Boeing 707-436 BOAC ,Airfix 1/144

[Alex1978]

Another Airfix 707,and I wont probably be doing another one...

The changes/corrections,I tried to make are explained in the VARIG RFI.

 

This is the Airfix re-issue with very nice BOAC / Air India decals.

To make sure,the blue front would not wrinkle,I cut those sections off the decals and airbrushed this area by using Humbrol Royal blue.It matches perfectly with the decals.

The BOAC logos for the engines are quite iffy to place over the pylons but the rest of the decals work fine.

Here I chose to make an inflight model and used an original Airfix stand for it.

 

Cheers

Alex

 

 

 

 

 

 

[stringbag]

I can't keep up with all of the excellent airliner models displayed here recently.

Lovely model Alex.

 

Chris.

[TheyJammedKenny!]

Absolutely gorgeous.  I believe the nose radome was black, but that's a small detail.  It's my favorite scheme, but I prefer it on the -320B/C.  

[JWFP]

Nice work, I am old enough to remember seeing these flying out of LHR…

[mitchem]

Great job on the Airfix kit again, Alex.

 

Thanks for posting.

 

mike

[Gimme Shelter]

wow that's a cracker - I don't think Airfix envisaged their old kit being made to look so beautiful. She looks great.

 

now over to your Varig build to see what you've also got

[noelh]

Super, you'd hardly know it was such an old kit. 

 

It's also very nostalgic for me because I built one in that scheme in the early seventies. I didn't paint it of course but I was very pleased with it.  I also built an Airfix 727 in the TWA scheme which I did paint. 

 

Alas the 707 came to a tragic end when my little sister borrowed it without asking for some kind of show and tell at school. When I came home. I found it with a fractured fuselage. 

My sister was completely unabashed. She explained she'd fallen and broken it  as she rushed to school. She showed me her grazed knee as if I cared. 🤣 She came back and took the 727 instead. 

 

Despite that she's still my favourite sister. She later bought me a Frog Sea Fury in compensation. So I forgave her. 

Edited December 4, 2024 by noelh

[Back in the Saddle]

Great finish, looks perfect!👌 

 

[Scooby]

Great build, flew on BOAC 707s many times, I belonged to the BOAC Junior Jet Club.

[Skodadriver]

Another lovely, nostalgic model Alex. You certainly have been busy recently! Like your Varig model I am amazed at how good the wings look despite the horrible joint on the upper surface. It takes effort and skill to achieve a result like that.

 

Dave G

[SAT69]

Beautiful work on a genuine classic. The 707 will always be, in some people's eyes, among the most beautiful of the jet airliners of its era.

[Phantom Phixer]

Nice work.  I've got one in my stash and I'll use your photo's for reference. (If I ever get round to it)

[Alex1978]

On 04/12/2024 at 01:15, stringbag said:

I can't keep up with all of the excellent airliner models displayed here recently.

Lovely model Alex.

 

Chris.

Thank you very much Chris

 

On 04/12/2024 at 10:45, JWFP said:

Nice work, I am old enough to remember seeing these flying out of LHR…

Thank you very much

 

On 04/12/2024 at 03:49, TheyJammedKenny! said:

Absolutely gorgeous.  I believe the nose radome was black, but that's a small detail.  It's my favorite scheme, but I prefer it on the -320B/C.  

Thank you very much.

I did not notice that about the radome.I might check again,I am also planning to replace the cockpit window with an AA decal,so this would be a good oportunity to correct that area👍

 

5 hours ago, SAT69 said:

Beautiful work on a genuine classic. The 707 will always be, in some people's eyes, among the most beautiful of the jet airliners of its era.

 

 

On 04/12/2024 at 15:16, mitchem said:

Great job on the Airfix kit again, Alex.

 

Thanks for posting.

 

mike

Thank you very much Mike

 

On 04/12/2024 at 18:12, Gimme Shelter said:

wow that's a cracker - I don't think Airfix envisaged their old kit being made to look so beautiful. She looks great.

 

now over to your Varig build to see what you've also got

Thank you very much.

 

22 hours ago, noelh said:

Super, you'd hardly know it was such an old kit. 

 

It's also very nostalgic for me because I built one in that scheme in the early seventies. I didn't paint it of course but I was very pleased with it.  I also built an Airfix 727 in the TWA scheme which I did paint. 

 

Alas the 707 came to a tragic end when my little sister borrowed it without asking for some kind of show and tell at school. When I came home. I found it with a fractured fuselage. 

My sister was completely unabashed. She explained she'd fallen and broken it  as she rushed to school. She showed me her grazed knee as if I cared. 🤣 She came back and took the 727 instead. 

 

Despite that she's still my favourite sister. She later bought me a Frog Sea Fury in compensation. So I forgave her. 

Thank you very much.

Funny/tragic backstory of your 707.Thats probably the risk with all brothers or sisters,interested in the big brother's hobby...😉

 

20 hours ago, Back in the Saddle said:

Great finish, looks perfect!👌 

 

Thank you very much

 

19 hours ago, Scooby said:

Great build, flew on BOAC 707s many times, I belonged to the BOAC Junior Jet Club.

Thank you very much.

Must have been a great experience on the 707 i guess

 

6 hours ago, Skodadriver said:

Another lovely, nostalgic model Alex. You certainly have been busy recently! Like your Varig model I am amazed at how good the wings look despite the horrible joint on the upper surface. It takes effort and skill to achieve a result like that.

 

Dave G

Thank you very much Dave

The wings took a lot of work to get them together.If you sand down the inside join and dryfit,a lot can be achieved and it saves much filling and sanding

 

5 hours ago, SAT69 said:

Beautiful work on a genuine classic. The 707 will always be, in some people's eyes, among the most beautiful of the jet airliners of its era.

Thank you very much.

Yes,the 707 has a very classy design,something not to be achieved anymore I guess,now that computers have taken over the airliner design...hallo AI....(A.ll I.dentical)

 

31 minutes ago, Phantom Phixer said:

Nice work.  I've got one in my stash and I'll use your photo's for reference. (If I ever get round to it)

 

Thank you very much.

[TheyJammedKenny!]

On 12/4/2024 at 4:24 PM, noelh said:

Despite that she's still my favourite sister.

I take it she has seniority now as a pilot-in-command?  Or is she an Air Vice Marshall?

[FortyEighter]

An interesting "fix" to avoid decals creasing round the nose Alex, having messed up a couple of BOAC builds for the same reason I'll have to try your idea out.

 

Mike