British Airways A319 - short runway rotation diarama - Revell 1:144

Some of the turboprops. The Saab 340s I'm flying, we do a lot of flaps 0 takeoffs, but because we usually have 9,000 ft runways. the only time we use flaps, is a flaps 15 t/o out of Key West, that's about 4,800 ft long.

It's a great build, just one little critique. Airliners normally don't rotate that far down the runway, we're 100-200' above that part of the runway.

Hey...that looks nice, John.  Thanks for posting the WIP as well.

Very nice build!

Yeah, if time allowed, it probably would have been mete to have about 15º of bank into a left-hand (command) turn by the time you get to V4 and the EOR stripes pass underneath.

Short turn-and-bank t/o like that bring back memories of riding SWA out of Austin Mueller, which had power settings and over-flight restrictions--all in hot, thin, Texas summer air.

Very nice...I have never done a civil aircraft but I love they way yours looks.

yes - I know I know ---  the base was built as an afterthought - hence the ommision of the flaps at 10 degrees. I thought about cutting the wings up but by the time I had completed the base, I needed to move on from the build as I have several commisions that have been paid for and need building

yes - I know I know ---  the base was built as an afterthought - hence the ommision of the flaps at 10 degrees.

I was thinking the same thing.. About the only airliners I can think of that use no flaps for takeoff are a Fokker 100 and I believe an ERJ-145

Nice job! An interesting scene.

Not to nitpick but the bus should have some flaps/slats out for takeoff

Well done; your holiday was not wasted

Nice work. I'm digging the diorama idea there.  Is it me, or does the runway look to be in larger scale than the 319? Anyway, looks cool ! !