Boeing 777-236 , British Airways "Delft Blue Daybreak" ,Zvezda conversion 1/144

[Alex1978]

I had a large stock of Zvezda 777-300s and the last one,I did not just want to make another -300,also due to display space problems...

I had a f-dcal 777-200 set in my stash,that I once received with a decal lot I won at sn auction.

So,I decided to convert the Zezda kit to a -200 version.

The cuts are simple to do and the following build is also straight forward.

I cut off the raked wing tips to make a regular -200 and not an ER version.

 

The raked wingtips are now in the spares box for my planned 767-400.

 

The decals are good to use and fit quite well.

The only downside is,that the GE engine logos are printed with a blue backing,so matching the color is tricky.

I used Revell 54 blue for the belly and engines,which came closest to a match.

The white is Gunze  white primer 1500,coated with Gunze premium gloss.

 

As I saw many pictures of the BA 777s being quite dirty,I decided to weather it more than I ususlly do.In some places I think, it should have been less,but overall I am happy with the end result.

 

Cheers

Alex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 5, 2024 by Alex1978

[mitchem]

Great job on the conversion Alex and excellent work on the paint job 👍👍

 

Inspirational stuff.

 

mike

[Tim R-T-C]

Lovely work, I do like the world design tails, have a nice creative look to them.

[Alex1978]

1 hour ago, mitchem said:

Great job on the conversion Alex and excellent work on the paint job 👍👍

 

Inspirational stuff.

 

mike

Thank you very much Mike.

 

1 hour ago, Tim R-T-C said:

Lovely work, I do like the world design tails, have a nice creative look to them.

Thank you very much.

Yes,the world tails were a cool idea,not everyone seemed to be equally enthusiastic back then...

[Graham Boak]

I liked them too, but some people shout louder than others.

[PhantomBigStu]

Ever time I see your builds I want to have another go at turning some airliner plastic into bin filler. Especially this one as I see these a lot on Heathrow departures 

[FortyEighter]

Looks great Alex.

 

I've got the same model / decals in progress but the latter have some issues re accuracy / design on the fuselage side particularly and I've been working with Matt @Back in the Saddle to remedy them. 

 

I really must get mine finished.

 

Mike

[Back in the Saddle]

47 minutes ago, FortyEighter said:

I really must get mine finished.

I’m hoping to get some revised and improved decals over to you soon!👍

 

Alex, how on earth did you get yours to fit? The ones Mike and I are working on are not even close to fitting correctly…

 

Great looking 777!👍

[Skodadriver]

Beautiful work Alex. This illustrates your point about BA 777s being dirty and shows that you certainly haven't overdone the weathering!

 

As I've said before, I wasn't sure if I liked the BA World tails until I discovered how much Margaret Thatcher hated them. I immediately became a confirmed fan and I was sorry when BA succumbed to Chatham blandness.

 

Dave G

[Alex1978]

19 hours ago, FortyEighter said:

Looks great Alex.

 

I've got the same model / decals in progress but the latter have some issues re accuracy / design on the fuselage side particularly and I've been working with Matt @Back in the Saddle to remedy them. 

 

I really must get mine finished.

 

Mike

Thank you very much Mike.

Sorry to hear about the problems.I hope you can sort them out.

 

18 hours ago, Back in the Saddle said:

I’m hoping to get some revised and improved decals over to you soon!👍

 

Alex, how on earth did you get yours to fit? The ones Mike and I are working on are not even close to fitting correctly…

 

Great looking 777!👍

Thank you very much.

The fin decal worked quite well,the tail piece needed some trimming and adjusting.

I used pieces of the cutted off decals to fill the gaps and match the design.

I did not find them too distracting.

Maybe f-dcal re-issued a new set which is ill-designed ?

Mine was quite old, 2004 or a bit older if I remember correctly.

17 hours ago, Skodadriver said:

Beautiful work Alex. This illustrates your point about BA 777s being dirty and shows that you certainly haven't overdone the weathering!

 

As I've said before, I wasn't sure if I liked the BA World tails until I discovered how much Margaret Thatcher hated them. I immediately became a confirmed fan and I was sorry when BA succumbed to Chatham blandness.

 

Dave G

 

Thank you very much Dave.

Thank you for the pic.Proves thst my weathering is not overdone as I first had thought😊.

I always liked the world tails.It was something very unique

[Gimme Shelter]

Your triple look splendid. And trust me, the majority of them are far dirtier than yours ! BA presently has a ripe old bunch of dirty girls doing the rounds.

 

If I had a £pound for every time a BA -200 flew over my house I'd be a millionaire by now.

 

Your GE's look great and so incredibly powerful up against the shorter variant.

 

Another really beautiful piece of work from the never ending production line