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Warning: Bandwidth-heavy thread! I documented this build with video again from start to finish. If you want to see it, here's the video: I actually completed this kit back in November 2024, but I only got the time to edit and upload the video now and then post it here. Background The Boeing 787-10 is the largest variant in the Dreamliner family, extended by 5.5 meters compared to the 787-9. It’s designed for high-capacity routes and can carry approximately 318 passengers in a standard two-class configuration. While it has slightly less range than its smaller siblings, the -10 is optimized for regional and medium-haul international routes for seat count. Like the rest of the 787 series, it features a new generation of composite construction and shares a common type rating across the family. The aircraft is finished in the livery of All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline by fleet size and one of the most prominent carriers in Asia. ANA was the global launch customer of the 787 program and operates a significant number of Dreamliners across both domestic and international routes. A trip I had at the end of 2023 wherein I was on JA901A for a flight to Tokyo gave me the impetus to build this particular aircraft in the iconic ANA "Triton Blue" scheme. This is one of I believe three 787-10s in ANA's fleet that are lower-density in seating and equipped with the RR Trent 1000 engines, as opposed to ANA's more densely configured 78Xs for domestic routes with GEnx engines. The Trent-powered 78Xs are often used for routes within Asia and configured for international flights. On to the build photos: Review My main challenge with this build was the extremely sparse decals, which will be an issue for anyone needing stencils. Some people go the route of buying aftermarket decals that include all the stencils and details. I tried to save money by designing them myself to print, but this turned out to be a much bigger challenge than I anticipated—the decal design process took almost as much time as the build itself. They were then printed through SetupDecal164 in Thailand. In the research I did for the build, and designers uploading airline decal assets for fellow modelers (https://shikichandao.wixsite.com/jetstream), which was hugely helpful. It was great to see how many resources they had for modeling these aircraft accurately, though it does make me wish I spoke Japanese, if only to thank them and learn from their incredible techniques and work. The build itself I was expecting to be a slog, turned out to be relatively breezy. A few hiccups here and there but it was thankfully relatively stress-free. It's definitely not perfect, but I'm quite satisfied with it. Thanks for reading!

ANA invited elementary and Junior school children to design a theme to celebrate ANA carrying their 500th Millionth customers (that's a big milestone number) which was won by Ms Yukie Ogaki from North Tokyo. Her winning theme represented a large Blue Whale as the main theme with several fish and other aquatic creatures swimming alongside. The livery was a one-off them and flew from 1993 on ANA's domestic routes with a capacity of 570 passengers fully loaded. Now over 25 years old, the decals for this kit proved virtually unusable which resulted in the majority of the kit being painted and hand decaled. This was a one-off design for ANA back in 1993 for their short range internal operations around Japan. Hasegawa released this kit moulded in blue (for those that don't like painting and was their first 747-400 model. Although very old, it was only the decals that were a pain and cost me weeks of extra time and pin stripe hand decaling challenges but I am pleased with the end result given the problems I encountered. It was also a good reminder of the fun I had back in the 80's and 90's when I used to focus on the Hasegawa Love Liner 200 series and has prompted me back in that direction once again. The photo below of the box contents shows the decals I could not use due to them being cracked and crazed, so I had to hand paint and improvise. Thanks for looking in, it may be small in 1/200 but these kits are great fun John

I'm getting a decal set for the ANA C3PO scheme. Does anyone know what's the colour or closest to the goldish yellow used? If I have to mix it,what's a good paint brand to mix yellow and gold? I know gold doesn't mix well sometimes. It almost seems like a pearl.

Source: http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2015/Bilder_AT/Hasegawa_15.htm Andrew