My Retro San Diego Airport

dylan · 02-04-2004, 02:18 PM

Hey guys...Ive been dormant for a little while. I used to make 1:600 scale airports but have since made the switch to 1:400.
I went ahead and started construction of my favorite all-time airport,SAN, and based it from about 1977 to 1983. You will never see anything New-Gen....just great retro jets. The following pics are of the west terminal while it is about 75-80% complete. Let me know what you think.

Dylan

dylan · 02-04-2004, 02:19 PM

pic 1

dylan · 02-04-2004, 02:20 PM

pic 2

dylan · 02-04-2004, 02:21 PM

pic 3

dylan · 02-04-2004, 02:22 PM

pic 4

dylan · 02-04-2004, 02:23 PM

pic 5

Manta · 02-04-2004, 02:43 PM

Dylan...

I love Heineken, and I love your airport even more. One of the best i've ever seen. You got the dimensions down to a crisp. Five stars. Everything looks great. Terminal 2 hasn't changed too much from it's retro stage. Props to you.

Later I'll PM you for more info.

Thanks for the pics

Lufthansa · 02-04-2004, 02:58 PM

You've really outdone yourself there!

Just one suggestion: Get rid of that Phoenix Hughes Airwest DC-9 and get you the one from SMA!

Well, okay........ a second suggestion: Change to German beer! You won't regret it!

AirDar · 02-04-2004, 03:25 PM

Is the beer the control tower?

No wonder the ground operations are so $crewed up!

dylan · 02-04-2004, 03:31 PM

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Originally posted by Manta
Dylan...

I love Heineken, and I love your airport even more. One of the best i've ever seen. You got the dimensions down to a crisp. Five stars. Everything looks great. Terminal 2 hasn't changed too much from it's retro stage. Props to you.

Later I'll PM you for more info.

Thanks for the pics

Uh...thats like Eddy Van Halen saying: "Dude, your a good guitarist". Compliment not taken lightly. Thank YOU for raising the bar on model airport building and sharing your work (which I, and probably everyone else use as reference)

Dylan

dylan · 02-04-2004, 03:39 PM

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Originally posted by Lufthansa
You've really outdone yourself there!

Just one suggestion: Get rid of that Phoenix Hughes Airwest DC-9 and get you the one from SMA!

Well, okay........ a second suggestion: Change to German beer! You won't regret it!

Oliver, wait till I post pics of my Airwest 3 pack sittin' at the gates.....you and Dar should be very pleased.

Got 2 SMA RW -9's on the way.

Also, I normally drink this great German import called Natural Light. A great beer and best of all $4.99 a 12'er!! (my 7-eleven clerk told me its German

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HNL-Chris · 02-04-2004, 04:52 PM

Now, that's nice. Looks too damn real. Congratulations!

McLaren3465 · 02-04-2004, 07:00 PM

Very nice Best part is the beer in the background

HerpaBryce · 02-04-2004, 08:58 PM

SHWEET

N1011 · 02-04-2004, 09:28 PM

Excellent airport Dylan especially with the Heineken background. You might want to consider the Air California 737's including the Jet-X AirCal as well to put in your airport depicting the CA theme.

Robert

dylan · 02-04-2004, 09:41 PM

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Originally posted by AirDar
Is the beer the control tower?

No wonder the ground operations are so $crewed up!

Dar, thats the ramp control tower, the main tower is a bottle of Southern Comfort across the runway

dylan · 02-04-2004, 09:47 PM

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Originally posted by N1011
Excellent airport Dylan especially with the Heineken background. You might want to consider the Air California 737's including the Jet-X AirCal as well to put in your airport depicting the CA theme. Robert

Robert, I wasnt sure about adding AirCal because they never seemed to have sked service into SAN. Ahhh fukc it, im gonna buy two "sunflower" birds this weekend.

Air California to begin scheduled service San Diego, Orange County, and Oakland.

Dylan

AirDar · 02-04-2004, 10:08 PM

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Originally posted by dylan
...im gonna buy two "sunflower" birds this weekend.

Air California to begin scheduled service San Diego, Orange County, and Oakland.

GREAT! You won't be disappointed by these models! They're cooooool....

Southern Comfort bottle? Mmmmmmmm Smoooooooth flight!

N1011 · 02-04-2004, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dylan
Robert, I wasnt sure about adding AirCal because they never seemed to have sked service into SAN. Ahhh fukc it, im gonna buy two "sunflower" birds this weekend.

Air California to begin scheduled service San Diego, Orange County, and Oakland.

Dylan

I was looking on the internet for models (I'm such a geek, I should be looking at and downloading porn!) and yes I will say it... try looking at www.collectablejets.com for the Black Box Air California 732's and even the PSA 732 as well. The site also has a 15% off coupon. Robert.

Jetsetter · 02-04-2004, 10:57 PM

Hey taca, take some tips from this guy. Maybe putting some beer in the your airport photos will make it look good.

Nice dude, nice.

AmericaWestAirlines · 02-04-2004, 10:59 PM

Nice terminal! Looks identical to the real one!

vegaswoods · 02-04-2004, 11:05 PM

KUDO'S!!!! Now where are the Hughes Air West aircraft?

Alf · 02-05-2004, 02:36 AM

Perfection!

Lufthansa · 02-05-2004, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dylan
Oliver, wait till I post pics of my Airwest 3 pack sittin' at the gates.....you and Dar should be very pleased.

Got 2 SMA RW -9's on the way.

Also, I normally drink this great German import called Natural Light. A great beer and best of all $4.99 a 12'er!! (my 7-eleven clerk told me its German ".

