DIY: How to repair 1:200 747 Wingtip Antennas
 

Some of you may have seen my threads on how to repair 1:400 and 1:200 747 wingtip antennas in some of the Facebook Groups. I decided to post it here to keep it archived for the community's use. My full guide is in the 1:400 section.

https://www.diecastaircraftforum.com...-antennas.html

This procedure would be basically the same except you need to get a larger thicker needle (leather needle) to match the scale appropriately. Since the needle is thicker, I had to use a Dremel with a cutting wheel to trim it.

Length of the antenna should be 14mm long (compared to my Gemini Eastern 747-100 antennas).

So far I have decided to keep the bare metal look of the antennas on this SP, but I can always paint them later.

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https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...62&oe=5F376F6B

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Re: DIY: How to repair 1:200 747 Wingtip Antennas
 

Really nice work, well done. I had a broken AC 742 but could not fix as the insert part of the antenna was stuck in the wingtip hole and I could not get that part out.

Re: DIY: How to repair 1:200 747 Wingtip Antennas
 

Impressive!!! Simply hands down..

Do you want to sell it?? :eek:

Re: DIY: How to repair 1:200 747 Wingtip Antennas
 

Hey very neatly done man!This kind of reminds me ofa similar thing I had with my IF200 QF B747SP-38 froma few years back, eventho my VF Antenna had a clean breakline and that surely did matter, as you can see here:

http://abload.de/img/brokenoffrightwoingpr26jxh.jpg

http://abload.de/img/brokenoffrightwoingprakjft.jpg

But I was able to fix this with superglue, luckily:
http://abload.de/img/fixedrightwingprobeecjfi.jpg

And now this classic stands under my JC Wings QF B747-338 Nalanji Dreaming :cool:

Boeing 747-338
QANTAS Australia "Nalanji Dreaming"
VH-EBU "City of Warnambool"
Scale 1:200
JC Wings
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Boeing 747SP-38
QANTAS Australia "Ochre Livery 1975-1987" (B747SP)
VH-EAA "City of Gold Coast - Tweed"
Scale 1:200
Inflight 200

Limited Edition 1 of 312pcs
https://abload.de/img/vh-ebuvh-eaau3jo8.jpg

So all good here too :cool:

So yea Schalldampfer I guess having modeling experience such things are an easy fix for people like us :)