I look forward seeing your finished 737, congrats on that big achievement!

Regarding D-ABYC, its basically finished and looks awesome, the gear is still missing, hope I can tackle that soon.

D-AIEA is already airborne.

Whats also in advanced progress, so to say in the finishing process is D-ABOF Condor 757-300, a German…Read more

All my AA 737 are already the one-piece-fuselage, while many AA 727 and AA 707 are still the three-part-versions.

I hope I can come up with a couple of build threads rather soon, there are some interesting models on my Shelf of Doom that desperately try to escape from it )

Cheers,

Christian

you wrote “I’m building it alongside a long-delayed Authentic Airliners 737-200, and it’s interesting to notice the differing interpretations of the same aircraft. The good thing is, the outcome will be two nice models.”

Now I would be more than curious to find out about these “different interpretations”, as I guess both wanted to…Read more

what a nice surprise to read and find out about your project and decals – I was totally unaware of them!

Thanks for reaching out!

There are really nice subjects on your page!

If I may, one thing that I immediately recognize is the sytle of your windows: Why not using photo realistic windows and cockpits? I am a huge fan of those. If…Read more

It looks stunningly beautiful and whats more, the tail fit improved a lot, those “nasty” slot gaps of the -200 tail are gone, and the wings no longer lean against the fuselage, but disappear under the fuselage. This wing fit is amazing, no gaps…Read more

Not sure about the DC-10/MD-11 and Boeing narrowbodies, but I know that, according to size-error issues, Werner was so kind to resize the Boeing 747 cockpit decals to perfect fit size and also the TU-134 windows where off in size and he fixed the issue for…Read more

first of all many thanks for your great work!

May I ask, do you consider the Revell A380 as being correct despite the flap trap fairings and the engines?

If I remember correctly there were more flaws with that kit, someone long ago told me that even the shape of the cockpit and nose may be wrong.

Could you or anyone knowing more…Read more

On a side note, the heavy weathering of the Bowling Shoe (as well as United Battleship) schemes allow for almost any shade of lighter grey or red.

Cheers,

Christian

Cordial thanks and happy modelling,

Christian

unfortunately you are not alone with this problem. I ordered several decals from him more than 3.5 years ago and was waiting for their delivery more than half a year. That would have been “ok” for me. But when they finally arrived two decals sets of my order were missing.

I managed to contact him and he promised me four times to resend…Read more

as the topic suggests I am looking for the KLM blue top decals of the X-Scale DC-8.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=380387258154850&set=pcb.380390288154547

Maybe someone from Europe bought this kit and is building it in a different livery and thus is not in need of the KLM scheme.

I, in turn, do not need the X-Scale kit, as I…Read more

You can see it in the excellent video CRM just posted here. They also recommend using a side cutter.

Cheers,

Christian

I guess one critical question may be which technique you use to separate the fan blades from the container.

Clipping them off sounds like you use a cutter or a knife.

Delicate resin parts are prone to break easily if trying to cut them off the container. I always use a fine bladed resin saw instead.

This massively reduces the stress and…Read more

This is also the reason why I use the bottled primer only for small surfaces.

However, I found that the grainy appearance will not effect the resulting paint.

Once dried I could always sand / polish it to the same perfect surface as if it…Read more

I use the rattle cans for large surfaces and the airbrush color for smaller surfaces and pre-shading effects.

Works pretty well this way. Not everyone may be comfortable with decanting rattle cans, so this may be an easy going option.

Cheers,

Christian

I really like your effort on the JAS DC-10, its such a beautiful scheme, and what I love most, is that you supply it as silk screen decals, so one can paint the tail adding the white titles.

May you allow me to have a suggestion – could you envision adapting that outstanding scheme for the Airbus A300B4 in…Read more

I love the idea in principle, well, in case KP is reading along, what about releasing them in 1:144 or 1:72?

Cheers,

Christian

I do have these decals for you, so PM me if interested.

Liebe Grüße von Hamburg nach Berlin,

Christian

All the best from rainy Hamburg,

Christian

https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1020197

Cheers,

Christian

Customer code 20 is Boeing itself.

https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/5975733

A list of all customer codes can be found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_customer_codes

Cheers,

Christian

I am astonished that you assume the Hainan 787s to have light grey/off white wings as I was pretty sure that all Dreamliners are having white wings and stabs.

At least this Hainan 787 image is not showing any color difference between the wings and the…Read more