ACAM Model Expo 2019 Challenge Build Official Thread.

[Adam the Akrodude]

Great work and great save there Brad!

[RayS]

That Looks great Brad, I have not been checking this thread out much since others have their own separate build threads running. I have finally had a look and caught up with your progress.

I have better get on with mine.

[BradG]

I put the other tail decal on, trimmed it with sharp scissors first and it broke into 4 pieces. Thankfully I managed to put it together and get some future on it to stick it down, but bloody hell. Interestingly it was only the tail decal that had problems. Oh well, I'll have some RFI pictures tomorrow.

[BradG]

Alright, here we go, finished. My first airliner build, so I guess I have officially come out of the overhead compartment. Despite the trouble I had with the tail decal, I had fun. You can see under light the decal didn't quite match the middle stone paint, but under the shitty lights of model expo, you shouldn't notice that!

I also think airliners look heaps better "in flight" as the wheels and landing gear bays are often pretty bland in the kits. Not sure about the more modern ones though, it might be different.









I look forward to seeing everyone else's and if I see another for sale somewhere I might build another.

[tor lives]

She turned out great!!!
Well done young man!!
TOR

[F-27pax]

It looks beautiful.

I like my airliners on wheels, mainly because that's how I see them.

[hrtpaul]

Nice work Brad. Well done mate

[Adam the Akrodude]

Bravo Brad - great work there!

[BradG]

Thanks guys.

[tor lives]

Bit of an update:
Due to other commitments I haven't had much model time of late, but I have managed to get the Tanker mods done for the WIF RAAF EKC-737

Here is the diagram that I am working from:



Here is the centre-line house and drogue housing:



Here are the scratch-built wing-mounted refuelling pods with hoses, (baskets to come):



And, as she will be inflight trailing all three hoses, here is her custom stand, (ignore the nose-gear doors, they are coming off):



TOR