Boeing 787 Dreamliner Metal landing Gear, 1/144 scale from Scale Aircraft Conversions Options

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner White Metal Landing Gear set.
1/144 scale from Scale Aircraft Conversions

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is Boeings newest twin engine wide body airliner. It is built mainly from composite materials and is due to enter service at the end of 2010. Zvezda produce a kit in 1/144 scale, and has been reviewed here.

Scale Aircraft Conversions now offer a set of metal landing gear to add more strength and detail to this area. Both the nose, and main gear are included in this set.

Main Gear


Nose gear

There are no instructions in this set, but the parts are direct replacements for the kit parts so the kit instructions will show where they fit. There is no flash on the review sample and I have test fitted the parts to my build and they are a straight fit.

Conclusion
From the box review, and test fitting against the Zvezda kit these are a direct replacement parts for the kit plastic. The parts are well detailed, but no more than the kit parts however, they are much stronger. The plastic kit main gear legs are long and may bend over time - especially if you add nose weight to your build.

I will be using these on the kit review that I am doing here

review sample courtesy of

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SAC has pointed out that these legs will bend to allow all the wheels to be in contact wit the ground as well as being stronger than the kit parts.
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