McDD DC-9, Valujet Airlines "Critter 592"
1March 21, 2024240206: Contents
2March 21, 2024240206: Contents
3March 21, 2024240206: Contents. Detail is soft and minimal.
4March 21, 2024240206: Contents. All common openings are presented as open with well-fitting doors.
5March 21, 2024240206: Contents. Note engine compressor fans. There are no turbine parts.
6March 21, 2024240206: Contents
7March 21, 2024240206: Contents
8March 21, 2024240206: Decals from Draw Decal and Liveries Unlimited
9March 21, 2024240207: Windows ready to be filled. Tape is hi-temp polyimide electrical tape.
10March 21, 2024240207: Windows will be filled with inexpensive 2-part clear acrylic.
11March 21, 2024240207: Teasing out the small bubbles with a toothpick.
12March 21, 2024240208: (24 hours later) Clear resin windows turned out perfectly clear and flush.
13March 21, 2024240208: (24 hours later) Clear resin windows turned out perfectly clear and flush.
14March 21, 2024240210: Initial tape-up for balance.
15March 21, 2024240210: Ballast (3gr) to prevent tail-sitting.
16March 21, 2024240209: Mounting socket installed at 3 deg ANU attitude.
17March 21, 2024240209: Mounting socket installed at 3 deg ANU attitude.
18March 21, 2024240213: Mounting socket filed flush
19March 21, 2024240213: Top seam reinforced inside with 5-min epoxy
20March 21, 2024240213: Ballast (3gr steel nut) secured with 5-min epoxy
21March 21, 2024240213: Airstairs sealed shut with CA
22March 21, 2024240213: Nose gear doors sealed shut with CA.
23March 21, 2024240214: Nose gear doors after shaping and sanding.
24March 21, 2024240214: Nose gear doors in silver paint.
25March 21, 2024240215: Fitting the forward cargo hold doors.
26March 21, 2024240215: Fitting the after cargo hold doors.
27March 21, 2024240215: Cargo doors after filling with CA and sanding smooth.
28March 21, 2024240215: Fitting the windshield piece. Fit was not horrible.
29March 21, 2024240215: Door R1 was missing and was filled with clear acrylic and CA and flied smooth.
30March 21, 2024240215: Door L1 fit was very good (better than it looks).
31March 21, 20242402145: Windshield piece sealed with CA.
32March 21, 20242402145: Windshield piece sanding and shaping.
33March 21, 20242402145: Windshield piece in silver paint.
34March 21, 20242402145: Fuselage ready for primer.
35March 21, 20242402145: Fuselage ready for primer.
36March 21, 2024240217: Installing a brass spar to help mount horizontal stabilizers.
37March 21, 2024240217: Installing a brass spar to help mount horizontal stabilizers.
38March 21, 2024240221: Primed and topcoated. Fuselage in WM rattlecan Gloss white, wings in Humbrol Metal Cote Polished Aluminium.
39March 21, 2024240228: Cut a piece of tape from a Xerox of the decal sheet to provide a template for the blue.
40March 21, 2024240228: Checking alignment before the paint shop.
41March 21, 2024240228: Custom mix for ValuJet blue
42March 21, 2024240228: Tamiya thinned with X-20 and a few drops of paint retarder.
43March 21, 2024240228: Starboard side looked a bit off, so I re-taped for a correction.
44March 21, 2024240228: Starboard side after correction.
45March 21, 2024240301: Engine cowling bare metal parts in MrC Super Silver.
46March 21, 2024240313: Decals by Draw Decals went on perfectly. Color match to Critter's VJ Blue was done using Tamiya acrylics.
47March 21, 2024240313: Decals by Draw Decals went on perfectly. Color match to Critter's VJ Blue was done using Tamiya acrylics.
48March 21, 2024240321: Registration number was printed on white decal paper with a blue background and cut in with trim paint.
49March 21, 2024240321: Miscellaneous details provided on decal sheet.
50March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight
51March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight
52March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight
53March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight
54March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight
55March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight
56March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight
57March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight
58March 24, 2024240320: Delivery flight
59March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight
60March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight
61March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight
62March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight
63March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight
64March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight
65March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight
66March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight
67March 24, 2024240321: First revenue flight
68March 24, 202435-year-old Candi Kubeck, Captain and PIC of Critter 592.
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70March 24, 2024
Comments
6 June 2026, 12:38 -
Album info
Douglas DC-9, N904VJ, Valujet Airlines "Critter 592", c. May 1996
(MPC Eastern Airlines McDD DC-9 in 1/144 scale, kit #1-4703 c. 1982 (née Airfix Kit 03176-5 © 1973)
