Gallery: B737-300 TAESA [Minicraft 1/144]

Model: Boeing 737-300 

Scale: 1/144

Manufacturer: Minicraft

Year finished: 2007

Extras: Extratech photoetched set, Avalon Decals

Tips and Tricks - Heavy duty sanding

Since not many kits out there holds the status of "absolute perfect fit", we face sanding issues on most of our builds. There's plenty available tools, sandpapers, sticks and blocks dedicated for this stage of model assembly. And we want to pass it quickly and easily, which is however in opposite with keeping all moulded details and surrounding surfaces intact.

The option we often choose is use of sandpaper with higher grit number (Super&Ultra fine microgrits). But that is slowing us down, especially when heavy sanding is needed due to very bad fit of plastic parts. 

Friend of mine, fellow modeller, had recommended sandpaper which whilst having significantly low grit number is causing only reasonable damage to plastic. There is unfortunately  no Manufacturer name printed, all it says is SUPER EasyCUT WET + DRY ELECTRO COATED LATEX cwt ALOXYDE.

 

Tips and Tricks: Briefly on photography

One of the phenomenons of digital era we are all going through now is that photography (meaning taking photos) became part of our daily lives. Well, for modelling community itself it's a tool. Same as glue or plastic scriber.  Want to get feedback on your in-progress or finished builds? Take a photo and share it on dedicated discussion forums!

Through years there's been dozens of articles committed to this topic published on various media. If you can, just grab them! There is lot of information from professional photographers included that will help you to set up your home photo studio.

My workbench. "Photo Atelier" is part of it. I'm documenting step-by-step progress on most of my builds.

INBOX: Boeing 737-100 Eastern Express 1/144

Let's have a look at brand new Eastern Express offering of very first Boeing 737 version. It's in 1/144 airliner scale of course.

Tu-144 ICM 1:144 - Part 2

Tu-144 ICM 1:144 - Part 2

Dry-fitting of main parts. Kabuki tape used to hold the assembly.

  Overall fit is simply great.

 

Inbox preview Tu-144 ICM (1:144 scale)

Inbox preview Tu-144 ICM (1:144 scale)

Video commentated in Slovak language. At least for now...

Yak-40

Well, the Plastic Winter 2011 is over now, so I can focus on my workbench again (however I do not expect to have lot of time to do that anyway...). I have four kits in different stages of assembly now. One of them - Yak-40 in 144 scale was on hold due to missing livery decals. That is no longer true, because my favourite airliner decals producer released the sheet for both Slovak government aircraft.

BOA cat No.:14447