Airliner Group Build 2014-2015

    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) 

  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. 

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.

modelcrazy

Fly,

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

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

Looks sweet B1. Nice job.

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. 

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?

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!

Fly,

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

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.

Here's some progress on my DC-10.  I've filled in some slight seam shadows on the fuselage using Mr Surfacer 1000 and sanded them smooth:

I don't know what it is that I'm doing but I always manage to have at least a few seam shadows on my airliners.  I figure its because of shrinkage when the glue dries.  

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.  

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.

It looks like it comes with "Alaska Coastal Airlines" decals as well. I will just have to see when I pick it up

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!

modelcrazy

Anything Boeing, or Boeing owned, which includes McDonnell Douglas, Bell, Etc. and produces helicopters, space, misses, fighters, bombers airliners (of course) and any era. The field is huge and only limited by your imagination. The build would start on June 15 2015 - June 15 2016 to commemorate  the 99th - 100th anniversary of Boeings first airplane the Model 1.

W0W!   I will most definitely be entering that group build.  Awesome topic, Steve.

Anything Boeing, or Boeing owned, which includes McDonnell Douglas, Bell, Etc. and produces helicopters, space, misses, fighters, bombers airliners (of course) and any era. The field is huge and only limited by your imagination. The build would start on June 15 2015 - June 15 2016 to commemorate  the 99th - 100th anniversary of Boeings first airplane the Model 1.

Thank you, Steve!    Unfortunately the Stearman is 40 - 50% completed.  I got put off by the rigging, so I put it on the back burner for now lol  What is the topic of the group build going to be?

Mike, That 87's looking good, I love that H-4 as well. I had one somewhere, but I can't find it lately.

I noticed the Pt-17 in the background. I'm hoping to start a Boeing Group Build in June and If you wanted to join, you can use the Stearman as a project. Just a thought.

Hello everyone. Tonight I got quite a bit more completed. This list goes as follows: 

1. Sanded small seam on engine nacelles

2. Engine nacelles glued in place

3. The gear-doors were rather thick so I thinned them down. They had a huge seam on them so I killed two birdies with one stone there

 Now its basically all paint and decal work form here.  Tomorrow I will lay a coat of primer on.

Here are a couple of shots I thought you chaps would find interesting.  I placed my 1/200 scale Hughes H-4 next to my 1/200 MD-87.  What a giant that H-4 is -- the wing span of the MD-87 is less then that of the span of the horizontal stab on the H-4.   The H-4 is almost finished.         Side note: I bought that Tamiya Mossie in the background for $5 still sealed.  What a gem of a kit that is! Highly recommend!   

modelcrazy

Mike,

That kit just falls together doesn't it. The decals went on very nice, no problems. I like the way Hase put the seam along the side as well, the decals cover it up.

I found out acrylic doesn't stick to that plastic very well. If you use acrylic, be sure to apply an enamel primer coat first.

I completely agree about the seams on the side!    Thanks for the heads up on the paint. Sorry you had problems with it. But either way, yours turned out beautiful 

Just received my spray booth yesterday.  I picked this up from that online auction/shopping site.  Now, I can start spraying inside since its getting too cold to do it in the garage.  I'll be putting on a final primer coat this afternoon and then hopefully start working on the final steps for painting by this weekend.

Mike,

That kit just falls together doesn't it. The decals went on very nice, no problems. I like the way Hase put the seam along the side as well, the decals cover it up.

I found out acrylic doesn't stick to that plastic very well. If you use acrylic, be sure to apply an enamel primer coat first.

Hello everyone!  I hope your builds are coming along nicely    Mine is coming along quite nicely.  Hasegawa has engineered a real beauty. The last (and only Hasa kit I built was their 1/32 F6F. I was in 6th grade.    If you see this ModelCrazy, how were the decals with your 82? 

I added a bit of Tamiya filler to the two gaps left by the -- belly cover -- if you will. You insert the wings from the bottom, then glue the cover in place. I had to be careful when filling the aft part of the cover. I did not want to fill in the recessed gear door detail. But I took necessary pictures for scribing if necessary. I was a bit sloppy with the filler!

A few minutes of wet sanding and we are; as good a new

When the fuselage is put up to my work-light, you can see the filler. I thought it was cool.  Hasagawa has engineered the fuselage to come together horizontally as opposed to vertically. Youou can see the little bits of filler along the side

But once out of the light, you cant even see it 

I cut the pin off of the vert stab so I could get a flush-with-the-fuselage fit. Not much of a modification, but one none the less. 

Man everyone's builds are looking good. I will tackle more of  the 737 this weekend.

I gota say Fly, your GB patch sure stands out. I's one of the prominent patches I see as I brose the forums.

Hey! that looks familiar!

You don't have to go so far regarding reference to me on the stand Mike, I's my pleasure to help. I'll get my thanks just watching you build her.

Steve