S.A. Lady Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Hi Here is my completed SAA 747 Jumbo model acquired from my husband's collection of dust covered un-made models. My daughter was sorting through his box of water decals and spotted a set of SAA decals which prompted me to have a go myself. This took about 8 weeks to make around mom duty and work commitments. I grew up as a child in Durban on the KwaZulu Natal coastline and had initially wanted to pose the model over Table Mountain, but chose instead to try and depict the long sandy beaches I grew up swimming from (inside the shark nets!) north and south of Durban in SA because the water decals supplied the registration number code and aircraft name for 'Durban' - so 'Durban over Durban became the theme. I chose from the start to make the model flying as I was wary of all the fiddly small wheel parts, but having now learnt how to mask, cut and apply decals, airbrush and sculpt and work with liquid resin water, perhaps I could have managed the wheels too. I hit a problem with the type of jets along the way of the build, luckily my husband had some correct spare RR jets. And here is my completed jumbo 747-444. I had to ask for help with the wire support as I was not strong enough to hold and bend the wire support rod. I apologise for the poor photos but I used my mobile phone to take them. The model build is here for anyone interested to see how I coped with making the jumbo: 33 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Very smart and extremely well presented! What's next? Very Impressed of Mars 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Very nice first model! Looking forward to your next offering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK_MAMBA Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 This is a simply stunning build! Well done! Can we expect more SAA wide bodies soon?😁 Kaapstad groete. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 That is a very strong debut! The model and base are very well done - it looks as if you’re a lot more experienced! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Beautifully done, and the high-wire display is really impressive! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Fantastic Build! Love the diorama idea that you used on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFR Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 SAA had some great liveries over the years. Excellent job with this one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A. Lady Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 On 8/12/2024 at 9:48 PM, tomprobert said: That is a very strong debut! The model and base are very well done - it looks as if you’re a lot more experienced! Thank you - lego with my boys when younger but other than a few egg models, this was very much a new thing for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A. Lady Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 On 8/12/2024 at 7:31 PM, BLACK_MAMBA said: This is a simply stunning build! Well done! Can we expect more SAA wide bodies soon?😁 Kaapstad groete. Hi and thanks - I had to ask what you meant about wide bodies but now I know, check out the other SAA jumbo my husband bult alongside mine which is also recently added to the forum - his model was the driving inspiration for mine as I nearly gave up when faced with the water transfer sheet. He made his jumbo on a fly over of our old Ellis Park stadium when we first won the rugby world cup in the mid 90's. SA Lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Fabulous job on the Jumbo - hope we see more of your work on Britmodeller. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Lovely work 🏆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Fantastic build and display Jen. I think you really nailed it and for a first attempt kudos! Congratulations. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr91 Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Just caught up with this. Wow! I wish I could finish models to that standard. Great stuff. You shouldn't waste that talent, so what's next? Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A. Lady Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 On 8/12/2024 at 6:20 PM, Martian said: Very smart and extremely well presented! What's next? Very Impressed of Mars 👽 Hello - my husband bought me some SAA 737 decals this weekend.... he thinks I am in a rush now to go back to the workshop but he is mistaken ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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