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Many thanks Stefan for your kind offer, I really appreciate that. In the meantime I was happy enough to get one of these sets.
Cordial thanks and happy modelling,
Christian
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.comHi Louis,
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 the missing items. After three years I am still waiting for them to arrive.
I wrote him many emails, also recently, with no replies.
However, his business is active as he presents new decals on his website.
I do not know whats wrong with him as the contact I had was always friendly.
In case he reads along it would be appreciated if he could explain these issues.
I never had such issues with any other of the decal producers.
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.comThe latter one Gene, they are particularly made to cut resin without damaging the brittle small parts.
You can see it in the excellent video CRM just posted here. They also recommend using a side cutter.
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.comHi,
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 force applied to the fan disks – it also works perfect for LACI flaps and slats.
The resin saw eats smoothly into the resin without force which is why also only minor sanding is needed after the separation from the container.
I had the same trouble that you describe before I was told about these magic little resin saws. Since these days working with small resin parts became so easy and joyful.
Hope that may help,
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.comThat is interesting to hear as I had the same results that you are talking of, so maybe you are very right.
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 would be from the rattle can.
Seems I have to try the decanting myself for comparison.
Thanks a lot,
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comActually both Tamiya primers (white and light grey) are also available as airbrush paints.
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
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.comDear Ben,
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 1:144:
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Japan-Air-System-JAS-Japan-Airlines-JAL/Airbus-A300B2K-3C/552797/L
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Japan-Air-System-JAS/Airbus-A300B2K-3C/7216217/L
From there its just a tiny add on to also include the A300-600
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Japan-Air-System-JAS/Airbus-A300B4-622R/6040205/L
I personally would go one step further an mask/paint all stripes, so for that effort, maybe you could add all doors as separate decals?
I know, that’s a lot of wishes, but who knows, maybe you make them come true!
All the best and thanks for considering,
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.comWhat an awkward scale and idea making these small Saabs even tinier.
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
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comHallo Uwe,
I do have these decals for you, so PM me if interested.
Liebe Grüße von Hamburg nach Berlin,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
Where Geoscience Meets Art
www.christianklepp.comAlso from my side Merry Christmas and a peaceful and healthy New Year to all of you — with plenty of time to build all your models!
All the best from rainy Hamburg,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comThis might be of help for you:
https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1020197
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.comYes this is a standard 707-320B, the customer code 51 is for Northwest Airlines.
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
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comHello Oliver,
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 fuselage:
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Hainan-Airlines/Boeing-787-9-Dreamliner/7172585/L
So I would safely assume the wings to be white just like the Lufthansa wings:
https://www.airdatanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/d-abpa-787.jpg
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Lufthansa/Boeing-787-9-Dreamliner/7376357/L
In case anyone out there is having knowledge about 787 wings not being white please let us know, preferably with image proofs.
On a side note, indeed not all Lufthansa new color wings are white. Airbus, for whatever awkward reason, decided to paint their wings in what they call “Mattherhorn white” which is a very light grey, so all newly painted A320N A321N and A350 aircraft including Lufthansa have grey wings.
The color demarcation is easily see here on the A350:
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Lufthansa/Airbus-A350-941/7193827/L
The A380 wings remain white so far, but may feature an “off white” inspar panel, some images seem to indicate that though most look completely white. The Lufthansa Cargo 777 feature the much darker Boeing grey wings and stabs.
Lufthansa 747-8i wings are pure white as are the Lufthansa CRJ wings while the Lufthansa Embraer wings (all in old colors) are grey.
Hope that helps,
Cheers,
Christian
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Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comEd,
I can additionally recommend you these ones:https://www.authentic-airliner-decals.de/epages/17895661.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/17895661/Products/D144-D05-MD80D
https://www.authentic-airliner-decals.de/epages/17895661.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/17895661/Products/D144-D03Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.comMarco,
I guess the answer is that this decal sheet (CA144-244) is one of the many WHAT IF liveries of Classic-Airlines.
Cubana never flew the 720 nor any 707 so there is also free choice for the engines for this non-existing jet.Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.comSini,
this is an awe-inspiring built! Congrats and chapeau!
I especially love the weathering and the repainted patches using mask and a white spray over.
I will certainly try that as well, great inspiration!Herzlichen Dank und liebe Grüße,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comJust ask google for Tristar walkaround:
http://pas-decals.ru/forum/17-walkaround/2642-lockheed-l1011-tri-star
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comaro757 :
I would love to see them release some of older types that their Boeing license might allow. Types that have not been released recently or were never done right to begin with: 707, 727, 737-200, 747-200.Ahmed, I would not agree with your general statement here, as AA gave us all of these jets in superb quality
including all versions of the 707 and 727. I am celebrating every Zvezda release for their superb quality as well
but would more hope for releases, where high quality is truly missing, e.g. IL-18, Yak-42, TU-114, TU-154B2.I know about the age old discussion, pros, cons, windows, etc… between plastic and resin but HQ is HQ whether its resin or plastic.
