Zvezda Boeing 777-300ER for my Bro - DONE!

Looking good Pawel.

Hello!

I've been working on the engines. I've found two paints - Revell 371 for the almost white grey of the fuselage and Humbrol 147 light grey to represent the Boeing grey for the wings and horizontal stabilizers (and also the engine pylons).

I have painted the engines in parts - they were taped to ice-cream sticks that acted as holders for painting:

The contrast between the pylons and the fan ducts is not very strong, but visible.

Next, I have glued the pylons to the ducts:

I've also painted the details on the pylons. I had to smooth the joint on the upper side of the ducts, where they connect to the pylon a little. I did this with a little Surfacer 500. After the smoothing the joint has to be painted over.

I'm going to complete the engines, together with clear coat and decals - that's my next step now. Thanks for looking - I hope you liked it - and have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

Thanks a lot for your comments!

Don - indeed, Zvezda seems to be grat value for the money these days.

kg4kpg - That's an impressive fleet!

Teddz - that's true, but I suppose they count on people buying their own decals - there are so many liveries to chose from!

wing_nut - I can compare this one with Revell airliners I did before and this one is definitely better. But you might also think about Hasegawa 1:200 heavies - thay are also very nice, but smaller and so they are easier to build.

I for myself have made some progress. I glued the wings together - they are made so that the seam on the trailing edge is moved to the bottom surface. I've already filled and sanded it. Had some problems with the primer - I used Motip primer first, but that didn't work so well - it didn't adhere well in places and made some places filled with CA "pop up". I switched to Tamiya primer and it made a huge difference. There are still some places to touch up, but the wing looks like that:

I also glued the fuselage together - nothing special here, just a long seam to smooth. I have put ten grams of lead in the nose and poured CA glue over it:

I suspect my brother will be inclined to hang the aircraft by the wings to display it, so I didn't want the thing to happen, that I once had on a Revell Boeing 747 - the flexing wings loaded the fuselage seam and caused it to crack. To avoid this I additionally reinforced the fuselage with a thick styrene plate:

Now I'm ready to glue the wings to the fuselage.

Thanks for looking and have a nice day

Paweł

My decals are good. I'm ordering a set of Pan Am decals from Draw Decal. Their Flights of Fancy sets are awesome. Currently doing an A380 in Pan Am livery as well.

I have 2 of their 747-8i models. They are simply stunning in fit and finish. My only thing is the single livery decal sheet. Had to order a Lufthansa set for one of them and will probably make my own based off the Lufthansa set for a what-if Olympic Airways 747-8i.

So if your decals get cooched, let me know, I have 2 sheets in my decal box.

Yours is going together nicely. I really like Zvezda as well. The 787 was awesome and I have since added their A320, Tu-154 and today a 747-8i arrives. Planning to grab the 777-300ER as well so I'll be following your build.

I am really impressed with Zvezda since they moved to their new molding technology.  They have long been a good value, and now are even better.