McDD DC-9, Valujet Airlines "Critter 592"
240206: Contents
240206: Contents
240206: Contents. Detail is soft and minimal.
240206: Contents. All common openings are presented as open with well-fitting doors.
240206: Contents. Note engine compressor fans. There are no turbine parts.
240206: Contents
240206: Contents
240206: Decals from Draw Decal and Liveries Unlimited
240207: Windows ready to be filled. Tape is hi-temp polyimide electrical tape.
240207: Windows will be filled with inexpensive 2-part clear acrylic.
240207: Teasing out the small bubbles with a toothpick.
240208: (24 hours later) Clear resin windows turned out perfectly clear and flush.
240208: (24 hours later) Clear resin windows turned out perfectly clear and flush.
240210: Initial tape-up for balance.
240210: Ballast (3gr) to prevent tail-sitting.
240209: Mounting socket installed at 3 deg ANU attitude.
240209: Mounting socket installed at 3 deg ANU attitude.
240213: Mounting socket filed flush
240213: Top seam reinforced inside with 5-min epoxy
240213: Ballast (3gr steel nut) secured with 5-min epoxy
240213: Airstairs sealed shut with CA
240213: Nose gear doors sealed shut with CA.
240214: Nose gear doors after shaping and sanding.
240214: Nose gear doors in silver paint.
240215: Fitting the forward cargo hold doors.
240215: Fitting the after cargo hold doors.
240215: Cargo doors after filling with CA and sanding smooth.
240215: Fitting the windshield piece. Fit was not horrible.
240215: Door R1 was missing and was filled with clear acrylic and CA and flied smooth.
240215: Door L1 fit was very good (better than it looks).
2402145: Windshield piece sealed with CA.
2402145: Windshield piece sanding and shaping.
2402145: Windshield piece in silver paint.
2402145: Fuselage ready for primer.
2402145: Fuselage ready for primer.
240217: Installing a brass spar to help mount horizontal stabilizers.
240217: Installing a brass spar to help mount horizontal stabilizers.
240221: Primed and topcoated. Fuselage in WM rattlecan Gloss white, wings in Humbrol Metal Cote Polished Aluminium.
240228: Cut a piece of tape from a Xerox of the decal sheet to provide a template for the blue.
240228: Checking alignment before the paint shop.
240228: Custom mix for ValuJet blue
240228: Tamiya thinned with X-20 and a few drops of paint retarder.
240228: Starboard side looked a bit off, so I re-taped for a correction.
240228: Starboard side after correction.
240301: Engine cowling bare metal parts in MrC Super Silver.
240313: Decals by Draw Decals went on perfectly. Color match to Critter's VJ Blue was done using Tamiya acrylics.
240313: Decals by Draw Decals went on perfectly. Color match to Critter's VJ Blue was done using Tamiya acrylics.
240321: Registration number was printed on white decal paper with a blue background and cut in with trim paint.
240321: Miscellaneous details provided on decal sheet.
240320: Delivery flight
240320: Delivery flight
240320: Delivery flight
240320: Delivery flight
240320: Delivery flight
240320: Delivery flight
240320: Delivery flight
240321: First revenue flight
240320: Delivery flight
240321: First revenue flight
240321: First revenue flight
240321: First revenue flight
240321: First revenue flight
240321: First revenue flight
240321: First revenue flight
240321: First revenue flight
240321: First revenue flight
240321: First revenue flight
35-year-old Candi Kubeck, Captain and PIC of Critter 592.
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Douglas DC-9, N904VJ, Valujet Airlines "Critter 592", c. May 1996
(MPC Eastern Airlines McDD DC-9 in 1/144 scale, kit #1-4703 c. 1982 (née Airfix Kit 03176-5 © 1973)
