United AirLines B-757-222

Hi all!

Here is the start of a 1/144 B757-222 thats going to be in the "Battle Ship" colors of United Airlines. I am going to use three model manufactures to achive this (Authentic Airlines, Contrails and Minicraft). She will be a rather tattered abused dirty looking 757 with flaps/slats deployed.

I started with the Authentic Airlines (AA) resin fuselage which came in 3 parts. The AA kit did not come with the PW engines so I think I will use the Contrails engines with the Minicraft (MC) pylons.....

Thanks,

Brad

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Permalink Reply by Brad Shinn on February 8, 2011 at 11:28pm

Started work on the removing of the main flaps. The AA kit is a solid piece of casted resin not an enjected molded plastic like your average model. The wings are one piece of resin and you can only remove the top half of the flaps. Flip the wings over and you have to dremel the remaining flaps out.

One slip and your toast and out $50-60 kit! Again I was lucky removing the flaps from the solid resin wings. Flaps will be scratch built from styrene.

Next I should remove slat material and re-shape the leading edge of the wings for scratch built slats.

Permalink Reply by Bill Wilt on February 10, 2011 at 11:28pm

Hmmm....:)

Permalink Reply by Matt Whisenant on February 11, 2011 at 1:06am

I would have never guessed you had to plow out the underside of the flaps like that! Nice work! Could have been a surgeon!

Permalink Reply by Brad Shinn on February 11, 2011 at 4:17pm

Bill Wilt said:

Hmmm....:)

HMmmmmmmmmmm too....Resin Yum Yum!!

Permalink Reply by Bill Wilt on February 11, 2011 at 4:18pm

Bad Brad, no smelling the resin; its bad for ye'!

Permalink Reply by Brad Shinn on February 11, 2011 at 4:21pm

Matt Whisenant said:

I would have never guessed you had to plow out the underside of the flaps like that! Nice work! Could have been a surgeon!

It's the only way to get the bottom halve of the flap removed. Lots of Hasegawa 1/200's kits are like this too. The same goes to modify the slats and krueger flaps too.

PS...I do remove splinters for the family and in the past pulled some baby teeth!

Permalink Reply by Matthew Guarino on February 11, 2011 at 10:26pm

FInally figured out how to reply!! (cursor wasn't showing up).

Looking good so far!!

If I can get away from my simpit project - want to do a diorama base as if she is turning off the runway onto a high speed taxiway...

Permalink Reply by Brad Shinn on February 12, 2011 at 12:10am

That would be very cool........welcome to chicago's o'hara airport where the local time is 3:45pm.

Permalink Reply by Matt Whisenant on February 24, 2011 at 3:46pm

Are you taking a vacation???? I am dying to see more of this great build! :)

Permalink Reply by Brad Shinn on February 25, 2011 at 9:02am

Hi Matt!!

No vacation...I wish. I'm still having back problems one year after surgery and move sometimes at the speed of a slug..lol..Here are pics of the main flaps. Their made from scratch styrene.

Permalink Reply by Matt Whisenant on February 25, 2011 at 9:14am

Hope you get to feeling better! Love the work! Outstanding detail on those flaps!

Take care,

Matt

Permalink Reply by Brad Shinn on February 25, 2011 at 9:22pm

Thanks Matt....Here are most of the parts for the main flaps.

United AirLines B-757-222

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