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Sanna Pospicil

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Aug 3, 2024, 12:08:26 PM8/3/24

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in 2017 my former employer airberlin went bankrupt. Very soon it was clear that easyjet was about to aquire most of the operation out of my homebase Berlin (TXL), so that was the only company i wanted to work for in Berlin - and lucky me got a job with ezy in 2018.

When i started flying again i met a lot of new people and one of the first contacts is now one of my best friends. So to cut a long story short, his first flight as a pilot on a commercial aircraft was on G-EZAM, which will be the plane built.

I wont be able to sort out all issues, but actually most of them. Basically i will fix all major items and only leave small inaccuracies - at least that is the goal. its all just limited to the time i have ?

Now the first major thing is: i wanted clear windows all the way... since the shape of the Airbus windows is only a 100% correct on the zvezda A321, i had actually the worst window shape of all kits with my revell choice.

I got a stripe of electrical tape (glue side is glossy) on the outside and filled the windows from the inside with clear resin. once i come back to the fuselage these will be masked with correctly shaped masks, made by my own.

Oh dear, lots of cleanup required and if you want to build a proper 320, you need to add a lot of parts. I will probably also build one some time, but i m now really into this 319 and an airberlin 738, which i will also show here, once it is finished.

ok, so the resin copies of the revell Neo flightdeck are perfect. the picture of the mainpanel shows the applied decal before the softener started its work, thats why it looked a bit creapy with some air trapped underneath, but it developed well in the end...i mixed two MRP colors to get the airbus interior blue, 2 types are used.

initially i thought the one from PAS is ok. When i buy masks i usually scan them and compare them to the real thing - so thats what i did and it didn't take me long to accept the fact, that also the PAS mask isnt optimum. inaccurate geometry and the fit is also not perfect.

Again, i did my own, and i m certain that it is the 95% solution. fits perfect and is drawn with pics of the real thing. Also tamiya masking tape is the best, i know most available masks are vinyl / oramask, and they are total crap. i tried to use them, but they are onla cheap, no further advantage.

The resin windows look amazing. Will you frame them too? And what about the cockpit panel decals...did you design and print those? I have wondered if using a photo of an actual airplane cockpit training poster could be reduced small enough to be used. Would that depend on the printer and the size of the printer head? Hmmm.....