Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport - Page 3

SouthwestAirlines · 06-20-2009, 02:18 AM

Here's some progress from tonight, I'm putting on the dirt and tommorrow will be more dirt and roadway work.
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SouthwestAirlines · 06-20-2009, 09:25 PM

I'm making good progress for today. My airport is officially 3D. I added a wall to protect the road from jetblast and ensure security. I'll have a pic of that up later but here is the airport ground as it nears the final detailing.
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virajkamat · 06-20-2009, 10:16 PM

Great work buddy...

Whats the size of the card-board your using for this airport

SouthwestAirlines · 06-20-2009, 10:19 PM

It's actually on plywood. It's 96 inches long by 77 inches wide.
**update**
I have a little set back, there is a shower drain pipe above my airport and it was leaking onto the east and central apron areas causing some damage to the the markings so that will take a little bit to fix but the good news is, the pen and paint coats withstood the rain.

SouthwestAirlines · 06-21-2009, 08:11 PM

Here's is another update. I'm very far!! I finished all dirt, have the parking garage near completion, made the taxiways dirty, touched up everything, finished up the road painting. let me know what you think!
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SouthwestAirlines · 06-21-2009, 08:16 PM

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**update**
almost finished the garage. Just have the pay boothes/ticket machines to put on.

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jonatan47 · 06-22-2009, 03:05 AM

You are working at a very fast rate, if you want your airport te be perfect, be patient, do everything step by step. Your work is very nice, but you can do a better work, you just need to take your time, if you aren't 100% sure of your final product, do it again. That's why you need to go step by step.

SouthwestAirlines · 06-22-2009, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonatan47

You are working at a very fast rate, if you want your airport te be perfect, be patient, do everything step by step. Your work is very nice, but you can do a better work, you just need to take your time, if you aren't 100% sure of your final product, do it again. That's why you need to go step by step.

I've re-done somethings about 10 times. If you look at the pics everything is near perfection. I'm not quite sure what your saying about perfect but it's a 1:400 airport still in progress meaning things will be changed or fixed as the project progresses. What about my airport isn't to your standards?

jonatan47 · 06-22-2009, 02:32 PM

I never said your airport was bad, I just was saying that you can do a better job if you take more time.
You can do a better job on your parking marks, try darwing them in MS Paint and glue them to the parking floor.

SouthwestAirlines · 06-22-2009, 02:48 PM

I still haven't touched up that part but it's on the list. I had to add the toll machines first in case I made another mistake which I did.

United Shuttle · 06-22-2009, 03:06 PM

I love the originality of this airport and custom work, but isn't it a little unrealistic and unsafe that your car gararge roof is suspended over the road!? Other than that, great work!

SouthwestAirlines · 06-22-2009, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by United Shuttle

I love the originality of this airport and custom work, but isn't it a little unrealistic and unsafe that your car gararge roof is suspended over the road!? Other than that, great work!

The edge of the parking garage hanging over the road will connect to the terminal. If you look at the overview, the only white area left is all terminal. I ordered the balsa for it and it was shipped today so hopefully by wednesday I'll be building. Thanks for the comment!!

SouthwestAirlines · 06-25-2009, 11:21 AM

The balsa is here! And I have the terminal pieces cut to length, connected to form single planes and painted. Next step is going to be detailing , touch-up painting, and assembly. I decided to go with a desert sand kind of color for the backround color of the terminal, it will have black windows, two story floor plan, black roof(Maybe a cool slanted roof), eventually lights if I can find our christmas rice lights or else I'll have to wait until i can get more LED rice lights. I'll post some pics later of my progress.

SouthwestAirlines · 06-30-2009, 06:29 PM

I have a quick update. Progress has been slow, partly because I have a job now so that takes up a bit of time but also because I had to work through some structural issues with the buildings because of their size. I decided to use clear packing tape and black poster board to make the windows and I will post pictures of how they look once I assemble them. I also do not have the proper xmas lights to do the lighting on the airport so I will just save up and get LED lights just like the ones on BFI.

xaib1 · 07-01-2009, 12:24 AM

At first, I thought the second plan looked better, but its really starting to turn out very well. I can already see how good it'll look with the white gaps filled in with grass. . .

