Airline Hobby Supplies

BraZ Resin Sets for the Zvezda Boeing 757-200 / -300

Posted on February 19, 2022 by russ@AHS

BraZ Models has announced six new resin sets for the recently released Boeing 757-200 and forthcoming 757-300 kits. The first five sets are expected in stock mid April 2022, with the cartgo door set expected mid May 2022.

The two engine sets are to improve the Zvezda parts, in particular providing the correct front fan for the PW 2000 engine.

The wheels are slightly bulged and flattened to imitate the weight of the aircraft when on the ground. Both the early and later tires are available.

The winglet set provides an improved shape over the Zvezda part.

Finally, the cargo door set provided the opportunity to model a -200C or -200F with its main deck freight door open. A full front to back floor is provided. BraZ has not announced a price for this set as yet.

BZ4124 Rolls Royce RB211-535E Engine Intake + Hot Section + Exhaust (Boeing 757, Zvezda kit)

BZ4125 Pratt & Whitney PW 2000 Engine Intake + Fan Disk + Exhaust (Boeing 757, Zvezda kit)

BZ4126 Boeing 757 – Weighted wheels “Early Type” (Zvezda kit)

BZ4127 Boeing 757 – Weighted wheels “Late Type” (Zvezda kit)

BZ4128 Boeing 757 – “Scimitar” Winglets (Zvezda kit)

BZ4129 Boeing 757 – Boeing 757 – Cargo Door & Interior (Zvezda kit)

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‘Flight of Fancy’ Boeing 757 Decal – Round 3 Results

Posted on February 14, 2022 by russ@AHS

Here are the results after the third round. I had to do a little “clean up” to remove a few double votes…. I think all told there were 11 “duplicates” over this round. I’m not sure how much clearer we could have been… “one vote per person” means exactly that.

32 – Eastern

28 – Air Florida

28 – United

21 – Air Cal

So… there will have to be a 4th round to choose the Eastern livery. JH is updating the profiles to correct the tail logo on one, and to put the other on a 757. Please allow him a few days, he does after all have a “real” job, and has to sleep sometimes.

Thanks!

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New Product Announcements, week ending February 13th 2022

Posted on February 13, 2022 by russ@AHS

We have added a new vendor ! Iliad Decals, from Canada, has released some interesting transport category decals in 1/72 scale. The following are in stock.

IL72-015A DHC-6 Twin Otters – Ecuadorian Air Force, Transport Canada Surveillance, US Army, Guatemalan Air Force, International Red Cross, French Air Force

IL72-016 Berlin Airlift Douglas C.47 – Berlin Airlift Douglas C.47 – USAF ‘Fassberg – “Flyer” ‘, USAF, USAF European Air transport Service , BOAC

IL72-018 USAF Air National Guard Douglas C.47 – Puerto Rico ANG, Virginia ANG, Nebraska ANG, New Mexico ANG

IL72-020 Unusual Douglas C.47 – United Nations Canada, USAF / Carco Air Service, USAAF / Northeast Airlines, USAF / Military Air Attache: American Legation, Wellington

DRAW Decal has released a new decal for the Zvezda Boeing 757-200 kit. There are two versions, as Delta applied this livery to both a 6-door and an 8-door 757.

DW44-757-062A DW20-757-062A Delta Airlines ‘Skyteam’ Boeing 757-200 (ex TWA, 8 door)

DW44-757-062B DW20-757-062B Delta Airlines ‘Skyteam’ Boeing 757-200 (6 door)

26Decals has released six new sets:

TS44-1085 Air Transat (later cs) Boeing 757-200

TS44-1084 Air Transat (early cs) Boeing 757-200

TS44-0836 Canadian Pacific Douglas DC-8-63

TS44-0654 Transmeridian Air Cargo Canadair CL.44D-4

TS44-0592 Merpati Nusantara Vickers Vanguard

TS44-0594 Air Holding Vickers Vanguard

8ADecs has released two new sets this week:

8A144-756B Icelandair (2022 cs) ‘Blue’ Boeing 737-MAX8

8A144-757 Air Senegal Airbus A.220-300

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New Product Announcements, week ending January 30th 2022

Posted on February 6, 2022 by russ@AHS

26Decals has released four new sets this week:

TS44-1081 Arkia BAC 1-11-400

TS72-177 South West Aviation Shorts SC-7 Skyvan

TS44-0868 LOT Polish Boeing 767-300ER

TS44-0875 Gulf Air BAC 1-11-400

8ADecs has released three new sheets:

8A144-753 Airport ’79” BAC Sud Concorde

8A144-754 British Airways BAC Sud Concorde

8A144-755 8A200-755 Turk Hava Yollari (THY) Douglas DC-9-30

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Airline Hobby Supplies Decal Releases

Posted on February 2, 2022 by russ@AHS

I have again teamed up with Jennings Heilig (of Liveries Unlimited, Airways Graphics and Fundekals fame) to bring you more of his excellent airliner decals.

The 757 decals are designed specifically for the Zvezda kit. The BAC 1-11 decal is designed for the Eastern Express kit.

