CargoLux 747-8F over the threshold

Beautiful! Love the lighting and the weathering!

keavdog

Fantastic!  How did you make the stand? 

The stand is made from 3/8" acrylic rod.  The cradle is made from a 1/8" piece of acrylic sheet that as cut into the curved shape.  A 1/8" slot is cut into the top of the rod and the cradle piece fits into that.  Pretty basic but a bit tedious cutting the curve from the sheet.

Real G

 

 

JustPlaneJon

Excellent work, especially with making the setup, the leading edge flap details, and lighting. Looks great! 

 

 

 

 

Speaking of the leading edge flaps, just what is the thinking behind Krueger flaps?  What is the advantage of rotating out from under the wing instead of just sliding out a portion of the upper leading edge?  It seems like a more complicated way to do things, but there must be a good reason.

 

Real G

 

JustPlaneJon

Excellent work, especially with making the setup, the leading edge flap details, and lighting. Looks great! 

Speaking of the leading edge flaps, just what is the thinking behind Krueger flaps?  What is the advantage of rotating out from under the wing instead of just sliding out a portion of the upper leading edge?  It seems like a more complicated way to do things, but there must be a good reason.

Increased camber using this type of flap design vs the slat.  I'll leave an aeronautical engineer expound on that 

Amazing! Looks gorgeous.

JustPlaneJon

Excellent work, especially with making the setup, the leading edge flap details, and lighting. Looks great! 

 

Speaking of the leading edge flaps, just what is the thinking behind Krueger flaps?  What is the advantage of rotating out from under the wing instead of just sliding out a portion of the upper leading edge?  It seems like a more complicated way to do things, but there must be a good reason.

Excellent work, especially with making the setup, the leading edge flap details, and lighting. Looks great! 

Nice!

Mike

Tanker-Builder

I have to ask;

     Are the Decals showing the Cut-Aways? Very Well done Aircraft, for sure!

 

I have to ask;

     Are the Decals showing the Cut-Aways? Very Well done Aircraft, for sure!

crown r n7

beatuiful, did those livery decals come with the kit? I have ordered from a few decal sites and the cargo lux are on b/o.

Yes they are the Revell decals.  The "cutaways" are rather transparent requiring the red/white/blue striping to be trimmed out, otherwise it will show through.  At least you'll have some extra red and blue to fix any areas that may require touch up.  Be careful when clear coating the finished decals.  I used a light mist Tamiya clear and it actually started to eat away at a few sections of the tail.  Perhaps a chemical reaction from the MicroSol softner used earlier.  Anyhow, the leftover red striping pieces saved the day ~ thankfully!  If I had to do the clear coat again, it would have been with Alclad's aqueous clear versus a lacquer.  

The stand is made from 3/8" acrylic rod.  The cradle is made from a 1/8" piece of acrylic sheet that as cut into the curved shape.  A 1/8" slot is cut into the top of the rod and the cradle piece fits into that.  Pretty basic but a bit tedious cutting the curve from the sheet.

beatuiful, did those livery decals come with the kit? I have ordered from a few decal sites and the cargo lux are on b/o.

jeaton01

Very cool indeed.  Fighting off the urge to say Awesome!

"Give in to the power of the Dark Side...."

Awesome!

Very cool indeed.  Fighting off the urge to say Awesome!

Very cool!

Fantastic!  How did you make the stand?