Boeing 737 MAX 8 - Icelandair new livery - Zvezda 1/144

[lomasca]

Today, I put the finishing touches on my Zvezda Boeing 737 MAX 8. Not perfect, but it looks great, and I'm quite pleased with it. This livery gets a knocking from some, but personally I think it looks great, especially on the MAX.

 

Build - kit went together very well as per Zvezda kits

Paints - Humbrol and Halfords spray cans, details with Humbrol enamels and acrylics

Decals - Livery decals by 8Decs, windows and details from Authentic Airliners. There was a mismatch between these which led to some windows being misaligned, but it's not hugely noticeable and the overall look destracts from it.

A few homemade details - Pitot/static made out of spare plastic, have since found a better way to do with paper card, but will save that for next time. Static wick dischargers made from flakes of an old plastic Christmas tree. Weathering done with HB/2B pencils. 

 

The shelf is getting a bit full! Next up I'm heading to widebody town with the Revell 777-300ER. Opting for the baby blue Air Canada livery and an aircraft I travelled on back in 2014. Suggestions and feedback welcome. 

 

Chris

 

Tip if using bits of Christmas tree for static wicks... they fall off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SAT69]

That's a very nice collection of airliners you have!

[Vesa Jussila]

Looks really good. And nice collection.

[lomasca]

1 hour ago, SAT69 said:

That's a very nice collection of airliners you have!

Thanks!

1 hour ago, Vesa Jussila said:

Looks really good. And nice collection.

Nice of you to say, thank you!

 

[Abandoned Project]

3 hours ago, lomasca said:

This livery gets a knocking from some, but personally I think it looks great

And so do I. Fabulous 737 there. 

[Meatbox8]

A superb looking model.  A beautiful paint job of an attractive scheme.  That's the first time I've seen those escape route markings on the wing.  BTW, I saw John Cooper Clarke not long ago in Bridport.  Very entertaining. 

[stringbag]

Very nice indeed.  I'm not a fan of this new livery but in my opinion it looks better than the old scheme.

Thanks for posting Chris.

 

Chris.

[RMCS]

Fantastic 

[Tim R-T-C]

A very nicely presented airliner. Good build 😁

[junglierating]

BZ to you ....makes me think about a trip to Iceland 🇮🇸 🤔 

[Sky Keg]

That is an impressive display of airliners all done with flawless precision!!!!! 

 

Mike

[Andy Dyck]

Wonderful model and collection!

 

Andy 

[Bertie McBoatface]

As always, you produced a diamond of a model!

[PLC1966]

An absolute cracking model....

[BerndM]

Another stunning addition to your fine airliner collection.

[19clive68]

Great build, looks great,we'll done, I've done a few zvezda airliners before, I'm very impressed with them

[Viking]

Very nice build with some excellent improvements!

 

Cheers

 

John