Project A320

[F-27pax]

Here's the first A.321. The kit is Revell 1/144 and the decals are F-DCLS and 8S.

[RayS]

Nicely done Leigh, I was expecting a Jetstar A321, the AF one looks a treat

[F-27pax]

The reason this kit is not JetStar is because it came with only the CFM56 engines. A JetStar A321 with the IAE engines is in the planning stages.

[F-27pax]

Here's another A.320 fresh from the paint and decal shop, Air New Zealand from around 2003 using Oldmodels Decals.

[RayS]

Of course, forgot about the engine differences.

ANZ A320 looks very nice Leigh

[F-27pax]

Here's a second A.321 in Swiss livery courtesy of F-DCAL. I hadn't intended to make another A.321 (that's not JetStar) but I found that one of the Revell 1/144 A.320 kits I picked up at a swap and sell had an A.321 kit stuffed into it. Fortunately I'd earlier gone a bit potty over the Swiss livery and had picked up this decal sheet while putting in an order for other things from F-DCAL. The interesting thing about this decal sheet is that it is printed on white decal paper, not that it creates any problems with this model but it was a shock when I applied the first decal.

[F-27pax]

Time for a little progress report. I'm now down to my last two Revell 1/144 kits and happy to be so. The mold quality on the late releases of this kit were not very good and needed a lot of cleaning up. Consequently I'll he happy to move on to my stash of Zvezda kits. All the Zvezda kits come with CFM and IAE engines so my choices in what to make will open out again after the restriction of so many CFM engines in the Revell kits. I spent part of the morning looking at the variations in JetStar markings for A.320s and A.321s which I hope to get around to after I've finished these two models.

[F-27pax]

Here's another two completed A.320s. This time they are in the final Ansett scheme courtesy of Hawkeye, of course, with the wing decals from 8S. The second model is of the Official Torch Relay A.320 using the Msap Decals which I collected I don't know where. The spacing of the windows on the Msap set is not the same as the Hawkeye decals so they had to be cut off and applied separately. This was not a difficult task.

[Graeme H]

my you are pumping them out, looks like Toulouse

I had a small contribution to the MASP decals in capturing some photos and showing the wings were grey, not white
seems that when Ansett got their original A320's they were painted white allover, but later when they got them through AWAS (Ansett Worldwide) the wings were the standard Airbus light grey.

[F-27pax]

Now you tell me!!! Oh well, too late now. Just don't tell anyone else please.