Boeing Build

Ok, I'm officially finished.

Here's a couple pics of the finished Mudhen.

And, on it's final display shelf, next to my Gulf War GB A-10:

WOW GR she came out great!!! Beautiful work!!

Agreed GR, nice work, and it looks great on the shelf. Thank you for being a part of the build, I hope you enjoyed it.

Steve

Steve, I like the 747, it grabbed my attention right away.   After reading the troubles you had, it looks even more impressive! 

regards,

Jack

Steve your 747 looks great!!!! I have the RoG 1/144 747 that I hope looks half as good as yours! Well done! I'm going for a Qantas livery on mine, as I used to work on them.

Steve, beautiful work as usual on the 747! I had a lot of troubles as well with my 787 in United livery that I did, the decals were aftermarket as well and were extremely thin. Some tore very easily, especially the windows and others I had to apply attempt to match the background color because of the translucency of the decal.

Yeah, my first experience with Airfix decals was a couple weeks ago with the 1/72 zero i did. Great little kit; however, the decals were SUPER thick and I had to use several coats of Microsol to get the things to settle down into the recessed panel lines.

Hey MC,

Your 747 looked terrific, I really liked it. I've  had a couple of goes at the Hasegawa Jumbos over the years. Great progress on your 727 too. I've got a later boxing of that kit, so I'm interested in what you find. I had that one and sold it, but I'll look out to pick it up again I think.

My Hasegawa 727 has progressed. Spraying is complete, letting it dry a couple of days then final bits and it's done.

I'll post a photo this weekend before I start on it again.

Cheers

Tony

Just beautiful builds guys got to start up my E4B !

Gotta say I love your 727 Modelcrazy. I found a few specs in my gloss coat, so got rid of them, washed it and sprayed another clear coat. It'll delay the thing by a couple of days but I needed to do it. I'll still make the deadline easily enough.

Cheers

Tony

That's a great looking 27 Tony. What do you use for the white?

I primed with Tamiya aerosol fine white primer, then used their TS-26 Gloss White. The clear coat is Mr Super Clear, also an aerosol can.

Cheers

Tony

The Boeing 1 is progressing. The fuselage is together and the lower wing is mounted. I'm leaving the step-by-step in my dedicated thread for the project. This is my first progress report, and I figured this was the obvious place since I started it just for this Group Build and the 100th anniversary is getting closer. Maybe a little too close for comfort.

That 727 is looking super sharp. I like it more and moer.

The Boeing 1 is an aircraft I know nothing about, but it's interesting. I'm going stright over to your dedicated thred now to have a look.

Cheers

Tony

With less than two weeks to go, I finally figured out what I'm going to build, a Douglas A-26 Invader. She will be marked as a fire bomber that was operated by Rosenbaum Aviation from 1969-1972.

MC that looks GREAT! Beautiful finish on what I think is one of the best looking airliners ever built, the original three-holer!

It looks great to me MC, I love that style of livery with the natural metal and gloss white seperated by a cheat line. I can't pick the faults that you mention in the photos. I think its very well done.

Cheers

Tony

Steve, you are a machine.  Another excellent example of a Boeing airliner.

regards,

Jack

Here's my 727, also officially finished. It's in Ansett Australia livery from the 1980s. THe last few photos are of my three 727-200s, all in different Ansett livery dating from the early 80s to Ansetts sudden demise in 2001. They are all the same aircraft, registration VH-INR, and cover the service life of that aircraft with Ansett. I still want to do another 727-200 in Ansett's 1970s scheme, and a 727-100 in Ansett-ANA colours from the 60s, but these will have to wait for another GB.

The model is ok, but just ok. In the end a few flaws bothered me.

Looking at the models completed for this GB, I'd say it's been outstanding, and a big thank you to everyone that has contributed, but most of all to modelcrazy for administering it.

Cheers

Tony

WOW! Tony they all look great!! Love the finish on the most recent addition! MMMMMM 727s Wish I had enough room to finish a build that was started by a friend of mine years ago. He bought a 1/72 727! It's huge lol. Used to work with him, he found out that I model in 1/72 and was clening out his stash a bit and wanted to know if I wanted some kits. Stupid question lol. One of the ones he was getting rid of was this 1/72 727! I could have kissed him lol , not really butI was over the moon. I didn't even know that there was a kit of the 727 that size!

Tony, fine looking build, very well done!

Noticed the wings are white, and not the usual metallic finish seen on airliners.  Was this something peculiar to the 727, or more specific to the Ansett Australia liver?

regards,

Jack

these are the latest pics of my E4-B for GB still have 6 days!