T204 Project
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220605: Box contents.
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220605: Box contents.
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220605: Box contents.
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220605: Box contents.
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220605: Box contents.
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220605: Box contents.
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220607: Windiws will be filled with clear acrylic resin. Tape is high-temp polimyde electrical tape.
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220610: Cutting an access hole.
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220831: Engine components.
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220831: Front office. Panels are black decal film.
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220831: Front office. Panels are black decal film.
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220831: Front office trial fit.
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220909: Lead tyre weight for ballast (sealed in 5-minute Epoxy).
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220909: Front office secured in place.
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220909: You won't be able to see the instrument panel, but I'll know it's there!
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220909: Front office minus the windshield glass.
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220919: Installing the socket for the in-flight display stand.
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220919: Sealing up the MLG wells. Fit here is impressive!
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221017: Windshield piece is slightly off. Here it is mated perfectly on the left side...
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221017: ...and overhanging slightly on the right side. Tricky.
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221019: Installing a brass spar to help secure and set dihedral for the hz. stabs.
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221019: Installing a brass spar to help secure and set dihedral for the wings. Glue is 5-min Epoxy.
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221019: Aloft on her new "flying" feet.
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221023: Windshield after glued in place under sliver paint pen.
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221023: Windshield with paint removed with Isopropyl Alcohol.
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221029: Applying windshield masks (by KV Masks - excellent addition!)
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221029: Engine nacelles (excellent fit!)
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221106: Applying these is tedious. 108 or so at about 5 per minute.
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221106: Applying these is tedious. 108 or so at about 5 per minute.
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221106: Applying these is tedious. 108 or so at about 5 per minute.
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221123: Fuselage in Mr. Hobby HUG-01 RX-78-2 Gundam White
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221123: Fuselage in Mr. Hobby HUG-01 RX-78-2 Gundam White
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221126: Gotta fix a blemish.
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221126: Fixed a blemish.
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221126: Wings uppers and undersides in Tamiya XF-80 Royal Light Grey (a.k.a. "Boeing Grey").
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221126: Wings uppers and undersides in Tamiya XF-80 Royal Light Grey (a.k.a. "Boeing Grey").
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221127: Almost there, ready for those big, ambitious decals.
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221127: Ready for those big, ambitious decals (will this work?)
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221127: Fuselage markings worked beautifully! Had to cut out each letter, though, for proper spacing.
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221127: Wing decals also went on like a charm.
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221127: Minor decals were on perfectly thin and conforming.
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221127: Forward part of the large red decal went on beautifully.
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221127: The problem was with the aft part. It would not conform, then became welded to the fuselage (unable to float it into position).
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221127: Aft part of the red decal would not move or conform.
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221127: Aft part of the red decal would not move or conform.
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230221: (Three months later...) Finally got the nerve to strip the failed decal for painting.
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230221: Aft fuselage decal removed and masked for paint application.
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230221: Aft fuselage decal removed and masked for paint application (note trial) Color is Vajello Model Color 70.947 Dark Vermilion.
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230221: Vallejo Model Color 70.947 Dark Vermilion cut 50:50 with Vallejo Airbrush Thinner, plus two drops Vallejo Flow Improver.
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230221: Vallejo Model Color 70.947 Dark Vermilion cut 50:50 with Vallejo Airbrush Thinner, plus two drops Vallejo Flow Improver.
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230221: Nose gear doors, too
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230221: Vallejo goes down perfectly flat. I need a shine...
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230221: Vallejo goes down perfectly flat. I need a shine...
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230221: Here she is after a coat of Future floor wax.
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230224: Decal application continues with (laser printed) registration codes for the accident aircraft.
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230228: Rollout
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230228: Rollout
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230228: Rollout
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230228: Rollout. I'm pleased with the color match (Vallejo Model Color 70.947 Dark Vermilion).
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230329: Ready for delivery
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230329: Ready for delivery
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230329: Ready for delivery
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230329: Ready for delivery
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230329: Ready for delivery
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230329: Ready for delivery
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230329: Ready for delivery
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230329: Ready for delivery
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230330: first revenue flight.
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230330: first revenue flight.
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230330: first revenue flight.
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230330: first revenue flight.
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230330: first revenue flight.
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230330: first revenue flight.
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230330: first revenue flight.
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230330: first revenue flight.
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230330: first revenue flight.
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230330: first revenue flight.
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230330: first revenue flight.
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230330: Last revenue flight after sanctions.
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16 6 February 2023, 05:30
Album info
Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268 c. 2012
(Tupolev Tu-204-100 in 1/144 scale, Zvezda kit # 7023 @2017 (2018 release).
Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268 was a Tupolev Tu-204-100 passenger jet that crashed on landing at Moscow Vnukovo Airport, Russia (UUWW (VKO) on 29 December 2012, following a repositioning flight from Pardubice Airport, Czech Republic. Through a combination of weather and wind effects, design features, and pilot error, the aircraft overran the runway on landing and hit a ditch and highway structures - and an unfortunate car. There were no passengers on board, but 5 of the 8 crew members were killed.
May they rest in peace.