Did you spray it on or paint it with a brush?

I suggest you experiment with oil pastels for adding marks to the apron. . . it worked out very well for me. . .

Good Luck . . . it looks great!

06-20-2009, 02:18 AM	#31
SouthwestAirlines Senior Captain Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St.Louis Age: 17 Posts: 1,590	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport Here's some progress from tonight, I'm putting on the dirt and tommorrow will be more dirt and roadway work. Attachment 10013 Attachment 10014 Attachment 10015 Attachment 10016 Attachment 10017 Attachment 10018 Attachment 10019 __________________ My airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mO-gDpSH8A http://www.wings900.com/gallery/show...r=3888&cat=500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/38005486@N04/ http://www.freewebs.com/brookefieldairport/index.htm http://ltdsai.webs.com/ http://midwestairportteam.blogspot.com/ http://www.squidoo.com/runwaymodelz

06-20-2009, 09:25 PM	#32
SouthwestAirlines Senior Captain Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St.Louis Age: 17 Posts: 1,590	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport I'm making good progress for today. My airport is officially 3D. I added a wall to protect the road from jetblast and ensure security. I'll have a pic of that up later but here is the airport ground as it nears the final detailing. Attachment 10030 Attachment 10031 Attachment 10032 Attachment 10033 __________________ My airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mO-gDpSH8A http://www.wings900.com/gallery/show...r=3888&cat=500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/38005486@N04/ http://www.freewebs.com/brookefieldairport/index.htm http://ltdsai.webs.com/ http://midwestairportteam.blogspot.com/ http://www.squidoo.com/runwaymodelz

06-20-2009, 10:16 PM	#33
virajkamat RJ Second Officer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Philippines Posts: 187	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport Great work buddy... Whats the size of the card-board your using for this airport __________________ My Wishlist http://www.wings900.com/modeldatabase/mycollection/wishlist-14582.html My Trade/Sale List http://www.wings900.com/modeldatabase/mycollection/sale-14582.html

06-20-2009, 10:19 PM	#34
SouthwestAirlines Senior Captain Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St.Louis Age: 17 Posts: 1,590	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport It's actually on plywood. It's 96 inches long by 77 inches wide. update I have a little set back, there is a shower drain pipe above my airport and it was leaking onto the east and central apron areas causing some damage to the the markings so that will take a little bit to fix but the good news is, the pen and paint coats withstood the rain. __________________ My airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mO-gDpSH8A http://www.wings900.com/gallery/show...r=3888&cat=500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/38005486@N04/ http://www.freewebs.com/brookefieldairport/index.htm http://ltdsai.webs.com/ http://midwestairportteam.blogspot.com/ http://www.squidoo.com/runwaymodelz Last edited by SouthwestAirlines; 06-20-2009 at 10:53 PM.

06-21-2009, 08:11 PM	#35
SouthwestAirlines Senior Captain Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St.Louis Age: 17 Posts: 1,590	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport Here's is another update. I'm very far!! I finished all dirt, have the parking garage near completion, made the taxiways dirty, touched up everything, finished up the road painting. let me know what you think! Attachment 10049 Attachment 10050 Attachment 10051 Attachment 10052 Attachment 10053 Attachment 10054 Attachment 10055 Attachment 10056 Attachment 10057 Attachment 10058 __________________ My airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mO-gDpSH8A http://www.wings900.com/gallery/show...r=3888&cat=500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/38005486@N04/ http://www.freewebs.com/brookefieldairport/index.htm http://ltdsai.webs.com/ http://midwestairportteam.blogspot.com/ http://www.squidoo.com/runwaymodelz Last edited by SouthwestAirlines; 07-11-2010 at 11:24 AM.

