giles Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 The Draw Decals have arrived. And, the -300 to -200 fuselage cutting points have been marked. Last chance before jump off point... Giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 WIP - other than fuselage cut, nothing else done for the last two weeks. So nothing really worthwhile to show . I am bored... waiting at the airport departure lounge... Some numbers game for plane spotters in the meantime :) . Qatar Airways Deliveries at www.planespotter.net and Qatar Airways Fleet Overview Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACA delivered-10-05-2002 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-HJJ delivered-27-08-2002 Qatar Amiri Flight Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACB delivered-01-08-2002 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACC delivered-07-02-2003 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACD delivered-31-03-2003 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACH delivered-12-12-2003 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-AFN delivered-06-02-2004 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-AFO delivered-14-03-2004 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACE delivered-05-04-2004 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-HHM delivered-03-08-2004 Qatar Amiri Flight Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-AFL delivered-03-09-2004 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-AFM delivered-07-09-2004 Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEA delivered-25-10-2004 Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEB delivered-16-12-2004 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACF delivered-21-12-2004 Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEC delivered-25-04-2005 Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AED delivered-29-08-2005 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 (orange scheme) Airbus A330-203 reg.A7-AFP delivered-19-09-2005 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 (blue scheme) Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEE delivered-23-12-2005 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 (orange scheme) Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEF delivered-17-02-2006 Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEG delivered-13-03-2006 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACG delivered-28-04-2006 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACI delivered-17-05-2006 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACJ delivered-04-08-2006 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACK delivered-23-11-2006 Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEI delivered-07-02-2007 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACL delivered-14-03-2007 Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEJ delivered-22-03-2007 Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACM delivered-13-06-2007 Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEM delivered-28-01-2008 Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEN delivered-03-03-2008 Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEO delivered-14-03-2008 Pass me the anorak if I start marking off the planes I flew on... Giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Pass me the anorak if I start marking off the planes I flew on... I flew the first Qatar Boeing 777-200LR from Doha to Cairo reg. A7-BAA Could be my next project :) Giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GCA333 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 As loud as they say Giles? I will look forward to a Qatar 77L! (maybe) BTW, what reg is the A330-200? If its a later model, it will have the new -200 tail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 As loud as they say Giles?I will look forward to a Qatar 77L! (maybe) BTW, what reg is the A330-200? If its a later model, it will have the new -200 tail. Er, I forgot to look . It was 2a.m. in the morning and boarding was by aerobridge in Singapore. When we landed in Doha, I was just eager to get out... I am not even sure whether it was a -200 or -300. I think QR might be flying the -300 on this route now because of passenger volume - the flight was full! I guess I am not much of a plane spotter... Flew back this morning on A330-302, reg.A7-AEG, painted in a red 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 scheme. Actually it looked quite nice. Pity no one makes the decals... Giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) I found some pictures on www.airliner.net that might interest you. I flew the first Qatar Boeing 777-200LR from Doha to Cairo reg. A7-BAA Flew back this morning on A330-302, reg.A7-AEG, painted in a red 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 scheme. Actually it looked quite nice. Pity no one makes the decals... Pictures removed in compliance with Airliners.net copyright rules. -GCA333 Giles Edited March 6, 2009 by GCA333 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Pictures removed in compliance with Airliners.net copyright rules. -GCA333 Oops! Sorry for the infringement. BTW, what reg is the A330-200? If its a later model, it will have the new -200 tail. I was going to build a late model -202, but someone just beat me to the newly arrived BRA.Z resin -200 late tail at Hannants. Anyway, I placed a back order on both versions of -200 tails. We'll see which one comes in first... Drawdecals have all the required reg. nos. I cut the fuselage halves last night, haven't cleaned up the pieces nor joined them up yet. Giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 I cut the fuselage halves last night, haven't cleaned up the pieces nor joined them up yet. Giles I