1/144 Minicraft 777-300 Singapore Airlines (9V-SYK)

Gallery Article by David C S Teo on Mar 23 2011

 

Greetings from humid Singapore...

This is a converted 777-300 done in Singapore Airlines livery.  Thanks very much to the ARC Discussion forum and the ARC member whose advice helped tremendously in completing this challenging build. I attempted to source for the resin conversion tube inserts to convert the original 777-200 Minicraft kit into 300 version but BraZ resin no longer produces it. Instead, I used two plastic tubes purchased from a local hardware shop, measured according to the dimensions which was recommended by an ARC modeler, and sawed off the tubes and used epoxy for extra strength to join the plugs into the original kit fuselage.

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The model was left to dry for a day and I begin the putty business and sanding down the edges....time consuming & tedious indeed! Then, it was the usual process of spraying the primer and airbrushing down the colors of the plane. The next time consuming portion of this build was customizing the Singapore Airline decals to suit the fuselage. Lots of reference material were obtained from Airliners.net. Once everything was done, the plane was mounted with epoxy on a wooden stand and enclosed in a showcase. This plane was a commissioned build for a Captain who use to fly this 777-300 during his First Officer days 2 - 3 years ago.

Hope you like my artwork and pictures!

David C S Teo

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Photos and text © by David C S Teo