Zvezda B757-236 G-CPET BA Negus Retirement scheme

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Just a couple of shots of recently completed Zvezda B757-200, using @26Decals wonderful sheet for G-CPET in its retirement scheme. The kit is a pleasure to build although I had a bit of damage to the top of one of the main gear legs that required a minor repair with a section of plasticard (all my kits in the stash have the same damage, I suspect its the way the sprues were packed). I'd initially sprayed Tamiya Gloss White for the upper surface colour but it sat on the shelf of doom for quite some time as something just didn't look right. I eventually re-masked the demarcation line and the wings before resorting to the trusty Halfords Appliance White, and no further issues!

 

I need to get some better photo's at some point and the kit is still lacking some VHF antenna's that I'll fabricate from thin plasticard. As its a retirement scheme I had not applied any weathering but feel the wings need just a little bit of wear n tear around the control surfaces so I may still do this. First couple of photo's were taken during decaling and final assembly. 

 

Hope you like it, I've a real soft spot for the 757 and have plenty more BA builds in the pipeline...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eng

[Skodadriver]

She's looking great Eng.

 

Out of interest what blue did you use?

 

Dave G

[Alan P]

Very very nice indeed, looks neat as a pin 👍

Those were the days, eh?

[gazza l]

Really neat work, great job.

 

Gary

[Stephen]

Fantastic build and paint finish.

[jonf45]

Absolutely stunning, great scheme and great build 

The paint colours look absolutely spot on to me too, fantastic 

[Back in the Saddle]

Stunning - and also the second Negus 757 I’ve seen on this section in two days; they are clearly very popular!

 

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23 hours ago, Skodadriver said:

She's looking great Eng.

 

Out of interest what blue did you use?

 

Dave G

 

Pretty sure it was straight Tamiya X3 airbrushed. It possibly could have done with being a tad darker but in 1/144 figured I'd get away with it. It looks ok I think.

 

Eng

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23 hours ago, Alan P said:

Very very nice indeed, looks neat as a pin 👍

Those were the days, eh?

 

They were awesome! So many awesome jump seat trips home to Glasgow on those. Best one was with a Capt who's been a family friend for years, I still see him regularly now he's retired. A lightly loaded jet (70 pax) with the ETOPS E4's, lunchtime departure from LHR off 09R towards Hatton Cross and he said before we pushed back "have you ever experienced a full power take-off?".... "No" was my reply. Oh my god, we were airborne so quickly and that thing just kept climbing, absolutely effortlessly as those RB211's just purred. I was gobsmacked at the height we'd achieved by the time we passed over the tube station and started a left turn to the North, could barely pull myself forward in the seat.

 

Epic, really miss them.

 

Eng  

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22 hours ago, gazza l said:

Really neat work, great job.

 

Gary

 

Thank you, took way too long to finish but there will be more to come!

 

22 hours ago, Stephen said:

Fantastic build and paint finish.

 

Thank you mate, will get some better pics when the weather plays ball!

 

13 hours ago, jonf45 said:

Absolutely stunning, great scheme and great build 

The paint colours look absolutely spot on to me too, fantastic 

 

Thank you Tamiya X3 and Halfords Appliance white, cant remember what grey I used on the wings, I really need to record these things for future reference.

 

Appreciate all the kind comments

 

Eng

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8 hours ago, Back in the Saddle said:

Stunning - and also the second Negus 757 I’ve seen on this section in two days; they are clearly very popular!

 

 

It did look nice in that scheme, thinking an early Landor bird next, or possibly one of the two Glasgow based ETOPS machines G-BPEC/G-BPEE.

 

Eng

[Skodadriver]

1 hour ago, eng said:

 

They were awesome! So many awesome jump seat trips home to Glasgow on those. Best one was with a Capt who's been a family friend for years, I still see him regularly now he's retired. A lightly loaded jet (70 pax) with the ETOPS E4's, lunchtime departure from LHR off 09R towards Hatton Cross and he said before we pushed back "have you ever experienced a full power take-off?".... "No" was my reply. Oh my god, we were airborne so quickly and that thing just kept climbing, absolutely effortlessly as those RB211's just purred. I was gobsmacked at the height we'd achieved by the time we passed over the tube station and started a left turn to the North, could barely pull myself forward in the seat.

 

Epic, really miss them.

 

Eng  

That reminds me of my first ride on a 757 shortly after they arrived on the GLA-LHR shuttle - mid morning flight, light load and a crew obviously wanting a bit of fun. I have always kicked myself for not timing the takeoff roll but let's just say we rotated in a fraction of the time a Trident 3B would have taken and went up like the proverbial rocket ship. The raw power was absolutely awesome and I can still remember the sensation of being tipped back in my seat. A big bonus (at least for me) was the absence of the noise abatement procedure which I hated because it always made me think of Papa India.

 

I loved flying on the 757 and I still can't get my head round the idea that it's now part of history.

 

Dave G

[Bedders]

Very nice. Pretty thing the 757 and you've made a great job of it with this scheme. Shame they've gone now. 

[Back in the Saddle]

13 hours ago, eng said:

Oh my god, we were airborne so quickly and that thing just kept climbing, absolutely effortlessly as those RB211's just purred. I was gobsmacked at the height we'd achieved by the time we passed over the tube station and started a left turn to the North, could barely pull myself forward in the seat.

I remember repositioning an empty 757 from LHR-LGW many years ago. No passengers, not much fuel and levelling off at 6000' (over a mile high!) almost still inside the LHR perimeter fence. They don't make them like that anymore, as any 787 pilot will attest!😁

[SAT69]

Beautiful model of one of the most beautiful jet airliners ever built. Congratulations!

[Viking]

Lovely 757, glad that it made it off the shelf of doom and turned out so well. You can never have enough 757's, I look forward to your next one!

 

Cheers

 

John

[Alex1978]

What a beauty Eng.

The 757 is such an elegant aircraft and in the Negus livery she sure looks pretty.

I recently finished another couple of my large Zvezda 757 stock (12 examples) ,among them one in Landor livery but I guess I just found an excuse for a further one to be bought...😊

 

Thanks for sharing

Alex

[kapam]

I agree with everyone, she’s a beauty!
Well done! 👏👏👍

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On 11/9/2024 at 12:00 PM, Back in the Saddle said:

I remember repositioning an empty 757 from LHR-LGW many years ago. No passengers, not much fuel and levelling off at 6000' (over a mile high!) almost still inside the LHR perimeter fence. They don't make them like that anymore, as any 787 pilot will attest!😁

 

Yep, nowt like it! I'm sure we weren't far off 6000' at Hatton Cross, the number were spinning at a fair rate of knots and I vividly recall the VSI needle being very close to the top end of the gauge. They sounded so sweet at T/O power.

 

I remember helping an LHR team change an engine on one of the 2 Glasgow based aircraft in '97 just after I moved back to Glasgow, I'd worked the 757 a lot at LHR, and I was on the headset outside during the post engine change runs down at Hold G. It was incredible to see how much the aircraft would lean with one engine at T/O power and the other at about 40-50%, huge amount of power is those Roller's

 

Eng 

[Gimme Shelter]

a real stunner - quite perfect and lovely to look at. Best choice of livery too BTW

[Eric Mc]

Lovely. Obviously a much better kit than the Minicraft one.

 

 

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On 11/13/2024 at 2:47 PM, Eric Mc said:

Lovely. Obviously a much better kit than the Minicraft one.

 

 

 

Significantly better than the Minicraft one!!

 

Eng