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Allegheny DC-9-50 conversion

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  • Member since
    January 2021
  • From: SW Florida
Allegheny DC-9-50 conversion
Posted by fuzznoggin on Thursday, January 21, 2021 8:28 PM

Hello All!

I refinished a DC-9-50 conversion I made over 40 years ago.  The bird was in pieces, paint yellowed, and just an overall mess.  First off, this was the product of two Aurora Hughes Airwest kits - mainly for the fuselages.  Plugs were put into the primary fuselage and wings were extended 6 scale feet at the wing root area.  Vortilons were also scratch built and applied.

Paints are all Tamiya.  4 shades of red needed to be custom mixed until they agreed with an old Allegheny ticket envelope that I have.  That part was tedious.  The base is a round piece of pine wood with 3/8" acrylic rods made into a support cradle.  Airline base logo created using Oracle vinyl via my Silhoutte Cameo vinyl cutting machine.   In fact, templates were made for the "Allegheny" and the "N-Number" and airbrushed on.  Window decals from Authentic-Airliners.

Enjoy

 IMG_8302 by Fuzznoggin, on Flickr

 IMG_8300 by Fuzznoggin, on Flickr

 IMG_8306 by Fuzznoggin, on Flickr

 IMG_8308 by Fuzznoggin, on Flickr

 IMG_8305 by Fuzznoggin, on Flickr

 IMG_E8488 by Fuzznoggin, on Flickr

  • Member since
    January 2021
Posted by PFJN2 on Friday, January 29, 2021 7:45 PM

Hi,

That's a nice looking conversion.  I always liked DC-9 aircraft and its variants.

Pat

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Friday, January 29, 2021 8:25 PM

Fantastic. Love the cockpit detail, you'll have to share how you did that and the canopy glass. 

Thanks,

John

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Friday, January 29, 2021 9:57 PM

Super!  Decals for the glass? Whose?

John

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

 

  • Member since
    January 2021
  • From: SW Florida
Posted by fuzznoggin on Saturday, January 30, 2021 6:42 AM

The window decals were purchased from www.authentic-airliner-decals.de  The orginal windscreen was lost over the years, so I framed it out and paneled it with styrene stock.  Then I puttied over it and smoothed it out for the decals.

  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Saturday, January 30, 2021 6:58 AM

Well;

 Don't that beat all! That is one beautiful Bird!

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Saturday, January 30, 2021 12:48 PM

Thanks!

John

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

 

  • Member since
    July 2009
  • From: North Carolina
Posted by Back to the bench on Sunday, January 31, 2021 5:49 PM

That's a real beauty, love the various shades of red on the stripes.

 

Gil

  • Member since
    January 2021
  • From: SW Florida
Posted by fuzznoggin on Sunday, January 31, 2021 8:36 PM
Thanks Gil. Was definitely a chore mixing paints to achieve the different shades.
  • Member since
    July 2018
Posted by JustPlaneJon on Monday, February 1, 2021 1:00 PM

very nice! the mixing of the red paints paid off. looks great 

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