221022: Filling the fuselage windows with clear resin. The toothpick is for teasing out the bubbles.
221024: After a day or two, the tape can come off leaving perfectly clear windows. Tape is Kapton tape purchased on Amazon.
221022: Balance job: ballasting around the MLG pivot point. 7 gr will do it.
221022: Ballast secured with 5-min epoxy.
221101: Installing the socket for in-flight display at 3deg. ANU pitch angle.
221101: Installing the socket for in-flight display at 3deg. ANU pitch angle.
221101: Installing the socket for in-flight display. 5-min epoxy top and bottom.
221112: This won't do!
221112: Tape barrier (using Kapton tape, but any plastic tape would probably do)).
221112: This is about as good as I could get the fairing to fit without surgery.
221112: First, set the installation angle.
221112: ...then tack the fairings in place against the tape fore and aft.
221112: Third, fill with microbaloons, talk, etc. and flood with thin CA.
221112: Third, fill with microbaloons, talk, etc. and flood with thin CA.
221112: Once cured, crack the fairings off the tape...
221112: ...and sand away!
221112: Stbd fairing under silver paint.
221112: End result under silver paint.
221022: Fuselage closed and ready to be reinforced with epoxy
221118: Closing undercarriage doors.
221022: Marking location for brass wing spar to help set dihedral angle.
221118: Undercarriage doors closed for in-flight display
221118: AirStairs closed up.
221119: Windshield won't do. Gonna seal that up and use a filler.
221120: Windshield repairs. Filler is CA (Superglue)
221120: Windshield repairs. Filler is CA (Superglue)
221120: Windshield repairs. Filler is CA (Superglue)
221121: Not looking forward to fixing this. Milliput?
221121: Tailpipe repairs. Filler is CA (Superglue)
221121: Tailpipe after repairs.
221121: Filler tube for #2 intake is rolled .005 clear plastic, spray painted on the outside.
221121: Filler tube for #2 intake is rolled .005 clear plastic, spray painted on the outside and secured with CA.
221121: Filler tube for #2 intake is rolled .005 clear plastic, spray painted on the outside and secured with CA.
221121: #1 and #3 intakes done the same way. Once CA is cured, will sand flat and smooth
221122: First primer coat.
221122: First primer coat.
221122: First primer coat.
221122: First primer coat.
221123: Prepping and filling the horizontal stabs.
221123: Prepping and filling the horizontal stabs. Note brass spar.
221123: Prepping and filling the horizontal stabs. Note brass spars.
221123: Installed and ready for primer.
221123: fuselage in gloss white spray paint.
221123: fuselage in gloss white spray paint.
221126: Masking the Corrogard on the wing uppers.
221126: Metallic paint is Humbrol rattlecan Polished Aluminium
221128: Masked and ready for metallics.
221128: Metallic paint is rattlecan Humbrol Polished Aluminium
230413: Flat black (rattlecan) for the nose.
230429: Finally securing the wings; checking dihedral
230429: Fit is Ok on the uppers...
230429: ...but dismal on the lower surfaces.
230429: Attempting to fill the gap with 5-min Epoxy
230429: Attempting to fill the gap with 5-min Epoxy. Uppers sealed with vinyl tape.
230429: Making a quick injection tool...
230429: Making a quick injection tool...
230429: Making a quick injection tool.
230505: Final rollout for delivery flight
230505: Final rollout for delivery flight
230505: Final rollout for delivery flight
230505: Tail decal was somewhat rough but bedded down well. Reg. number is laser printed.
230505: B727 flash, reg number are laser printed.
230505: Overhead view
230505: Underside view
230505: Showing off with her sister
230509: Final assembly and delivery
230509: Final assembly and delivery
230509: Final assembly - Note cleaned up nacelles
230509: Final assembly - Note cleaned up nacelles
230509: Delivery flight
230509: Delivery flight
230417: First flight
230509: Delivery flight
230509: Delivery flight
230509: Delivery flight
230509: Delivery flight
230417: First flight
230417: First flight
230417: First flight
230417: First flight
N473DA in happier days.
N473DA in happier days.
N473DA -- bad news.
Комментарии
14 31 August 2023, 20:52
Michael Kohl Beautiful result, interesting to watch you bring an ancient kit to an up to date model. I started to use clear resin to fill windows in kits too but found regular Cella Tape to be sufficient.
1 September 2023, 12:32
Łukasz Gliński I really like what you achieved with this old kit 👍
Boeing 727-200, N473DA, Delta Air Lines c.1988.
(Airfix 727-200 in 1/144 scale, kit #03183 (c) 1966)
Kit is Airfix kit #03183, Boeing 727-200 in "Modern Airliners" boxing, a 1990 re-boxing of the original 1966 vintage kit. The kit is good for its time but pales by modern standards. Paints are rattlecan grey primer and gloss white, with Humbrol Metalcote Polished Aluminium for the bare metal areas. Decals by PointerDog7, purchased back in 2014 on eBay, with home-printed registration number.
Kit is out of the box except for:
- Clear cabin windows poured from 2-part clear acrylic
- Brass rod wing and stabilizer spars for proper dihedral and for rigidity
- Brass 'popsicle stick' stand for in-flight display
- Custom registry decals printed at home to match accident aircraft.
On the 31st of August 1988, the pilots of Delta Air Lines Flight 1411 joined the taxi queue at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, chatting it up with a flight attendant as they waited for their turn to take off. They talked about recent airline accidents, discussed the habits of birds, shared their thoughts on the 1988 presidential election, and joked that they should leave something funny on the cockpit voice recording in case they crashed. Little did they know their words would be prophetic.
Minutes later, Delta flight 1141 failed to become airborne and overran the runway on takeoff. The Boeing 727 slammed back down in a field and burst into flames, killing 14 of the 108 people on board. It didn't take long for investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to discover why: the pilots, distracted by their off-topic conversation, had failed to configure the plane properly for takeoff.
A tough way to learn about the importance of sterile cockpit rules in critical phases of flight.
Michael Kohl
