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Boeing 767-200 Conversion


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Hi

i have been wanting to do a 767-200 for a while now i have finally got arround to it

i cut 21mm out from infront of the wing

and 23mm out from behind the wing

luckily at work i have a pipe cutter that i use for cutting Plastic PVC pipe which i used to cut the fuselage which gave me a nice straight cut BUT to support the fuselage as i cut it out a piece of 1" PVC pipe inside the fuselage and taped it together

this is as far as i have got

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more to follow

Richard

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got a bit further with the conversion in the last couple of days

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i always like to test fit the fuselage sections before gluing

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Rear section glued in just waiting for the nose ballast to dry before gluing up the front

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Rear section filled needs rubbing down cut a little bit more than it says on the drawing out of the front and rear to allow me a gap to put filler in you can see the slight gap i have left in the fron when it has been glued

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more to follow

Richard

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Here's the $ 64K question:

What airline will this model be? Will it be a U.S. airline? What engines will you be using?

havent decided on livery yet i make my own decals i so far have the choice of 4

Air Canada old livery ( i am planning on doing the current Air canada livery to the -200)

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UNITED new livery

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Continental

or UNITED 1980's livery

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as for the engines i do have a spare set of revell 767 engines which i can adapt and use if i need to

Richard

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Rich

I was wondering what you were going to do with the tail to make this a 200, but I see in the last photo that you've fixed that. Very cool. I've always been too chicken to do this.

Devan

I used to cut the fuselages with a knife but that pipe cutter makes is a lot easier to cut the sections out cause you get a nice straight edge

Richard

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Hey Rich -

Remember that both the original United and Air Canada both used Pratt & Whitney engines on their -200s' while Continental used the GE CF6 engines on theirs. The Zvezda -300 kit should come with the GE engines.

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RichI was wondering what you were going to do with the tail to make this a 200, but I see in the last photo that you've fixed that. Very cool. I've always been too chicken to do this.Devan

Is the the tail of a -300 different from a -200? I don't see any changes in the last picture.

Anyway, nice job. The edges look really sharp of the separate pieces. Good luck with this project.

Ingmar

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Is the the tail of a -300 different from a -200? I don't see any changes in the last picture.

Anyway, nice job. The edges look really sharp of the separate pieces. Good luck with this project.

Ingmar

As far as I know, the only difference in the tail of the -300 and -200 it that the -200 does not have the tail strike skid.

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The only differences between the -200 and -300 are the fuselage length and the tail bumper fairing. Note that the straight (non-ER) -300 is actually a pretty rare bird. The majority of -300s have been -300ERs with the larger forward belly cargo door. The -200ER also has that feature. The Revell kit has the smaller door (same size as the aft door), thus making it a very rare bird in real life.

J

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Thats looking good!

Any decision yet on what scheme you will be doing?

Sean

Not yet i havent decided im thinking maybe the New United then it will go with my United 767-300 and 767-400 in the same colours

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Not yet i havent decided im thinking maybe the New United then it will go with my United 767-300 and 767-400 in the same colours

Rich,

Was your Zvezda kit warped when you opened it?

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Good work so far. There is another option you can do that would make this a very unique looking 767..First Air has a Cargo version with some very interesting tail art.

here she is right after delivery:

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and here is the tail art:

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Sean

Interseting pictures, I remember working on that airplane when it was silver with red white and blue stripes down the side.

David

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