This
is the Revell Germany 767-300, cut down to a -200 size by removal of a section
fore and aft of the wing per side. I referenced Boeing's site for the
dimensions of the -200 and -300 fuselages and proceeded to cut. I made an
error and didn't take into consideration the measurement from the nose to the
aft end of the tail, thus my conversion is .75 inches too long (equivalent to 9
scale feet). Not too bad considering it's the first airliner I've cut
down!
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The
kit's windows were filled from the inside with sheet styrene then filled
from the outside with superglue; the seams where the fuselage was
dissected were reinforced with sheet styrene and I used superglue to fill
the gaps. The tail bumper below the rear was cut off and filled as
this was only installed on the -300 series. Once the gaps were
filled, the entire model was primed with Mr. Surfacer out of the spray can
in preparation for the metal finish.
I
used Alclad II Aluminum for the airframe's natural metal finish; on
the engine's hot areas I used Alclad II chrome and exhaust over a gloss
black base coat. The gray on the airframe was Model Master Voodoo Gray to
sub for the Boeing gray; on the wings I used Model Master Gunship Gray 36118 to
represent Coroguard in the centers of the wing and horizontal stabs. The
decals are Draw Decals' Piedmont/US Air set, they go on great and the carrier
film virtually disappears after they've dried. I did have trouble with the
decal going around the nose; I fixed that by cutting it around the radome and
painting the radome so it looks like a replacement nose. I like the look
of the 767-200 but the nosegear looks too big for the fuselage; the front of the
jet doesn't look as "porky" as the reference pictures I saw on http://www.airliners.net. This was a fun build, challenging for a hack builder like
me; I've already started another Revell 767 and it's just about on dimension
wise (unlike this one!). I improved my skills in conversions and working
with NMF; I now have a heavy to add to my Piedmont/US Airways heritage
collection, even if it does dwarf the 2 previously built 737-400 Minicraft kits.
Max Tollens Jr.
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