That will be great additions!
What we need then are Hughes Airwest and Air West F-27s!!!

Natural Light? Never heard of that, perhaps it's from Eastern Germany!

psalover · 02-05-2004, 12:20 PM

Man, I don't know how you guys do that!I try to build an airport and it looks like total dog s*#t That is a great looking, and fitting with PSA

Of course

Jose G · 02-05-2004, 09:46 PM

Dylan,

The airport looks fantastic! How about some wide bodies to remind us San Diegans of the days when we had a variety of 767s, DC-10s and L-1011s? There was even a UA 747 in late '83. It'd just fit into your time frame

Jose

02-04-2004, 02:18 PM	#1
dylan Village Drunkard Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert... Age: 31 Posts: 1,958	My Retro San Diego Airport Hey guys...Ive been dormant for a little while. I used to make 1:600 scale airports but have since made the switch to 1:400. I went ahead and started construction of my favorite all-time airport,SAN, and based it from about 1977 to 1983. You will never see anything New-Gen....just great retro jets. The following pics are of the west terminal while it is about 75-80% complete. Let me know what you think. Dylan __________________ mmmmm, beer. Last edited by dylan; 02-04-2004 at 02:37 PM.

02-04-2004, 02:19 PM	#2
dylan Village Drunkard Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert... Age: 31 Posts: 1,958	pic 1 __________________ mmmmm, beer.

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dylan Village Drunkard Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert... Age: 31 Posts: 1,958	pic 2 __________________ mmmmm, beer.

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dylan Village Drunkard Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert... Age: 31 Posts: 1,958	pic 3 __________________ mmmmm, beer.

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dylan Village Drunkard Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert... Age: 31 Posts: 1,958	pic 4 __________________ mmmmm, beer.

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02-04-2004, 02:43 PM	#7
Manta Master Collector Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Between Los Angeles and San Diego... Age: 27 Posts: 738	Dylan... I love Heineken, and I love your airport even more. One of the best i've ever seen. You got the dimensions down to a crisp. Five stars. Everything looks great. Terminal 2 hasn't changed too much from it's retro stage. Props to you. Later I'll PM you for more info. Thanks for the pics __________________ Marlboro, Blend No. 27 --

02-04-2004, 02:58 PM	#8
Lufthansa Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Im MV scheint mir die Sonne aussm Arsch Age: 22 Posts: 2,513	Great!!! You've really outdone yourself there! Just one suggestion: Get rid of that Phoenix Hughes Airwest DC-9 and get you the one from SMA! Well, okay........ a second suggestion: Change to German beer! You won't regret it!

02-04-2004, 03:25 PM	#9
AirDar I'm watching you... Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Land of BBQ & thin chips Posts: 1,787	Is the beer the control tower? No wonder the ground operations are so $crewed up! __________________ Dar~ Yours is not to question why, Yours is but to BUY or DIE!

02-04-2004, 04:52 PM	#12
HNL-Chris Insane Collector Join Date: May 2000 Location: Honolulu, HI/Denver, CO USA Age: 24 Posts: 2,087	fantastic! Now, that's nice. Looks too damn real. Congratulations! __________________ To visit Chris and Jack's 1/400 & 1/500 photo albums at, Click here or our web site at http://www.hnl-chris.com

02-04-2004, 07:00 PM	#13
McLaren3465 Master Collector Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Montclair USA Posts: 845	Very nice Best part is the beer in the background

02-04-2004, 08:58 PM	#14
HerpaBryce Master Collector Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Orleans, LA Age: 18 Posts: 833	SHWEET __________________ See my airliner renderings here - http://community.webshots.com/user/banages See my collection here

02-04-2004, 09:28 PM	#15
N1011 Flagship Eva Mendes Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: PALMDALE,CA Age: 39 Posts: 1,424	Excellent airport Dylan especially with the Heineken background. You might want to consider the Air California 737's including the Jet-X AirCal as well to put in your airport depicting the CA theme. Robert __________________ Still and will always be, "The Independent Collector and No-Brainer Crusader!" "BUY WHAT YOU LIKE and LIKE WHAT YOU BUY"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

02-04-2004, 10:57 PM	#20
Jetsetter Collector Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 124	Hey taca, take some tips from this guy. Maybe putting some beer in the your airport photos will make it look good. Nice dude, nice.

02-04-2004, 10:59 PM	#21
AmericaWestAirlines Get on board. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 622	Nice terminal! Looks identical to the real one!

02-04-2004, 11:05 PM	#22
vegaswoods Master Collector Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Las Vegas, NV McCarran International Age: 52 Posts: 601	KUDO'S!!!! Now where are the Hughes Air West aircraft? __________________ Greater Las Vegas Metropolitan Airport (GLV) is on hold due to wife's health. Future Operational Headquarters of SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

02-05-2004, 02:36 AM	#23
Alf Junior Collector Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1	Perfection!

02-05-2004, 12:20 PM	#25
psalover Retro Junkie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: IN HELL!!!! Gotta Get Out!!! Age: 37 Posts: 2,886	perfect Man, I don't know how you guys do that!I try to build an airport and it looks like total dog s*#t That is a great looking, and fitting with PSA Of course

02-05-2004, 09:46 PM	#26
Jose G Collector Join Date: May 2001 Location: San Diego, CA 92104 Age: 38 Posts: 107	Nice job Dylan! Dylan, The airport looks fantastic! How about some wide bodies to remind us San Diegans of the days when we had a variety of 767s, DC-10s and L-1011s? There was even a UA 747 in late '83. It'd just fit into your time frame Jose

02-06-2004, 04:57 AM	#27
Commuter Senior Collector Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Ant