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Paula & Dan · Last edited by Paula & Dan on Thu 31 Jan 2008 08:38 am; edited 1 time in total

Although there are lots of modellers out there that can not tell a 737 from an A320 (God forbid!

), in the past some of us have thought about doing an Airfix 737-200.

Given all of the liveries out there plus some of the military derivatives, loads of which are available on the aftermarket, maybe we could have a colourful 737-200 group build.

I'll be voting "Yes" for an Orion 737-200 (who were absorbed into Britannia in the 1980s) and an Aloha version, too - to add to my Hooters Air example already completed. Pics are here of completed versions to get your creative juices flowing.

This is treason given who I work for but what can you do?

Who else is up for it? Poll will run for 2 weeks.

Dan
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2008 08:30 am Post subject:

There - I voted straight away!

Dan
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BAC · Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2008 09:07 am Post subject:

Me too!

I'd be doing a 'Britannia' one.
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farmroad38 · Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2008 09:09 am Post subject:

You know, I could be tempted - I've just been having a poke around on the Hannants site and there's some nice looking schemes about.

I'll see if I can find a kit and some interesting decals at Milton Keynes this weekend, and if I can then I'll join in.
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2008 09:16 am Post subject:

Brill! Good luck with that Adrian - it'd be nice to have you aboard a civvy build of the slug, as we delicately put it....

I've linked to this U.S. civvy supplier lot before and postage can be a hassle but I've used them to get hold of quite a few schemes. Have a mooch for some schemes. Their front page mentions they have a fresh stock of Airfix 737-200s and just entering 737-200 in their search engine reveals schemes in 1/144 for a whole host of interesting airlines.

Dan
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richellis · Posted: Sun 03 Feb 2008 21:23 pm Post subject:

ive voted unsure of what Ill do tho!
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Sun 03 Feb 2008 21:27 pm Post subject:

Good stuff, Rich. I think there'll probably be a while before we get to the build anyway.

Did you have any luck Adrian?

I was kinda hoping we'd hear from Dave - he mentioned a long time ago he had one in the stash with decals for a USAF version (T-43 maybe?). I'd like to see that one!

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farmroad38 · Posted: Sun 03 Feb 2008 21:42 pm Post subject:

I managed to find every Airfix airliner except a 737! The only stall that had any was trying to knock them out at 9 quid a pop - okay, they were old ones not the recent re-release, but even so I thought that was a bit steep.

Not to worry though - I'll see if I can get one elsewhere. Going to be a couple of months until the build starts at least, and I need to go over to Hobbycraft to get some paint so I'll see if they have any.
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richellis · Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2008 11:05 am Post subject:

had a look on e-bay and nothing!
Saw some aloha decals though so Im watching them! (Hands off I saw them first!!!!)
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farmroad38 · Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2008 11:14 am Post subject:

Just as long as you keep your hands off my Bahamasair ones!

I'm sure I bid on some Aloha or other Hawaiian ones yesterday, but they went higher than I was prepared to pay.

I can see we're going to end up bidding against each other for the kit too!
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2008 11:50 am Post subject:

Interesting - as I mentioned in the original post, we will be doing an Aloha version (an aircraft we flew on about 3 years ago).

These guys, who I've never heard of before admittedly, seem to have some 737s in stock for not outrageous money.

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richellis · Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2008 12:04 pm Post subject:

found some decals on hannants!
Also how about a group buy on the kits from the US???
Maybe get some discount if a few of us want to buy?????
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2008 12:07 pm Post subject:

If you guys want to do that, that could be a good idea - we're all set for the model kit itself as we have 3 of them in the stash, believe it or not. The last one we won on e-bay yesterday.

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hewman100 · Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2008 12:36 pm Post subject:

Aloha 737s.

Hmmm.... whenever I see those two together all I can recall is the picture of the one that lost part of it's upper fuselage that was shown to us as what could happen in a lecture on Aircraft Structures and Systems. The lecturer also referred to the 'Comet Cabriolet' as well.

Paula & Dan · Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2008 12:42 pm Post subject:

Yep - and the beauty is that it was repaired and was, until recently, still operating for them.

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farmroad38 · Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2008 16:31 pm Post subject:

I've pinged off mails to a couple of local shops to see if they have any in stock.

I've checked, and it was an Aloha and Air California decal sheet that I placed a bid on. I can see why so many people want to use that scheme - it's very bright!
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2008 08:45 am Post subject:

A week left to vote on this - we're neck and neck at the moment with 4 each way, though I guess we have passed the required minimum of 3 for the build to go ahead.

Any luck tracking them down, Adrian?

Dan
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farmroad38 · Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2008 09:15 am Post subject:

No response yet from either place I contacted. Sort of makes you wonder why they have email addresses on their website if they aren't going to answer mails

I'm sure I'll find one at some point.
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Richard M · Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

Kingkit have a Airfix 737-200 in 1/300 scale listed for UKP6.99. I didn't think they did it in that scale? Might be worth an email to see if it's been listed wrong and it's what you want.
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farmroad38 · Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2008 11:11 am Post subject:

I'd noticed they had that, but hadn't seen it was 1/300. Certainly not listed in the history section... maybe I should buy it just to see. It will either be the one I want, or an interesting oddity!
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