DesTROYer's 1/144 Retro scheme Qantas Boeing 737-800

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DesTROYer's 1/144 Retro scheme Qantas Boeing 737-800

Postby DesTROYer » Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:44 pm

You'll all remember my last attempt at an airliner and how I swore I'd never do another.
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Seems I am a sucker for punishment. Today a new 1/144 737-800 kit arrived and along with the decals I bought at Expo last month, I hope to put together an inflight version of this beauty. (Did I just say that?)
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I want to display it in a banking climb, but am not quite sure the best way to mount it. Suggestions are appreciated.
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Re: DesTROYer's 1/144 Retro scheme Qantas Boeing 737-800

Postby RayS » Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:31 pm

I use a craft wood base and some acrylic rod for my 'flying' models Troy. The rod can be heated and bent

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Re: DesTROYer's 1/144 Retro scheme Qantas Boeing 737-800

Postby DesTROYer » Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:03 pm

Thanks Ray. Where do you get the rod from?
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Re: DesTROYer's 1/144 Retro scheme Qantas Boeing 737-800

Postby Ansett A330 » Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:13 pm

Hey Ray now we really know how much work you had to do on your Anigrand C-17 with that Ryobi Sander on the bench!
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Re: DesTROYer's 1/144 Retro scheme Qantas Boeing 737-800

Postby RayS » Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:31 am

DesTROYer wrote:Thanks Ray. Where do you get the rod from?


Troy, I can tell you a place in Canberra :D

But seriously try googling 'Acrylic rod supplies - Melbourne', I did and got this place:

http://www.plasticcenter.com.au/ in Cheltenham

You can get varying diameters, I use 3mm, 6mm and 12mm (6mm used in the pictures I provided) and the rod lengths are about 2m each. You are looking at around $5 - $10 a length which lasts quite a while.

Oh and I superglue the rod into the base.

Same base ( now painted) with different model

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Ansett A330 wrote:Hey Ray now we really know how much work you had to do on your Anigrand C-17 with that Ryobi Sander on the bench!


Well you know the sander was actually used on the C-17 to sand down some automotive body filler around the wing/body fairing :D
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Re: DesTROYer's 1/144 Retro scheme Qantas Boeing 737-800

Postby DesTROYer » Fri Aug 12, 2016 9:12 am

The stand arrived yesterday, So I now have a good idea on how I'll mount it. Should get started on it this weekend.
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Re: DesTROYer's 1/144 Retro scheme Qantas Boeing 737-800

Postby DesTROYer » Fri Aug 12, 2016 9:31 pm

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Here is the tripod stand I got. Perfect for what I thought I'd need... for a bigger aircraft.

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So I opened the 737 kit to try it out. I knew it would be smaller that the Airbus I did last year, but didn't know it would be that much smaller. Still I can make it work.

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The legs do retract, so it doesn't look as bad, but I think I may actually go now with one of the stands I got from Mobius a while back, like the one I used on my ARDU mirage.

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Re: DesTROYer's 1/144 Retro scheme Qantas Boeing 737-800

Postby DesTROYer » Sun Aug 21, 2016 12:12 pm

I am a bit annoyed. After waiting weeks to find one, I picked up a 1/144 737-800 HaribAir kit on eBay. No mention in the ad that the kit had been started or that it was missing any pieces. I open it up and the body and wings are off the Sprues and there is super glue sloppily applied to those parts. Anyway I sand them back clean them up and glue them all together. I then look in the box to get the clear sprue out, and it's not in there. Nothing, zip, nada. No I'm not annoyed, I'm a wee bit pissed off.

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Re: DesTROYer's 1/144 Retro scheme Qantas Boeing 737-800

Postby tor lives » Sun Aug 21, 2016 12:29 pm

OK.....that's a pisser and I would be pretty annoyed too :x . Have you contacted the seller to ask why the f@#k he didn't see fit to mention any of these issues, (I know the sorta feedback he would be getting from me).
Not having the clear transparency piece for this particular kit can be a show-stopper, as it incorporates part of the upper fuselage crown, as well as the cockpit window panels. This would be very hard to replicate or substitute for with Miliput bog or alike.
Troy, I will go through all my Revell 737-800 kits to see if, by chance, any of them have a spare transparency piece, (this has been known to happen on occasion), in the mean time I would contact the seller, (if you haven't already), and ask him if he still has this vital piece.
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