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I think that the two options mentioned by The Flying Dutchman and PMG offramp are the only possible ways to do what is being asked. I can't think of any others at least. Personally I use both techniques, depending on the size of the engine. For A320 engines and smaller I usually take the part in front of the fanblades of as working in the inside is rather difficult due to the size.

Great news! A kit of this aircraft was long overdue. What decals are supplied and how can I order? After all we are supposed to help the Ukrainian economy from collapsing, so consider this my part. I really like what you did to the cabin windows. In this way everybody people have a choice of keeping them open or use decals. I do not really understand why the engine and tail are made from resin however. Why is that?

I did a bit more work on the engines. On this picture you will see the difference between the number one (left) and the number two (right) engine. Unfotunately the number two engine isn't 100% flawless either... The curve on the top of the engines is a bit flattened. So I have to put some putty on that to get it into shape. And so the puttying and sanding exercise continues. I hope to finish the cockpit this weekend and merge the two fuselage halves to one. That will mean more puttying and sanding though... To be continued soon.

The cockpit is slowly getting shape. It has been painted in the meanwhile but because the right side is glued to the fuselage it is difficult to move the brush in the right position and I keep hitting the floor when painting the intrument panel and vice versa. So a picture of the finished cockpit will come later. Although Revell's Fokker 100 release is quite accurate and crisp, the engines are unfortunately the exceptions to this rule. Shape wise it is not too bad, but intake on het number one engine has a strange lumb. Also don't the left and right parts not match up correctly so a lot of

Progress is going slow in this build, but it is there nonetheless. I have been working on the subassemblies such as the wings and engines. Not very interesting for pictures however. What is interesting (I think) is the progress I made today to the cockpit. With some surplus milliput I made the interior of the cockpit. It is maybe difficult to see in the below picture but I can't open the cockpit now as the miliput needs to harden. You just have to trust me that is there. Better pictures will come some other time. I also made the seats out of some evergreen. These will be inserted after

Hi Jelle, At the LHS they sell very thin tape (0,5/0,75/1 mm) for around €4,00 if I recall correctly. That might help in masking the curves correctly. Regards, Ingmar

Looking sharp Jelle. Will you add the navigation lights in the final stages? I had problems with fitting them nicely to the wings. I am afraid you might damage the paint when adding them at the end of the build. Looking forward to the result of your paint job. Good luck!

Last week the decal arrived and it looks very sharp. I must say that Ricahrd is very quick with dispatching. This is what it looks like. I hope the decal will go on smoothly, but first let's get the kit together.

Nice! I like the looks, engineering and history of this airplane. I'll be following.

Time for the the first progress picture. Since the kit doesn't come with a cockpit, I need to scratch build something myself. It doesn't need to be as detailed as you would do for a jet figther. The most important to me is that the view into the cabin is blocked and that the two pilot seats appear in the cockpit. Out of some evergreen sheet I have cut a floor and a wall. The interior is painted grey only for the purpose of darkening it. The paint job is done quickly and not much will be seen after the two fuselages halves have been glued together. Now let's create some seats. That's it fo

Hello everbody, This is my subject for the GB: VH-FSQ Skywest operates a pair of Fokker 100's on behalf of Virgin Australia since 2013. As I am happy to see these birds still being operated downunder and I like the various Virgin design around the globe, I immediately decided to model one of their F100's when I learned about them being painted in full Virgin colors. Fortunately our RICHW designed a decal already, and I only had to ask him to update the registration. This GB obviously is the ideal opportunity to take a kit from the pile and turn plastic into a scale model. In the meanwhile

Although the A321 has tripled slotted flaps. Just so you know.

Next airliner participant. I just ordered RichW's Virgin Australia decal for the Fokker 100. I hope I'll be able to finish it before July.

Nice project Tom. I quite liked your build of the 747. You have another follower. A pitty about the decals. The UTA livery was quite smart if you ask me. Any idea on the livery you will apply? I presume you thought that the kit didn't have enough parts yet by cutting the no. 2 engine loose ;) I agree that it is a better approach on getting the tail and its engine smooth. Be sure to check the ultimate DC-10 guide on the a.cafe. Apparently these birds have seen many changes, upgrades and adjustments during its life.

Nice project Jelle. What will you do with the cockpit window? Are you going to fill the gap? It should turn into a nice model. Ingmar