jonwinn Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 (edited) I am building the Minicraft 1/144 kit for VC-137C and using it for a 707-323C most likely Pan Am cargo. The kit gives you decals but they are for a 707-153 with the 120 wing as used on the original Air Force Ones that Ike and JFK used. The kit has the 320B/C wing used on the 2nd generation 707 Air Force Ones used by Johnson,Nixon,Ford and Clinton. I have the fuselage weighted and built with the canopy and wings on. Am currently waiting for the putty on the engines to set up so they can be sanded. Edited Tuesday at 08:40 PM by jonwinn boo booo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 (edited) What I am hoping to find decals for. Picture from Pan Am Museum. Edited March 2 by jonwinn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 (edited) My goof, Pan Am cargo 707s were 707-321C. Here is one in my home state, Logan Airport in Boston MA. Picture from Wikipedia. Edited March 2 by jonwinn punctuation Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AD-4N Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 (edited) People love to bash the Minicraft 707-320C, but with a little work it cleans up in an acceptable fashion. Is it perfect, nope. But I don’t see Tamiya making one. Good luck with yours. Edited March 2 by AD-4N Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 Thanks, that looks good! They said the same crap about the Minicraft 757-200 but it came out OK for me, with a little TLC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gator52 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Nice start Jon, I've got the VC-137 kit also and would like to build it OOB as Freedom One. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 I just found out Pan Am, like American Airlines, used compressors on engines 2 and 3 only on their cargo 707-321Cs. Sooooooooo I will go with Pan Am 707-321B which had no hump on engine #1 and humps on engines #2, #3 and #4. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 (edited) You CAN NOT build it as Freedom One unless you get 120 wings, also I think the fuselage is too long. Those decals are for 707-153s. VC137 has 320 wings. Edited March 3 by jonwinn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 Go here for more info. https://airlinercafe.com/aviation-articles/ultimate-boeing-707-guide-84957/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 (edited) Thanks Dutch, I found decals for one of these, a 707-321B with 3 compressor humps. I do need to fill the hat rack doors, one on left side and one on the right side. So far I have only found one picture of a Pan Am 707-321B with the ventral fin, the rest have none. Picture from Wikipedia Edited March 3 by jonwinn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AD-4N Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 (edited) 3 hours ago, jonwinn said: Thanks, that looks good! They said the same crap about the Minicraft 757-200 but it came out OK for me, with a little TLC. Great 757. Yeah, the Minicraft 757 is no Tamiya F-4B, but yes with TLC it looks pretty cool. Edited March 3 by AD-4N Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 WOW! Love that Langley plane in the old Eastern hockey stick scheme. I always wanted to do an L1011 in those colors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AD-4N Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 24 minutes ago, jonwinn said: WOW! Love that Langley plane in the old Eastern hockey stick scheme. I always wanted to do an L1011 in those colors. Its a great scheme. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 More "nutty putty" on the fuselage and cockpit glass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 I worked with an older guy that was an ex car repair-body man and he called body filler "nutty putty". Sorry for the old slang from the 20th century. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 The seams are sanded and the horizontal stabilizers are on. Slow but steady. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 I added the engines, need to add putty to blend the pylons with the leading edges. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Nice work Jon, those Minicraft engines are a pan to sort out, soft moulding on the leading edges with takes a bit of work to square up. Yours look great. I have built a couple of these some years ago and still have one in the stash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Thanks, I don't understand why someone won't take on the 707 line in 1/144. I like Minicraft but their accuracy is not all that great. I guess they are made for modellers who really model and like to scratch build, not so much for "assemblers". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AD-4N Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 54 minutes ago, jonwinn said: Thanks, I don't understand why someone won't take on the 707 line in 1/144. I like Minicraft but their accuracy is not all that great. I guess they are made for modellers who really model and like to scratch build, not so much for "assemblers". Everything you say about the Minicraft 707-320/420 is true. But who else kits the big dog 707? This kit is miles ahead of the Airfix version. If you want a 707-320/420 now (and not tackle a resin or vac kit) this is the way. So until X-Scale or CRM blesses us with a new 707-320/420, the 26 year old Minicraft kit, warts and all, is worthy of our time and improvements. Your efforts look great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 (edited) Yeah the only other 707 "replica" I had was as a kid was a tin battery operated Pan Am clipper with engines that lit up one at a time during "start up"...LOL I was maybe 6 to 9 or so, it was very early '60s or very late '50s. Edited March 7 by jonwinn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Looks like those engines had the "hush kit". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted Saturday at 04:06 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 04:06 PM Just ordered decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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