The reason I am pointing at this is, do we really need to double perfect quality in resin and plastic or would it be more beneficial to add high-quality models that don’t yet exist?
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comTom,
I hope that the wonderful ultimate 707 guide on this site shows all detail you need.https://www.airlinercafe.com/page.php?id=72
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comI hope to apply Jon’s Iberia decals successfully, they look great and are on the way across the pond.
http://8adecs.com/cgi-bin/fdecals.pl?opc=show&id=853
However, you may find them difficult to use because of your fancy clear resin windows.
I am yet undecided if I should paint the cheatline or use the decal.
I will wait with the decision until the decals arrived.@ René
The flexible Tamiya tape is great, I use it a lot, both for masking curves and scribing curved panels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur_uW6y-Mpk
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.comHey Sini,
can’t wait to see your El Al bird rolling out of the hangar and to see the other two videos.
The AA 757 is ready primered and the Zvezda is under heavy construction.
As usual, plastic requires lots more work compared to the resin jet.
However, the quality of Zvezda is simply outstanding. The fit of the cockpit alone blew me away.Most likely they will receive Iberia and United battleship colors,
both looked pretty worn in their active days with faded colors, I love used looking dirty airlines )Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comLieber René und Sini,
I recently found this awesome tape and love it a lot:https://www.dymoshop.eu/de/prod173-Prgeetiketten-9mm-schwarz.html
Its a low-tack 3D-tape, readily available, not costly at all and it allows for accurately paneling straight lines and curves.
It will not chip paint!
I can really recommend it.
Sini, I really love your YouTube videos about building the Zvezda 757 and look forward to further progress of it.
Looks like becoming an impressive jet.I also currently build two 757, one from AA and one from Zvezda, the Zvezda one with flaps and slats extended using the LACI flaps set which is great.
Beste Grüße aus Hamburg,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comHi Bob,
do you refer to these?
https://laci-ltd.uk/en/resin-sets-144/16-rolls-royce-dart-505506.html
However, they are 1:144.
I am working on convincing Kurt to re-release his Viscounts and it would surely help if some enthusiasm for their re-release would pop up here :loveI recently bought the LACI flaps for the 757 and 737 as well as the IL76 engines and they are amazing to work with!
Cheers and Happy New Year,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comAs this is a very good question, I would like to add:
Do laser and screen-printed decals need different sealing techniques?
Spraying over a continuous laser sheet I can imagine but how do the
individual decals on screen-printed sheets react to coats of lacquer?If the border between the decal and the backing paper receives lacquer, I could imagine that the decal
is more reluctant to detach and therefore maybe prone to destroy.Any opinions and experience on this are very welcome.
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comIndeed Jodie,
that is a decent looking model and certainly a great 757.
Are these the old ATP decals?
If so, did these old decals still apply smoothly?
I am asking because I also still own them.
I currently started building the AA and Zvezda 757 in parallel I am very curious which one will look better )Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comHave a look here…!
https://www.shopdrawdecal.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=44%2DA220%2D09
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
Where Geoscience Meets Art
www.christianklepp.comCongrats Merlin on finally finishing the Queen!
I’m glad the furry inspector gave its go to pull her out of the hangar.
She looks amazing!The retro colors suit her really well.
I am still waiting to finish my 8i as Lufthansa is still reluctant to
repaint one into the final new colors.Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comEllis,
the missing turbocompressor issue on the AA kit is long solved,
we noted that already months ago and Kurt changed it accordingly and immediately.Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comMany thanks Marco,
that is extremely helpful to know,
its a bit of a pity that his website does not show this information.Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comMarco,
this is a pretty impressive engine, could you let us know in how many parts this engine comes?
Also its not very clear to me if the cowlings come along with all engines. Some images show them in opened position
but e.g. the IL76 engines do not show them as separate parts.Danke,
Christian
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.comKevin,
the Delta scheme decals you aim at are here:
http://8adecs.com/cgi-bin/fdecals.pl?opc=show&id=670I understood that you got the Minicraft cheap but compared to Zvezda they are seriously worlds apart.
Happy modelling,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comAuthentic Airliners is bringing us the
VC10 standard version
All Constellations, short and standard as well as the StarlinerCesar, is that enough classics for you?
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comThat is pretty exciting news Jennings, thanks a lot!
