

Very nice indeed Einar. A simple, elegant livery on a 757 - what's not to like?

 

 

[Einar]

4 minutes ago, Skodadriver said:

Very nice indeed Einar. A simple, elegant livery on a 757 - what's not to like?

 

 

Thank you very much!

 

Einar 

[BluesModeller]

Great build!

[Einar]

4 hours ago, BluesModeller said:

Great build!

Thank you!

 

Einar