Lufthansa Star Alliance A340-200
I started with the Air Canada A340-300 kit from Revell Germany and shortened the fuselage to make it a 200 series aircraft. It would have been easier to build the Air Canada version of the … Read more
Building the Revell Airbus A340 Kit
Construction The overall fit of the kit is quite good and I didn’t have any significant challenges in that department. The landing gear was a little bit tricky and I suspect that some of the … Read more
1/144 Penhoët Wibault 283T-12
VLE vacform kit with 1935 Air France livery The Wibault 283T is to France, what the Ford Trimotor is to USA, or what the Savoia Marchetti SM.73 is to Italy. In another way, just like … Read more
BEA Vickers Vanguard 953 G-APEP
The 1/144 Airfix kit with Welsh Models vacform fuselage. History A safe, reliable, and economic transcontinental airliner for many years, this 5050 shp RR Tyne Mk512 turboprop aircraft suffered from medium range jetliner introduction in … Read more
Building the Airfix Boeing 727-200
Project The elegant Boeing 727 was introduced into service in February 1964 and became an immediate hit with the world’s airlines. With sophisticated triple-slotted trailing edge flaps and new leading-edge slats, the 727 had unprecedented … Read more
Triple Seven – Boeing’s Big Twin: Building Minicraft’s New 777
The Kit The long awaited Minicraft 777 kit is finally here. This is the second injection-molded 1/144 kit along with a 1/200 version – the others being the pricey Doyusha and the smaller Hasegawa. Minicraft’s … Read more
The Need for Speed-the Boeing 2707
Background This is my Revell Boeing SST from 1968. The kit represents the 2707-200 as the design stood in 1966. The kit was originally released in Boeing’s company prototype scheme of mustard yellow, black & … Read more
Building a Desert Diorama With a US Air Bae146
Project Somehow when modelling Airliners, the idea of some kind of Diorama doesn’t seem to match, except for standing them on a runway or at the gate. The idea for this model came from browsing … Read more
Building the Revell Airbus A380
The Prototype The A380 has been billed as the largest and most advanced airliner ever built. When first announced, there were many fanciful thoughts about there being shopping malls, restaurants, saunas and the like. While … Read more
Build review of the Minicraft 1/144 Boeing 757-200
This kit was a long awaited kit by most airline model enthusiasts. The only other kits of this aircraft were by Masterkit which was a little rough for an injection kit. Welsh models of the … Read more