Funny story, I wanted to order both but ordered two of the same by mistake. The package sat unopened for about a month so when I realized it was too late. Now I have moved on and can't bring myself to go and get the other one. Luckily I really have no preference for one or the other, they are both nice liveries in their own way. Yes, the Panda high windows are a problem.
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This is a lovely thread @YankeeVictor . Thanks for sharing this.
Will read through in detail
Viasa is one of my favorite classic schemes - and I do have two of the DC-8s AC had made. Would love their widebody fleet in my collection.
The DC-10s and A300's
Currently, Transcarga gives me solid Viasa vibes and love it for that
Yeppp totally second @AKlein707 and AC making this gorgeous duo on their excellent mould.Thank you so much for your comment LuftahrtSups. I also love the Transcarga Viasa heritage. Maybe @AKlein707 should look into making these:
After all, he is the owner of the Latin Classics Line, has the best A300 mold in the business, and loves this kind of unique subjects... oh and regularly produces freighters...
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Thanks Purpleplane!
) was a Herpa 1:500 Federal Express DC-10. I think pieces of the original one can still be found in my family house back home in Venezuela. For nostalgia's sake, I bought one about a year ago to re-live some memories:
Nice models, and I love the purple top scheme.Thanks Purpleplane!
You know, my first precision model (as in my first highly detailed and overpriced toy airplane
Comedic genius, and an excellent model. Very impressive find, congrats! Excited to see how those Avensa customs come along!
That was a damn weird reading but the models and pictures are so lovely
. Thanks Oscar, glad you found it funny!
Some pics from the cellphone:
Very interesting story. You need to be a film director and make costumes like the 747.
That’s great! I used to help make and print decals for diecast cars for some friends and it is genuinely impressive how often I managed to screw them up. In the end I gave up and sold my printer.Hahaha, thanks Leo, yeah I knew it was going to be weird, but there is nothing wrong with that I guess haha. I found that model at the Houston Airline Collectible show last year. I knew the seller from a previous show and the first time I visited his table he didn't have the model displayed yet. Then he put it up and I literally saw the Your Craftsman 400 logo from across the room and bolted to see what he had... lol. It was a bargain I think, too good to be true
Then when I opened the model at home I saw that the nosewheel was still factory-sealed and the model still smelled like new after 17 years, so the thought "this model is still a virgin" crossed me, and that's how I ended up going down that road
Glad you liked the photos, it is a cool set. Not in my criteria really, but really happy to have it.
Thanks Oscar, glad you found it funny!
The Avensa 737s are coming along alright. Have two fully decaled, and one with only the fuselage done. I have done a total of 8 Avensa models, but on two of these 73s the side decals seem to be ever so slightly tilted. I think V1 Decals started using a different paper or something, the decals look better, but they seem to dry out and stick quicker, which limits the maneuverability. I bought a bottle of Microset (decal setting solution) and I believe it should help me with the maneuverability issue. I also botched one of the engines a bit due to the same reason.
I am planning to do a variation of the Avensa livery, with a slightly modified tail logo using home-made decals, but every time I print decals at home I find new ways to screw them up (that's why I still use third-party decals when I can) so it is going to be a while.
Part of the reason I'm going public with my projects is to give me the motivation to finish them. You probably saw a set of DC-9-30 fuselages that I just stripped the paint off of... those had been sitting in my donor's drawer for close to two years, and just stripping the paint off was a relatively time-consuming job; and still need to scrape the paint off the tails...
