JAL Convair 880 - 1/144 Eastern Express

[zebra]

Here's my 1/144 Convair 880, just finished in the Turning Japanese GB. Build thread is here. Quite a nice kit, nice surface detail, went together well. The decals are from Vintage Flyer, it was my first experience of that brand and I'll be using them again.

 

 

 

 

thanks for looking

Julian

 

 

 

 

 

[SAT69]

Beautiful model. The CV-880 ha always been one of my favorite airliners. Yes, she was known to be a maintenance nightmare, but her lines are just plain beautiful.

[Maginot]

Smart looking model.

[Swamp Donkey]

Great looking airliner, in a classic livery, beautifully modelled

 

SD

[Wulfman]

A lovely build !

 

Wulfman

[BerndM]

Clean build and a great looking airliner.

[TheyJammedKenny!]

Beautifully done--a salute to aviation as it once was.

[RidgeRunner]

Gorgeous!!!! Four F-104s in a tight formation

[TheyJammedKenny!]

12 minutes ago, RidgeRunner said:

Four F-104s in a tight formation

Indeed, with the commercial J-79s, I understand "energetic takeoffs" were the norm.  Gas was cheap then...

[RidgeRunner]

2 minutes ago, TheyJammedKenny! said:

Indeed, with the commercial J-79s, I understand "energetic takeoffs" were the norm.  Gas was cheap then...

Yep, they were great! Like many of us, I watch many of the CV990s of Swissair, Modern Air and Spantax crop-spraying our local countryside on a daily basis :). What a machine!

[stever219]

@zebra that is a beautiful representation of one of my favourite Anerican big jets of the late 'fifties/early 'suxties (the other being the CV990).  Welll done, and thank you for sharing it.

[David H]

On 8/7/2022 at 6:17 AM, SAT69 said:

Beautiful model. The CV-880 ha always been one of my favorite airliners. Yes, she was known to be a maintenance nightmare, but her lines are just plain beautiful.

Clint Groves who was the man behind ATP said the TWA Convair 880s were mechanically bulletproof, so i wonder exactly where the plane had maintenance/reliability issues... However, it's not the first time i've heard the 880 had its issues.

 

-d-

[David H]

Nice looking Convair, Julian!

I met a former Delta Airlines pilot who flew 880s at the IPMS Nationals. Former F-89 Scorpion pilot, too. He loved the plane. said it could fly on one engine, though it did come in screaming fast on final approach. He said the controls were heavy but that was his only criticism of the plane.

 

-d-

[Vesa Jussila]

I would call this elegant.

[Wings unlevel]

Beautiful subject, lovely build 

[mitchem]

Excellent work as usual 👍👍

 

...and as for the colour scheme - absolute classic !

 

mike

[Viking]

Gorgeous looking Convair in a classic scheme, makes me want to build one!

 

Cheers

 

John

[Rupert]

I agree with the previous comments, it is a splendid depiction of a very hot ship. Just imagine a B-58 crew trainer in the same scheme! Please escuse the fantasising, the heat is getting to me!

Vincent

[Skodadriver]

Hi Julien. I just realised that although I "liked" your CV-880 a few days ago I forgot to comment.

 

Thanks for sharing such an excellent model. There is something special about early jet airliners even if they are the stuff of environmental nightmares nowadays.

 

I wasn't following the Group Build so particular thanks for the link to the build thread. I've bookmarked it for when I get round to building my own CV-880, whenever that might be.

 

All the best

 

Dave G

 

 

[Alex1978]

Superb 880 there and the JAL livery just suits it perfectly

 

That EE kit is also on my wishlist

 

Thanks for sharing

 

Alex

[Roberto]

Convair machines were beautiful. Great work.