Recent content by Phantom

Roundabout a quazillion and not one of them with a correct 35K/35F wing mould.

Folks, lets not forget that coating and print add to the diameters. The C919 has a fairly complex, likely multi-layered print work. An oven baked white coating plus a standard printing (cheatline etc.) can already add 0.15mm to the blank's diameter. A more complex artwork like this well more...

An A300 with engines of an A330neo looks weird🥴😅

This would be THE must have bevor doing anything with decals IMO. How do you clear coat your decals after application? There's the option of spray cans, while much better than brushing, only a (good) airbrush system gives you the control needed to apply even and thin coats.

I know this problem, but it isn't the background, but the lighting. It seems to be mostly top down, lacking a frontal component. Try to find a source that gives you (soft) light from both sides of the camera and you'll be able to work out the colours nicely. As for the background/base: ideally...

The main mod was the -30 fuselage shortened to a -21. And yes, that's flaps down. I remember I never intended to keep it this way as this was just meant as some fun gimmick I played around with - slats made of Alu-foil, flaps made of resin. But I ended up leaving it as is while the 2nd set of...

22 years old and still my favourite model: Custom SAS DC-9-21, LN-RLM, on a heavily modified SMA DC-9-32 mould.

One airframe, different engines. Same as on the 320 prototype for example.

Interesting. There's something that always kept me from buying AC or Panda 320s and I could never point my finger to it. I however like NG's 320. Out of curiosity I now also measured some NG's and my single AC 320 (which I aquired for a few dollars) and concur your findings. My AC 320 measures...

Jazaija perfectly explained it already, but here's a video I made to show what different solvents might do (or not) to a model: https://modelairlinerforum.com/threads/stripping-off-paint-what-can-be-used.1634/ Careful with those white base paints though. While acetone barely did anything to the...

It would be interesting to hear what models are out there that people think do NOT contain plastic parts. I can only think of a few.

I knew it. There must actually be a law that prohibits the use of the correct shade of gray on 747 model wings. How else could one explain why they use the correct shade on the WBF, only to then revert to the usual light gray on the wing?

That's clearly a -400 in the 2nd pic: https://modelairlinerforum.com/threads/hx-models-news-discussion.2511/page-33#post-54682

I had three flights on this exact airframe when it was registered D-ALLT in 1994. Would make a quick custom. Never really thought about it, but why not. Didn't finish a 400 scale custom in 20 years so it's about time. I have two of these blanks but actually love them the way they are.

Thanks, my money is safe then.