Customized MD-11 in the Desert

KevinO · 10-12-2001, 10:40 PM

I have a fasination of retired airliners in the desert. So I customized an extra Jet-X Delta MD-11 that has been retired (sometime in the future) and set it in a desert diorama. It looks better in person, the pics did not turn out the greatest but you get the idea. I'm working on another one at the moment to place across from the MD-11. Some will probably think I'm nuts destroying a perfectly good model, but hey it was an extra one I had.

NEADC9 · 10-12-2001, 10:44 PM

Nice Job Kevin,

I like the idea alot
Is it just small strips of white tape?

Marc Hookerman · 10-12-2001, 10:55 PM

MZJ at its finest! Stunning Kev...

I am working on some storage scenery...should have some to show sooner or later...

With Dragon Wings of course...I don't feel like "dremeling" for 10 hours on metal.

KevinO · 10-12-2001, 11:02 PM

Marc, my thought exactly! Doing a GJ would be spark city!

NEADC9 - I taped off and used white spray paint. The weathering I did would have peeled off the tape. I'm going to do my next model different.

Thanks guys!

ltu1542hvy · 10-12-2001, 11:40 PM

Great job Kevin!

This could be one way we could "recycle" those old DW models, when DW rereleases them with their updated moulds (ex: the JAL 777-300 and MD-11).

Just an idea...

- Bill

Travis Campbell · 10-13-2001, 12:55 AM

Wow, this would be a great side piece to an airport model, kinda like MIA's bone yeard.

Jao · 10-13-2001, 02:04 AM

Great job there. Oooohhh how creepy an abandoned plane.

IFTNFS · 10-13-2001, 02:11 AM

Kevin, I think it looks great!

I've thought about doing that before... not to the extent that you did though. Nice job removing the ailerons and engines. The painted-over titles and tail logo look good, also. Thanks for sharing the pics!

Rick

Jeremy F. · 10-13-2001, 02:16 AM

Looks good! Maybe I will try this with a few of my Herpas...

justplaneobsessed · 10-13-2001, 04:54 AM

Nice work Kevin and a very original idea. Could I request for close-ups?

Thanks,
Edwin

LeitenderNotarzt · 10-13-2001, 08:35 AM

Impressive work, Kevin. However, I just heard that Delta needs engine #2 as well for replacement on another ship... how do you manage the removal of this? Just kiddin'!

Gunship01 · 10-13-2001, 09:47 AM

Having spent 5 years baking in the sun in what was known as MASDC (sp?) in Tucson, this looks like a great rendition of how the civilian group "moth balls" their aircraft. It really sucked to see row upon row of F-4s at the storage facility in DM.
Very nice job.

ptolbert · 10-13-2001, 12:25 PM

nice! I have a desert thing going, mostly Delta L1011s

Sgt Caribou · 10-13-2001, 06:21 PM

Very cool, and innovative to boot! Well done

Brian

Emirates · 10-13-2001, 08:35 PM

This looks quite realistic. I wouldn't do it to one of my models, but if it was a re-released model I guess theres nothing to lose.

Looks good - great detailing.

ANTHONY F DUVA JR · 10-13-2001, 09:24 PM

It's a ghost plane! Happy Halloween!

flick70 · 10-14-2001, 02:42 AM

It is a shame to mess up a great model like that...but at least you messed it up good! It does look like a sun-faded/logo-stripped hulk. I don't buy disposable models...but if I find one, your idea is getting stolen.

Antonio_BR · 10-15-2001, 08:21 AM

Nice Diorama!!!!!!!That´s a inovation in models!!!

Travelin' Man · 10-15-2001, 02:03 PM

I swear this looks like the front yard of the Chickens house.

Finally, there is a use for the Delta Jet-X model!

10-16-2001, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Travelin' Man
I swear this looks like the front yard of the Chickens house.

Finally, there is a use for the Delta Jet-X model!

Nah,this couldn't be The Chickens' house,I don't see any milk crates under that MD-11.

Later

Ed

P.S. Nice jod on the diorama.Way cool!

Sentinel Chicken · 10-16-2001, 01:51 PM

Plus I have more grass than that on my homestead. Put more grass, some mesquite and pecan trees, a doublewide and a couple of beat-up trucks on blocks and you'll have my place in Gun Barrell City, Texas, down pat.

10-12-2001, 10:40 PM	#1
KevinO Senior Collector Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: St. Peters, MO, USA Age: 36 Posts: 183	Customized MD-11 in the Desert I have a fasination of retired airliners in the desert. So I customized an extra Jet-X Delta MD-11 that has been retired (sometime in the future) and set it in a desert diorama. It looks better in person, the pics did not turn out the greatest but you get the idea. I'm working on another one at the moment to place across from the MD-11. Some will probably think I'm nuts destroying a perfectly good model, but hey it was an extra one I had.

