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737 feast (OK 3 anyway)

PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 7:19 pm
by RayS
I am finally getting back into an airliner-building groove and dusting off some builds from the tub of doom (I don't have a big enough shelf at the moment).

At least one is a build started here for a postponed Expo-themed kit build, the good old Airfix 737-200, the others are a Minicraft 737-300 and a Revell 737-800 converted to a -700/BBJ

So here they are as they stand now
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And the decals/colours they will eventually wear.
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I think I have managed to find all the remaining parts for each kit.

Hopefully, I can keep this thread humming along and at an acceptable pace

Re: 737 feast (OK 3 anyway)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2022 9:28 pm
by RayS
Progress, I decided to add the gear to the C-40 to bring it up to the stage of the other 2.
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I then realised that the horizontal stabs I had collected for it were in fact for an MD-80.   I have searched high and low for the correct ones, so I must have put them in a 'safe' place and they will eventually turn up some time in 2026.  :shock:

Never fear! I did find another Revell 737 during my stash dive from which I will borrow the stabs to finish this one. 

Re: 737 feast (OK 3 anyway)

PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2022 7:03 am
by F-27pax
I share your pain. Moving and renovations meant I didn't get much work done on my A.330s and now I can't find the engines. They've got to be around here somewhere.
It's nice to see you getting some airliners going
Leigh

Re: 737 feast (OK 3 anyway)

PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:14 pm
by RayS
Good news everyone! (in my best Professor Farnsworth voice)

I found the BBJ/C-40 horizontal stabs!

But onto this update, fuselages have been resprayed white and masking started.
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Re: 737 feast (OK 3 anyway)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 4:38 pm
by RayS
The first one nears the end of the construction line...
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I just need to add the main gear doors and gloss-coat it

Re: 737 feast (OK 3 anyway)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:23 pm
by RayS
I am now turning my attention to the C-40

A little more masking
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and it's gone!
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Re: 737 feast (OK 3 anyway)

PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:05 am
by F-27pax
That Australian Air Express 737 looks really gorgeous.

Re: 737 feast (OK 3 anyway)

PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:02 pm
by hrtpaul
Looking great as per usual Ray :)

Re: 737 feast (OK 3 anyway)

PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:45 pm
by RayS
Thanks chaps, calling it finished.
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And a shot with my other 737s. the oldest build is the US Airways -400 which I built back around 1998.
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From left to right, 737-200, -300, -400, and -800.
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Re: 737 feast (OK 3 anyway)

PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:44 am
by RayS
Getting the C-40 ready for decals
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Masking on the 727-200 is done and removed
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Looks like some rework required
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