Completed: Civilian Aircrat GB 2017: Joe's 1/200 Hasegawa Boeing 737-400

[flyjoe180]

Build thread: http://www.scale-models.co.uk/thread...737-400.28800/

A fun build, simple but not without issues. It's a really small kit; fiddly at times, particularly with the engines and mounts. The kit comes with airline decals (there are many colourful decal versions available, this one I got cheap and didn't like the Japan Airlines scheme so I've left it white, with the eyebrow windows deleted). It also comes with a neat ballast block which slots into the fuselage which joins horizontally as opposed to the traditional vertical split. This saves aerials etc from being sanded off.

All OOB except I added the APU exhaust hole and surround. I did not detail the landing gear or wells (in the real thing the main landing gear well is a large cavity containing a myriad of pipes, pumps and tanks).

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[Guest]

Nice one Joe

[papa 695]

Very nice work indeed Joe.

[john i am]

Cracking work there Joe. Wipers looks great mate.

[flyjoe180]

Nice one Joe

Very nice work indeed Joe.

Cracking work there Joe. Wipers looks great mate.

Cheers guys. John, the wipers I can't take credit for, they're part of the windshield from the excellent decal sheet that came with the kit. I did cut the eyebrow windows from the main windshield as most -400s have these deleted.

[rickoshea52]

Very nice Joe. 1/200 scale is small enough to forego any LG detail, looking at all the aerials on my 1/200 P-8 Poseidon even they look too much.

[yak face]

Great result Joe , it looks excellent . A very clean build and it looks good in the pre delivery white ,its just waiting to go in the paintshop for its JOEAIR livery!! cheers tony

[colin m]

Very nice and clean (as I imagine all civilian aircraft are) At 1:200 scale, I think we can understand you not adding any extra detail !

[flyjoe180]

Very nice Joe. 1/200 scale is small enough to forego any LG detail, looking at all the aerials on my 1/200 P-8 Poseidon even they look too much.

Great result Joe , it looks excellent . A very clean build and it looks good in the pre delivery white ,its just waiting to go in the paintshop for its JOEAIR livery!! cheers tony

Very nice and clean (as I imagine all civilian aircraft are) At 1:200 scale, I think we can understand you not adding any extra detail !

Cheers guys! Tony, I did toy with the idea; we can get various combinations out of the JAPAN TRANSOCEAN AIR decals. But elected not to put my name all over it

[peterairfix]

Nice build mines still in the hanger(serves me right for having a big one)

[colin m]

Nice build mines still in the hanger(serves me right for having a big one)

Ohh Matron.............

[Guest]

Nicely done Joe

[flyjoe180]

Thanks Ray