10-12-2001, 10:55 PM	#3
Marc Hookerman DC-10 Lover Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Saint Louis, MO USA Posts: 352	MZJ at its finest! Stunning Kev... I am working on some storage scenery...should have some to show sooner or later... With Dragon Wings of course...I don't feel like "dremeling" for 10 hours on metal. __________________ Jet Noise : The Sound of Freedom Midwest Express Airlines "The Best Care in the Air"

10-13-2001, 02:04 AM	#7
Jao Insane Collector Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Age: 31 Posts: 1,787	Great job there. Oooohhh how creepy an abandoned plane. __________________ JAO Please visit my webshots for more pictures.Thank you. http://community.webshots.com/user/jaopao http://www.wings900.com/gallery/show...t=1&ppuser=602

10-13-2001, 08:35 AM	#11
LeitenderNotarzt El Siete Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen Posts: 1,194	Impressive work, Kevin. However, I just heard that Delta needs engine #2 as well for replacement on another ship... how do you manage the removal of this? Just kiddin'! __________________ L-1011 TriStar ... Beauty of the Skies

10-13-2001, 09:47 AM	#12
Gunship01 Lufthansa Skyshark Join Date: May 2000 Location: San Diego Age: 45 Posts: 1,400	Having spent 5 years baking in the sun in what was known as MASDC (sp?) in Tucson, this looks like a great rendition of how the civilian group "moth balls" their aircraft. It really sucked to see row upon row of F-4s at the storage facility in DM. Very nice job. __________________ Now where's that 747-400 club? More Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic 744s!! By all that is holy.... MORE JET BLUE AND US AIRWAYS(NC)!!

10-12-2001, 10:44 PM	#2
NEADC9 Insane Collector Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Franklin, MA Posts: 981	Nice Job Kevin, I like the idea alot Is it just small strips of white tape?

10-12-2001, 11:02 PM	#4
KevinO Senior Collector Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: St. Peters, MO, USA Age: 36 Posts: 183	Marc, my thought exactly! Doing a GJ would be spark city! NEADC9 - I taped off and used white spray paint. The weathering I did would have peeled off the tape. I'm going to do my next model different. Thanks guys!

10-12-2001, 11:40 PM	#5
ltu1542hvy Master Collector Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Durham, North Carolina Age: 42 Posts: 738	Great job Kevin! This could be one way we could "recycle" those old DW models, when DW rereleases them with their updated moulds (ex: the JAL 777-300 and MD-11). Just an idea... - Bill

10-13-2001, 12:55 AM	#6
Travis Campbell Insane Collector Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Detroit, Michigan (Roughly) Age: 27 Posts: 1,067	Wow, this would be a great side piece to an airport model, kinda like MIA's bone yeard.

10-13-2001, 02:11 AM	#8
IFTNFS Senior Collector Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Harwich, MA, USA Age: 27 Posts: 427	Kevin, I think it looks great! I've thought about doing that before... not to the extent that you did though. Nice job removing the ailerons and engines. The painted-over titles and tail logo look good, also. Thanks for sharing the pics! Rick

10-13-2001, 02:16 AM	#9
Jeremy F. Insane Collector Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,980	Looks good! Maybe I will try this with a few of my Herpas...

10-13-2001, 04:54 AM	#10
justplaneobsessed Insane Collector Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Quezon City, MM, Philippines Posts: 1,884	Nice work Kevin and a very original idea. Could I request for close-ups? Thanks, Edwin

10-13-2001, 12:25 PM	#13
ptolbert Insane Collector Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Waco/Woodway, Tx Age: 22 Posts: 1,205	nice! I have a desert thing going, mostly Delta L1011s __________________ Ptolbert Long Live N615DL!!!!! ------------------------------ One World United together fighting poverty, social injustice, and foreign Domination of Industries, and just plain dumb people.

10-13-2001, 06:21 PM	#14
Sgt Caribou Insane Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, eh Age: 45 Posts: 1,663	Very cool, and innovative to boot! Well done Brian

10-13-2001, 08:35 PM	#15
Emirates Junior Collector Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Australia Age: 30 Posts: 43	This looks quite realistic. I wouldn't do it to one of my models, but if it was a re-released model I guess theres nothing to lose. Looks good - great detailing.

10-13-2001, 09:24 PM	#16
ANTHONY F DUVA JR ^~.. Maximum R & B ..~^ Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Land of a thousand dances Posts: 3,064	It's a ghost plane! Happy Halloween! __________________ FLY DUVA AIR's LUXURIOUS, DOUBLE-DECK BOEING "STRATO" CLIPPER !

10-15-2001, 08:21 AM	#18
Antonio_BR Senior Collector Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Brasil Posts: 373	Nice Diorama!!!!!!!That´s a inovation in models!!! __________________ PLEASE, WE NEED THE 757 OF GREENLANDAIR , THE 777-COA " PETER MAX" AND 777 - VARIG...IT´S A INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN!! I SUPPORT CRAIG AND CAL!!!!!!

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10-14-2001, 02:42 AM	#17
flick70 Insane Collector Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omaha Age: 38 Posts: 1,042	It is a shame to mess up a great model like that...but at least you messed it up good! It does look like a sun-faded/logo-stripped hulk. I don't buy disposable models...but if I find one, your idea is getting stolen.

10-15-2001, 02:03 PM	#19
Travelin' Man Insane Collector Join Date: May 2000 Location: Aspen USA!!! Posts: 1,919	I swear this looks like the front yard of the Chickens house. Finally, there is a use for the Delta Jet-X model!

10-16-2001, 01:51 PM	#21
Sentinel Chicken Go-Getters Go Ozark Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: DFW/THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Posts: 4,167	Plus I have more grass than that on my homestead. Put more grass, some mesquite and pecan trees, a doublewide and a couple of beat-up trucks on blocks and you'll have my place in Gun Barrell City, Texas, down pat. __________________ *Piss on noise abatement!*