The Duke's First Modeling Resolution Done!

[Duke Maddog]

Finally after fighting this thing for nearly a year; I can now declare this model done.


This is Academy's 1/72 scale Boeing B-377 Stratocruiser civilian airliner done in Pan American Airlines markings. This bird is the Pan Am 'Clipper Nightingale'. I chose these markings because they looked better than the alternative and not because of ease of application! Quite the opposite in fact. Here it is all complete:

Terminal-eye view:

Slightly higher angle from then rear:

Different angle again (I wanted to shoot from higher up but missed):

Final upper view:

This shot has an Exacto knife in it for size reference to show what a 'horse' this thing is!

Okay, now I feel much better having finished at least one of these. Hopefully more of them will get done soon. It isn't perfect; in fact the decals really suck wind and I had a real tough time with them. I also had to somehow add weight to the nose some more since for some reason this was quite the tail sitter.

I'll show those details about this build when I next post in the Maddog Manufacturing Thread after next weekend. For now, just check the final model out at your leisure.

Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

 

[moon puppy]

Very nice Mark. Well done.

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Wow Mark! That is really cool. Fantastic NMF finish, and love the contrasting markings. Would have never guessed they were a fight!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks MP! I'm so glad this is finally done!

Thanks Mike! I've gotten a bit better with my NMF lately. Practice does indeed make perfect.

 

[lupanzer]

Nicely done Mark

Luiz

 

[MrT]

That looks really good!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Luiz and Terry! I appreciate that!

 

[Jeeves]

Great finish Mark! NMF is shiny in my best Firefly speak

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Mike! I love Firefly!

 

[randy_ditton]

That is a fine looking plane Mark

Randyw

 

[helios]

The struggle looks like it paid off in the end.

 

[razordws]

Gotta get on mine soon. Great work Mark.

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks for the fantastic compliments guys! You're keeping me motivated here. Now to get a few more of these done.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

It really turned out quite nice Mark! As someone else said you really can't tell that the decals were so difficult to place as they look pretty decent from here.



:drinks

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Paul! It does look pretty impressive on my shelf! Now I have to find a spot on my ceiling for this monster.

 

[Frank]

Nice work Mark

 

[Rhino]

Nifty, Duke!!!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Frank! I appreciate that!

Thanks Rhino! Your post slipped in while I was replying to Frank. Thank you very much for the compliments guys.