Airfix 1/144 SE 210 Caravelle

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Airfix 1/144 SE 210 Caravelle

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My first airliner for 40-odd years :-D
The decals fought me a bit, edges started breaking up in a couple of places and they took a lot of setting solution to get them to stick around curves...
Paints are AK Interactive Extreme metallic (polished aluminium) and some rather ancient Humbrol acrylics :grin:. The window glazing was done as per instructions although I lost the supplied punch, but I managed to avoid too much damage to the cheat lines 8-)
The kit itself went together nicely for it's age and I think I'll do some more civil airliners soon!

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Very lovely, Jim

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PS - what is that stand?
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That’s beautiful-the stand looks the part too!
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Great work Iggie.
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It’s great to see an old kit turned into such a nice model, very well done, and I especially like the stand. Was it included in the kit?
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Very attractive aeroplane, and yeah, nice stand.

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Beautiful. Remember doing this many moons ago when all I had was tube glue and my Dad's woodworking tools :oops: You can imagine how that turned out
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Stunning work, I love the stand, it looks so sixties retro.
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A great build of this classic airliner, Jim, the stand is excellent and IMHO looks much better than one of those standard Airfix stands that I've never really liked - when it comes to manufacturer's "classic" stands I prefer the Matchbox and FROG affairs.
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Cheers folks :grin: I'm going (possibly) to try and take some better photos of her, as the ones I've used don't look to good on the big screen :roll:

The stand (which seems to have unwittingly become the star of the show :-D :-D ) is from an Academy kit, but I have no idea which one or when I acquired it. It may have been in a job lot of stands I bought from eBay years ago, the rest of which I cannot find! It does look quite good I have to say :grin:
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Always was a looker.
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iggie wrote:Cheers folks :grin: I'm going (possibly) to try and take some better photos of her, as the ones I've used don't look to good on the big screen :roll:

The stand (which seems to have unwittingly become the star of the show :-D :-D ) is from an Academy kit, but I have no idea which one or when I acquired it. It may have been in a job lot of stands I bought from eBay years ago, the rest of which I cannot find! It does look quite good I have to say :grin:
Yeah, the models rubbish, it's the stand we want to see!! :ha: :ha: :ha: :ha: . In all honesty, despite being French the Caravelle is a beautiful aircraft and one of three I would build, French or not. (The others are the Mirage 2000 and IV). This is lovely stuff. :grin:
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Excellent job Iggie
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Great looking stand Iggie. Oh wait, there's a plane too – also really nice.
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Love the aircraft,not keen on the stand :ha: :ha: :ha: :ha: :ha:
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