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  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 5:24 PM

Nice!

  • Member since
    August 2007
  • From: back country of SO-CAL, at the birth place of Naval Aviation
Posted by DUSTER on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 3:56 PM

 Great job of modeling.  

looks like a good kit

too bad it hasn't been  reissued

Steve

Building the perfect model---just not quite yet  Confused

  • Member since
    May 2004
  • From: Mount Bretherton Model Aircraft Observatory
Posted by f8sader on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 10:32 AM

I was looking at a what I remember as being a 1/100 Nitto DC-10 at the LHS.  I guess it is a vintage kit.  Be nice to see a reissue of these and an L-1011 in 1/144th.

Lon-ski

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    April 2009
  • From: Longmont, Colorado
Posted by Cadet Chuck on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 10:04 AM

The scale is 1/144, Don.

We were talking awhile back about how to make window panes for airliners.  In this case, clear areas in the blue stripe of the decals nicely provide flush window panes.  I sprayed several coats of clear gloss to strengthen and preserve them.

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:57 AM

That paint scheme brings back lots of memories. Looks good, Chuck.

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    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:51 AM

What scale is that?

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    April 2009
  • From: Longmont, Colorado
New Old DC-10
Posted by Cadet Chuck on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 12:27 PM

The airplane is a DC-10 jumbo jet with United’s original paint job from about 1960.  It was part of a donation of a collection of old kits that a couple gave to the local IPMS chapter, with the instructions that they should be given to anyone who would enjoy building them.  They belonged to a long deceased family member.  I found this kit still sealed in the original cellophane, and it was made in about 1972!  Amazingly, the decals were still good and useable, so I built it.  I searched the usual sources and found nobody makes a DC-10 model any more.  The kit was made in USA by a  Aurora.

 

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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