Heller 1/200 Sud Aviation Caravelle - Air France

[HMS Thunderbolt]

This was meant to be a quick build but ended up taking months as such projects so often do, I changed jobs and moved flats during the build time. I picked the kit up for a few pounds at a model show and thought it would be a good place to practise making an airliner for the first time. The tooling is from 1964 and it really shows in the quality; nothing fit flush, the undercarriage is simplistic, the cockpit windows needed reconstructing, and the passenger window transparencies were unuseable. From a distance it looks quite nice though, even if it is more of an homage to the Caravelle than an acurate scale model of it. There's a big crack right down the centre of the fuselage from when my cat unhelpfully knocked it off the table and it was too late in the day to re-fill and re-paint the damage but luckily it was mostly on the underside. Thanks for looking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[canberra kid]

Nicely done, on another old and odd kit! Well recovered after the cat attack too.

 

John

[Alpha Delta 210]

Looks very handsome from where I'm sitting!

[Vesa Jussila]

Absolutely lovely.

[HMS Thunderbolt]

Thank you all for your kind comments!

[Alex1978]

Very nice.

Given the tiny scale and age of that kit,you created a very fine looking  Caravelle.

 

Thanks for sharing

Alex