A340-211 Armée de l'Air

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

My next entry in to this GB will be an A340.

 

I have had the decals for an Armée de l'Air aircraft for some time so I thought it was time to get it built.

 

The Revell kit I am using is the 1/144 Air Canada A340-300 boxing so it will need converting.

 

 

The conversion involves cutting two sections out of the fuselage for and aft of the wing as you can see in the picture above. I marked out the cuts and sections that will be removed

 

First cuts done on the left hand fuselage section

 

The off cuts are used to reinforce the seams when it is all put back together

 

Both sides done, the new halves are not glued yet. I am just using each side to support each other so I get a straight fuselage. The cutting and reassembly took about an hour.

[Marklo]

Welcome to the GB again. Very neat work.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Welcome to the build. 

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

Thanks Chaps,

 

Some more progress, copious amounts of glue, putty, sprue glue, etc added to seams and cabin window openings. This was all sanded back ready for fuselage halves being joined.

 

The wings going together and adding the flap track fairings

 

Wings done and lower fuselage panel going in

 

Next was the nose wheel well and nose weight

 

Fuselage halves glued and wings test fitted

 

Size comparison with my Luftwaffe A340-300

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

Lots of filling and sanding has been happening lately, I think the fuselage is OK to go, anther prime and I should be able to lay some white down and turn my attention to the engines.

 

Here is it with a A330-200 which has been on the SOD for some time. I will work on both for now and see if I can finish something.

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

This one has been pushed to the back of the queue for now, doubt it will be finished before the GB end date.

 

This is how far it progressed.

 

The fuselage was primed and more filling was required (A340 at the rear)

 

This was rectified and a base white laid down. The wings have had a base coat of Boeing grey applied but I can see they need another coat before masking the leading edges.

 

So I will get back to this when I can

 

[Marklo]

Don’t forget we have an extra two weeks…

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

22 hours ago, Marklo said:

Don’t forget we have an extra two weeks…

Oh, did not know that.

 

I am also prepping for a model comp on the 8th and 9th and am travelling 1400km to attend, so I won't be back until about the 11th. I will see it I can get much done before departing and how the mojo is going and the other projects are travelling.