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aptivaboy :
Any chance that your upcoming United 737 decal could also include Continental titles? I can't abide that scheme on a "United" bird; the font and case aren't right. It looks perfect as the older, better Continentnal livery, however!

Is the Astrojet sheet different from the earlier release from a few years back?

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Actually the Continental sheet will have United titles. I can't abide the idea of doing a United sheet right now. Lame excuse for an airline...

The Astrojet will feature updates to allow you to do it with winglets, which didn't exist when the sheet was done years ago, plus a few other improvements and updates.

You can just sign your house over to me 😃

Here's my review of the kit on Hyperscale..

http://www.hyperscale.com/2017/reviews/kits/zvezda737800reviewjh_1.htm

Excellent review, thanks for providing the link. Interesting that Boeing licensed the model (and the name, "Boeing" is prominently displayed on the box art), hopefully they have reduced their fees and/or legal restrictions. I look forward to more Boeing product kits with the increased accuracy this kit has.

Thanks Jennings!

Chris

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Jennings :
Here's my review of the kit on Hyperscale..

http://www.hyperscale.com/2017/reviews/kits/zvezda737800reviewjh_1.htm

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Great review Jennings. Hopefully we'll see the 600/700 series from Zvezda.

Now can't wait for the reappearance of Liveries unlimited 737 decals!

Jennings, since you're doing the Astrojet, you might want to look at this: http://airliners.net./photo/American-Airlines/Boeing-737-823/4406559

Hmmm... Hey paint shop, what's wrong with this picture?

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aptivaboy :
Jennings, since you're doing the Astrojet, you might want to look at this: http://airliners.net./photo/American-Airlines/Boeing-737-823/4406559

Hmmm... Hey paint shop, what's wrong with this picture?

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I'll bite, what's wrong?

Yup. That, all of the extra grey, the location of the tail logos and more. On the plus side, at least AAL stayed with a bare metal fuselage, mostly. I can't abide the new AAL scheme with that off-mica grey paint job. Fugly.

Here are a couple if you haven't already found them:

Interesting way they did the reg numbers on the after fuselage: https://www.flickr.com/photos/124168822@N02/34740992520/

'Nother: https://twitter.com/flyinghighryan

Closeup: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBj97YRUMAAMUhx.jpg

A very interesting and patriotic earlier guise; maybe a dual combo sheet? https://www.flickr.com/photos/fordaveesss/15037164292/

Hope to see this bird if at all possible. Thank you for your hard work on these new decals.

Bob

Not sure to be honest. We're strictly pay as you go with our decal printer, and we have a whopping bill to pay off right now for our new F-106s and US national insignias. We have one other military project ahead of the 737s.

eBay

The first of what's certain to be many Zvezda 737-800s in my collection arrived today. I am happy to write that every nice thing said about this kit is true. There are a lot of nice subtleties about this kit, its design is really smart (I especially love the wingtip/winglet options), and the fit is excellent. I've started building mine, and you will not need much putty at all on this kit.

This first one is a test-build for me but I know a lot more are to come, especially if a -700 kit is indeed in the works. This is one of the nicest injection-molded airliner kits I've ever worked with, and it's just fun to work with. Between this kit and Capt. Dornseif's magnificent book, this is a great time for modelers of the 737.

Jodie Peeler