
Fly-n-hi
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Obviously the stuff on the left side of the plane is the same as the right side but I continued to take pics anyway:
I took this pick hoping to look straight up into the gear well:
This was a good one showing the line of access panels running down the length of the wing:
This was a better overall view of the engine nacelle:
...and looking back up towards the front of the plane. You see ETOPS on the gear door. That means Extended Twin Engine Operations. Our 757s are capable of 180 minute ETOPS. That means we can fly 3 hours away from land:
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Aft corgo door:
The tail or empennage. Again, note the polished leading edges. Also, I don't know what it is with US Airways. I think we buy the cheapest crap paint to save money:
Here's a good look at the APU exhaust:
This is the outflow valve. It opens and closes and that how we control the pressurization:
A close up of the tail number:
More static ports and pressure relief valves. You might notice, too, that our 757s do not have overwing exits. Some airlines do, though. We have 4 doors on each side of the plane:
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Here's looking up the tailpipe. You can see that it has that interior green color and is relatively clean. Just the turbine (or hot section) looks dirty. These are the Rolls Royce RB211 engines:
I got a pic of the fueler with the panel open:
Most of our 757s have the blended winglets. We have 5 or 6 that don't. In this case you can see that the nav light lens is colored...not just the bulbs:
From the other side you can see the logo lights that shine on the tail. The winglet planes don't have logo lights. You can also see the static wicks:
Here's a good pick looking inward at the flap fairings:
Here's a pic looking at the right main gear from behind:
This is the door for the RAT or Ram Air Turbine. Its a big fan that pops out and pressurizes one of the hydraulic systems in case we lose the pumps:
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I took these at work today. We had some time at Chicago O'hare so I took my camera with me when I did the pre flight walk around. I figured that any of you peeps building a 757 might find these useful. This is a US Airways plane but the general gear and wing colors are pretty standard.
Here's the nose gear. I'm not sure if all 757s have the runway turn-off lights on the nose gear. Some might have them in the wing roots but I'm not positive.
Here you can see the FO and Alt pitot tubes. The bottom one is the AOA vane:
Here's the TAT probe, the negative pressure relief valves and the static ports:
These white squares are the radio altimeters:
Here's the leading edge root. You can see the the Boeing's leading edges are polished where the Airbus looks like dull or matte aluminum:
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Nice! You should post a pic of the fuselage halves next to a Coke can or something. I'm curious how large it is.
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It seems like more people have been posting problems with Future lately.
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It was a can I picked up at hobby lobby in their spray paint section. It was the only acrylic they offered in a rattle can. I figured it would be cheaper to get a big spray can and then decant it out and airbrush it. worked fine, but then I got lazy and just sprayed it straight from the can.
I've noticed that the landing gear I glossed with it is starting to yellow as well. Probably using a $50 hasegawa kit was not the best test bed for new methods. :doh:/>
The trick is to build it up a bit. Trying to get the wet glossy effect on the first coat is probably too much. I try to get the first coat to just bite into the subject then add a thicker coat later after the first coat dries.
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I like it. Many people poo poo the Hase F-22 but I think its pretty good.
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Nice job!
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Nice work!
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Looks good!
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Well done!
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You can stuff something like Aves Apoxie Sculpt into the gap and then after it has hardened a little bit trim the excess with a knife and clean it up with a cotton swab soaked in alcohol.
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Its not the government that puts the labels on. Its the lawyers...or the companies because of the lawyers.
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Very cool! I am building a what if F-20 right now also. Hope mine turns out as well!
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What scale? Hasegawa MD-11s are pretty nice.
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You can get replacement canopies from Hasegawa USA as well.
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Are you talking about masking the inside to protect the white paint? If so you can stuff Silly Putty, Blue Tac or soggy tissue paper in there.
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Turned out great! You should take a pic with a Coke can or something next to it so we can gauge its size.
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I like it.
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Very Nice!
757 walk around pics
in Airliner Modeling
Posted · Edited by Fly-n-hi
I posted these for you so get crackin' on one of the 4 or 5 757s you have in your stash.