Pan American 777

[unclescott58]

This is a fantasy plane. Pan Am was dead by the time Boeing introduced the 777. And the markings (decals) on this kit harken back to a time when flying was glamorous. Before they stuffed you into flying tubes with wings, like sardines, with little to no room or service. This model is part of Minicraft’s “Flights of Fancy” series of 1/144 scale commercial aircraft. I love it. I was never a big fan of Pan Ams “billboard” style livery they used on their plane near the end. Ive include a photo of Minicraft’s 1/144 scale Pan Am 727, for comparison in size of two aircraft and the livery. (Despite my dislike of Pan Am’s billboard livery, I am working on a 1/144 scale Revell Airbus A380-800 using that scheme.)

I liked this kit a lot. It went together well. And the decals went down very nice. Ive got nothing to complain about. Minicraft suggested painting sections of the tops of the wings orange. This type of paint scheme was used on Pan Am’s flying boats back in the 1930’s and 40’s. But, never on their planes that landed on land. Plus I didn’t like the looks of it. So avoided following that suggestion. 

 

[TonyK]

This looks real nice. Liked the original Pan Am logo better than the new version which I had not seen before.

[Jim B]

I like both your 777 & 727.  They're both quite nice.

Edited September 18, 2021 by Jim B

[Can-Con]

Cool. Nice to see an airliner occasionally. 

Looks good in the historic livery but I do like the billboard livery too.

I've been thinking of getting one of the Seamasters when Atlantis reissues it and doing the Pan Am flying boat livery on it complete with the orange wing panels. Phantom "Seamistress". ?

[TooOld]

This is a cool looking aircraft !  Love the vintage PanAm livery .

[slusher]

Looks great Scott..

[David G.]

Two great looking planes. 

Nicely Done!

David G.

[unclescott58]

On 9/18/2021 at 11:59 AM, TonyK said:

This looks real nice. Liked the original Pan Am logo better than the new version which I had not seen before.

 

22 hours ago, Jim B said:

I like both your 777 & 727.  They're both quite nice.

 

21 hours ago, Can-Con said:

Cool. Nice to see an airliner occasionally. 

Looks good in the historic livery but I do like the billboard livery too.

I've been thinking of getting one of the Seamasters when Atlantis reissues it and doing the Pan Am flying boat livery on it complete with the orange wing panels. Phantom "Seamistress". ?

 

20 hours ago, TooOld said:

This is a cool looking aircraft !  Love the vintage PanAm livery .

 

11 hours ago, slusher said:

Looks great Scott..

 

6 hours ago, David G. said:

Two great looking planes. 

Nicely Done!

David G.

Thank you all, for your kind comments.