Boeing Build

Thanks Aussie, I ended up doing the same thing, thinning the edges and reshaping the leading edges. It is a vast improvement from what it used to be.

A couple more WIP pics.  The 737 is actually about 97% done now, but I havent taken pics yet as Ive been sidelined these last couple of weeks by a second herniated disc.  Pretty painful stuff.

Painted the base red and blue Philippine Airlines livery on the tail.  Originally planned to print out homemade decals for this, but the printer decided it was time for it to retire.  So I ended up painting the red and blue and cutting out the yellow sunriser from a yellow decal sheet later on.

Not a whole lot to report on my 738, I got the necells and actuatorfairings on.

modelcrazy

Bish,

I understand perfectly. I too try to do GB's in order and since this move, haven’t been back to get back to the bench. I won't be starting on a Boeing project for a few months either.

By the way, I didn't know you had an RV business here in the Boise area.

 

Well you know, i like to get around a bit. Over here, there is even a beer named after one of my body parts.

And if you were thinking somthing else, you need to clean your mind out

WOW guys, i haven't seen this many airliners in one place since the last time i was at Heathrow. Looking really good there. Going to be a nice and bright front page once these start getting done.

Bish

And if you were thinking somthing else, you need to clean your mind out

That's funny!

Ditto on the good looking builds guys.
I'm not sure I know enough about my Hase 727 to know if I should do some mods to it.

Bish

 

And if you were thinking somthing else, you need to clean your mind out

 

Too late. Lol

Some pics of my finished Philippine Airlines 737-400. I'll create a thread in the Airliners forum and post more pics there.

Comments most certainly welcome.

R

Tell you what allan, civvie airliners ain't my thing, but thatlooks really nice. Love the finish.

That is just fantastic looking Allan. I've never seen an airliner build with weathering, perfect. When I build my 27, I'll have to try, try mind you, to duplicate it.

Thanks for being a part of the GB, your build is really going to look sweet next to the other beauties. Cody will get you up as soon as he can.

Steve

Wow Allan, that 737 is pretty sweet. i am a fan of weathering on airliners, primarily on the wings since most aircraft have some dirt around the flap areas.

Thank you for the compliments, Bish, Steve and B_One!

Back in the mid-2000s I flew a lot on board these 734s and as a modeler have noted how weathered they can be. PAL has since retired these planes but the newer A320s and 321s still showed some grime.  As a reference I also downloaded a lot of 734 wing pics from Airliners.net.

Again, thank you all for the kind words!

Very nice job allen! To my eye thats the best weathering I've seen on an airliner build.

Steve, I think I'm ready to commit.

I'm going with the 1/48 X-20 Dyna-Soar from Collect-Aire.

I bought this in 1990. It was my 1st resin kit. I cleaned it up a bit and put it away because it was resin and scared me.

I've always loved the X-20 and have collected everyone I could find, but this is the best one I have found.

The cockpit fit is terrible and the white metal landing gear are weak but the size and detail are nice.

When I got it one of the vertical stabs was broken off, but it was a clean break and fixed well.

I put a coat of primer on the metal parts to see where I stand.

I Sanded/cleaned up the fusalge, then gave it a good washing.

Tomorrow I'll get a coat of primer on it to see what else I'll need to do.

Mach,

Man that is so cool. What an intresting build. Really looking forward to it.

Interesting subject mach, looks like you have a bit of work to do.

The casting is increadably clean. No pinholes at all. Getting the cockpit together is going to be a pain. I envision a lot of filling/sanding.

I'm vacillating on the landing gear. The fusalage is solid resin and heavy. The white metal landing gear does not seem strong enough to support it, but it's the only kit I have that has landing gear.

Coming in a bit late here. Great job on the 737 Alan! Not much to report on my RC-135U build. I am working on a couple of others at this stage. I do have the cockpit done for it. At the moment my Boeing production line consist of a KC-135A, ...an RC-135W, ...and the soon to be started RC-135U using the maintrack conversion set I will be updating the cheeks on this set as I want to do an F-108 powered aircraft in a current configuration.

BTW Ray,

How big is that thing? In relation to you table, it looks massive.

modelcrazy

BTW Ray,

How big is that thing? In relation to you table, it looks massive.

 

Nice linup Aussie, I myself have a 1/72 RC-135V I plan to start soon along with a AWACS and 135R.

Back when I was in the air force I used to help out the RC-135 and cobra ball guys with flap changes when we were deployed. We all worked as one team no matter the airframe that we were assigned.

Some great looking builds going on here. I'm way late for the party, but, alas, I'm all set up in my new place, bench is in and I'm back at it, albeit, slowly. 

As a reminder to all, I'm in with the Minicraft 1/144 USAF VC-137C "Air Force 1" (Boeing 707). Pretty gruesome kit, but, I'm making a go of it anyway.

Very large and ugly seam that requires much fill:

That's it for now. More after the putty sets up and I start the massive sanding campaign!

Thanks again everyone for the kind words!

RudyOnWheels

Excellent job on the 737-400 Allan! I also have never built an airliner as of yet, (still too many military planes I have yet to build~!) but that plane came out excellent! I agree with the others that the weathering is spot-on. What were your weathering methods? I am just starting to attempt weathering, so I am curious.... Thanks! Rudy

 

Rudy,

I did pre-shading with this 737. I'll admit it was somewhat tough considering the small size of the kit; its very easy to overdo and equally easy to underdo. After painting on the colors I gave the kit a light oil wash (burnt umber and a touch of prussian blue), mostly on the wings, control surfaces and undercarriage, and when that was done and dried I whipped up a thicker mix of oil paint and enamel thinner, dabbed a tiny amount on areas where grime usually accumulate and did the old streak and wipe using tissue paper.  If I feel Ive overdone something Ill just wipe the whole thing off.  Still pretty much a hit-and-miss method.

Mach,

Looking forward to that build of yours. Im guessing by the color of the resin its about the same kind I worked on in the 90s (but that was an armored vehicle). Smooth on the outside but may hide nasty bubbles on the inside.

Rob and Ray (Aussie),

Great to see 135s and a 707. One of the sexiest birds Boeing ever made.

Ray..yes..I am using the engines and I fear they will require lots of work toclean up. The seam on top took several attempts to seal. I did two silver coats thus far to test for troublespots. I think I got it licked. The company did a horrible disservice with the canopy fit and it's giving me pain in the fill/sand depot.