Skodadriver's 2023 airliners

[Skodadriver]

2023 was a fairly average year for me with eight builds completed and four carried forward to next year. My previous mojo problems seem to have lifted, at least for the moment. Overall I’m pretty satisfied with how things went although it was unfortunate that circumstances outwith my control meant I was unable to display at the Dundee and Glasgow shows this year. In the unlikely event that anyone missed me, please be reassured that I’m alive and well and still building!

 

I hope you enjoy my collection of 1/144 civilians and I’ll see you in 2024.

 

Dave G

 

Aegean Airlines Airbus A320

Revell kit with Nazca decals. In RFI here

 

 

 

Royal Air Maroc Boeing 787-8

Zvezda kit with Two Six decals. In RFI here

 

 

 

BA Cityflyer Embraer 190

Revell kit with 8A decals. In RFI here

 

 

 

Scottish European Airways Hawker Siddley HS-748

Mark 1 Models kit and decals. In RFI here

 

 

 

Icelandair Boeing 737-400

DACO Skyline kit with F-DCAL decals. In RFI here

 

 

 

TAROM Boeing 737-300

DACO Skyline kit with Nazca decals. Not in RFI

 

 

 

Air Europa Boeing 737-800

Zvezda kit with Classic Airlines decals. Not in RFI

 

 

 

GB Airways Vickers Viscount 800

F-RSIN kit with Classic Airlines decals. In RFI here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[stringbag]

A great selection Dave.  So glad you decided not to give it all up.

I think the Scottish European "budgie" and the Icelandair 737 are my favourites this year.

 

Season's greetings and thanks for posting.

Chris.

[JeroenS]

Excellent work all around as usual. You certainly do these airliners justice. 

[AliGauld]

A fantastic set of builds.

There's nowhere to hide with an airliner and your finishes are gorgeous

 

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[tomprobert]

I echo all of the above. All are stunning and the finishes excellent. Plenty here to get the civvie juices flowing - in fact I think I might pull one out of the stash as it’s been a while…

 

All the best,

Tom

[Col Walter E Kurtz]

A really nice selection of airliners. Not my usual subject but.. really great work with some fantastic attention to detail! Regards, Andy

[gazza l]

Nice collection but I do like the Viscount.

 

Regards 

Gary

[Farmerboy]

Never built a civilian, but quality is quality in any genre, great work.

[Bertie McBoatface]

Now that's a crisply finished and shiny collection. Magnificent work!

[bigbadbadge]

A wonderful collection,  great paintwork too  the viscount and the HS-748 are particularly lovely.  Great work and good to hear the Mojo is flowing.

Chris

[Yg Models]

cool airlines series.

[Bengalensis]

Always good to see your lovely collection of airliners!

[Turbofan]

Hi Dave,

Excellent collection again, I wish I could have finished one this year let alone 8!

Love the BA E190, Aegean A320 and the Tarom 737-300 best. Are we going to see the Air Europa and Tarom in RFI at all?

Here's to a productive 2024!

Cheers,

Ian

[Skodadriver]

Thanks Ian. Your appreciation is much appreciated!

 

If I had to choose my own favourite it would probably be the RAM Dreamliner. I can't really put my finger on the reason but Werner's superb detail decals make it nicely "busy" and add a lot of character. 

 

I'm not planning on putting Tarom or Air Europa in RFI. They are both bog standard OOB builds with nothing much to say about either. 

 

Best wishes and thanks again.

 

Dave

[stevehnz]

Another super line up there Dave. While they all show singularly high standards of finish, I was rather taken by the smile on the face of the Viscount.

Steve.