Focke Wulf FW-200B in QANTAS Service
To start, the FW-200B never saw service with QANTAS. I started this kit a few years ago and it stalled due to paint matching problems for another What-If scheme. A month ago I took it down from the shelf of doom and its holding pattern and stripped it of paint to give it a new lease of life. After getting to the point of decalling I could not decide on a scheme until I was trawling through my decal stash and found a Hawkeye Models Australia sheet for a early Lockheed L749. As I was in the process of starting a Consolidated LB-30 conversion (also to be in QANTAS colours) I decided to see if the Connie decals would fit the Condor, the rest is history as they say!
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Dan Lee said on February 22, 2020
Good job turning a lemon into lemonade.
Bernard Bedeur said on February 22, 2020
Nice. Probably my favourite airplane and often forgotten as one of the worlds first modern airliners.
Stephen W Towle said on February 22, 2020
Neat build. It's always fun to have a build that doesn't have the constraints of having to follow the hard and fast rule of accuracy and one can be creative in showing what might have been.
Two thumbs up.
Robert Royes said on February 22, 2020
Looks great in the Qantas scheme!
Tom Cleaver said on February 22, 2020
It should have flown for QUANTAS! Nice save,
Greg Kittinger said on February 24, 2020
Why not?! Ended up looking good.
Ray Seppala said on February 24, 2020
Thanks gents, I was not sure the original kit decals were usable and was not really keen on the options, so into the decal stash and this one popped out.
Jimmy Zed said on February 27, 2020
Nice. I can imagine this flying above the desert near Winton QLD.