Model Train Journal

Cool idea Philo!

Good job.

I have a 1/72 scale 737 kit (old Monnogram). The protoype fuselage is +100' and the diameter is +12'. They have 60' flat cars between the 89' units that "carry the load". That weird "frame" on the lead car is a clearance assurance device. There are other odd boxes/containers that cary "smaller" parts.

great site with info on railroad service deliveries of major aircraft parts.

https://trainsnscale.com/models-and-prototypes-blog/atypical-train-car-loads-shipping-boeing-airplane-components-by-rail/

Had to extend the flat car 2 .5".

Further progress...

Looking good. Are you going to try painting the fuselage that weird turquoise green to match the prototype?

I am going to use Alclad to simulate chrome

Are you going to top coat the alclad to simulate the anti-corrosion primer on juat about everything except the doors/hatches?

I was thinking of using Tamiya clear green.

Bullet holes. Closer they got to Renton, the more holes there were.

Crazy and perhaps true!

Maybe a green candy coat?

I've used the Tamyia (and Gunze Sanyo) clear green on Romulan and Klingon star ship models for the warp drive nacelles. A silver/aluminum base and then the clear green top (clear blue for Federation ship). It's almost too clear. I guess if there was a way to make the base coat look more variegated (like dipped zinc/galvanized on a smaller scale) it would come off better?

ScaleCraft wrote:Bullet holes. Closer they got to Renton, the more holes there were.

Yes, I worked at Boeing Wichita where the 737 fuselage is made. As I recall back in the 90s we were shipping them in 2 sections fully covered in a steel cover. They can't just patch a bullet hole. the whole aluminum section has to be replaced. The rivets have to be drilled out to replace it. And those large panels have been chem milled to reduce weight. Very costly to replace them

And I am near where they assemble them. Newspapers TV reports, plus eyewitness (Boeing employees). Haven't had covers on them for decades.

Look at the ones in the river on MRL. No covers.

I could put up linques, but easier if you google "boeing 737 fuselage bullet holes".
I did.

Referred to as "Redneck Hillbillies" missing rabbits.