Boeing 747 238 B, VH-EBC – 162, City of Sydney, QANTAS Airways 1973.
1/200 Hasegawa, this is the first model I started building when I resumed modeling, took a few years to finish, painted with Dulux, MM and Humbrol enamels with Future over Red Roo decals.
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David Mills said on January 18, 2018
Classic Quantas Scheme Allan great to see lovely work
Allan J Withers said on January 18, 2018
Thanks David, what does the U stand for ? I kept putting it in and deleting it myself !
David Mills said on January 18, 2018
Poor spelling on my part mainly!But you are right I think it is because Q is almost always followed by a U as in Queensland
Ray Seppala said on January 18, 2018
David, QANTAS is an acronym, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, so no U required.
Terry Schuler said on January 18, 2018
Allen, This is really nice !, I'm guessing that even at this scale this baby should be a pretty good size model. Well done !
Allan J Withers said on January 18, 2018
Thanks Terry, without measuring it's about 320mm wingspan and 400mm long.
Tom Bebout said on January 18, 2018
Nicely done Allen, really like that Qantas scheme. Like Terry said even at 1/200 that baby has got to be big.
Allan J Withers said on January 18, 2018
Thanks Tom, it is.
Jeff Bailey said on January 18, 2018
Lovely Jumbo Jet, Allan!
Allan J Withers said on January 18, 2018
Thanks Jeffry.
John Healy said on January 18, 2018
I love the Roo, Allan! I dabble in airliners and really prefer these old schemes with cheat lines over the “billboard” liveries we see today. Nice work.
Allan J Withers said on January 18, 2018
Thanks John, I like some of the new schemes !
Rob Pollock said on January 18, 2018
Striking scheme and clean looking build, which of course is a must for airliners.
Allan J Withers said on January 18, 2018
Thanks Rob, it is that.
Craig Abrahamson said on January 18, 2018
Nice. As Dustin Hoffman said in "Rainman", "...Qantas has never crashed..." - 🙂
Allan J Withers said on January 18, 2018
Thanks Craig, I don't remember him saying that !
Louis Gardner said on January 18, 2018
This is a great looking build Allan. I wish my first build after returning to the hobby looked this nice... believe me, it doesn't ! 🙂
Allan J Withers said on January 18, 2018
Thanks Louis, it took a few years to finish, as a lot of my builds do !
Marc Barris said on January 18, 2018
Nice...
Allan J Withers said on January 18, 2018
Thanks Marc.
Greg Kittinger said on January 18, 2018
Good looking build of a nice classic!
Allan J Withers said on January 18, 2018
Thanks Greg.
Robert Royes said on January 18, 2018
Very nice, Allan!
Allan J Withers said on January 19, 2018
Thanks Robert.
Ray Seppala said on January 18, 2018
Looks great Allan, one day I will build my B747SP in these colours. Love the old ochre cheat line scheme and what you have done with the build.
Allan J Withers said on January 19, 2018
Thanks Ray, I think I want a 1/72 SP !
George Williams said on January 18, 2018
Very neat work, Allan, as we've come to expect from you. You say you used Dulux? Unless it's different in Australia, Dulux is a range of paints for DIY enthusiasts, did you apply it with a roller? (Only joking, but I am curious.)
Allan J Withers said on January 19, 2018
Thanks George, same in Aus', paint is paint, applied with airbrush !
Julian Shawyer said on January 19, 2018
Really nice finish. One of the best aircraft ever made.
Allan J Withers said on January 19, 2018
Thanks Julian, one of many !
Anthony Conway said on January 20, 2018
Very nice work Allan.
Allan J Withers said on January 21, 2018
Thanks Anthony.