From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Ted Johnston" References: <4010BE94.F3129E1A@shaw.ca> Subject: Re: A380 Article Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:01:35 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00D3_01C3F944.06C3E660" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D3_01C3F944.06C3E660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gallery Template 08Hi Ted, Thanks for sending in your A380 article. I'm catching up on a backlog = of e-mails....sorry for the slow response. I'll e-mail you when your = article goes on ARC next week. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ted Johnston=20 To: Steve Bamford=20 Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:26 PM Subject: A380 Article Hi Steve, here are the pictures, I used the template and added some = text and such. If you could size the pictures properly and make the thumbnails that would be a great help. Thanks! ttyl Ted -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- 1/144th Scale Qatar Airways Airbus A380 by=20 Ted Johnston Decals by Jeff Dick =20 The A380 hasn't even taken to the skies yet and Revell Germany has a = kit out. The Qatar Airways Decals were designed by Mr B17 Jeff Dick, and = Huge thanks go out to Jeff! I am not content to use kit markings most of = the time and Jeff has been a great Ally in many of my Airliner Projects. = Click on images below to see larger images =20 =20 =20 =20 The kit is a monster! I made a few little modifications to the kit to = help strengthen it up. Holes were drilled through the rear fuselage = between the horizontal stabs to slide a brass rod through and into the = stabs to add greater strength as the tabs are very small. I also used = sheet styrene to brace between the slots inside the fuselage for the = wings when it came time to fit them. I had trouble with the landing gear = but I can't blame the kit for sure, if I build one again I will take = more time with the correct dihedral of the wing to make sure the wing = mounted gear legs aren't too long. =20 The kit decals are very nice, I used the kit supplied data and the = window decals. When building the kit I was concerned about how to deal = with the landing lights in the wings as they were a poor fit, as it = turned out there were decals supplied so all I did was paint some = circles with Tamiya Smoke and put the decals overtop of them. Click on images below to see larger images =20 =20 =20 =20 Photos and text =A9 2004 by Ted Johnston -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- ------=_NextPart_000_00D3_01C3F944.06C3E660 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gallery Template=A0 08
Hi Ted,
Thanks for sending in = your A380=20 article.  I'm catching up on a backlog of e-mails....sorry for the = slow=20 response.  I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC next=20 week.
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Ted=20 Johnston
To: Steve Bamford
Sent: Thursday, January 22, = 2004 10:26=20 PM
Subject: A380 Article

Hi Steve, here are the pictures, I used the template = and added=20 some text
and such. If you could size the pictures properly and = make=20 the
thumbnails that would be a great help. Thanks!

ttyl = Ted

1/144th Scale Qatar=20 Airways Airbus A380

by 
Ted Johnston

Decals by Jeff=20 Dick

=20

The A380 hasn't even taken to the skies yet and Revell = Germany=20 has a kit out. The Qatar Airways Decals were designed by Mr B17 Jeff = Dick, and=20 Huge thanks go out to Jeff! I am not content to use kit markings most = of the=20 time and Jeff has been a great Ally in many of my Airliner = Projects. 

Click on images=20 below to see larger images

The kit is a monster! I made a few little = modifications to the=20 kit to help strengthen it up. Holes were drilled through the rear = fuselage=20 between the horizontal stabs to slide a brass rod through and into the = stabs=20 to add greater strength as the tabs are very small. I also used sheet = styrene=20 to brace between the slots inside the fuselage for the wings when it = came time=20 to fit them. I had trouble with the landing gear but I can't blame the = kit for=20 sure, if I build one again I will take more time with the correct = dihedral of=20 the wing to make sure the wing mounted gear legs aren't too long.

=20

The kit decals are very nice, I used the kit supplied data and the = window=20 decals. When building the kit I was concerned about how to deal with = the=20 landing lights in the wings as they were a poor fit, as it turned out = there=20 were decals supplied so all I did was paint some circles with Tamiya = Smoke and=20 put the decals overtop of them.

Click on images=20 below to see larger images

Photos = and text =A9=20 2004 = by Ted=20 Johnston

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