Hays SkunkWorks... weekend shift...

HannibalHays · 09-23-2002, 02:24 AM

An interesting assembly of conversion aircraft at the Hays SkunkWorks this weekend... a couple of prototype test models, some second generation models and even the ol' AeroDads' were on the ramp for a fresh overcoat...

HNL-Chris · 09-23-2002, 03:36 AM

That's pretty spectatular. Like them all!

HannibalHays · 09-23-2002, 04:30 AM

Thanks Chris!

Yea, it's my eclectic Braniff custom model shop... always looking for something a little off the beaten path to produce...

Spider-man · 09-23-2002, 07:26 AM

wow, they all look great!

NEADC9 · 09-23-2002, 08:56 AM

Pretty cool stuff. I like that Braniff A320.

smoothjazz · 09-23-2002, 05:32 PM

Delta float L1011 look very neat... Can't wait to see your final
work!

ba777-236 · 09-23-2002, 05:43 PM

Very nice models Scott.

May I ask how much a custom model from you might cost? (Just curious)

Chansen · 09-23-2002, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by HannibalHays
Thanks Chris!

Yea, it's my eclectic Braniff custom model shop... always looking for something a little off the beaten path to produce...

The lower MD-80?
All look good!

HannibalHays · 09-23-2002, 06:19 PM

BA777...

Of course, that is impossible to quote without specifics... our customs are individually researched and designed/replicated, pantoned calibrated, enamel and lacquer airbrushed as needed and then printed with a unique dry pigment process (including metallics) that creates a crisp, smear-proof, permanent fade-resistant design image which is applied to the prepared model... Anyway a very, very basic livery on a readily available blank model (?!!) would likely start around 40-50 and go up from there, but they usually average around 75. "Ultra" detailed custom models (metallic frames, 3D windows, gear/engine detailing, personalized, etc) can approach $200 depending upon your specifications. You are billed for each additional level of complexity and detail involved in producing the model... I'm sure Chris and the othercraftsmen here charge in a similar manner...anyway, you kinda get the idea, hope this helps...

ba777-236 · 09-23-2002, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by HannibalHays
BA777...

Of course, that is impossible to quote without specifics... our customs are individually researched and designed/replicated, pantoned calibrated, enamel and lacquer airbrushed as needed and then printed with a unique dry pigment process (including metallics) that creates a crisp, smear-proof, permanent fade-resistant design image which is applied to the prepared model... Anyway a very, very basic livery on a readily available blank model (?!!) would likely start around 40-50 and go up from there, but they usually average around 75. "Ultra" detailed custom models (metallic frames, 3D windows, gear/engine detailing, personalized, etc) can approach $200 depending upon your specifications. You are billed for each additional level of complexity and detail involved in producing the model... I'm sure Chris and the othercraftsmen here charge in a similar manner...anyway, you kinda get the idea, hope this helps...

Thanks for all that info. It sounds like quite a hard job. Anyways, I'm kinda 'custom model shopping' as my patience for my most wanted model is wearing a bit thin.

But who knows, perhaps GJ will release it... I guess only time will tell.

09-25-2002, 06:07 PM

What will those two MD-80s I see eventually be

?

HannibalHays · 09-25-2002, 09:04 PM

They were originally scheduled to be a PSA and Alaska... but my bones are telling me we might be seeing those commercially before too long...??? But Chicken has got me hot on a semi-fantasy McDD-proposed MD-80 for Braniff in ultra blue colors!!!

09-25-2002, 09:28 PM

I like that Britsh. And that Deltaflot