A4-305 US Air Boeing 757-225 / -2B7

A4-306 Braniff International Airways BAC 1-11-203AE (‘Jellybean’ cs)

A4-G21 Corogard, Boeing 757-200 / -300 (metallic grey)

A4-G22 Corogard, Boeing 757-200 / -300 (non metallic grey)

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‘Flight of Fancy’ Boeing 757 Decal – Round 3

Posted on January 31, 2022 by russ@AHS

To recap….

JH has drawn a variety of ‘What if?’ renditions of the Boeing 757 finished in the liveries of airlines that (sadly) either never selected the aircraft, or they updated their liveries before first delivery, or went out of business before it came along. JH and I are considering releasing one as a ‘screen printed’ decal (Cartograf printed, etc), and we would like to solicit input as to which one should be selected.

Please be aware this survey is no promise or guarantee that the winner will be printed. As with any project, the economic feasibility must factor in. That said, if money were no object, I’d probably print most of them.

The first and second rounds of voting are complete. In this first round, you had the choice of all the liveries that JH illustrated and posted on Airline Cafe as candidates along with a few more we thought might be of interest. At the end of the 1st round, when I reviewed the results, I found we had a 3-way tie for 9th place. So, consequently, there were 11 options in Round 2.

At the end of round 2, we have three airlines within a single vote of each other for 2nd, 3rd and 4th place, so consequently I have decided to allow 4 airlines to move on to round 3. If the winner of Round 3 is one of the airlines with multiple livery options (i.e. Eastern or United), there will be a Fourth Round to choose the winning livery.

Images for all four airlines and all of the options can be found after the survey.

REMINDER: Now that we are down to 4 options, 1 votes per person please!

The poll software tells me how many votes have been cast by each participant. It’s easy to spot those who are trying to place more than 1 vote. And just as easy for me to “Blacklist” those who do. As of the close of round 2, there are six IP addresses on the Blacklist…. all their votes were cancelled, and did not factor in to the round 2 results. Please lets not have a repeat in round 3.

If the poll does not appear below, click the link to get to it.

Yes, I know it’s a 720…. use your imagination !

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Airline Hobby Kits BAC 1-11-200/-300/-400 (by Eastern Express)

Posted on January 23, 2022 by russ@AHS

We are packaging the 1/144 scale Eastern Express BAC 1-11-200 / -300 / -400 with a decal by Vintage Flyer. All of the recently released VFD 1-11 decals are available as options, along with an option with a “Detail Decal” that will enhance your alternate airline decal.

Kits are here…. decals are here….

AHK4-BA11-AA BAC 1-11-400, American Airlines

AHK4-BA11-AQ BAC 1-11-200, Aloha Airlines

AHK4-BA11-BN-1 BAC 1-11-200, Braniff International Airways (delivery cs)

AHK4-BA11-BN-2 BAC 1-11-200, Braniff International Airways (‘Jellybean’ cs)

AHK4-BA11-BN-3 BAC 1-11-200, Braniff International Airways (‘Flying Colors’ cs)

AHK4-BA11-CW BAC 1-11-400, Channel Airways

AHK4-BA11-MO-1 BAC 1-11-200, Mohawk Airlines (delivery cs)

AHK4-BA11-MO-2 BAC 1-11-200, Mohawk Airlines (final cs)

AHK4-BA11-DTL BAC 1-11-200 / -300 / -400 with Detail Decal

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‘Flight of Fancy’ Boeing 757 Decal – Round 2

Posted on January 17, 2022 by russ@AHS

To recap….

JH has drawn a variety of ‘What if?’ renditions of the Boeing 757 finished in the liveries of airlines that (sadly) either never selected the aircraft, updated their liveries before first delivery, or went out of business before it came along. J and I are considering releasing one as a ‘screen printed’ decal (Cartograf printed, etc), and we would like to solicit input as to which one should be selected.

The first round of voting is complete. In this first round, you had the choice of all the liveries that JH illustrated and posted on Airline Cafe are candidates along with a few more we thought might be of interest. Upon reflection, I realized that a few options (e.g. Eastern, United, PSA, Western, Lufthansa) on the first list had the potential to “Split the Vote”, so where an airline is repeated, I decided to combine the results. Then, when I reviewed the results, I found we had a 3-way tie for 9th place. So, consequently, there are 11 options in Round 2.

In Round 2 when you vote for United Airlines, you are voting for either of the two schemes that JH has drawn. The top three choices will move on to Round 3. Then, if the winner of Round 3 is one of the airlines with multiple livery options (e.g. Eastern, United), there will be a Fourth Round to choose the winning livery.

Images for most of the options can be found after the survey….. apologies that we don’t have images for them all.

REMINDER: 2 votes per person please!

The poll software tells me how many votes have been cast by each participant. It’s easy to spot those who are trying to place more than 2 votes. And just as easy for me to “Blacklist” those who do. As of Jan 27th, there are 4 IP addresses on the Blacklist…. all their votes have been cancelled.