Revell 1/144 Airbus 380-800 'Wildlife'

Modeling Subjects Airliners and Civil Aircraft
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I got this as a gift for the 2021 Secret Santa GB but clearly fell behind. Better late than never.

Beautiful kit and great decals - thanks Secret Santa! I ordered the stand from a diecast shop and did a little work to adapt the kit.

For size comparison here she is with the same scale 737

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Nice work, John. Be nice find one of those stands for the 737 too, it’s to pretty to sit on its belly.

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Ha - she has gear down but, ya the airliners look great on stands

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Yeah, airliners have to take off. Seriously, I think an airliner looks better than a prop plane on a stand with dead sticks. You really don’t notice fans are not turning.

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Beautiful build! Love those markings down the side. So regret selling off my stash of airliners years ago. I bought them all when Hobby Lobby stocked them and still had their 50% off sales.

tjs

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Thanks Tom. I like to do an airliner/transport once in a while but I like interesting liveries. I’ve done about a dozen or so and have 1/2 that in the stash. With that monster done, I’ve been leaning towards smaller turboprop regional/commuters. Though I do still have a 1/144 Zvezda 737-8 in the stash and it’s a bit bigger than the A380 [:|]

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I had forgotten I ordered this vinyl sticker for the stand. Showed up today

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Awesome built.

I want to build Airliners…im afraid of the shelve space…

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Start with 1/200 scale. Hasegawa makes some really nice ones like the ANA 737s

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Or start with 1/144 scale … and to up the pain level, get a vintage Airfix kit! Kidding … sort of [:D]

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Great job on your Airbus 380-800 Keavdog. Even at 1/144 scale it’s large. The 737 looks so small compared to the 380-800. A stand really adds to the finished aircraft model. Did you mask the window’s or use a decal? I remember building Zvezda 1/144 Boeing 747-8, I hand cut out 244 windows using a metal template, that made my lower back hurt.