Blue Jetstream (SP-KWN)

Aligning the desktop to the mid console... 

... requires ignoring the instruction and marked places - hello Amodel, my old friend 🙂 

Believe me or not, all painted using the very same Dark Ghost Grey by Vallejo 🙂 

More details to follow before closing the fuselage. 

Not my best cockpit ever, but fair enough for an airliner IMHO 🙂 

I had to prevent the wheel bay from falling back into the fuselage 

Knowing Amodel designs, I postponed the desktop alignment and I was right.  

Only once the fuselage has been closed, I could get it straight 🙂 

 

Yup, there's a small leak, will think what do later. Don't want to remove the canopy anymore. 

Nice feature, kudos to Amodel team. 

NH Detail fit is not amazing... or is it the Amodel moulding? 😉 

I decided to cut the first one in two... 

...but I managed to fit the other one without cutting. 

Engines on the way. 

The famous Amodel fit and design 😄 

The KV masks (the only ones available on the market) have additional "gasket" part (my assumption).
Not sure I'm gonna use it, have to check how prominent it is in reality.
You can also see the penetration-glue-putty, all credits to Thomas and his Swedish mentor 😉 

Sanding commenced! 

Dryfitting after the priming. I consider spraying the engines before mating the wings with the fuselage. 

That's what the windows are going to look like (yeah, I know I need to paint the holes black first). 

Pain in the ass to spray the old Tamiya X-4, but I simply love that shade, I haven't seen more blueish blue yet 😄 

 

 

No more dry-fitting 🙂 

 

 

More filling. 

 

My fault, should have followed the wing marks better... 🙁 

Repositioned. 

Fixing pt.I 

Fixing continues, pt.II 

 

Better, isn't it? 

Main undercarriage needs strengthening. 

And so does the front part too. 

And on its own legs finally! ) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I consider main painting to be completed. 

Working on the exhausts, which were hilariously thick 🙂 

Brace yourselves... 

Turns out the black registrations were painted onto a brighter grey, will have to add it. 

... winter is coming 🙁 Looks like a Norwegian pullover now 😉 

Turns out the registration is not repeated on the top of the wings - less work 👍 

But the emergency exit markings are missing in the Coast Air decal set 🙁
Need to rob the A-Model sheet and add the black background... 

The kit decal for the emergency overwing exits (yellow part trimmed, it was out of register btw.) 

Painting the black part and filling the yellow parts that splintered away straight into the arms of the Carpet Monster. 

These 2 are missing in the kit. 

On its own wheels now, propeller saga continues... (another lesson to avoid prop end decals 🙂 ) 

Closeup, the brako hose took whole evening yesterday. 

Side windows are not yet there, but soon 🙂 

Props are dry-fitted only, still needing some corrections. 

@Cuajete: the windows have arrived! 😉 

The last stretch, waiting for last layer of varnish to seal it.