We are pleased to announce the arrival of two new decals for the CRM Boeing 727-100 and 727-200 kits. Both designed by Jennings Heilig and printed in Italy by Cartograf.
A4-323 Braniff International ‘Jellybean’ cs Boeing 727-27, -27C and -227
The Braniff decal allows for any one model in either of the two ‘jellybean’ schemes.
A4-324 Delta Airlines, Delta Shuttle Boeing 727-95, -295, -232ADV, -247
This decal allows you to build your choice of a 727-100 or 727-200, in Delta or Delta Shuttle markings. It includes markings for the 1976 Bicentennial, 1,000th 727 and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Both the earlier white nose or later black nose variations can be built.
Today, VFD posted the following news on their web site:
It is with great regret that we announce our trusted printer of 13 years has developed a technical issue that cannot be economically repaired. Thus, we have been forced to discontinue a large number of our decal range that has been impacted by this issue and can no longer be printed with the high-quality standard that Vintage Flyer Decals has come to be known by.
Many would ask “why not just buy a new one?” Our printer is a commercial grade unit that would cost over $14,000.00 to replace in order to keep the same high standard of print quality and color accuracy of our decal sheets.
The website has been updated to reflect those sheets that are not currently available to order.
Should the situation change, or new options arise, please keep checking this website for any updates and / or announcements.
Thanks!
I have asked VFD to provide a list of decals still available, and of those he can no longer print. In the meantime, and effective immediately, all orders received are subject to in-stock availability (and we already have many gaps in our inventory), and will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
26Decals has released a pair of sheets depicting the Bristol Britannia G-BRAC which featured in the British TV series from 1980 ‘Buccaneer’. The aircraft used was leased from Redcoat, and its paint scheme modified as shown, Apparently only one season aired, as the Britannia crashed on February 16th 1980, and the series was subsequently cancelled..
The new kit while similar to the -200, has been improved in a number of areas.
First, the fuselage and clear window strips have been improved to allow better and smoother fit. Two sets of window strips are provided for the left side forward cabin, for a straight passenger aircraft, and for a freight door equipped ‘combi’ aircraft. The fin is updated with the oval #2 intake that was a hallmark of the -100.
The wings have been redesigned to improve the fit, and of course to provide the different wing root fairings aft of the wings.
There are a few less obvious improvements to the wings and landing gear in particular.
The decal provided is for an aircraft operated by the United States Air Force. While this is a very plain scheme, the decal does include a good selection of ‘detail’ decals, Used in conjunction with an after market decal, it should allow for a nicely finished model.
Finally, CRM144-900, the series 200 kit is back in stock. Both kits are available to order.
Finally, DRAW has added a set for the Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400F featuring the larger titles, joining their sets -071 which feature the smaller ‘Cathay Pacific Cargo’ titles.
8ADecs has released the following new decals. Air Inuit operates their 737-800 ina ‘combi’ configuration, allowing both passengers and freight on their services to the Great White North.
These are screen printed decals (by Cartograf), designed to fit the Zvezda kit.
The America West scheme was, in my opinion, one of the nicest schemes ever applied to a 757. Seven of the airline’s fourteen strong 757 fleet wore this scheme.
A4-321 America West Airlines (1996 – 2006 cs) Boeing 757-200
Our Northwest Orient 757-251 sheet includes the many title variations worn by the fleet in this basic scheme. JH provided drawings and guides as to which airframes wore each style of titles. Also included are a set of Republic Airlines titles, as the final three airframes delivered to Republic arrived in this scheme, with Republic titles. We also included all the ship names, allowing any one of the fleet to be accurately modelled.
Also now available are sets of Rolls Royce logos, sized for use on the Zvezda 757 (but I am sure useful elsewhere!), printed black on a chrome silver foil background. They are available as a pair, or a set of 12.
Finally, we discovered that United Airlines painted the wing escape markings on their 757 fleets slightly different from what we provided on the original decal. We have printed corrections, which are now included with the main decal, and are available (at no charge) upon request for all who previously purchased A4-319.
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