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This could be the kit of the year! So excited by the possibilities!

Luchtvaart hobbyshop (or aviationmegastore) has the kit listed with an expected availability in July. Link

Icelandair is an interesting choice but very nice.

FokkerFan,
I am copying this from Scott Garard: the two wheel options refer to this:

Type 1: https://i.redd.it/pftmwee1oag31.jpg

Type 2: https://www.airliners.net/photo/Honeywell/Boeing-757-225/5317225/L

It is believed that they are steel brakes vs. carbon brakes.

Does that look right?

Cheers

Christian

Sprue shots on this eBay listing:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/124805939092?hash=item1d0f037f94:g%3Cimg%20src=

Price is VERY acceptable and happy to see a cockpit is included.

The fan parts are gorgeous, they went for 1 part but it seems we are not loosing on details and definition. Revell already did A320neo/A321neo 1 part fans which looked very nice.

Yup, absolutely loving it ! Thank you Zvezda and the members posting these delightful photos !

Have you seen the most important thing?

The clear plastic!

Over all there are about 12 windows more for each side than a B757-200 has.
The instruction tells, cut them down.
:-)
That means...perhaps......
:-)

Uwe

Saying this: Two month ago I finished my Condor B757-300. Gosh....

Looking forward to your 757 engines, sir (especially the P&Ws).
Your work is top-notch!
-Jeff

Hi Guys

My first batch of the Zvezda 757-200 kits arrived yesterday from Europe, and all have left here today. I did sneak a peek at one before sending it out, and I have to echo all the good comments posted here. Personally, I'd nominate it for "Kit of the Year' honours in the "Mass Produced" category. I know Kurt's resin kits are excellent, and probably a little better in terms of accuracy, but they are harder to get and a lot more expensive.

I didn't know to look at the PW engine fans until tonight, looks like the kit designers were fooled by the shadow cats by the adjacent blade into thinking it was curved, when I'd venture to say all fan blades on jet engines of that era were straight. Will have to see if a little work with a file can correct, or at least reduce it.

*** Update 9/25/21 ***

My second batch finally arrived on Tuesday, all have been mailed out. Third (ditto) batch should be here Monday 27th, and at the moment I have a five spares. One is going to my workbench, I just haven't decided what markings it will receive - thinking perhaps Canada 3000 ? So many choices!

As to 'US Sourced' kits - well, the latest news is that the importer / distributor expects to have them early October, so they should be in your local hobby shops by mid month.

Thanks!

Got my first 757 in the mail yesterday afternoon; this one from a US supplier, and was just ordered last Saturday. The two that I ordered from a Russian supplier on August 9th are apparently on a world tour, as they are not here yet, and any tracking information ceased when they were handed off to the German postal system on August 24th.

This is a truly beautiful kit, possibly the finest I've ever seen in a mass produced airliner kit. Only complaint is that a few of the engine nacelle parts had broken from the sprues, and the finest end of the nose gear strut, as well as the top of one of the main gear struts were broken in place; hopefully these will be easy enough to repair.

Great job Zvezda!

Gene
MOB

Good Morning,

My kit does not have any broken parts that I can see through the wrapper. I checked the struts, specifically, and they are intact.

But as far as additional decals, I bought some America West when I ordered this kit and I'm not going to be able to use them because the decals are intended for someone who is going to fill in all the cabin windows. All of the windows, door outlines, logos, stripes are already printed together and it would take lots of decal surgery and a lot of luck to put them on a model with clear windows. It's rather disappointing. So, it looks like mine will use kit decals and be Icelandair -- which isn't a bad-looking airplane anyway.

Best regards,
Kurt

I agree I prefer to support the vendors that are part of our group. Au5hentic Airliners has been nothing but supportive to airliner modelers over the years. And the quality of castings are incredible to say the least. Speaking to the Zvezda 757-200, this kit takes injection molding to a whole new level. But I do not see why we can’t support both efforts because they are focusing on different modelers. I can see the mainline kit being Zvezdas and the Ultra spot on kit being Authentic Airliners. Just my opinion though as others may feel differently. I am fortunate enough to have both kits and I plan on building them both.

Jaime

Finally had to order a Zvezda kit on eBay, which arrived today. Gorgeous!

