Scotsman07 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Here is my finished Boeing 757-236 in 1/144 scale from the Zvezda kit in the ‘Animals & Tree’s’ World Tails livery from British Airways registration G-CPEL. The aircraft entered service in April 1989 with Air Europe. It then joined the BA fleet in August 1992 where it served passengers out of Gatwick and Heathrow. It was then transferred to FedEx in June 2010 where is was given registration N946FD and is still active with them today. This kit goes together seamlessly with very little sanding and filling required. It’s great that is has both engine options as well as having either the newer blended winglets or the classic wing tips. I’ve never built the Minicraft or EE kits but I absolutely can’t recommend this kit enough! The beautiful decals are from Ray at 26Decals. The Animals and Tree’s livery originated from Botswana and was designed by artist Cg’ose Ntcox’o who is of the Ncoakhoe People of the Kalahari Desert and the design depicts seven jackals at an oasis. It was wore by 7 other aircraft in the BA fleet around the same time. Paints used were Halfords appliance white for the upper fuselage, Halfords Fiat Capri Blue for the lower fuselage and engine nacelles and Halfords Racking Grey for the wings and stabilisers. Metals are a mix of Revells aqua range. The decals are excellent quality and I highly recommend them! I am already working on a few more BA liveries, the B767-300 in the Chelsea Rose livery and a B757 in the Landor livery. As always, all comments and feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you for looking. Regards, Alistair 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Very neat build. Nice to see so many 757s turning up here on BM,just recently added my 2 Minicraft builds. Currently working on a Zvezda 757 thats near completion. Thanks for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Beautiful work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Excellent work Alistair. The build, the finish and the weathering are top notch. It's good to know how well the kit goes together - I'll get round to the pair in my stash eventually. I wasn't a fan of the World Images until Margaret Thatcher's famous handkerchief moment. When I realised how much she disliked them I became an instant convert! All the best and thanks for sharing Dave G 🇺🇦 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Fantastic work and excellent weathering. Always a pleasure to see your beautiful airliners on here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Great work on a striking livery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane39 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Great job on the kit and your choice of decals is top notch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Nicely done and brings back memories of early morning business trips from NCL to LHR in BA 757; older livery of course. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman07 Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 On 17/03/2022 at 15:59, Alex1978 said: Very neat build. Nice to see so many 757s turning up here on BM,just recently added my 2 Minicraft builds. Currently working on a Zvezda 757 thats near completion. Thanks for sharing Thank you 😀! Yeah it has been really nice fhoohj I seem to keep missing some of them 😅! I did see yours, cracking finished B757’s from yourself 👌🏻! On 17/03/2022 at 20:35, Skodadriver said: Excellent work Alistair. The build, the finish and the weathering are top notch. It's good to know how well the kit goes together - I'll get round to the pair in my stash eventually. I wasn't a fan of the World Images until Margaret Thatcher's famous handkerchief moment. When I realised how much she disliked them I became an instant convert! All the best and thanks for sharing Dave G 🇺🇦 Thank you Dave, I hope you are well? It really is a good kit and the decals from Ray arr superb so that is always an added bonus! Yeah I did read about that and thought that would amuse several people 🤣! Take care and thank you again for your kind comments and feedback. Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back in the Saddle Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Very nice! I’ll be turning my attention to one of these soon…👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman07 Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 On 20/03/2022 at 23:13, Back in the Saddle said: Very nice! I’ll be turning my attention to one of these soon…👍 Thank you! It’s a great kit to build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Awesome build and the livery looks really nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP2705 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Very nice JOB 💯 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Smart work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman07 Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 On 31/03/2022 at 06:19, BerndM said: Awesome build and the livery looks really nice. Thank you very much 😃 On 31/03/2022 at 07:05, GP2705 said: Very nice JOB 💯 Thank you 😃 On 31/03/2022 at 09:55, Bertie Psmith said: Smart work Thank you 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slowbuild Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Really smart finish, and great scheme! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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