McDD DC-9, Valujet Airlines "Critter 592"
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March 21, 2024240206: Contents2
March 21, 2024240206: Contents3
March 21, 2024240206: Contents. Detail is soft and minimal.4
March 21, 2024240206: Contents. All common openings are presented as open with well-fitting doors.5
March 21, 2024240206: Contents. Note engine compressor fans. There are no turbine parts.6
March 21, 2024240206: Contents7
March 21, 2024240206: Contents8
March 21, 2024240206: Decals from Draw Decal and Liveries Unlimited9
March 21, 2024240207: Windows ready to be filled. Tape is hi-temp polyimide electrical tape.10
March 21, 2024240207: Windows will be filled with inexpensive 2-part clear acrylic.11
March 21, 2024240207: Teasing out the small bubbles with a toothpick.12
March 21, 2024240208: (24 hours later) Clear resin windows turned out perfectly clear and flush.13
March 21, 2024240208: (24 hours later) Clear resin windows turned out perfectly clear and flush.14
March 21, 2024240210: Initial tape-up for balance.15
March 21, 2024240210: Ballast (3gr) to prevent tail-sitting.16
March 21, 2024240209: Mounting socket installed at 3 deg ANU attitude.17
March 21, 2024240209: Mounting socket installed at 3 deg ANU attitude.18
March 21, 2024240213: Mounting socket filed flush19
March 21, 2024240213: Top seam reinforced inside with 5-min epoxy20
March 21, 2024240213: Ballast (3gr steel nut) secured with 5-min epoxy21
March 21, 2024240213: Airstairs sealed shut with CA22
March 21, 2024240213: Nose gear doors sealed shut with CA.23
March 21, 2024240214: Nose gear doors after shaping and sanding.24
March 21, 2024240214: Nose gear doors in silver paint.25
March 21, 2024240215: Fitting the forward cargo hold doors.26
March 21, 2024240215: Fitting the after cargo hold doors.27
March 21, 2024240215: Cargo doors after filling with CA and sanding smooth.28
March 21, 2024240215: Fitting the windshield piece. Fit was not horrible.29
March 21, 2024240215: Door R1 was missing and was filled with clear acrylic and CA and flied smooth.30
March 21, 2024240215: Door L1 fit was very good (better than it looks).31
March 21, 20242402145: Windshield piece sealed with CA.32
March 21, 20242402145: Windshield piece sanding and shaping.33
March 21, 20242402145: Windshield piece in silver paint.34
March 21, 20242402145: Fuselage ready for primer.35
March 21, 20242402145: Fuselage ready for primer.36
March 21, 2024240217: Installing a brass spar to help mount horizontal stabilizers.37
March 21, 2024240217: Installing a brass spar to help mount horizontal stabilizers.38
March 21, 2024240221: Primed and topcoated. Fuselage in WM rattlecan Gloss white, wings in Humbrol Metal Cote Polished Aluminium.39
March 21, 2024240228: Cut a piece of tape from a Xerox of the decal sheet to provide a template for the blue.40
March 21, 2024240228: Checking alignment before the paint shop.41
March 21, 2024240228: Custom mix for ValuJet blue42
March 21, 2024240228: Tamiya thinned with X-20 and a few drops of paint retarder.43
March 21, 2024240228: Starboard side looked a bit off, so I re-taped for a correction.44
March 21, 2024240228: Starboard side after correction.45
March 21, 2024240301: Engine cowling bare metal parts in MrC Super Silver.46
March 21, 2024240313: Decals by Draw Decals went on perfectly. Color match to Critter's VJ Blue was done using Tamiya acrylics.47
March 21, 2024240313: Decals by Draw Decals went on perfectly. Color match to Critter's VJ Blue was done using Tamiya acrylics.48
March 21, 2024240321: Registration number was printed on white decal paper with a blue background and cut in with trim paint.49
March 21, 2024240321: Miscellaneous details provided on decal sheet.50
March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight51
March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight52
March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight53
March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight54
March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight55
March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight56
March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight57
March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight58
March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight59
March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight60
March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight61
March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight62
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March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight65
March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight66
March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight67
March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight68
March 24, 202435-year-old Candi Kubeck, Captain and PIC of Critter 592.69
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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)