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#42173 03-30-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Keep an eye on F-Dcal's web site... Lots more to follow!  
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#42174 03-30-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Jennings, You'll obviously make many happy with these decals... -Harry B. (and congrat turning '50
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#42182 03-30-2012 GMT-5 hours |
Quote Thanks Harry (doesn't happen until next month though..) Lots more Tu-134s coming along! |
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#42183 03-30-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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#42186 03-30-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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#42187 03-31-2012 GMT-5 hours 
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This is excellent news. So many cool schemes to choose from. I will definitely be getting the Malez and Polish ones, and the CSA one when it comes out ('cos I'm sure you're going to do that one too)
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#42189 03-31-2012 GMT-5 hours
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Thanks Jennings, Air Koryo and Malev are "must" and to my taste.
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#42199 03-31-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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I like that alot. Some new decals. Air Koryo will be on my list as will the Hungarian airlines. Thanks. On the bench... |
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#42204 03-31-2012 GMT-5 hours |
Quote ..but LOT delivery, interim and last schemes are already available from F-DCAL since a long time.....what's new about that??? |
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#42209 03-31-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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I'm re-doing them specifically for the Zvezda kit..
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#42214 04-01-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Great! With an option for clear windows in the window line? 
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#42223 04-01-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Yes, that's one major difference between the Zvezda kit and all previous ones. Pending actually getting the kit in my hands, I'm tentatively planning on doing decals for the frames on the windscreen and nose area so you don't have to mask all those tiny windows. Please note I said "tentatively planning" - I may go insane trying to make it work! J |
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#42240 04-01-2012 GMT-5 hours |
Quote INTERFLUG INTERFLUG INTERFLUG INTERFLUG with the later 1980's lettering! *) ...and EE's release now (maybe your decals will fit both....) |
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#42241 04-01-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Not quite Interflug, but close (Stasi). Interflug coming too 
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#42242 04-01-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Where are you guys finding Eastern Express Tu-134s for sale? I can't find anybody that has them.
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#42244 04-01-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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#42246 04-02-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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One of many variations of the Interflug scheme 
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#42266 04-02-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Hungarian People's Republic 
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#42277 04-03-2012 GMT-5 hours
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Quote Hi, I got my EE TU134 from pas-decals.ru in Moscow. on the vertical menu you have a list of manufactures under #3 and contact info under #6 I orded by email and used PayPal for payment, worked like a dream :-) |
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#42283 04-03-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Have uploaded 2 pics of EE's TU3 (see "SPRUES")
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#42284 04-03-2012 GMT-5 hours |
Quote Link? I've searched high and low and I can't find anything like that. This site has so many nooks & crannies... |
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#42288 04-03-2012 GMT-5 hours
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Quote Try this: http://airlinercafe.com/photosearch.php?man=125&sca=1&cat=5 Rodger Cook |
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#42289 04-03-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Thanks. Looks interesting. Difficult to tell from the pics, but it doesn't look quite as refined as the Zvezda kit (which is what I would expect having seen other EE kits). It is notable that they've molded a later production Tu-134A with fewer windows aft on the left side, which was the configuration of the majority of Tu-134As produced. Hard to believe that within 18 months we've gone from nothing but the Braz resin kit to being awash in Tu-134 kits! Now how about an Il-62/62M!?!? |
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#42290 04-03-2012 GMT-5 hours
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Quote IL-62/62M = Amen! Rodger Cook |
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#42291 04-03-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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The closest thing Aeroflot ever got to "stylish" 
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#42294 04-04-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Nice choice of decals, but have in mind that some are already made, like Malev. BOA already made a sheet for older and newer livery.
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#42297 04-04-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Yes, but none have been made to fit the Zvezda kit. I think you will find some major differences between older kits and the Zvezda.
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#42298 04-04-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Hi Jennings, I have one question regarding the decals. Are the windows printed in the cheat line or separate? The latter would be my preference, as I prefer to have open windows. In case of windows printed in the cheat line it will be hard to align the windows correctly over the openings. Whatever the outcome, I like your work! |
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#42299 04-04-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Typically I make the stripe a solid color. If I didn't, people who want to use decal windows would complain. In the case of the 134 i'm not sure yet. The windows are quite large, so clear windows will look better. OTOH, the kit's left side window arrangement is not accurate for the vast majority of Tu-134As. I don't have the kit in and yet, so what you see is all that currently exists. Glad you like them! The 134 is my favorite Soviet airliner ;) |
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#42302 04-05-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Hi Jennings, Thanks for your feedback. It certainly is hard to dislike any Tupolev. Soviet planes have something special, and I think many of us have that feeling. It must have been hard for you to seem them in real life in the USA. Personally I like the TU5 a bit more. Regarding the windows, would it be possible to have e.g. the typical Aeroflot blue cheatline completely solid blue and have two kinds of windows to put over them. One of them being solid grey and the other one being transparent with only the window frame outline? In this you leave the choice to the builder. Of course the decal sheet would become a bit larger, but I can't imagine that it would increase the costs dramatically. I understand that you will leave your decision making depend on when you have the real thing in your hands. Hope you could consider my request though. |
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#42303 04-05-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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There will definitely be a solid cheat line. What is likely is that I will provide, as you say, two sets of windows. One dark grey with the silver outline, and one with just the silver outline. You would need to cut out the decal from the actual window opening, regardless of whether you use the kit clear part or come back afterward and use Krystal Kleer or something similar. Once I get the kit in hand I can make a more informed decision. Meantime, for the more adventurous among us, here's the Tu-134SKh agricultural survey variant. It has a flat-bottomed camera pallet under the fuselage with a sliding door covering the camera apertures, plus twin S-1SKh 'Nit' radar pods under the wing roots. I'm afraid I can't do that part as a decal, so you're on your own Pretty unusual, and eye-catching.J 
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#42305 04-05-2012 GMT-5 hours
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Jennings, Here is a tail variation on the Air Koryo. Would be nice to have this option on the F-DCAL sheet .... http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-Koryo/Tupolev-Tu-134B-3/2009917/L/&sid=33a95f7286eca74e6c0ce34a1fee0061 Cheers, Rodger Rodger Cook |
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#42307 04-05-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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The CAAK/Air Koryo sheet will have all the livery variations. I just didn't show them here.
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#42415 04-10-2012 GMT-5 hours |
Quote Ye Gods man! Herman has a communist cousin?  Scott. |
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#42417 04-11-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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That's what I thought too! And she's pretty ugly...
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#42615 04-20-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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This may be my favorite Commie scheme next to CAAK. Classic 1960s Soviet iron in classic staid 1960s Balkan colors! 
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#42620 04-21-2012 GMT-5 hours
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Hi Jennings, any chance to see an Aviogenex? I know "Lift Here" has already done one, but just to know... Philippe |
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#42622 04-21-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Possibly. Their airplanes all carried coats of arms of the cities for which they were named. Doing all of those would add about 50 colors and a huge amount of complexity to the decal. J |
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#43530 07-08-2012 GMT-5 hours
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Any news from our friend at F-DCAL as far as a release date(s) for some of the above decals? I feel like an 8 year old waiting for Santa to arrive!
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#43806 07-29-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Everybody has a full time day job, so putting dates on things isn't a good idea. Life usually intervenes.
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