Airbus A350-900 (Custom Livery)

Im an aircraft mechanic, and since the A350 is the first ever plane ive ever worked with i wanted to make a model kit of it. Also, having worked with it, and with other planes, ive realised what a piece of engineering is it compared to some other aircraft.

For this kit, i will be using the A350 conversion kit for the revell one A350. Even though it is not for this particular kit, the PE set works well. I will be making my own details too.

For the paintjob i will not be using the aeroflot decals. My idea is to try and work my own details and livery, so the painting is going to be based on my liking, not referenced to a real A350. 

The NLG well, ill be adding more detail once i ensemble it with the NLG. 

 

Ive added the HYD wiring and the nose ldg lights that came with the PE SET, and also added the springs that actuate when retracting and extending de landing gear. Ive made them with 0.1mm copper wire. 

 

Cockpit fully assembled and painted. I tried to add as much detail as I could, but at this scale is hardly possible. Also, the blue Airbus color was hard to get, as I had to mix several colors to obtain it 

 

I tried to add more hydraulic and electrical lines, I don't know if I like the end result, but overall I think the assembly looks nice for the scale 

Cockpit and NLG now assembled together 

Added a fire extinguisher and the side sticks. Even though it's probably not going to be seen, I wanted to try my skill. I wanted to give more depth to the cockpit, but at this scale, I don't think it's worth i 

Some more details added from the PE set for the belly. I had to carve out a little of the plastic to fit it flush with the surface. I'll have to use some putty to cover around the details 

Cockpit, and fuselage glued together  

First sanding session. The fit is really nice  

First fit between the fuselage and the wings 

Recently i finsihed watching the Obi-Wan series on Disney, and since i didnt know yet what livery i wanted to paint on to this model i thought, what if the universe of Star War was happening in ours? So i started thinking and cam up with this idea. I wanted to recreate an imperial diplomatic transport for Darth Vader. I designed it entirely with photoshop and illustrator, whit hopes of printing the details in some decal paper i purchased recently. Lets see now how can i put this in to the real model. 

Starting the work on the engine, already sub-asembled and painted independently 

 

Started with the MLG. It's going to be hard fitting all the details in such a tiny piece 

Engines already painted. I encountered some problems while assembly, that made me make some mistakes. Overall I'm happy but it's not the result I was looking for.