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My first Airliner model, Revell 1;144 Dreamliner, JA842J

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jonf45
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My first Airliner model, Revell 1;144 Dreamliner, JA842J

Post by jonf45 » Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:19 am

Morning all,
This is my first attempt at an airliner, its the Revell Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, done as JA842J using 26Decals set, as that was the one i flew on to Tokyo in February. The actual kit went together really well and the fit was good. I decided to use putty through the windows and sand down.Wish id sanded down the cockpit glass more, it looked ok until the final varnish then looked a bit "sticky outy"!!!
I broke one fan blade on each engine before trying to get them off the sprue, wish id realised how flimsy they were!
I had issues with the decals(probably more user error to be fair) as a few bent over on themselves, which was a pain, as the rest went on really nicely. It doesn't have the bumps and aerials, so maybe ill look at getting some aftermarket ones....Its a damn sight bigger than my usual fast jets, but was nice to do something different :)
My muse;)
ImageB787 JA842J London Heathrow 24.02.18-1 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

ImageRevell 1.144 Boeing 787 JA842J-1 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

ImageRevell 1.144 Boeing 787 JA842J-2 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

ImageRevell 1.144 Boeing 787 JA842J by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

ImageRevell 1.144 Boeing 787 JA842J-3 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

ImageRevell 1.144 Boeing 787 JA842J-4 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

Was fun trying to get the whirly decal on...... :mad:
ImageRevell 1.144 Boeing 787 JA842J-8 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

Thanks for looking
Jon

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Re: My first Airliner model, Revell 1;144 Dreamliner, JA842J

Post by andygolfer » Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:16 pm

very nicely done Jon, haven't done any aeromodelling myself for many years now.

thanks for sharing it.
andy
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Re: My first Airliner model, Revell 1;144 Dreamliner, JA842J

Post by jonf45 » Sat Nov 17, 2018 10:27 am

Thanks Andy, usually do cold war jets, so was a bit different!

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