Boeing 707 Project
1February 12, 2014Boeing 707 "Jet Clipper Borinquen"
2February 12, 2014121022 - B707 box contents.
3February 12, 2014121022 B707 - Lotta filling required
4February 12, 2014121022 - B707 Test fit
5February 12, 2014121022 - The aircraft will be depicted in flight, so the wings will need to show upward flex. Note OOB warp, easily corrected while welding top and bottom wing halves.
6February 12, 2014121027 - B707 nose gear doors after filling and sanding
7February 12, 2014121027 - B707 main gear wells, filled with 5-min epoxy and plastic shims before being sealed and puttied.
8February 12, 2014121029 - B707 nose weight is 0.5oz tire balance weight secured with epoxy.
9February 12, 2014121029 - B707 Clear nose piece secured with CA glue.
10February 12, 2014121031 - B707 The start of a campaign of filling & sanding.
11February 12, 2014121031 - B707 The discontinuity behind the cockpit will have to go.
12February 12, 2014121031 - B707 Initial application of filler (glazing putty thinned with acetone).
13February 12, 2014121031 B707 - Just about there (I'm done messing with this)!
14February 12, 2014121031 - Main gear door installation was a saga: File and shape the door, styrene to hold door at the right level, close side gap, fill well with 5-minute epoxy, and cap with door part, wiping excess epoxy with acetone.
15February 12, 2014121103 B707 - That 1/2 oz. of lead in the nose was far too much for a stick-mounted model, so I had to (a) drill a hole big enough to (b) insert a load of BBs followed by (c) a load of epoxy to hold them in place. She's a pretty heavy bird now!
16February 12, 2014121108 B707 - Port main gear door, with initial shaping done and filler applied.
17February 12, 2014121110 B707 - First primer shots (Wal-Mart Grey Primer). She's beginning to look like something!
18February 12, 2014121117 B707 - First white shot (flat). Scribed main gear doors.
19February 12, 2014121117 B707 - First white shot (flat). Tail fin needs re-scribing. Note HF antenna on fin cap from sewing needle.
20February 12, 2014121118 B707 - Seeking a balance.
21February 12, 2014121118 B707 - First gloss white shot. Gloss White is Wal-Mart cheap rattlecan.
22February 12, 2014121118 B707 - First gloss white shot. That's kitchen foil on the horizontal stab.
23February 12, 2014121118 B707 - Seamless intakes! insert is .005 clear styrene strip, painted white on the outside, cut to fit the diameters of the fan blades and intake, and CA-ed inplace.
24February 12, 2014121207 (PHD) B707 - Tail fin cut from .040 styrene, filed to a sharp edge, and mounted with two sewing pins in drilled holes.
25February 12, 2014121207 (PHD) B707 - Plastic enema from acrylic rod. Messed up the initial hole, so I had to fill it with epoxy, file, sand, polish, re-paint, and re-drill.
26February 12, 2014121207 (PHD) B707 - On her Popsicle stick. Base and fuselage are drilled at 5 deg angle, so she can be in level flight or in a graceful climb.
27February 12, 2014130105 B707 - First attempt with Alclad II.
28February 12, 2014130105 B707 - Unmasking.
29February 12, 2014130122 B707 - Fuselage and engine assemblies after several shades of Alclad.
30February 12, 2014130121 B707 - After several shades of Alclad (Chrome, Airframe Aluminum, Polished Aluminum, Duraluminum, Stainless Steel).
31February 12, 2014130122 B707 - Engine assemblies after several shades of Alclad.
32February 12, 2014131220 B707 - Engines mounted, puttied, and touched up.
33February 12, 2014131220 B707 - Engines mounted, puttied, and touched up.
34February 12, 2014140121 B707 - After decal application. Decals are Two-Six sheet STS44137 supplemented by home-made reg number and clipper name.
35February 12, 2014140121 B707 - Even with interlocking wings, fit was floppy. Remedied by a strip of .020 styrene. Wings are now snug and removeable.
36February 12, 2014140120 B707 - N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen" (Fini!)
37February 12, 2014140120 - Boeing 707-321C, N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen"
38February 12, 2014N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen" Trivia: "San Juan" is the name given to the island by the Spaniards. We know it as Puerto Rico.
39February 12, 2014N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen"
40February 12, 2014N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen"
41February 12, 2014N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen"
42February 12, 2014N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen"
43February 12, 2014N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen"
44February 12, 2014N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen"
45February 12, 2014N450PA "Jet Clipper Borinquen"
46March 24, 2023210531 707 Fly-by.
47March 24, 2023210531 707 Fly-by.
48March 24, 2023210531 707 Fly-by.
49April 15, 2023
50April 15, 2023
51April 15, 2023
52April 15, 2023
53April 15, 2023
54April 15, 2023
55April 15, 2023
Comments
15 12 February 2014, 16:14
Michael KohlPanAm 707. Iconic and hard to beat. All your work on the metal part paid off. You caught the spirit of that plane.
24 March 2023, 17:57
Album info
Boeing 707-321C, N450PA, Pan Am Jet Clipper "Borinquen" in 1/144 scale.
From Minicraft kit #14502 (1999 tooling) with Two-Six Decals set #STS44137s). Paints are cheap rattlecan with Alclad II metallics.
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