Cheers
Christian
Christian Klepp
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www.christianklepp.com@Mike VFD
Sure that would be awesome!I started a little survey on potentially missing 757 decals here
https://www.airlinercafe.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=11831&n=unread#unread
and it turned out that the most often mentioned schemes(among others)areAmerica West Flintstones turquise/orange
US Air (red cheatline)
Icelandair Hekla AuroraThese three liveries certainly demand for screen-printing, so that for example the white US Air tail titles come as a separate opaque decal so one can paint the blue tail for best results.
Thanks a lot for eying and considering!
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comLet’s see if anyone comes up with numbers and also I can try to estimate the RGB/hex (if that is even useful for you) given the technique I mentioned in your other thread but in the end also a good guesswork would do the job, just like a faded livery also looks different from a freshly painted.
Cheers
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comJennings,
the Xtra Color numbers are “dark turquoise X347” and “pearl grey X346”.
To my understanding these two tones you do not need for the decals as they are the areal fuselage colors.
What would be needed is the lighter turquoise color code for the “W” on the engine and the lighter colored tail stripes.What I could try is to measure the RGB or Hex code for this color in Photoshop. Does that make sense? Would that be useful?
Averaging from many different sources I may be able to get a best estimate for the color.Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
Where Geoscience Meets Art
www.christianklepp.comJennings,
the wavy grey stripes could easily be painted, they just require a lot of tape, a bit of patience and an attack with the spray gun.
That would significantly reduce the size of the decal sheet.
The green paint is available from Xtra Color.Ray from 26decals once did the A320 screen-printed decals in this livery – its a beautiful sheet – and I may abuse it to do a 737-300 as they don’t fit the size of the 757.
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comBob, yes they are:
https://www.shopdrawdecal.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=44%2D757%2D42Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comJennings,
may I ask if you could consider these for your awesome 757 project decals as well?
They turn out to be the most desired and missing US-based liveries from my little survey here.
I’m aware that the Flintstone cactus scheme is a particularly challenging livery but its seriously beautiful. I’m in for the fancy painting that you mentioned.Cheers and thanks,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.com@Merlin
Yes, I mean the Flintstone cactus color of your posted image.
I do have the triple-blue-stripe scheme from Ray’s 26decals.Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.com@Jodie
The Delta widget 757 is available from 8adecs as well, though not (yet) adapted to the Zvezda model
http://8adecs.com/cgi-bin/fdecals.pl?opc=show&id=670The Ron Allen scheme is available from 26
http://www.26decals.com/epages/62035508.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/62035508/Products/144-919Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comAs much as I usually ignore the What Ifs I have to confess that the 757 suits all these schemes very well.
For me, the 757 is among the few aircraft that even looks gorgeous in all white.
Your rendering of the National scheme is gorgeous and
the Hughes, Pan Am and Lufthansa makes me wanting to escape back into the 80’ies.Thanks!
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comThanks for all your interesting suggestions!
I also would like to see the US Air blue tail red cheatline scheme!
@Stephane: The Ethiopian old colors exists already with 8adecs:
http://8adecs.com/cgi-bin/fdecals.pl?opc=show&id=849Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comPM sent Frank,
I can help out with Aeroflot and Tarom.
For Cubana you need to look further.Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comJennings,
I can only second what Jodie, Paul, Ken and Marc already said,
if Zvezda is not wanting to acknowledge what you did to make their kit such a success — we surely all do!
Although I am personally very happy with my several AA 757 kits, I will certainly also eye the Zvezda kit
as I really value their great quality. Still their IL62M, TU154M, TU134 and IL76 are among my treasured kits
and I believe that the 757 is at least as good as they are.Let’s all have fun building it!
My cordial thanks for paving the way towards another Zvezda gem!
Let’s also see which great new decals will come along…what about screen-printed decals for the green/orange Cactus livery?
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
Where Geoscience Meets Art
www.christianklepp.comIn my view
ultra-high quality produced in low-quantity has its price
and Sergey’s engines are simply outstanding.I look forward to the early RR engines to model a British 757 of the G-BIKA series.
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comI am using these:
CMK Czech Masters Kits
Navigation Lights #7031
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/cmk-7031-navigation-lights-and-gunsights–113399You can see them applied here on my models:
Although they are for 1:72 their various sizes and forms fit 1:144 well.
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comSergey,
I am completely in awe with your engines!The way you design, produce and finish them is way beyond modelling — this is artwork!
Congratulations on such outstanding work!
Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comYes Horst,
Kurts releases will comprise the Constellation, Super Constellation and Starliner series in 1:144.Cheers,
Christian
Christian Klepp
Lightyears Landscape Photography
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www.christianklepp.comI just received the AKAN Lufthansa colors and tested them right away.
They are awesome to work with.
78109 blue is for the blue cheatline / black nose style livery and the color looks spot on!
The color is identical to the blue of the 26decals screen printed Lufthansa decals.78108 blue is for the Constellation and old 707 style colors.
It appears to match the United new livery very well.Cheers,
Christian
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