Ray'S B767-338 Australian Airlines

[RayS]

Painting started

[Graeme H]

Is that the Humbrol colour?

[RayS]

Is that the Humbrol colour?

Yes, Orange Lining, Hu 82

[kfutter]

Nice work as always, Ray! I've always wanted to build this scheme myself.

Are the wings straight on your kit? On my Ansett build, the starboard wing has a noticeable upward sweep towards the tip, which I didn't even notice until I'd glued the wings on and installed the landing gear!

Kev

[RayS]

Wings are pretty good Kev



Especially when the painting is almost finished.

Masking removed from fuselage



And some test fitting of control surfaces

[hrtpaul]

Looks great Ray. I'm always too scared of gaps etc when painting wings etc separate. I always attach everything and then paint

[RayS]

Thanks Paul,

This kit is pretty good for the wing/fuselage join otherwise I would be gluing the wings on and painting. I am doing that with a Minicraft B777 and the Revell B747 I am working on.

Painting almost done, I realised I need to paint the fin leading edge and APU. They will be masked next and then final assembly can start.

[RayS]

Finished work early today so I was able to get some more work done

I assembled the gear parts and hung them on the wings ready for painting.



and then the areas were masked for paint.



I also masked and painted the remaining metal bits around the tail



and then the wings were glued to the fusealge





She is now in the paint booth with a fresh coast of clear ready so I can start decalling sometime this weekend.

As it is a long weekend here I am confident this one will be finished by the end of it.

[Ansett A330]

Wow not just a machine punching them out but a QUALITY machine producing great work. Great work Ray. Don't know how you do it. (Now starting to regret I didn't buy some AA merchandise when it was readily available especially when I regularly passed through Cairns.)

[RayS]

Finished