attempted to re-assemble my fuselage (3 pieces on each side) and discovered that : 1) Although the length (410mm) of my -200 is correct to scale, I am short of one windows (I have 11 instead of 12) between door 1 and 2. From pictures showing the distance of the last window to door 2 on the Qatar Airways -200, it seems that the Qatar Airways -200 has an extra window just before door 2 compared to what was represented on Revell's kit. Need to drill another window (also the panel/section is slightly set back, need to fill the kit's recessed lines and rescribe) ; 2) Door 3 on the Qatar Airways -200 is narrower than door 3 represented on Revell's kit. Need to fill one side of the kit's door and rescribe door to narrower width; 3) Draw Decal is really catered for the -300. Besides the shortening of windows decal required to make a -200, the "A" (on left side) and "S" (on right side) of the Qatar Airways legend should be positioned on door 2. Will need touch up on the "W" of the Qatar Airways legend and possibly extra decal for door 2... 4) I didn't really like the Draw Decal's Oryx logo for the tail. This is an older, more formal looking, scheme and IMHO a little boring. I would have much preferred the new scheme with a bigger Oryx on the tail. I might consider scaling up the decal's Oryx and attempt the new sceme but that requires "QATAR" in bigger and different font and Arabic script in grey colour instead . 5) I really liked the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 Commemorative Scheme. I first stumbled upon Qatar Airways a week before the actual start of the games in the end of 2006. Before that, I was mainly flying Emirates within that region. I am really tempted to attempt one of these: Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AED delivered-29-08-2005 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 (orange scheme) Airbus A330-203 reg.A7-AFP delivered-19-09-2005 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 (blue scheme) Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEE delivered-23-12-2005 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 (orange scheme) Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEF delivered-17-02-2006 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 (orange scheme) Airbus A330-302 reg.A7-AEG delivered-13-03-2006 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 (red scheme) Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACG delivered-28-04-2006 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 (blue scheme) Airbus A330-202 reg.A7-ACI delivered-17-05-2006 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 (blue scheme) Somehow, I don't think it'll be easy to pull that off by sheer follhardiness or just guts though... :D Giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GCA333 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 If you email Greg, I think he would to a custom tail and titles for you. The Asian games livery was done by Brasil Decals: http://www.airlinercafe.com/photo_2049.details. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 (edited) If you email Greg, I think he would to a custom tail and titles for you.The Asian games livery was done by Brasil Decals: http://www.airlinercafe.com/photo_2049.details. Thanks GCA333! I have been looking for the Brasil/Gio sheet BD144-400 from day one... seems no one has that in stock any longer . How do I contact Greg? Cheers, Giles edited: took me a while to figure out how to contact Greg Monday mornings... Edited March 9, 2009 by giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GCA333 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 greg(at)drawdecal.com Brasil Decals can be awkward to put on, I have heard. They are thick and do not go on easily. Greg could do a Asian Games one if you requested it, possibly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 greg(at)drawdecal.comBrasil Decals can be awkward to put on, I have heard. They are thick and do not go on easily. Greg could do a Asian Games one if you requested it, possibly. I'll contact Greg when I get back. I am living out of my suitcase again until this weekend. In the meantime, I ordered another Revell A340 to build a second A330-300 :) . I also bought an A320 (and the kit is missing the transparency - totally shocking for Revell's standard!). I discovered that the size of the Oryx and "Qatar Airways" legend on Greg's 1/200 scale Qatar Airways A330 fits the 1/144 scale A320 exactly! Gareth, it's all your fault if I end up with a fleet of airliner! Giles P.S. please could some one tell me who makes Etihad Airways decals? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GCA333 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Hey! Don't blame me for giving you great ideas and boosting Revell's sales! :D Brasil Decals had a sheet with an Etihad 767. I have heard that Draw is doing an Etihad A340 sheet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Hey! Don't blame me for giving you great ideas and boosting Revell's sales! Brasil Decals had a sheet with an Etihad 767. I have heard that Draw is doing an Etihad A340 sheet. Hi guys, An overdue update. About the A330 (the prettiest Airbus IMHO ) : I have spoken to Greg. He could print any decal you want as long as you provide the necessary design. So, I am trying to twist a few arms within Qatar Airways to get the artwork for the Asian Games 2006 Special Colour Scheme. To be honest, I am not sure whether this would be successful... I am also missing Bra.Z's -200 tail and Hamilton's CF6, so this might not get done by the end of the GB :D . Anyway, I have bought another A330 - so I would, eventually :) , build both the -200 and -300. About the A320: I am ordering Greg's A330 sheet in 1/200 scale and will try to do a QR A320 in 1/144 