Considering I supplied them all of my vector art that they used as a basis for the CAD design on the kit, you'd think they would have had the courtesy to send me a copy of the kit (ditto on their 1/72 C-130, for which I provided them several thousand detail photos and a comprehensive variant guide showing common and unique parts for each major variant). An *awful* lot of work on my part, which I was happy to do. But zero thanks, zero credit, no nothing. Last time I do that. I've emailed them and I've sent them messages on their FB page, with zero response whatsoever.

Nice work guys, but if you ignore the people who helped make your product possible, don't expect any more help in the future. Pretty crappy way to do business.

Jennings. I too will thank you for all that you have done to make the Zvezda Boeing 757-200 kit possible. I’m sure I’m one of many that greatly appreciate your work with this kit. I have three of them and more than likely will buy a few more.. thanks again for all that you have done for all of us.

I also want to thank Jennings for the work he did on this kit (and I'm sorry Zvezda has acted this way regarding all of his help). Last night I noticed that even the clear windshield piece is exceptionally good quality. Normally I glue in my own windshield posts and use Kristal Klear, but when I fit the windshield part into place, it is such a snug fit and looks so much like a 757 that I decided to go ahead and use it.

Best regards,
Kurt

Jennings,
I can only second what Jodie, Paul, Ken and Marc already said,
if Zvezda is not wanting to acknowledge what you did to make their kit such a success -- we surely all do!
Although I am personally very happy with my several AA 757 kits, I will certainly also eye the Zvezda kit
as I really value their great quality. Still their IL62M, TU154M, TU134 and IL76 are among my treasured kits
and I believe that the 757 is at least as good as they are.

Let's all have fun building it!

My cordial thanks for paving the way towards another Zvezda gem!

Let's also see which great new decals will come along...what about screen-printed decals for the green/orange Cactus livery?

Cheers,
Christian

Got an email from MegaHobby today showing that they have the Zvezda 757 in stock.

Gene

Just ordered my copy so new release decals to follow soon!

Greetings!

My LHS has had the kit for several days, so I picked one up. The 757 is not one of my favorites (my shields are now up), but since it IS a jet airliner, and my former employer has large numbers of them with both engines, I should have a few of them in my stash of airliners.

Before throwing any rocks my way, let me say this... I NEVER flew it, so it not being one of my favorites has NOTHING to do with any shortcomings in design, performance, flight characteristics or its looks. It is a fine looking airplane and much loved by the minions of pilots who have flown it. I'm not crazy about it because of its lack of comfort from the hundreds of times I jumpseated on it, and the looong trips I rode on it as a passenger in Coach, legs like MSP-ANC (6+ hours, no meals), ATL-SLC, MSP-VCR, ANC-SDF, etc. It was torture for me to have to ride on the J/S. If you could see the cockpit, you would know why as there were 4 jumpseats! In order for the pilots to use the lav, 3 of 4 J/S occupants would have to unbuckle and get up out of their seats!

Having said all of this, I believe that instead of buying the A300F4-605R, my employer would have done better to buy a freighter variant of the 757-300. The -200 could carry 15 containers on the upper deck, and the -300 was long enough that it could have carried 18-19 easily, and had transcontinental range while burning much less fuel. In other words, a twin engined DC-8 replacement sans F/E. Perfect!

So, am I to assume that the kit looks quite good except for the RR engines then? I have walked around it a lot over the years, but do not have any photos (Thou shalt not photograph on company property! Definition of company property=the entire airport). So, I really do want inputs on the kits accuracy... Please?

Best regards,
Jeff Jarvis

Hello Jodie!

Thanks for your input, which I value as being non rivet counter realistic, just as I tend to be myself. We can put up with a small lack of perfection in some areas without totally condemning a kit as pure garbage and a waste of time and money. I have a soft spot in my heart for many of the model kits of my youth which are junk to many younger folks of today. Things like the Revell 707, 727, DC-7, DC-8, DC-9, Electra and the Monogram DC-3 and Super Connie come to mind, all fondly remembered.

If anyone else wants to chime in on the 757 kit, I'm all ears...(eyes?) To my eyes, it does look very much right on from memory.

Best regards,
Jeff Jarvis

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My LHS has had the kit for several days, so I picked one up.

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Jeff, PM sent! As I’m new to the Louisville area I’d love to know the best hobby shops!

Cheers.
Josh