06-21-2009, 08:16 PM	#36
SouthwestAirlines Senior Captain Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St.Louis Age: 17 Posts: 1,590	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport Attachment 10059 Attachment 10061 update almost finished the garage. Just have the pay boothes/ticket machines to put on. Attachment 10062 Attachment 10063 Attachment 10064 Attachment 10065 Attachment 10066 __________________ My airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mO-gDpSH8A http://www.wings900.com/gallery/show...r=3888&cat=500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/38005486@N04/ http://www.freewebs.com/brookefieldairport/index.htm http://ltdsai.webs.com/ http://midwestairportteam.blogspot.com/ http://www.squidoo.com/runwaymodelz Last edited by SouthwestAirlines; 07-11-2010 at 11:24 AM.

06-22-2009, 03:05 AM	#37
jonatan47 RJ Captain Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Tijuana Posts: 447	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport You are working at a very fast rate, if you want your airport te be perfect, be patient, do everything step by step. Your work is very nice, but you can do a better work, you just need to take your time, if you aren't 100% sure of your final product, do it again. That's why you need to go step by step. __________________

06-22-2009, 02:32 PM	#39
jonatan47 RJ Captain Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Tijuana Posts: 447	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport I never said your airport was bad, I just was saying that you can do a better job if you take more time. You can do a better job on your parking marks, try darwing them in MS Paint and glue them to the parking floor. __________________ Last edited by jonatan47; 06-22-2009 at 02:37 PM.

06-22-2009, 02:48 PM	#40
SouthwestAirlines Senior Captain Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St.Louis Age: 17 Posts: 1,590	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport I still haven't touched up that part but it's on the list. I had to add the toll machines first in case I made another mistake which I did. __________________ My airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mO-gDpSH8A http://www.wings900.com/gallery/show...r=3888&cat=500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/38005486@N04/ http://www.freewebs.com/brookefieldairport/index.htm http://ltdsai.webs.com/ http://midwestairportteam.blogspot.com/ http://www.squidoo.com/runwaymodelz

06-22-2009, 03:06 PM	#41
United Shuttle Earning My Wings Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 26	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport I love the originality of this airport and custom work, but isn't it a little unrealistic and unsafe that your car gararge roof is suspended over the road!? Other than that, great work!

06-25-2009, 11:21 AM	#43
SouthwestAirlines Senior Captain Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St.Louis Age: 17 Posts: 1,590	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport The balsa is here! And I have the terminal pieces cut to length, connected to form single planes and painted. Next step is going to be detailing , touch-up painting, and assembly. I decided to go with a desert sand kind of color for the backround color of the terminal, it will have black windows, two story floor plan, black roof(Maybe a cool slanted roof), eventually lights if I can find our christmas rice lights or else I'll have to wait until i can get more LED rice lights. I'll post some pics later of my progress. __________________ My airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mO-gDpSH8A http://www.wings900.com/gallery/show...r=3888&cat=500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/38005486@N04/ http://www.freewebs.com/brookefieldairport/index.htm http://ltdsai.webs.com/ http://midwestairportteam.blogspot.com/ http://www.squidoo.com/runwaymodelz

06-30-2009, 06:29 PM	#44
SouthwestAirlines Senior Captain Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St.Louis Age: 17 Posts: 1,590	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport I have a quick update. Progress has been slow, partly because I have a job now so that takes up a bit of time but also because I had to work through some structural issues with the buildings because of their size. I decided to use clear packing tape and black poster board to make the windows and I will post pictures of how they look once I assemble them. I also do not have the proper xmas lights to do the lighting on the airport so I will just save up and get LED lights just like the ones on BFI. __________________ My airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mO-gDpSH8A http://www.wings900.com/gallery/show...r=3888&cat=500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/38005486@N04/ http://www.freewebs.com/brookefieldairport/index.htm http://ltdsai.webs.com/ http://midwestairportteam.blogspot.com/ http://www.squidoo.com/runwaymodelz

07-01-2009, 12:24 AM	#45
xaib1 Earning My Wings Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: L.A. Posts: 4	Re: Plans and Progress on Frank Luke Jr. Regional airport At first, I thought the second plan looked better, but its really starting to turn out very well. I can already see how good it'll look with the white gaps filled in with grass. . . Did you spray it on or paint it with a brush? I suggest you experiment with oil pastels for adding marks to the apron. . . it worked out very well for me. . . Good Luck . . . it looks great!

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