Boeing 747 , Scandinavian Airlines ,Revell Cutaway kit,1/144

[Alex1978]

This project took a very long time to process.

It sat on my shelf since 2012,but I never found the time to actually start it until early 2020.

I actually planned it for my 2020  747 anniversary builds, but I never managed to find the motivation to continue the build.

I regained the motivation in 2022 and started to handpaint 350+ tiny seats...

I wanted it to be as much 70s style as possible,so a lot of research was done to find pictures of actual cabins or mock ups.

As I have a lot of 747 books,they were really helpful for this task.

I also reproduced the cabin walls and modified the first passenger door on the inside, to get a more realistic look.Sadly,not much of it is visible now...😳 I should have known better...

 

To get the whole cabin into the fuselage and everything closed up and painted,without destroying the interior was a major task that took many weeks/months of careful masking and painting.

The engines were also modified.

I created new inlet rings to get a seamless intake and cutted off the rings in front of the engine cones,glued the halves together individually and glued them back on to make them sit more accurate.

Its a real eye catcher in the cabinet but I would not want to do another...

 

Cheers

Alex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SAT69]

Now that's impressive. The kind of thing you might expect to see at a travel agency.

[Gimme Shelter]

I'll add a 2nd 'impressive' - this is one of those old kits you see on the shelves and may easily be disregarded for no good reason other than a lack of interest and possibly it's age. It's great to see this kit built so beautifully and to a standard that truly belonged in the travel agents or airlines show room back in the day when advertising was more of a physical means to attract.

 

A real gem of a build - I love it. Reminds me of a DC10 or L1011 cutaway kit I once attempted back in the 70's

 

You really done this old kit good justice and the modifications add excellence

 

A real stunner of a 747 - it's in a league of its own.

 

 

[Alex1978]

5 hours ago, SAT69 said:

Now that's impressive. The kind of thing you might expect to see at a travel agency.

Thank you very much.

 

 

3 hours ago, Gimme Shelter said:

I'll add a 2nd 'impressive' - this is one of those old kits you see on the shelves and may easily be disregarded for no good reason other than a lack of interest and possibly it's age. It's great to see this kit built so beautifully and to a standard that truly belonged in the travel agents or airlines show room back in the day when advertising was more of a physical means to attract.

 

A real gem of a build - I love it. Reminds me of a DC10 or L1011 cutaway kit I once attempted back in the 70's

 

You really done this old kit good justice and the modifications add excellence

 

A real stunner of a 747 - it's in a league of its own.

 

 

Thank you very much.

Thats what I tried to achieve with it,a close as possible travel agency look.

 

I built the cutaway TriStar as well a while ago.

I find these kits very tempting and I have the old Caravelle from Lindberg,the Revell Rotodyne and the Comet with those interior designs.

Needs a lot of time to build them though...

[HansReggelsen]

Jumbojet! 

SAS colours! 

 

Thanks for a beautiful model! 

 

Cheers 

Hans J

[tomkil]

Fabulous!

 

[mechanic86]

Great work! 👍

I would like to See your Version of the L1011 too. I have a lot airline planes (1:144) in my shelf but this one is still in its box 😀 Maybe I will build an post some too. Its great to see so many 1:144 planes. 

Edited December 6, 2024 by mechanic86

[Vingtor]

SAS viking ship livery - my favourite for the 747. 😊

 

Nils

[mitchem]

Wow! That kit has brought back memories. Not that I ever had it, but because I really wanted it 🤤 (Never happened).

 

Great to see it built up although I was a bit taken aback with the aircraft name? "HUGE" Viking?  I mean you couldn't make it up, could you???

 

I had to investigate, and it turns out that it's a true story - SE-DDL "Huge Viking" 😁

 

Great job - thanks for posting.

 

mike

[Alex1978]

15 hours ago, HansReggelsen said:

Jumbojet! 

SAS colours! 

 

Thanks for a beautiful model! 

 

Cheers 

Hans J

Tha

 

nk you very much.

 

14 hours ago, tomkil said:

Fabulous!

 

Thank you very much

 

10 hours ago, mechanic86 said:

Great work! 👍

I would like to See your Version of the L1011 too. I have a lot airline planes (1:144) in my shelf but this one is still in its box 😀 Maybe I will build an post some too. Its great to see so many 1:144 planes. 

Thank you very much.

I posted the L-1011 cutaway here on BM.

If I find it again,I post the link to it.

Otherwise I will post some pics here in the thread.

 

4 hours ago, Vingtor said:

SAS viking ship livery - my favourite for the 747. 😊

 

Nils

Thank you very much Nils.

2 hours ago, mitchem said:

Wow! That kit has brought back memories. Not that I ever had it, but because I really wanted it 🤤 (Never happened).

 

Great to see it built up although I was a bit taken aback with the aircraft name? "HUGE" Viking?  I mean you couldn't make it up, could you???

 

I had to investigate, and it turns out that it's a true story - SE-DDL "Huge Viking" 😁

 

Great job - thanks for posting.

 

mike

 

Thank you very much Mike.

You are right.When I saw the name,I checked that too.

If ever an aircraft name matched better,then it is "Huge" Viking😄

 

[Alex1978]

11 hours ago, mechanic86 said:

Great work! 👍

I would like to See your Version of the L1011 too. I have a lot airline planes (1:144) in my shelf but this one is still in its box 😀 Maybe I will build an post some too. Its great to see so many 1:144 planes. 

Found the link.

 

 

[Back in the Saddle]

You’ve made a silk purse out of that kit - excellent work, especially given all the challenges you had to overcome to get it looking that good!👍

[Skodadriver]

Another wonderful result Alex. I really don't know how you manage to be so productive but maintain such high standards. The interior is amazing and fully justifies all your work.

 

Dave G

[Jonners]

What? You didn't bother to paint 300+ tiny figures to go in all those carefully-painted seats? Tut, tut...😉

 

Seriously, that looks great and I deeply admire your patience!

Jon

[mitchem]

Ever have that feeling that someone is watching you?

 

This appeared on my FB profile this morning !

 

 

 

 

[zibbit]

It's nice to see a Boeing door finally stay closed during a flight; although, it seems like there's a problem with the fuselage skin.  😛 

 

Beautiful model, that would've been a chore to finish.