Airfix Boeing 737-200
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Right, my next project.
Shockingly, this is a kit I actually started to build in 2008 and which has languished in a part completed statement for the best part of a decade. This time, I fully intend to get it finished.
The pictures below show what progress I had made before I lost interest.
As you can see, my plan was to blank off the windows, fill them and use decals instead. The only additional work since those pictures were taken was to apply some primer grey to the airframe.
When it comes to Boeing airliners, I much prefer to use window decals as most Boeing windows have a metal frame outline which is impossible to replicate using the kit window apertures and clear inserts.
Shockingly, this is a kit I actually started to build in 2008 and which has languished in a part completed statement for the best part of a decade. This time, I fully intend to get it finished.
The pictures below show what progress I had made before I lost interest.
As you can see, my plan was to blank off the windows, fill them and use decals instead. The only additional work since those pictures were taken was to apply some primer grey to the airframe.
When it comes to Boeing airliners, I much prefer to use window decals as most Boeing windows have a metal frame outline which is impossible to replicate using the kit window apertures and clear inserts.
Progress report.
I've primed the airframe and primed the engine nacelles in gloss black ready for Valejo Aluminium. I really like these new Valejo acrylics as they seem to replicate the effects you can get with Alclad laquers without the smell and they are more robust when it comes to masking. Having said that, I only have two shades at the moment (Aluminium and Duraluminum) so I will be using Alclad to provide some tonal differences on the engines.
Aer Lingus' original fleet of 737s had early versions of the Pratt and Whitney JT8D which had blow in doors (a bit like a Harrier) around the circumference of the jet intake. Airfix had moulded them on as raised panel lines but these were removed in the sanding process. I will replicate the blow in doors using squares of metal shaded decal.
I've primed the airframe and primed the engine nacelles in gloss black ready for Valejo Aluminium. I really like these new Valejo acrylics as they seem to replicate the effects you can get with Alclad laquers without the smell and they are more robust when it comes to masking. Having said that, I only have two shades at the moment (Aluminium and Duraluminum) so I will be using Alclad to provide some tonal differences on the engines.
Aer Lingus' original fleet of 737s had early versions of the Pratt and Whitney JT8D which had blow in doors (a bit like a Harrier) around the circumference of the jet intake. Airfix had moulded them on as raised panel lines but these were removed in the sanding process. I will replicate the blow in doors using squares of metal shaded decal.
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