Introduction
These are Revell's 1/144 Boeing 767-300 converted to a -200, plus
Minicrafts Boeing 757-200, both in US Airways livery.
I was never into civil aircraft, but being bored with military
aircraft I decided to add some color to my models!
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Construction
The Boeing 767 was built basically out of the box except the
obvious conversion to the shorter 200 variant. The only technical
inaccuracy with the conversion is I didn't remove the tail skid. I
found out too late the 200 series doesn't have them.
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Having made
the cuts in the right places I reassembled the fuselage and
rescribed the cargo doors.
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Painting and Markings
After spraying the primer coat, the fuselage top was sprayed with
Testor's Insignia Blue Being a flat color, it needed to be buffed.
The bottom was painted with Testor's aircraft grey.
The decals are from Liveries Unlimited and the inspar panels on
the 767 are decals.
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Future was
used to give everything a good shine. The cabin windows were filled
with Krystal Kleer then decaled over using Airways Graphics window
frames. The flight deck windows are a decal from the liveries sheet.
Bare metal foil was used on the leading edges. All antennas and
lights were added last.
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Building the Minicraft 757
The 757 it was basically the same except I didn't have to fill in
the cabin windows.
The inspar panels were painted using a mixture
of grays and a little Testor's Steel. I found this was easier than
decals. I also added static dischargers to the 757.
If this is the future of Minicraft kits, I really like!
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Conclusion
All in all I have really enjoyed these two kits although they
were built 2 years apart ( the 757 being the latest). I really think
I will enjoy airliners, and I am now working on a 767-300.
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The bottom line is that if you are bored with military.....(*gasp!*)
then give airliners a try!
The photos were taken with a Sony Cyber Shot set to auto
daylight.