Yaks Civilian Aircraft GB , Airfix 1/144 Boeing 737-200 Britannia airways

[yak face]

Windscreen decal on , silver leading edge to the fin done and tail decals on too. Ive got the undercarriage on too so its just last minute bits like nav lights ,aerials and the nose door and windscreen wiper decals to do now. I might make a base for it too and maybe even a converted /scratched tow /pusher truck. heres the pics , cheers tony (ps . thats not the runway at Manchester its the PSP from the black widow build I just used it as it was still in the photo box !)
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[papa 695]

Great work Tony, Que song Oh this year we're off to sunny Spain.

[Dave W]

Great result from a really ancient kit Tony. Paintwork and decals are very impressive.

[PaulTRose]

thats come out cracking!....nice to see something different

[colin m]

Looking really nice. How about a tiny Tony at the window ? Oh yes, looking at you pictures - how many packets of fags you got, and that was going out !

[flyjoe180]

Tony, brilliant mate, love the finish you've achieved. Look forward to seeing the completed build with tug/base.

[yak face]

Cheers guys , got the last few decals on today - the windscreen wipers and the ones on the nose gear doors. All thats left to complete is a couple of aerials , the wingtip nav lights to paint and the black on the nose to matt down . Then its onto the base and tug , which im hoping to cobble together from a 1/200 dragon c141 starlifter ive got in the stash. ?? I hear you say , well this kit has a couple of hummers to either put in the cargo bay or at the side of the model so im going to use one of these and try and make a tug and towbar i reckon the scale difference wont be apparent once ive butchered it!, cheers tony

[yak face]

Looking really nice. How about a tiny Tony at the window ? Oh yes, looking at you pictures - how many packets of fags you got, and that was going out !

Yes colin an unwitting fag mule ,they probably thought give them to the kids to carry, theyll not get stopped!

[yak face]

The aircraft is complete within the time frame but the base and tug are still ongoing. Ive got the Hummers from the C141 box and started to butcher one of them . Theyre 1/200 but in 1/144 they scale up to be about 5 feet wide which is a bit too narrow , I'll find a way of widening them and lengthening them. at least ive got the wheels ! cheers [ATTACH]288293[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]288294[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]288295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]288296[/ATTACH] tony

[papa 695]

Looking very good Tony

[flyjoe180]

Nice conversion in progress here, it's going to add interest to your build Tony.

[yak face]

Well after looking at pictures and specs for ground tugs from the 70s Ive decided that the 1/200 Hummer is nowhere near big enough. This leaves only one option - build one from scratch . Ive seen photos of the Douglas DC -6 tug (no relation to the US aircraft maker , in fact its a british company) and its the one i want to roughly represent. Ive started to make a basic body from plastic sheet , luckily the shape is very square sided and sourced some appropriate sized wheels from the spares box . The real thing was about 16 feet long which equates to about 32mm . Ive got the cab to add to this and other bits and bobs . heres the pics and one of the completed aircraft -I'll do a fully completed thread once ive finished doing the tug and base on this one, cheers tony[ATTACH]288438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]288439[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]288440[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]288441[/ATTACH]

[Guest]

Just catching up Tony, cracking build matey.

Have fun, John

[yak face]

Heres the latest progress on the scratch built tug and base . I got a cheap A4 picture frame for the base frame ,im using a piece of hardboard for the actual runway which will be fitted in the frame. I scribed the concrete panel joints on this -looking at photos of manchester airport from the 70's i guessed the dimensions, this was then sprayed black followed by various greys and beiges ,ive still got to mucky it up a bit and add a few oil/fuel stains. The tug has had a few more bits of plastic card added to the inside ,to mount the wheels to and box off the cab.Ive added seats and a steering wheel to this. An old CD case was cut up for the clear cab sections and glued together then masked up ready to be attached to the body. Ive also put on some details on the rear deck and sprayed a couple of bumpers yellow and black . heres the pics
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[papa 695]

Fantastic work on the Tug Tony