Bigkevs Work in Progress No.4 Boeing 737-800 Kuluala airlines

[zak]

Looks stunning and very eye catching, glad to see you are back in the saddle.

[Bigkev]

Hi Zak,

Have the saddle, all I need is the horse!

Bigkev

[Bigkev]

Hi All,

Well a little more work has been done. I have now got the landing gear attached and painted up. I had a little 'accident' with the nose wheel leg and broke it.
However, it was not all bad news, as I remembered my 'Ryanair 737' had a slight nose down attitude once finished, so I had an opportunity to correct it.
I drilled the leg and undercarriage attachment point and inserted a short length of Brass rod for strength. Then using thick superglue brought it together ensuring it lined up true in the various planes. But I left about a 1.2mm gap between the parts which made the leg longer as required. Once dry I used white PVA to disguise the gap, and when this was dry painted the area to match.
Once done and the wheels attached the aircraft sat nice and level, and I was happy with the result.
I have painted the wing tip navigation lights in clear Red and Green.

To finish I need to add various Ariel's from both the kit, and from scratch. Also the Anti collision beacons need to be added to the fuselage top and bottom. Finally a quick, pin wash to the intake ducts, exhaust outlets.

Bigkev 


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[zak]

What no photos?

[Bigkev]

Hi Zak,

Yes a bit of a glitch when I did post. Realised had not resized pictures, so revisited post and added them, more than likely just after your comment.

Hope you can see them now.

Bigkev

[zak]

Are you flying to the Algarve?
Coconut Airways?
Looking good.

[Bigkev]

No, 'Jet2' this weekend.

Might be a project coming along............................

Bigkev

PS. Work for 'slowcoach airways' during the day!

[Haddock]

Think you need to give me some painting lessons.
Haddock.

[Wizzel]

Lovely work Kevin,

are those the actual markings on the real aircraft?  Great sense of humour and a lovely clean job of the finish.  Must have been much harder to achieve than a war weary fighter.  Look forward to seeing it on the table.

[Bigkev]

Hi guys,

Thanks for your kind comments. The paint job and building this has been a learning curve, but I'm glad its almost there.

Will be finished by weekend!

Bigkev

[Bigkev]

Hi all,

Taah Daah!! All done.

Have added ariels and anti collision strobes, and a final pin wash to ducts etc.

Bigkev

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[zak]

Excellent finish on the paintwork, is that a runway or a checked tablecloth I see before me?

[Wizzel]

Lovely - what's next then?  Can't wait until Monday night!  (I always have a fish and chip supper on the way to the meeting!!!)

[zak]

Don't let John from the Buffet catch you!

[Kiteman]

A very fine piece of work sir!