33 Squadron RAAF
This is the 1/144 Minicraft
B707-300 (Pan Am Boxing) kit. As I have already completed a RAAF 707 in
delivery markings as a transport aircraft I wanted to finish one as a tanker.
I thought it would look better doing the job it was designed for so I added a
couple of 'customers' to the project and posed it airborne.
The 707 was built as per box
instructions minus landing gear and I added scratch built antennae, drain masts
and the refueling pods. The pods were made from cut down 1/72 F16 fuel
tanks, the hose was a piece of wire and the basket was borrowed from the Revell
KC10 kit. The model was finished in Testors model Master enamels and
metaliser paints with 33 Squadron RAAF Hawkeye Models Australia decals.
Weathered was done using ground pencil lead.