Airliner Group Build 2014-2015

falconmod

Well I got some of the AVES  epoxy putty and filled in the windows on my DC-10,  so Now I can glue the fuselage together.

Apoxie Sculpt works great in my opinion.  And if you end up with any flaws you can easily use CA glue to fill them in.

Fly,

CodyJ wants to jump in. He posted on your old thread, and I hopefully was able to redirect him here.

Fly-n-hi

SubarooMike

Hey Fly,  my dad is giving me one of his old kits i'm going to pick up this week.   My questions is: would it be okay for this group build?   Looking at the box, the side of the fus says " Alaska-Washington Airways".  Google says an airliner is a "large passenger aircraft"   I suppose compared to a Cessna 150 it's larger lol  Would you accept it or no?   If not, no worries!

Definitely!  It looks like a cool build!  I say the more the merrier.  

Super-cool; thanks!

I don't have a LHS, so instead of going with MM Enamel GL White, i'm going to give Krylon GL white a try tonight.   What PSI should I shoot it with through my Badger Patriot?

Well so far I got the majority of painting done just down to touch up's. I still have to paint the engines. I am going to be finishing up her in the old delta widget livery. 

Looks sweet B1. Nice job.

Nice B_one!  Did you use Alclad II Polished Aluminum or something for the bare metal areas?

modelcrazy

Fly,

CodyJ wants to jump in. He posted on your old thread, and I hopefully was able to redirect him here.

Thanks all, Fly I used spaz stix chrome for the belly. Its the alclad of RC hobby world. I have a bunch of the stuff so I decided to use it and save my alclad.

  Good day modelers!       

  There is not much going on with my MD-87 and there will not be for a few days. I laid down the first coat of gloss white. After the paint was dry, I wet sanded with 1000 grit to get rid of any defects. Once the gloss white was down I noticed there was a small -- gap -- if you will at the wing root. It was in a really small area so I did not want to use Tamiya putty.  So earlier on today I told my fiance (Victoria) that I wanted to get Perfect Plastic Putty (PPP)  for the job (water clean up so it will be just what the Dr ordered for that job). Next thing I know Victoria bought me a tube of PPP AND three 6mm rolls of Tamiya tape because she knew I was running low  Talk about a lucky chap!   The PP should be here Tuesday so I will continue on the MD-87 then. 

    Two days ago I picked up my AMT 1/48 Vega (floats) from my father.  I was so excited to start it I forgot to take a sprue shot!   I also still have to take a box shot.     I am not sure of the date on this kit. The box does not say and there are no instruction with mine. I would guess its from the 60's -- that makes it about 35 years older then me!  EDIT:  I just read that the kit is from 1953. I'm not sure if that's true or not.

    There is no interior detail with the exception of a bulkhead behind the pilot and the pilot -- who sports a blazer and an eye patch lol  I do no intend to use the pilot.    The kit of molded in off-white plastic. The styrene is not too soft and not too hard. It's perfect.   The clear parts are surprisingly clear (with a coat or two of future they will rival any new kit) and not excessively thick. 

    There was one main problem with my kit. Included was two upper halfs of the cowling -- only two bottoms -- and one was warped. The good news is that the cowling is symmetrical, so the two half's were the same!  A few minutes with a heat gun and the one half had its shape back. I cut the exhaust stacks off and BOOM!  Perfect.  I plan on cutting the other exhaust stacks off as well and drilling two holes and inserting my own stacks.     With the aid of two clamps she came out perfect. With a little sanding the cowling will be good to go 

The fit of the kit is so far very good -- once I cut the alignment pins off other wings, floats, and soon the fus. The tail feathers had none. 

Once I cut the alignment pins off of the floats they fit rather well. The floats were molded as once piece except for the bottom. That left a seam that needed to be sanded. But all was well because the floats were covered in over-sized rivets and panel lines, so I was going to sand all of that off and rescribe the floats. Once the seam was sanded I only needed a MINIMUM amount of filler.

all sanded. You can see a small dot on the float that needed a small dab of filler

Over-sized detail bottom, sanded top (almost finished being sanded) 

Hey guys, check out page 1 again.  I've added the box art to the roster.  That's what I meant to to in the first place and I just forgot!

Here's an update on the DC-10.  I've attached the wings and the #2 engine/vertical stabilizer:

I used Tamiya White Putty and Mr Surfacer 1000 to fill in the fairly noticeable gaps.

You can see that I used some Mr Surfacer to fill in some ghost seams on the fuselage, too.

I re scribed the gear door outlines, as well.  I even re scribed the middle landing gear doors which was a waste of time since this is a -10.  I will just fill them in with Tamiya putty.

