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Zvezda Airbus A321 - 4/19 Completed photos

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Zvezda Airbus A321 - 4/19 Completed photos
Posted by wing_nut on Monday, March 7, 2016 7:14 PM

The Stearman is on the shelf (photos soon) and time for my 1st airliner. Zvezdas kits of the A321 with Nazca-Decals for the new lvery American Airlines jets. Braz Models resin sharklet wingtips round out the project.

 

Marc  

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Posted by knox on Monday, March 7, 2016 8:53 PM

Yes please.   Let the fun begin!       gk 

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Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 10:37 AM

Please turn off all electronic divices, and make sure seat backs and trays are upright and in the stowed position...

 

One of the thing I read in the kit reviews was that there was a bit of  "texture'" on the part surfaces.  I have not inspection  all the parts yet but I found that parts of the fuselage has more than a bit.  It gets worse as you get closed the mating surfaces.  Under the windows is pretty smooth, above the windows you can see that it's starting to get worse.  It gets tot he point it looks like the parts were sand cast instead of injection molded.

 

 

 

 

Anytime I think of something "new" I always figure of I could think of it, someone else did already but I came up with this.  Gluing a plastic strip on the inside and filling all those holes seemed tedious.  This was minutes.  the longest part was mixing the resin.  Just a few pinhole to fill.

 

 

 

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Posted by kg4kpg on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 11:01 AM

I have the A320 and texture is pretty even all over. I think primer will level mine out so I don't have to sand anywhere except possibly at seams. I haven't found a scheme I want to do yet, thinking the NW Airlines all silver with red from Draw Decals. I do my windows similar to you, tape on the outside and Tamiya putty on the inside. I've never added the plastic strip and so far, a few have been moved around several times over the years without and old putty breaking out. 

You going flaps up or down? Mine will be down, gear down, on a shortened stand as if rotating. Looking good so far, I'll be following.

Chris

 

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 12:06 PM
Just flew back from Florida on A320 JetBlue

 

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Posted by wing_nut on Friday, March 11, 2016 8:53 AM

I was on a 320 end of jan.  very nice.

Marc  

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Posted by Aussie747 on Friday, March 11, 2016 2:58 PM
I use the same window filling method Marc, though sometimes with thin superglue. Don't have this kit but have a few of the other Zvezda offerings.

Ray

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Posted by wing_nut on Friday, March 11, 2016 3:48 PM
Alas, once again what I think I come up with on my own... freakin' everyone is doing it  LOL
 

As I was sanding the fuselage the resin popped out and didn't go back in 100 % flush.  I ran a bead of thin CA around it to hold it in place.  Luckily I had not glued the fuselage halves together yet..

Marc  

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Posted by jelliott523 on Sunday, March 13, 2016 9:45 AM

Looking forward to seeing this one complete! I built Zvezda's 787 and, I too, filled the windows. I started using PVA glue so I could have the clear window look; however, I soon found this to be a PIA so I used putty, filled them all and sanded them smooth. I ended up using the window decals off of the sheet and it turned out pretty nice. Other than the texture issue of the plastic, how is the overall fit?

On the Bench:  Lots of unfinished projects!  Smile

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Posted by wing_nut on Sunday, March 13, 2016 4:19 PM
So far the fit is really good.  The fuselage is together as are the wings and they fit nice.  The cockpit section looks like it's going to be fairly good as well with some minor blending.  Because of the texture on the fuselage I have to sand the entire thing and do some rescribing.

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Posted by wing_nut on Monday, March 14, 2016 6:10 PM
 
The bus is slowly taking shape.  Sanding of the fuselage is finally done and will be primed soon to see what needs to be fix.  Hopefully nothing... yeah right.  Some rescribing to do too. 
 
Worrying about the primer.   I reworked the stand a bit.  I didn't like the recessed sides of the upright so I covered both sides with some .060 sheet plastic and rounded off all the edges.  I use Mr. Surfacer 1500 black primer for the "black basing" part of the weathering for my military stuff.  Figured I may as well use it here too.  The white plastic bits I added were smooth as a baby butt. The primer crazed the Zvezda plastic of the base a lot.
 
 
 
 
I checked the chord of the sharklet and it's an exact match for the panel just at the end aileron.  I darkened it to make it easier to see for the cut with a JLC saw.  The sharklet is just held there with some blu tack but the adjustments will be very minor for a perfect fit.
 
 
 

 

 

Marc  

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Posted by MIflyer on Monday, March 14, 2016 11:09 PM

Looking good so far!

Kevin Johnson    Ypsilanti, Michigan USA

On the bench: 1/72 Fujimi Ki-36 J-BAAR

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Posted by crown r n7 on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 9:20 AM

BeerBeer so far so good

 

 

 Nick.

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Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 4:58 PM

Kevin, Crown... thanks gysy.

Marc  

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Posted by wing_nut on Saturday, March 19, 2016 7:30 AM
A step backwards.  Looking at the hole in the fuselage I realized there's no way attach the nose gear.  Never planned on using the flight deck but didn't pay attention to the fact the nose gear wheel well was under the floor. 
 
So some tape to guide the saw and pencil mark to line it all back up again along with some plastic strips inside.  .005 plastic to fill some of the gaps before slathering with putty.  The good new is the flight deck floor and wheel well just dropped right in place after hacking off the nose.
 
 
 
 

 

Marc  

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Posted by crown r n7 on Saturday, March 19, 2016 10:40 AM

Nice recovery. looking at this build The  I have a Il-62 in my stash I'm not to crazy on Russian planes but it's one of those Cold War airliners that I remeber on that tv show the Thunderbirds in the 60's

 

 

 

 

 

 Nick.

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Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 12:35 PM

Thanks crown.  And re. the Il-62... build it Wink

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Posted by wing_nut on Friday, March 25, 2016 6:13 PM
The thickness of the sharklet airfoil was a bit more the wing so I lined up the top side since it had the exact right curve to match.  The bottom was easy to sand to shape.
 
 
 
Added some fins to the V2500 engine cowls.
 
 
1st coat of primer to see if any fixes are needed and to my surprise 1 tiny little thing and not where the front was chopped.  I had been wondering what to use for the final gray color but I think the Mr. Surfacer look like the right shade.
 

 

Marc  

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Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 2:31 PM

Been a long time without an update but it's all done.

 

The final piece of the build arrived yesterday.  Authentic Decals 3D cockpit windows finish off the build.  I made the small decals for the nose gear doors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marc  

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 3:45 PM
I like it. The new AA scheme is cool.

 

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Posted by crown r n7 on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 4:33 PM

awesome job I like the windshield touch how you do it

 

 

 Nick.

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Posted by knox on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 4:46 PM

Sweet.  What a great job. I like the schemeand you have a winner

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Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 4:52 PM
Thanks a lot fellas. Crown, They are decals from Authentic Decals. There are also all the cabin windows with people in them too but I had already put the others down before I heard about these.

Marc  

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 9:14 AM

Beautiful!

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by wing_nut on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:23 AM
Thanks Don

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Posted by jeaton01 on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 10:07 PM

Sweet, Marc!

John

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Posted by allan on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 10:08 PM

Beautiful bird!  Love what you did to the wings.  Pretty interesting 3D decals too!

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Posted by wing_nut on Thursday, April 21, 2016 7:08 AM
John, Allan... thanks guys, glad you like it.

Marc  

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Posted by 7474 on Friday, April 22, 2016 8:37 AM

Fantastic job on your 'Bus

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