Area 88 1/144 - On the Tarmac (B707)

[strobez]

So I got the B707 finished.  It fought me a bit at the end.  The plane itself was fine, more or less, but since this is one of the very few Area 88 build projects with "wheels down" I didn't even think twice and glued the whole thing to the base, only to have the decal lift off with the glue.  In all the commotion, I ended up snapping a wire.  Still all in all, a problem of my own making, and given that it was external to the fuselage, relatively easy to fix.

I was going to post comments between all the pics, but I think you can follow the narrative pretty well..
   

[Steel Penguin]

that is looking the best kind of good 

[PR19_Kit]

That's pretty darn smart there Greg. 

Those multi-tube silencers for the Conways look VERY odd to today's eyes. 

[strobez]

Thanks guys. I was thinking the same thing, Kit, as I was drilling them out.  They're strange little things to my eyes.  Oh, and the Lufthansa decals from that A300 sure came in handy~

[TheChronicOne]

I'm here to tell you; it looks great!! Painting these things can be hell, despite looking "so simple."   Add to that the old kit.....    Man, I'm dreading building one of mine.. I want to, but I know it's going to kick my arse. Making a good looking airliner, especially from "vintage" origins, is quite a task.     Lord, knows.... I've two airfix kits combined with YEARS in them now and that's not being shelved, either.

[su27rules]

 

[zenrat]

Very good.  Almost makes me want to dig out one of the 1/72 airliners from my stash.

[Old Wombat]

Very nice!

[NARSES2]

Very nice!

Indeed 

[PR19_Kit]

Early DC8s had similar silencers too, which is why I prefer the 60 series aircraft with the 'tube engines'.

For 707s, the later P&W JT3Ds are much more modellable and luckily the Minicraft 707s aren't too bad in that department. Just a pity about their crazy cockpit arrangements. 

[strobez]

I enjoyed building this kit and today I managed to get my hands on both a DC-6 and a B-707 in 1/72 scale.  Boy, is that BIG! They are both destined for my Tintin projects.  I also picked up the Rebox of the Airfix Hawker Demon (also for Tintin), but the really pleasant surprise was that after my purchase (about $100 for all three), the shop owner nearly chased after me out the door and then handed me the Platz 1/144 Ki-43 kit I'd been looking at but put back "for next time" and said it was a present for being a good customer.   

I was very surprised, 'cause those babies cost $25-30 on the shelf... so, it was a very nice gesture and made the walk back to the subway much more pleasant (which was good, since those were some big boxes I had to carry!).

[NARSES2]

That was very nice of him 

[Captain Canada]

Great job on that wee bird ! The 707 is one of my favourites. Love that classic shape.