1/144 DC-9-33F – SAS 75th Anniversary Group Build.
This is an original issue Airfix kit from 1973. I picked it up at a show back in 2017 for $4 US. I dabble in airliners and Douglas products are my favorites. It's not a bad kit 50 years later. It's only real failing is that the fuselage is round, not the correct double bubble shape. The SAS group build gave me a perfect excuse to build it. I purchased a Lima November sheet for Norwegian registered SAS DC-9/MD-80s and chose the rarely seen freighter version. SAS operated two of these between the late 1960s and early 1990s.
I built the kit pretty much from the box. I only added new blade antennas and nose gear doors from plastic card. Paints are Tamiya spray bomb white and silver leaf. Detail paints are Humbrol and Floquil enamels. I also used Liveries Unlimited coroguard decals for the inspar sections on the wings.
Thanks for looking and happy modeling!
This is an exceptionally well build airliner, John @j-healy
Incredible on how you made all those windows disappear.
Perfect in all areas.
It was a pleasure to follow your thread.
Thanks, John!
Great job John, a really nice looking build. The decals and overall finish is spot on!
Thanks, Bob!
Looks great!
Thanks, Greg!
Nice n clean looking cargo jet John. The white paint looks perfect. Great job eliminating those windows. Glad you posted a photo holding it in your hand to give us a perspective of the model’s size.
Thank you, Eric. It’s just the right size now sitting between two DC-8s on my shelf!
Came out really amazing, John!
What a great result! For some reason I used to overlook airliners: how wrong I was!
Your build thread was also a joy to follow.
Congratulations!
Thanks, Spiros. I’ve always liked airliners. I grew up next to O’Hare in Chicago and worked there for many years. I honestly miss the first generation jets. They had some character.
Nice save on this old chestnut. A great result.
Thanks, Tom. It’s still one of my favorite kits.
Excellent build of an old kit! Looks really nice, and it is definitely a rare type.
Thanks, Csaba! The freighters were indeed pretty rare sights.
Great looking DC-9! You could tell one type of plane from another back then.
My last navy reserve unit flew the [D]C-9.
Thanks, Robert. I loved the DC-9. I flew on Delta’s regularly years ago, usually from Atlanta to Pensacola while traveling between Chicago and Alabama. Airborne Express flew their cargo -32s into O’Hare a lot when I worked there. They got every penny out of those planes, LOL.