Els Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 I was a huge Iron Maiden fan back in the 80's and early 90's, so when I saw this at the LHS it was a mandatory purchase. I don't think that I have ever built an airliner kit before except for one of the what if Spruce Goose kits. I have seen that there are a few problems with the accuracy of this kit (engines, nose) but I am not worried about that because it is so big that I will just end up hanging it from the ceiling in my modelling room. It doesn't have a lot of parts so it should go together pretty fast. I wish it were in a smaller scale. The kit does not include any window inserts and the decals are just the metal surrounds. There are also some windows that are supposed to be filled in and additional windows that are supposed to be drilled out. I am not going to do that because I know that I will not be able to get the drilled out windows to the proper shape. What is there is good enough for me. This is what you get for windows. Since there is no inserts or interior I am going to mix some epoxy with a little black paint and fill the windows. I put some Scotch tape on the outside of the windows and slathered the epoxy on the inside. I also added some bits of sprue to strengthen the fuselage a bit. After I pulled the tape off it wasn't perfect but it will work with some sanding and a little filling. I was going to build it with the gear down but they are very delicate and I am not sure they will stand up to the weight of the kit and the 20grams of weight that is supposed to be added. Gear up it is I guess. Now the wing attachment... If anyone has built this kit please let me know how well the wings stay on this kit with this small attachment tab. It is only about 1/8 inch or 4mm. I think I will add some pins and epoxy it before I glue the fuselage together. I don't trust it to hold with just this. Revell, please start putting the FS numbers for paint in your instructions. This kit has silk grey, dusty grey, and light grey listed for the wings/engines, what is that? Els Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Nice. I also enjoy the music of Iron Maiden. And what could be cooler than having your own 747 to tour the world? Good start here. I feel your pain about the Revell Germany paint instructions ... they give the color #s for the Revell paints which are not available in the US, so it can lead to some real head scratching trying to figure out what color to get. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Looks pretty simple build, good luck! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 That is a nice start, I have a couple of these 747s started. The gear can handle the weight without issues FYI. I have a freighter conversion and a QANTAS bird on the bench at the moment As for the wing mounts, I just use plenty of Revell Contacta on the mating surfaces and it holds very well. For the wing painting the overall colour is Boeing grey (FS16515), the wing centre spar is a metallic grey, I use Tamiya metallic grey mixed with a lighter grey to my taste to lighten it a little. Not sure what the other grey would be for. I am forever using colour conversion charts from the interwebs to get other brand equivalents on my Revell builds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 You going to put a little cutout of Bruce in the cockpit window? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Trojan Thunder, thanks for letting me know about the gear. Did you have any problems with getting them all to touch the ground? I am glad to hear that the plastic around the wing mating surfaces is enough to hold the wings. I have already drilled mine and put a couple of pins that I plan to epoxy in from the inside. From what I can find FS16515 is basically Voodoo Gray. I haven't been able to find any of that so I may just mix up something to get it as close as I can. You must have a big house to display all those monsters, hopefully you will post some pictures when you are done with them. Spectre711, Bruce in the pilot seat and Eddie in the co seat would be awesome but the fit of the window is pretty bad. I think it will just get filled in so that I can use the kit decal. You never know though, I usually change my mind about what I am going to do about 37 times during my builds. Els Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Fuselage is together. Lots of epoxy on the inside to strengthen it up. I also put some wood dowels down the wings to make sure they don't sag. This kit will be hanging from the ceiling so there will be some added heat up there. Here you can see the fit of the front glass.... I will just putty around the whole thing and sand it flush. I am starting to think that I am going to have to buy an aftermarket set of decals for this kit. The epoxy that I put in the passenger windows did not completely fill all of them. Trying to fill and repaint those windows would be a pain. The cockpit window decals that are included with the kit are just clear with silver frames. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Dang, that's a serious mismatch on the canopy glass! I always paint glass black on 1/144, but you've got some serious filing and filling before you can just paint or decal it black... ISTR somebody that offered window decals without the livery. Perhaps I can figure out whence it came. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Ouch... that cockpit window sure does not fit well at all. I am sure you will sort it out, but that sure is ugly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Well, still a better fit hen a Hobby-craft kit.....but not by much! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 Thought that I would post something to show that I am still plugging away at this. After all the primer, putty and sanding I had to do my least favorite thing in modelling...Rescribing. You can see that I suck at it and have to make a lot of corrections. I use Dymo tape and a Tamiya scriber but I still don't seem to have the proper skills. I still haven't ordered the window decals, I need to get on that so that they will be here before the end of the GB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Wow You really wrangled that kit into shape. I disagree with your assessment of your scribing skills, the lines look good. But yes it is hard, and easy to mess up, and mistakes are a real bear to fix. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Indeed, it looks good to me too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 You did a fabulous job of fairing in that canopy glass! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Your down to a couple days, if you can't get done in time....well, keep going! Better late then never. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) I thought that I would be able to finish it yesterday but I could not make it. It is done now and I will post couple of pictures in the completed section. I ordered some decals from Flying Colors Decal for the windows and other things. I have never used any decals from this company and I just wanted to say how excellent they were. The decals looked great and were extremely easy to apply. I ordered the decals on a Friday and received them on the following Tuesday. I wish this company did more military decals I would definitely buy them. This will probably be about my only civilian aircraft, unless there are more Iron Maiden jets. Revell have also really stepped up their game with the decals. These worked great. I did not have a good match for the grays on the wings so I just mixed Tamiya paints until it looked good to me, hopefully it is close. A lot of people have issues with this kits accuracy but to me it looks like a 747 and I am happy with it. It will look great flying high near the ceiling in my modelling room. This was a good Group Build with a lot of kits finished. Thank you to Phantom and Kurt H for doing a great job running it and keeping engaged with all the participants. Hopefully the Group Builds will pick up again, I really enjoy them. Els Edited February 1, 2019 by Els Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 NICE, JOB! Did not think you would gettr done that fast! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Els said: I thought that I would be able to finish it yesterday but I could not make it. It is done now and I will post couple of pictures in the completed section. I ordered some decals from Flying Colors Decal for the windows and other things. I have never used any decals from this company and I just wanted to say how excellent they were. The decals looked great and were extremely easy to apply. I ordered the decals on a Friday and received them on the following Tuesday. I wish this company did more military decals I would definitely buy them. This will probably be about my only civilian aircraft, unless there are more Iron Maiden jets. Revell have also really stepped up their game with the decals. These worked great. I did not have a good match for the grays on the wings so I just mixed Tamiya paints until it looked good to me, hopefully it is close. A lot of people have issues with this kits accuracy but to me it looks like a 747 and I am happy with it. It will look great flying high near the ceiling in my modelling room. This was a good Group Build with a lot of kits finished. Thank you to Phantom and Kurt H for doing a great job running it and keeping engaged with all the participants. Hopefully the Group Builds will pick up again, I really enjoy them. Els Hey Els, looking forward to seeing the finish pictures. Regarding other Iron Maiden jets, there have been at least 2 other decal sheets released for previous tours, they used a 757 then. You would have to source the kits and decals separately. I have the decal for the 2011 tour, there is also a decal for the 2008 tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 That looks great in the completed thread. How about some more pix here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 Thanks guys, Trojan Thunder, do you know who makes the decals for the 757. I have been wanting to make one of these Link to original pic to go with my Phil the Phabulous Phantom Phlyer Weird-Oh that I made a few years ago Phil the Phabulous Phantom Phlyer Silly Week Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Try V1 Decals Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 On 2/1/2019 at 9:29 AM, Els said: Thanks guys, Trojan Thunder, do you know who makes the decals for the 757. I have been wanting to make one of these Link to original pic to go with my Phil the Phabulous Phantom Phlyer Weird-Oh that I made a few years ago Phil the Phabulous Phantom Phlyer Silly Week Awesome job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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