Looking good, Fly!   What grit sandpaper do you start off with normally?

Not much going on today, gents. I started and finished scribing the floats.  It only took 1.5 or so hours but it came out beautifully!   I had to primer the floats before scribing.  I sat down a few nights ago to scribe but its turned out with the plastic being white, I could not see a darn thing I was doing!     The picture does not do it justice -- it looks great in person. Nice and straight despite what the picture depicts!

Until my PPP arrives, I cant really do anything else on the MD87 or Vega :(

Mike, I start out with those wet/dry sanding sticks from Squadron.  I Use the course grit for the tough areas and then use the medium grit to soften those areas afterwards.  If I can use the medium grit stick in the first place I'll do that instead.

After everything is filled and sanded I'll use a polishing kit that has the 3200, 3600, 4000, 6000, 8000 and 12,000 sheets to get it really smooth.

I forgot to mention that I've cut off the nose gear doors.  The bare metal area on the lower part of the fuselage starts right behind the nose gear so I figure it will be much easier to mask if the doors aren't there.  Also, the doors are very thick...way out of scale.  So I will thin them out a bit before I re attach them.

Nice seam work Fly!

Well here is my entry. I have not built an airliner in over 20 years, so it was a eye opener and I learned alot for the next time I build another airliner.

Wow, beu-t-ful B! 

I wouldn't have guessed it's been 20 years since you last airliner. I looks like that's your usual subject

Thanks MC, Trying to nail the glossy finish was alot more difficult compared to the usual military aircraft I build. but when I do build another airliner it will be a much more enjoyable affair from the lessons learned from this one 

Fly-n-hi

Mike, I start out with those wet/dry sanding sticks from Squadron.  I Use the course grit for the tough areas and then use the medium grit to soften those areas afterwards.  If I can use the medium grit stick in the first place I'll do that instead.

After everything is filled and sanded I'll use a polishing kit that has the 3200, 3600, 4000, 6000, 8000 and 12,000 sheets to get it really smooth.

Thanks a lot!

Looks great B 1 fixer!   Excellent edition to the group build for sure

   Until my PPP arrives tomorrow, I can't work on either of my airliners as of now.  Yesterday I did spray the interior (or lack there of) on the Vega and I sprayed the engine. I also drilled out the cowling in preparation for exhaust stacks. 

   I hope this does not break any rules and upset anyone but since I couldn't work on my airliners tonight, I brought out my Tamiya Mossie to tinker with -- so I decided to post of few pictures of her so far for your viewing pleasure.  Tomorrow she will be ready to close up.   I bought her at an RC airplane swap meet last March for $5 still sealed!     Sorry for the bad quality pictures. So much of the detail and color is lost in them. 

  Scratched harnesses in my PT-17. I thought they turned out nice 

B_one, that 737 looks fantastic!  I really like the Delta Widget scheme.  They should go back to that.  Nicely done!

Wow Mike, the Mosquito cockpit looks really great!  I also like the nav lights.  They look very convincing!

Just wanted to shout out to let everyone know I was still alive.  It's been a crazy past couple of weeks around 'mi casa'.  I'm just waiting on my decals to arrive from 26decals.  I've got the body of the 787 primed and sanded, had a few ghost seams to take care of as well.  I want to wait until I get the decals before I start painting the colors so I can make a copy of the decals and get the paint lines right.  I'm going to be using Model Master Bright White and Gloss Light Grey for the main areas.  I will be using Alclad for the leading edges, engine components and the ring around the front of the engines.  I may paint the gold strip with metallic gold instead of the decal gold stripe.

Fly-n-hi

Wow Mike, the Mosquito cockpit looks really great!  I also like the nav lights.  They look very convincing!

Thanks a lot!  Its a fantastic kit -- well engineered. 

Okay, my MD-87 is ready for another batch of white.  But before I airbrush again I needed a spray booth but due to school I don't have much modeling funds.      

Here is what I came up with.    Not pictured is the switch, cord, and filter

Plastic tub: $5.97

Bathroom fan: $13.99

Brackets (2): 1.50

12 nuts and bolts (all used): $1.50

Flexible tubing: $8.00 (Victoria bought that for me)

Extension cord:  Already owned.

Switch: $1.97.

That's the exact same idea I had Mike. Let me know how it works for you.

thats a pretty sweet booth !

Thanks B1!            

Steve,  I definitely will do.    I hope the fan is powerful enough -- if not, I can upgrade it eventually

Yeah, great booth Mike.  I'll be interested to know how it works out, too.  I need to do something like that.