1/144 Minicraft 757-200 America West

Gallery Article by Jason Wolfe on July 16 2009

 

I like the America West 757 liveries and I have been wanting to do a 757-200 model with the 'Teamwork Coast to Coast' livery for years now. I finally found the decal set from Brasil Decals on Ebay. You can't find it anywhere else these days. It was pure luck that I came across it.

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I used the Minicraft 'United Airlines' 757-200 kit, which actually went together like a dream...just some minor gaps at the wing root that I had to fill. I've read on the forums that the Minicraft 757 kits have several inaccuracies, but I just wanted to do a quick build and not worry about them too much. However, I did replace the kit engines with BraZ resin RB211-535E engines, which flew on the America West fleet.

Paint is Testors 'Desert Sand' which seems to be the perfect match for this scheme.

Enjoy!

Jason Wolfe

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