Subject: Re: 1/144 Minicraft 777-300 Singapore Airlines 9V-SYK by David C S Teo
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "David Teo" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:40:35 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Teo 
  To: Steve ARC Bamford 
  Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 12:06 AM
  Subject: 1/144 Minicraft 777-300 Singapore Airlines 9V-SYK by David C S Teo

  "1/144 Minicraft 777-300 Singapore Airlines (9V-SYK)" 

  by "David C S Teo"
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        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here  

  Greetings from humid Singapore..., 

  This is a converted 777-300 done in Singapore Airlines livery.  Thanks very much to the ARC Discussion forum and the ARC member whose advice helped tremendously in completing this challenging build. I attempted to source for the resin conversion tube inserts to convert the original 777-200 Minicraft kit into 300 version but BraZ resin no longer produces it. Instead, I used two plastic tubes purchased from a local hardware shop, measured according to the dimensions which was recommended by an ARC modeler, and sawed off the tubes and used epoxy for extra strength to join the plugs into the original kit fuselage. 

  The model was left to dry for a day and I begin the putty business and sanding down the edges....time consuming & tedious indeed! Then, it was the usual process of spraying the primer and airbrushing down the colors of the plane. The next time consuming portion of this build was customizing the Singapore Airline decals to suit the fuselage. Lots of reference material were obtained from Airliners.net. Once everything was done, the plane was mounted with epoxy on a wooden stand and enclosed in a showcase. This plane was a commissioned build for a Captain who use to fly this 777-300 during his First Officer days 2 - 3 years ago.

       

       

          
        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here  

  Hope you like my artwork and pictures! 

  "David C S Teo"

  Best Regards, 
  David Teo 
  Mobile: +65 97717428