Italeri 1/144 ATR 42-500 FedEx WIP

Modeling Subjects Airliners and Civil Aircraft
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A good friend of mine is an airframe tech and he posted a few pics of an ATR 42 in FedEx livery. I got inspired and got the Italeri Kit and ordered the decals from DRAW.

Kit is under way - haven’t got the decals yet.

Photos show subtle outlines of the passenger windows, but painted over. I spoke with my friend and he said they put a patch panel over the windows and seal them. They have to be redone every 4-8 years.

The Italeri kit comes with the windows which I installed and filled - mostly to achieve the look. Here’s a good shot ( https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KAjjscHtqmE/maxresdefault.jpg )

ATR 42

Nice little Kit - coming along. First coat of gloss white.

I used to use gunze sangyo acrylics. This is my first time using Mr Color - different animal for sure.

Anyhow - I’ll post a few pics here and there :slight_smile:

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Looking good. I’ve got that kit as well but haven’t decided on a scheme yet. I don’t like the kit schemes. Going to be following your build.

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Masked and sprayed Tamiya X-16 which looks close to the FedEx purple

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Great job, I’m looking forward to the finished result. I have a soft spot for the ATR. My dad flew them in the early days of his airline flying career and spend many days in the back of one following him around.

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How do you guys paint 1/144 scale tires and wheels? I’m on my 3rd round of touching up and considering stripping and starting over!

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On small wheels I like to stick wheel/tire on some axle like a toothpick and brush paint the tire. I brace my painting hands/fingers on something and twirl the axle while I paint. The rotation of the tire helps keep the demarkation line even.

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That makes sense - I’ll give it a try. My landing gear isn’t looking too good to date!

I got the notice that my decals shipped - good news!

Added the horizontal stabilizers and painted the de-icing boots - they need a bit of touchup. Also did the black on the nacelles.

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For 1/144th wheels I airbrush rubber black then heavily thinned white paint into the rims, then I can touch up any rubber areas. Once I tried circle masks, but my circle cutter can’t make masks that small.

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Kind of like doing a wash then? But with white.

BTW - Decals came in and they look great. They are from DRAW decal and are the continuous film type. Hope to get to decaling tonight.

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The decals come with deicer boots! Cleaned them up. These decals are really nice. Got a few on

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This is one beautiful build!

Toshi

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Waiting for the decals to set - try to touch up the wheels, then she’ll get a coat of future

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Hi;

Being as how I worked for the company that did his Falcon 20 conversions , I have a soft spot for anything Fed-Ex . She’s looking mighty good to me . T.B.

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Details… A note from my airframe tech friend “Looks reallly good Brother! but N820 is a ATR-72 tail number”

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Nicely done

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My company is still flying a couple of your old airplanes! I was flying them until I switched to being Learjet-only a few months back. The Falcon 20 is an awesome aircraft.

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Nicely done, great job.[:D]

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That is a great job you’ve done. The decals are or can be difficult. You make it look easy. Very nice project!

Toshi

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Miflyer;

The thing I liked about those Falcons .When new they were like a work of art .Even picking one up at Orly ( bare plane ) and flying it back to the States they were like a Ferrari among Chevies .

Every joint inside was so perfect . The plane was a breeze to work on . The memories of that plane are all good . T.B.

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Allo !

Hey gotta ask. What’s the plane in the background ? It looks good too . T.B.