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The Airfix 737 would require substantial modification to be made into a T-43. The T-43s were late production -200s and, as such, have all of the external modifications of the -200A. This means new pylons, removal of the blow-in doors, and extension of the Krueger flaps. Remember, the -300 was the fourth 737 variant, not the third. ;)

Looks great, though, one wonders if Col. Laven owns stock in all the world's model-making firms. I have never seen an F-104C kit that did not come with markings for his aircraft in one of its many schemes.

Your last photo is interesting. Imagine if the two-tone red stripe at the bottom of the flag extended into a cheatline, going straight up to the forward door, then curving down to a point at the nose, a darker blue on the flag, and the titles in a lighter shade of grey in the old font and location. The pointed end of the cheatline could end in a stylized dark blue eagle, perhaps made to look a bit like the one from the jet flagship livery. This red line could, ironically, make it look a bit like the old TWA livery.

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Yes.

This is called 'baking' and is how it's done in full-size paint booths. The full-size commercial booths we used at the factory I worked in would bake for around 50 minutes, I think - 10 purging, 30 baking, 10 cooling. The flow from the ventilation stacks into the booths passed through propane-powered burners, which would normally be off, but during a bake cycle would heat the incoming air to upwards of two hundred degrees. The booth was pressurized during normal operations (to allow overspray to flow into the pit filters), and I believe this was reduced during a bake cycle to prevent hot air f

Going forward as we galvanize the base to leverage our assets as innovative solutions to add value to the brand image. I sure love corporate buzzword-laden newspeak! Double-plus goodword make! And the new livery still has about as much stylistic merit as a Nickelback record. Ick, ick, ick. That 737 belongs in a trailer park, surrounded by pink flamingos, garden gnomes, and cans of Bud light. Actually, since it's pretty close to a short-lived livery Amwreck had on their P32s, I think it's perfectly sensible to call it the 'Pepsi Can.'

I think they called it the 'Peacemaker' because it ultimately served no real purpose beyond being a flying anachronism.

Ick, Must have used DuPont. Funny story. I used to work in the paint department at a bus factory. We made the switch from PPG to DuPont on the department head's whim (a former employee of his went to work for PPG, which made him upset, so he went on a crusade to switch to DuPont). DuPont's own painters could not look the buses look good, and ours fared no better. Eventually, 'DuPont issues' became a defect category in and of itself. Last I heard, they were still using PPG corrosion products. We tried the switch to DuPont, but their zinc coating flaked right off, resulting in the line being re

It's just more tacky simplistic dumbed-down bland focus group garbage designed by talentless hacks who learned the nuances of graphic design from an instruction manual at whatever third-rate community college they got their piece of paper from ("I'm primarily a web designer, of course"). Either that or they sourced it from drawings made in the ranks of the 13-year old armchair captains on airliners.net who have equally bland tastes. I'm sure it will be a hit with the kind of hipster pubic monkeys that think 'leverage' is a verb and are obsessed with the words 'fresh' and 'reboot.' Since the a

I could be biased for my love of North Central and Herman the Duck, but I liked the last Canadian livery. The best was still the old CP Air orange and metal, I think. I don't really mind Air Canada's present paint scheme, though I like the last one better. If nothing else, it's instantly recognizable in a sea of unimaginative Eurowhite, swoopy curves and billboard text, which I think is a trend that could only have been started by Satan himself (or, very possibly, 'wait, my nephew calls himself a graphic designer, he can design our scheme for us') ...!

One of these days, I'm going to make an 'airline livery generator.' You will have three steps: 1.) Select base colour (available options: eurowhite, eurowhite, and eurowhite) 2.) Draw swoopy lines in your choice of colours 3.) Add billboard-style script for airline name. Default is Helvetica; other fonts cost extra. That should pretty much cover any variation we're likely to see. Use the randomizer function if your focus groups can't come up with anything.

But - but - Boeing says they built the F-15! And the DC-9. And the F-4. And the DC-8. And the Mercury capsule. And the DC-3. Now you're gonna tell me the 777 wasn't the first commercial airliner to use a triple-axle main gear!

Relying on photographs is a perfectly acceptable way of evaluating a profile or producing an accurate model so long as you understand how perspective distortion works and understand the idea of relative proportions. You need to possess the ability to visualize objects in three dimensions in your head and extrapolate depth data from visual cues. It comes with experience and eye training. The nose on the top photo appears to look different because the shading under the fuselage blends in with the background, making it appear slimmer. Complicating matter is a difference in elevation and a narrow

I tried this kit when I was a teenager. It was a nightmare. I learned very quickly that when ken said the Airfix/Heller kits were the worst for parts fit, boy did he mean it! I think yours looks great!