Viking Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Boeing 757 British Airways 'Whale Rider' Zvezda 1/144 with 26Decals The Zvezda Boeing 757 is a lovely kit, one of the very best airliner models available. It comes with decals for the previous Icelandair livery, but I wanted to do mine in one of the 'World Tail' schemes. (They should have done one called 'Marmite' as people seemed to love or hate them at the time!). Personally I liked them. If you can spot them, the cockpit is crewed by a couple of CRM 3D printed pilots. I would have liked to have done the Tartan 'Bennyhone' one but couldn't find a set anywhere. Fortunately 26 Decals do a fair few of these schemes for the 757, so I chose 'Whale Rider' as it was on the only 757 I ever flew on, on the Manchester/Heathrow shuttle in 1998. It's as good a reason as any! I'll give a shout out for 26 Decals here as these were absolutely superb. The Tail and British Airways elements were laser printed and fitted with precision, the most stress free decals I have used in a long time. They also come with a sheet of silk screen printed standard 757 items for all the details. It is a hugely enjoyable combination of a superb kit with a set of superb decals, and one that doesn't happen often enough! Of course I have to do a 'with something else', so how about a DACO 737-400 in 'Blue Poole' I'll have to get on with that Revell 767 in the 'Chelsea Rose' scheme now 👍 Thanks for looking, John 53 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 I give Zvezda credit, the nose looks like a 757 nose. Beautiful model, by the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulaero Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 That's a cracking result and I totally agree regarding the quality of the kit, the 767 may be a bit of a let down in comparison....😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 That’s gorgeous. It certainly looks like a 757 to my eye - and like you I loved the BA world scheme tails which were certainly eye catching around the airports! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Beautiful work, love the choice of scheme too, I'll second your praise for 26Decals as I used a set recently to complete a Zvezda 757 in its final retirement scheme and as you point out they are flawless in doing what you need them to! Really loving how this turned out for you. What paint did you go with for the blue on the lower fuselage if you don't mind me asking? I was lucky enough to help complete the very first Daily check and prep of the real G-CPEO for its very first revenue passenger flight with BA after its delivery from Boeing way back in '97 during my apprenticeship... "new car smell" on a bigger scale! Fantastic build, Eng 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Absolutely superb John. A really inspirational model. I wasn't sure about the World Tails until I discovered how much Margaret Thatcher hated them. (Remember the infamous handkerchief episode?) I then immediately became a confirmed fan and I was sorry when everything succumbed to flag tail uniformity. Dave G 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Holden Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 4 hours ago, Skodadriver said: I was sorry when everything succumbed to flag tail uniformity. Dave G Always thought they missed a trick there and should have retained the 6 or so British-themed designs ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Immaculate as always John, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Lovely, clean tidy work as ever John - You must have quite an airline on display in your home! Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCI Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 beautiful work, John! And awesome to see you are using our products, i think your build again shows how much better a proper cockpit with Pilot figures looks, if built well. keep on with the great work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Beautifully modelled - quite a stunning end result. I'll get one myself from Zvezda and forget I ever had an EE 757 in the stash Brings back to happy memories of a busy T1 at LHR and those incredible steep ear popping ascents before everything became Airbus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted August 17 Author Share Posted August 17 On 11/08/2024 at 22:35, eng said: What paint did you go with for the blue on the lower fuselage if you don't mind me asking? I was lucky enough to help complete the very first Daily check and prep of the real G-CPEO for its very first revenue passenger flight with BA after its delivery from Boeing way back in '97 during my apprenticeship... "new car smell" on a bigger scale! Great connection with G-CPEO! I used Tamiya TS-15 Blue straight from the rattle can on this. I had done an internet search on what people have used for the BA 'World Blue' and found a couple of refences to it. As I had a can of this very paint in my modelling room, I thought I'd give it a try. Like the real thing, It has the quality of looking lighter or darker under various conditions. I'll definitely use it again. All the kind comments much appreciated, John 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 5 hours ago, Viking said: I used Tamiya TS-15 Blue straight from the rattle can on this.... I'll definitely use it again. Thanks John. Although I didn't ask the question, that's worth knowing now that Halfords Fiat Capri Blue seems to be a thing of the past. Dave G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malair Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 That is one awesome build! Nice to see the CRM crew in the cockpit. I use CRM for antennae, navigation lights. etc. Excellent quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Don't often see 1/144 scale airliners crewed. Good work. I photographed a few of these arty tails on BA aircraft although they upset Mrs T. They had a short life before being replaced with a wavy Union Flag design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Very nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 This is very nice. Decals look perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 I come in a bit late,some health issues beat me to it. Superb 757 in a great livery John. I also had a run with my Zvezda 757s this year and finished 5 of them during the summer amongst many other projects. Unfortunately I found no time yet to post all of them. Thanks for sharing Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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