Quality 727-200 kits

Tyler

Member since
August 2015

Quality 727-200 kits

Posted by Tyler on Thursday, September 3, 2015 8:51 PM

Hey everyone!

I am in search of a good 727-200 model kit. I completed an Airfix 727-200 with a Fedex livery a while back, but the fit on the parts wasn't that great and it just wasn't that great of a build. I would like to do another 727 kit, but make sure that it goes together well, it's a fairly newer kit, and is either in 1/144 scale or 1/125 scale. I want to get it right! I will most likely be building the kit so that it is passenger, not freighter, as the windows were hard to fill in on the Airfix kit for the Fedex livery. Any ideas? I have been looking at either Heller's 1/125 727-200 or one of the Minicraft 1/144 scale 727-200 aircraft. Thanks!

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jeaton01

Member since
December 2002
From: Northern California

Posted by jeaton01 on Sunday, September 6, 2015 12:03 AM

The very best 200 series was made by Authentic Airliners, all resin in 1/144, but they are not in stock now, only the 1/72 version.

John

To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

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modelcrazy

Member since
July 2014

Posted by modelcrazy on Sunday, September 6, 2015 12:10 AM

I have a Hasegawa 1/200 727 200 kit in my stash. It is unmarked so I purchased some Braniff decals for it. It looks like a good kit, but I haven’t started it yet.

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/

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Straycat1911

Member since
August 2013
From: Michigan

Posted by Straycat1911 on Monday, September 7, 2015 3:36 PM

^{Minicraft in 1/144.}

The AirFIX kit deserves its name. If I were a modeling judge, I'd give someone entering one of those in a contest first prize for sheer guts.

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Tyler

Member since
August 2015

Posted by Tyler on Monday, September 7, 2015 8:42 PM

Thank you for your suggestion! While the kit does look very nice and well detailed, it's a little out of my price range, and the 1/72 of a 727 is too big to put anywhere where I would display a model. Thank you again for your input though!

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Aussie747

Member since
July 2004
From: Canberra, Australia

Posted by Aussie747 on Thursday, October 8, 2015 10:02 PM

Minicraft also do a 1/144 B727. I has a few issues but goes together much better than the Airfix one. Doyusha/Nitto did a 1/100 B727 which is really nicely detailed.

Ray