1/00 Scale Nitto 727

Many hours of work later, it's done.  The stabilizers were separated at the center so I could attach the top of the fin before painting the fuselage.  
A steel pin was inserted through the fin to mount the stabilizers after all painting and decalling was complete.  The base color was three coats
of Model Master flat white, followed by one thin coat of Testor's square bottle gloss white.  Several days were allowed to pass between
coats which gave a dense hard glossy white finish.  A lot of time was required to fair in the windscreen, a kit part.  I sent a Corel Draw file
to Mike Vyukil of Vintage Flyer Decals and he cut vinyl masks for the windows and windscreen, they worked very well.  The leading edges
 of the flying surfaces are done with Alclad Polished Aluminum, as are the inlets, although the center inlet was touched up with Model Master
 Chrome after decalling.  The blade antennae are cut from photoetch scraps.  The decals were drawn in Corel Draw from photos.  
The overall scheme is to the order of Freddie Guzman, who I built the model for, and is a composite of the several schemes Mexicana
had on their 727's.  The decals were printed on a Dell 1250c LED technology laser printer.  A final sealing clear coat of Future was applied.