Doyusha 1/100 Commercial Jet

Re the Doyusha 1/100 kits. Most of them are the old ENTEX models of the seventies. Yes they are big,beautiful models and look fine when finished. The problem is have ing the work bench room to work on them and then having the room to display them. Now what bothers me is , Why do you want to put rivets on a modern airliner???? The real thing doesnt have rivets that can be seen and if they did they certainly wouldn't be seen on a model. Even a 1/100 scale .
Personally, I have built several of them with out the landing gear because I knew i couldn't put them on a shelf.(they are hanging in my hobby room). My favorite is the L-1011, I painted it as a COURT aircraft in the yellow, orange and red scheme . A friend of mine enlarged the Microscale decal and I cut the logo letters from a Swedish decal stock. Very impressive if I do say so. Good luck with it anyway. Fred Amos

Whoa whoa whoa, you are telling me the real jets doesn't have rivets? Then what are those things I see everytime I ride an airplane... or did I remember wrong?

The funny thing is, the Doyusha kit has rivets at the end of the fuselage...the part ride under the tail fin, whatever you call that.

If something is going to take up that much room as a 1/100 Boeing 747, then it better be worth it! That means I want it to be the ultimate replica, and not just a model that you see at travel agencies. I'm sure a 1/100 scale rivet is still visible to the naked eye.

The part right under the tail fin; you mean where the APU exhaust is?

The aircraft has rivets in some locations but they are flush set, so all you see is a little circle, not a bump. Fred is quite right when he says you won't see much in your scale, a 1/2" diameter rivet head would be only 5 mil at 1:100. I can't begin to suggest a means of showing a row of 5 mil flush circles.
Could you not keep it from turning into a travel agent 'toy' if you gave it other suitable detailing and some subtle weathering?

I usually model ships; one common problem with ship models is the modeller tries to put too much detail onto a model that is 1:350 or smaller, and the end result looks clunky and unrealistic.
Best of luck, whichever way you proceed.
Bruce

That 747 has a little problem, and it is the joint area between the wings and the fuselage. Nothing that a bit of Milliput can't rectify but annoying all the same... If you want a real nice Jumbo, go Hasegawa, 1/200. It's still big!

QUOTE: Originally posted by B. LeCren The part right under the tail fin; you mean where the APU exhaust is? The aircraft has rivets in some locations but they are flush set, so all you see is a little circle, not a bump. Fred is quite right when he says you won't see much in your scale, a 1/2" diameter rivet head would be only 5 mil at 1:100. I can't begin to suggest a means of showing a row of 5 mil flush circles. Could you not keep it from turning into a travel agent 'toy' if you gave it other suitable detailing and some subtle weathering? I usually model ships; one common problem with ship models is the modeller tries to put too much detail onto a model that is 1:350 or smaller, and the end result looks clunky and unrealistic. Best of luck, whichever way you proceed. Bruce

Thank you for the confirmation Bruce. But anyway , to my way of thinking 1/144 scale is plenty big enough for any airliner especially the 747. Good Day Fred

I hope we didn't rain too hard on hou_ge2000's parade. I would sure like to see the end result in 1:100!
Mind, it may take a travel agent's lobby to display the thing!
Bruce