I am starting a Lockheed Tristar L-1011-1 similar to the one I flew on to the Bahamas in 1983. I am using the 1/200 Hasegawa kit and will be ordering Eastern Airlines aftermarket decals.
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Make sure you fasten the port engine well .
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That was an MD-11F NOT an L1011-1. 
Oops ! My bad.
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Also an MD-10 lost a left engine in 1979, American Airlines flight 191 lost all 271 occupants at O’Hare. An Eastern L-1011 did have an event over the Atlantic and made it back to Miami 2 months before I flew in an L-1011. It returned in Miami, I flew an Eastern L-1011 from Hartford to Miami 2 months after that crash. I never even realized it till reading about it later.
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I started with the nose weight. Hasegawa gives you a weight, a bulkhead in 2 pieces that is 4 grams in weight. I googled it and came up with nose weight should be 5 to 10 grams, so I added a fishing weight to the bulkhead and it came out as 10 grams. That’s what I am going with.
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Will be following this build with interest. I have the same kit started but alas my short attention span was stronger that the kit’s appeal..
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I have the 2 fuselage halves glued up. I taped the perimeter and applied putty, waited 24 hours then started sanding the left side. When I got almost to the plastic I stopped and removed the tape and now will continue “gingerly” to sand until the putty is flush with the plastic.
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I sanded the putty smooth to the contour of the fuselage, I had about 12 pinholes. I puttied those and had 2 pinholes, one above the leading edge in a window and one above the mid wing in a window. I just filled those and will hopefully complete the left side tomorrow then start sanding the right side.
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The left side is done, I started the right side. I have it sanded to the tape then removed the tape. I’ll finish sanding it to the fuselage contour tomorrow.
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The right side is sanded down but has 2 dozen pin holes that need more putty. This is starting to get old. Why didn’t they make these with NO WINDOW HOLES? I have ordered another 1/200 plane but NOT a Hasegawa and NOT an airliner. I have a 1/200 DML B-52G, that will be a relief from all this foolish puttying.
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I just sanded the pinholes in the right and left sides. It looks as if I have almost reached the end. I have to fill 3 pinholes on the left side and 4 on the right side.
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