Boeing 707 Project

Boeing 707 "Jet Clipper Borinquen"

121022 - B707 box contents.

121022 B707 - Lotta filling required

121022 - B707 Test fit

121022 - The aircraft will be depicted in flight, so the wings will need to show upward flex. Note OOB warp, easily corrected while welding top and bottom wing halves.

121027 - B707 nose gear doors after filling and sanding

121027 - B707 main gear wells, filled with 5-min epoxy and plastic shims before being sealed and puttied.

121029 - B707 nose weight is 0.5oz tire balance weight secured with epoxy.

121029 - B707 Clear nose piece secured with CA glue.

121031 - B707 The start of a campaign of filling & sanding.

121031 - B707 The discontinuity behind the cockpit will have to go.

121031 - B707 Initial application of filler (glazing putty thinned with acetone).

121031 B707 - Just about there (I'm done messing with this)!

121031 - Main gear door installation was a saga: File and shape the door, styrene to hold door at the right level, close side gap, fill well with 5-minute epoxy, and cap with door part, wiping excess epoxy with acetone.

121103 B707 - That 1/2 oz. of lead in the nose was far too much for a stick-mounted model, so I had to (a) drill a hole big enough to (b) insert a load of BBs followed by (c) a load of epoxy to hold them in place. She's a pretty heavy bird now!

121108 B707 - Port main gear door, with initial shaping done and filler applied.

121110 B707 - First primer shots (Wal-Mart Grey Primer). She's beginning to look like something!

121117 B707 - First white shot (flat). Scribed main gear doors.

121117 B707 - First white shot (flat). Tail fin needs re-scribing. Note HF antenna on fin cap from sewing needle.

121118 B707 - Seeking a balance.

121118 B707 - First gloss white shot. Gloss White is Wal-Mart cheap rattlecan.

121118 B707 - First gloss white shot. That's kitchen foil on the horizontal stab.

121118 B707 - Seamless intakes! insert is .005 clear styrene strip, painted white on the outside, cut to fit the diameters of the fan blades and intake, and CA-ed inplace.

121207 (PHD) B707 - Tail fin cut from .040 styrene, filed to a sharp edge, and mounted with two sewing pins in drilled holes.

121207 (PHD) B707 - Plastic enema from acrylic rod. Messed up the initial hole, so I had to fill it with epoxy, file, sand, polish, re-paint, and re-drill.

121207 (PHD) B707 - On her Popsicle stick. Base and fuselage are drilled at 5 deg angle, so she can be in level flight or in a graceful climb.

130105 B707 - First attempt with Alclad II.

130105 B707 - Unmasking.

130122 B707 - Fuselage and engine assemblies after several shades of Alclad.

130121 B707 - After several shades of Alclad (Chrome, Airframe Aluminum, Polished Aluminum, Duraluminum, Stainless Steel).

130122 B707 - Engine assemblies after several shades of Alclad.

131220 B707 - Engines mounted, puttied, and touched up.

131220 B707 - Engines mounted, puttied, and touched up.

140121 B707 - After decal application. Decals are Two-Six sheet STS44137 supplemented by home-made reg number and clipper name.

140121 B707 - Even with interlocking wings, fit was floppy. Remedied by a strip of .020 styrene. Wings are now snug and removeable.

140120 B707 - N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen" (Fini!)

140120 - Boeing 707-321C, N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen"

N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen" Trivia: "San Juan" is the name given to the island by the Spaniards. We know it as Puerto Rico.