Boeing Build

Beautiful 777 B one!

B_one_fixer-  Excellent Work on that 777.  Got the pic up in the gallery!

Thanks all, Yeah the decals are flightpath not liveries, i was looking at an aloha airlines decal sheet while I was posting the 777 on here and the Aloha one is liveries unlimited.

Pretty looking 777 B_One, and I dont mind posting both here and on the Airliners forum.  The 777 happens to be my favorite airliner now.

Thanks MC,  I will probably do one more. It will be a 1/72 kc-135A converted into an R model. Won't start till mid September though.  But thanks again. 

Great job B1  very nice masking, I've always liked United's colors, and the 777 is such a great looking plane. You really did it justice as you always do.
Thank you so much for being a part for the build, and when Zvezda releases their 777-300, maybe you could jump in again with that one.

I updated the roster and Cody will get you up on the wall just as soon as he can. He's been pretty busy as of late.

All builds are looking great!!! The weathering is awesome! I work at Melbourne Australia airport and must say that not all airliners are pretty up close.

waynec

i seem to have gotten into 1/72 (OTS) helicopters. we have one entrant here so i am tempted to change my build to a helo; MH-6, CH-46, MH-47

Whaaaa? Wayne is thinking of building a target?

That's fine Wayne, any one of those would do.

i seem to have gotten into 1/72 (OTS) helicopters. we have one entrant here so i am tempted to change my build to a helo; MH-6, CH-46, MH-47, if i do there will be zero ground stuff as it looks like i have the only one with the JGSDF PATRIOT. and the Trumpeter 1/35 are due out the end of the year. ummmmm?

I am Loving that X-20 !

I am calling this 777 Done. The Decals are from Liveries unlimited, I was worried they would not snug down tight. But in the end all worked out great. I cant wait till Zvezda releases thier 777-300. This kit was pretty terrible.

Thanks Cody!

Hang in there Theuns, your almost there. I've never built one with winglets so I can not feel your pain.

I have been masking the 738 , needless to say the winglet has broken off for the 4th time now and I am running out of "want to complete the model need"

It will be my last airliner for a long time :-(

I will however complete it...

Theuns

Really diggin' that X20!

Allan-  My appologies Alllan, I missed the finished photos of your 1/200 737.  I just updated the Gallery.  Excellent work by the way!  

I filled the few pinholes, sanded, and reprimed.

The surface is looking not too bad. The instrument panel and seat are just dry fitted to see how everything fits.

Thanks Allen an Rob.

Rob your AF1 is looking great!

I concur..that resin kit is very cool. I managed to get some work on the 707 tonite. White/aluminum and some decal work (I needed to see some progress!). Hopefully the big decals will settle down overnight.

Its looking real nice, in fact. Nice resin!

Aussi and Rob, those are nice 707/135's!

I got a light coat of primer on the X-20 today. So far it's not looking to bad.

I also started on the instrument panel

Very soft detail.

Ray..yes..I am using the engines and I fear they will require lots of work toclean up. The seam on top took several attempts to seal. I did two silver coats thus far to test for troublespots. I think I got it licked. The company did a horrible disservice with the canopy fit and it's giving me pain in the fill/sand depot.

Mach,

Looking forward to that build of yours. Im guessing by the color of the resin its about the same kind I worked on in the 90s (but that was an armored vehicle). Smooth on the outside but may hide nasty bubbles on the inside.

Rob and Ray (Aussie),

Great to see 135s and a 707. One of the sexiest birds Boeing ever made.

Thanks again everyone for the kind words!

RudyOnWheels

Excellent job on the 737-400 Allan! I also have never built an airliner as of yet, (still too many military planes I have yet to build~!) but that plane came out excellent! I agree with the others that the weathering is spot-on. What were your weathering methods? I am just starting to attempt weathering, so I am curious.... Thanks! Rudy

 

Rudy,

I did pre-shading with this 737. I'll admit it was somewhat tough considering the small size of the kit; its very easy to overdo and equally easy to underdo. After painting on the colors I gave the kit a light oil wash (burnt umber and a touch of prussian blue), mostly on the wings, control surfaces and undercarriage, and when that was done and dried I whipped up a thicker mix of oil paint and enamel thinner, dabbed a tiny amount on areas where grime usually accumulate and did the old streak and wipe using tissue paper.  If I feel Ive overdone something Ill just wipe the whole thing off.  Still pretty much a hit-and-miss method.

Some great looking builds going on here. I'm way late for the party, but, alas, I'm all set up in my new place, bench is in and I'm back at it, albeit, slowly. 

As a reminder to all, I'm in with the Minicraft 1/144 USAF VC-137C "Air Force 1" (Boeing 707). Pretty gruesome kit, but, I'm making a go of it anyway.

Very large and ugly seam that requires much fill:

That's it for now. More after the putty sets up and I start the massive sanding campaign!