Revell Airbus A380 'Virgin Atlantic' finished.....

Scott,

Know this is an old thread, but I have a question about the xtracolor mica topcoat.

Did you spray it over the decals or did you paint, decal and then apply a gloss varnish?

thanks

Not very good at the moment relegated from the Premiership back down into the championship to play the lesser teams like Wolverhampton Wanderers, or the dingles as we now call them, You'll understand if you lived here.....still at least Birmingham city came down aswell. Still, I hoped you enjoyed the model.

Scott.

Beautiful work on the big airliner.  I have a hard time imagining 500 to 600 people on one airplane.  That is going to be a big bottle neck with servicing, passenger processing, baggage processing, etc.

Darwin, O.F.

Yes I did use the xtracolor Virgin Grey with mica finish & the red was also by xtracolor (X361 Qantas red) this was recommended by Hannants as the closest match without trying to mix it, I think I couldn't get any closer in a million years. If your going to build in VA colours I can recommend the decals by brasildecals (747 - Birthday Girl is really nice) also from Hannants.

Any other questions don't hesitate to email me.

Scott.

The way I got my decals to set this well was all down to water & a little bit of 'Micro sol', first I sprayed the area in which the decal was to be applied with water this was done by a spray bottle with a fine mist, then apply decal & Q-tip as usual when happy with placement apply plenty of SOL.

Scott.

Thanks for the info on the A380 Hippy-ed, Hopefully will see the real thing on Thursday 18th May as it will be at London Heathrow, Fingers crossed for the Virgin colours scheme, only 2hrs travelling will post photos if I see it. And yes, no wheels as it will be hanging from my ceiling in my model room as it's too big to go anywhere else.

Scott.

Great looking A380! I suppose you are going to hang that beast or put it on a stand since I do not see any wheels on there.

Way to go! Looks fantastic.

Very nice job on the build, Scotty!

Mark

Thanks for all your comments.

As this is still a flight of fancy, nobody knows what the real A380 will look like so I had a bit of artistic license & painted the wings the same colour, I think it makes the lines look more crisp.

Scott.

Nice job Scotty,

Great build and paint work, just one question did you paint the wings the fuselage colour? I notice on the the real thing (airliners in general) the wings are usually painted the manufacturer's grey (Airbus or Boeing), was this over looked or couldn't you be bothered to do the wings a different colour. Perhaps the Brasil instructions were not specific enough?

Anyway she turned out a beaut mate!

Very nice Scott.  Well done

Regards,  Rick