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The model that took 13 months

Started by Brian da Basher, May 13, 2011, 06:50:38 AM

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Brian da Basher

This is a project I started in April of 2010. I just got it finished a few days ago, That's a total of 13 months.  :o A new record in sloth for me.

The base kit is a 1/200 DC-8 I got literally for pocket change because the wings were missing. Of course, little details like that never stopped me. I grafted on the wings and horiz. stabs. from a 1/72 Dauntless (thanks, Anthony!) and then added the center tail from a 1/144 Boeing 314 Clipper and engines from a 1/144 DC-3 to come up with the Boeing 327. Here's some shots prior to painting.
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The mood was grim at Boeing when their 247 airliner became an also-ran once the Douglas DC-3 hit the market. The folks at Boeing aren't the type to take defeat laying down, so they improved their 247 with a complete redesign and the Boeing 327 was born. The new airliner had a longer, more streamlined fuselage which could hold 98 passengers and a wider, longer wing which offered outstanding low-speed and short landing performance. Unfortunately, W.W. II put the Boeing 327 on ice...

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These photos show the Boeing 327 in house colors prior to her unsuccessful test flight. Unfortunately, a mechanic named Reuben left his sandwich inside a wheel well and the sauerkraut and dressing fouled a landing gear actuator. Technicians couldn't determine the cause of the failure and the Boeing 327 was relegated to a corner of the back lot of the Boeing test facility until discovered by an employee of the Smithsonian who was looking to round out the collection at the Udvar-Hazy center in 2009. The Boeing test pilot, James "Jester" Deuce was amazed when the ancient landing gear actuator functioned flawlessly after a spritz of Goo-Be-Gone. Jester Deuce flew the 327 to the Udvar-Hazy center and established a new trans-continental speed record for twin-piston engined aircraft in the process. It remains there today, proudly on display only a few blocks from Reuben's Sandwich Shack where one can get a delicious reuben for only pocket change.
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reddfoxx

Funny, and awesome.  I would never have guessed DC-8 fuselage.  Overall, kinda reminds me of a P-3, kinda like a Martin 4-0-4, and of course reminiscent of the 247.  Cool!

ysi_maniac

Quote from: Brian da Basher on May 13, 2011, 06:50:38 AM
... I got literally for pocket change because the wings were missing. Of course, little details like that never stopped me...
This is the kind of whiffery I love! :wub: :thumbsup:

BTW: Nice airliner. :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :thumbsup:
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sequoiaranger

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...the 327 can actuate the perforated "Dauntless" dive brakes upon landing and help slow the plane down to the terminal!!  ;D

Good job, as we have come to expect from you, Brian.

PS--I think I recognize the wing as the old Hawk (Testors) SBD.  I just snagged the tail off one for my Twin-Engined Zero, myself.
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I like it!! Its always so great to complete one after so long  :thumbsup:
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matrixone

Great job!

Seeing this model reminds me of some of the designs the Germans were thinking about for airliners to be built post war.

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kitbasher

Hooray!  Da Basher is back in style!!
13 months - is that all?  I've a Fujimi Phantom that still needs painting after 12 years, and an Airfix Jet Provost T4 (based on the T3 kit) that's still not done after about 20 years!
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Another wonderful creation!

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sotoolslinger

Must agree. Beautiful AC. Glad you finally finished her :thumbsup: :wub: :bow:
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Worth every minute! :thumbsup:

Nice to see you back Brian!   :drink: :party:
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Brian, you're a machine I says, a machine!!!  :bow:
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That's a really nice looking aeroplane Brian  :thumbsup:
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Perfectly captures that competent feel of the era.  With the gaps like that between window sets, do you imagine it having sleeping berths, etc.?  Very nicely rendered!   :bow:
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