ACAM Model Expo 2019 Challenge Build Official Thread.

[F-27pax]

I'm such a amateur - a little fish in a BIG pond. I'm trying to work out how I can realistically finish the 30 odd kits in my stash over say best case say 20+ years of potential effective model building years factoring my slow build rate and you're worried about getting down to your last 10 or so 737-200's! WOW!

Time to pull the finger out old boy

Ask TOR how many A.320 kits he has in his stash.

[tor lives]

Ask TOR how many A.320 kits he has in his stash.

Believe it or not there are actually quite a few A300/A310/A320/A330/A340/A380 kits residing in the stash.
The thing I find ironic about Airbus model kits is that the seem to be made out of the same material as the real thing .
TOR

[Adam the Akrodude]

Ask TOR how many A.320 kits he has in his stash.

Believe it or not there are actually quite a few A300/A310/A320/A330/A340/A380 kits residing in the stash.
The thing I find ironic about Airbus model kits is that the seem to be made out of the same material as the real thing .
TOR

Question - where do all these Airbuses fit in your build schedule?

[Cap'n Wannabe]

Ask TOR how many A.320 kits he has in his stash.

Believe it or not there are actually quite a few A300/A310/A320/A330/A340/A380 kits residing in the stash.
The thing I find ironic about Airbus model kits is that the seem to be made out of the same material as the real thing .
TOR

Question - where do all these Airbuses fit in your build schedule?

They won't ever get off the ground....just like the real ones.

[Cap'n Wannabe]

First squirt of primer on the Air Inuit 737..

[tor lives]

First squirt of primer on the Air Inuit 737..

Looking good so far.....but what is that stinking, friggen ashtray I see in the background??
TOR

[tor lives]

Ask TOR how many A.320 kits he has in his stash.

Believe it or not there are actually quite a few A300/A310/A320/A330/A340/A380 kits residing in the stash.
The thing I find ironic about Airbus model kits is that the seem to be made out of the same material as the real thing .
TOR

Question - where do all these Airbuses fit in your build schedule?

Somewhere in the undetermined future, (although the "Entebbe" Air France A300 is currently under construction and has not yet been relegated to the "Curtain Rail of Doom" .
TOR

[Ansett A330]

Just a "heads up" for the latest issue of Airliner World in the Newsagents :







The 737 article is a good little history and has some interesting photos of some -100s and -200s as well as all the others.

There is a Poster too of all the MAX Operators.

[Cap'n Wannabe]

First squirt of primer on the Air Inuit 737..

Looking good so far.....but what is that stinking, friggen ashtray I see in the background??
TOR

My girlfriend smokes...

Is this better?

[Cap'n Wannabe]

So I'm trying a technique I read about somewhere to get seamless joins on badly fitting wings/tailplanes after painting. Basically it goes like this:

1. Put cling wrap over the joint.
2. Tape the parts together.
3. Fill the gap with putty.
4. When dry, separate the parts and sand the putty to blend in.
5. Paint the parts, then glue..

Essentially, what you're doing is building up one part to fit the other.

We'll see how it goes.