with it! I needed to get my replacement transparency first (still totally shocked by Revell's QC!). Something new... I managed to get my paws on an old Hasegawa Boeing 777-200. So, I could build a QR 77L in theory... just need the right decals (new livery), make the engines fatter (GE110), make the raked wingtips, (also new main gears apparently, but I don't know to make 'em) and we could be in business! Giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GCA333 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 About the A330 (the prettiest Airbus IMHO ) : I believe you mean, prettiest airliner? What kit did you buy for the A330? Sounds like you have quite a fleet of Qatar jets, dare I mention that TwoSix has a 777 sheet now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GCA333 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 As for the 777 conversion: Engines, quite alot of work there, I would just extend thw cowlings and no one can really tell the difference except up close. Wheels are slightly bigger, I hear that A330/A340 wheels are good for it. This might help with the raked wingtips: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 (edited) As for the 777 conversion:Engines, quite alot of work there, I would just extend thw cowlings and no one can really tell the difference except up close. Wheels are slightly bigger, I hear that A330/A340 wheels are good for it. This might help with the raked wingtips: Thanks Gareth for the sketch of the raked wingtips. I flew (back to Singapore from Beijing) on the newest Singapore Airlines 777-300ER (reg. 9V-SWT delivered in Jan 2009) yesterday. Had a good look at the raked wingtips :lol: . I believe you mean, prettiest airliner? What kit did you buy for the A330? Sounds like you have quite a fleet of Qatar jets, dare I mention that TwoSix has a 777 sheet now? My fleet of Qatar jets is purely coincidental ;) . I fly with QR quite often, and I just happen to like them better than Emirates or Singapore Airlines (which I fly pretty often too):lol: I never intended to build an airliner, I tried to buy the Qatari Asian Games special scheme A330 diecast jets for the kids but they were sold out, so one thing let to another... Incidentally, I saw one of the Qatari A330-200 in the blue 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 scheme parked at the aerobridge as we took off in Beijing Capital Airport. Oh, the A330 I bought is actually my second Revell A340, I hope to build the both of them in the Asian Games special scheme eventually :lol: TwoSix has a 777 sheet with new QR livery? Where? Where?? I want one... Giles BTW, for the people building Chinese Airliners, the Chinese jets look a lot more weathered than their non-China based contemporaries. The wings in particular look dirty, with streaks of carbon (?) or grease (?) around the hinges of the moving surfaces, showing very clear signs of weathering. It seems that they run the planes like greyhound buses. So, there is very little down time, besides the required routine maintenance, for non-essential clean up... Giles Edited March 28, 2009 by giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ReiRei0 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Don't forget Draw Decals very brand spanking newest set: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) Don't forget Draw Decals very brand spanking newest set: Yeah, I knew that - actually the 727 looked sweet. And, Greg "promised" to work on some more QR livery soon. I am not planning to build the 727 though because I have never flown on one with Qatar Airways. I think the very first plane I have ever flown on as a kid was a 727 though. I will only try to build airliners that I have flown on (of the airlines I like). Otherwise, there would just be too many distractions... :) Giles Edited March 29, 2009 by giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 As for the 777 conversion:Engines, quite alot of work there, I would just extend thw cowlings and no one can really tell the difference except up close. Wheels are slightly bigger, I hear that A330/A340 wheels are good for it. This might help with the raked wingtips: I think I might just be able to manage that... Anyway, it definitely sounds challenging enough . I'll surf airliners.net later for details. Can anyone explain wing flex (I think I understand...) and, more importantly, how to replicate it in model form. TIA Giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skidbuggy Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 About the A330 (the prettiest Airbus IMHO :)) : The 757 is the prettiest.... Long legs..... Slender body.... Huge jugs..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 The 757 is the prettiest....Long legs..... Slender body.... Huge jugs..... Sorry mate, the 757 just ain't an Airbus. So, it doesn't qualify! At the risk of opeing a massive can of worms, this Airbus/Boeing thing is kinda like the old Beemer/Merc debate. One man's meat, another woman's poison... Me, I just like my airliners comfy and my rides smooth because I spend too much time in the air. Giles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GCA333 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 757 looks best with RR engines, as does the A330, 747. Can't wait to see your Qatari fleet, Giles! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giles Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 Can't wait to see your Qatari fleet, Giles! Your wish is my command, sir! How's about this for a start? :D Giles :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GCA333 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 1/400 Giles? Need a microscope there, sir Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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