1/144 Revell Germany Boeing 767 Conversion

Gallery Article by Max Tollens Jr. on Oct 30 2009

 

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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