tomprobert Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Not strictly large scale, but 'large' nonetheless... Having built Aircraft in Miniature's 1/72nd Boeing 747 a few years back, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience... ... I thought I'd have a go at the same company's McDonnell-Douglas DC-10. These kits are fairly basic with no surface detail to speak of, but you do get pre-cut vacformed parts that still require a little sanding, white metal landing gear, wheels and flap tracks, as well as resin engine fronts and exhaust cones. Here's what you get 'in the box'... actually it came in a big bag... Fuselage halves, with a central keel - that is a 12" ruler by the way! Wings: Engines, stabilisers, wing box and trunking for the tail mounted engine intake: White metal parts and resin engine detail parts: This is an older version of the kit and comes with decals for UTA - they're rather past it though and I'll have to source some alternatives: The fun will soon begin - I'll be making a start this week... Tom Edited February 13, 2014 by tomprobert Paul in Napier, Uilleann and JunkyJan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Wow! You certainly like 'em big Tom! I'm really looking forward to this one, though I have no idea where you put all these monsters. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Think I will follow along on this one! I have always wanted a KC-10 in the brighter AF colors And you never see any DC or KC 10s being built. Im really interested in seeing how one of these comes together in the hands of someone with your vac skills. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Think I will follow along on this one! I have always wanted a KC-10 in the brighter AF colors And you never see any DC or KC 10s being built. Im really interested in seeing how one of these comes together in the hands of someone with your vac skills. Cheers, Agreed - much better than the grey schemes worn currently. AIM do a conversion set, too... I've made a start on this project, and have decided to begin with the tail and engine no. 2. This area was troubling me as the kit intake would need some surgery to get it looking respectable. The first task was to remove the tail from the fuselage - this will make working on it far easier: One the parts had been sanded and the trailing edges thinned down, removed the exhaust area as this will be detailed sparately later in the build. At this point, I also scribed on the basic panel detail: On the real aircraft, the centre engine sits deep in the cowling, far deeper than the kit supplied part allows: This simply wouldn't look right for the DC-10, so something had to be done! A trip to the hardware shop later, with the resin engine front in my pocket to check the diameter, and... The intake ring was removed from the front of the kit engine front, and the basics of the fan painted: This was then attached to the piping, which was cut to the correct length, and placed in the nacelle: Now I need to secure everything in place and join the tail halves. Looking better already! Tom Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 The basic tail structure of the DC-10 is now complete... I'll let the pictures do the talking: There'll be some more finer detailing to do later in the build, but that'll do for now. Tom Iain, Memphis, Paul in Napier and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 (edited) Looks fab Tom! Question though..............it does seem odd that the engine is set SO far back................it looks like (and im obviously wrong here) the engine face is set SO far back in the housing that there wouldn't actually be any room for the whole engine? Was that No 2 engine smaller/shorter, or is it just an optical allusion? Edited February 13, 2014 by Out2gtcha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Looks fab Tom! Question though..............it does seem odd that the engine is set SO far back................it looks like (and im obviously wrong here) the engine face is set SO far back in the housing that there wouldn't actually be any room for the whole engine? Was that No 2 engine smaller/shorter, or is it just an optical allusion? The engine was 'as standard' in the tail, but it did sit a long way inside the nacelle. I think it might be the angle of the picture that's playing tricks; I followed pictures and diagrams of the real thing as best I could so I don't think I'm far off. This picture (used for illustrative purposes only) shows what I mean: Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 The engine was 'as standard' in the tail, but it did sit a long way inside the nacelle. I think it might be the angle of the picture that's playing tricks; I followed pictures and diagrams of the real thing as best I could so I don't think I'm far off. This picture (used for illustrative purposes only) shows what I mean: Tom Kewl that does explain a lot. Seems the engine shroud is just that long, and the engine itself not really as long as I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 yeah..., awesome work..., crisp rescribed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Great work mate. I'm not sure if you've seen my thread over on BM (in Aviation Photography)... but i'll put these here for you. Vortex - S2-ACR by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr S2-ACR DC-10 Sunday 23rd Feb, last passenger flight. by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr LSP_K2 and Paul in Napier 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Any more updates on this Tom, I totally forgot about it! Looking at buying one this year, got some nice fire bomber decals now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 On 1/27/2016 at 12:29 PM, Radders said: Any more updates on this Tom, I totally forgot about it! Looking at buying one this year, got some nice fire bomber decals now Just stumbled across this thread, and was wondering the same thing! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 11 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Just stumbled across this thread, and was wondering the same thing! Kev Wow, this is a blast from the past. I still have this in storage in the loft and had got as far as starting to scribe the fuselage but then ran out of steam. I am getting back into airliners so may well drag this out again one day… Tom LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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