GreenDragon Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Hannants has the Revell E-4B in stock, £17.99. http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RV4663 Paul Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 A 747-200 can be made from the kit, right? By coincidence I was looking for it today and only found it at Hannants. Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDragon Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 I'm probably getting a couple for civil paint schemes, hopefully it's just a matter of leaving off the military lumps and bumps! Model Hobbies has it a little bit cheaper at 16.19. http://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/revell-...63-p-39837.html Paul Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHull Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 soooo much temptation on here!! cant shop with hannants though, everytime i go on there i drool over the a400m! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMChladek Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 A 747-200 can be made from the kit, right? By coincidence I was looking for it today and only found it at Hannants. Carlos Yes, out of the box if you leave the E-4B specific antennas, IFR bump and satcomm bump you can build it as a 747-100/200 (depending on how many upper deck windows you want) with GE engines (although resin ones are better than the kit ones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Yes, out of the box if you leave the E-4B specific antennas, IFR bump and satcomm bump you can build it as a 747-100/200 (depending on how many upper deck windows you want) with GE engines (although resin ones are better than the kit ones). Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I've got plans for several of these, and only one will be an E-4. Been stocking up on 747 decals for this re-issue (Pan-Am, TWA, Braniff, BA...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 ...Been stocking up... wish I could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pperkins Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 mine should be here on wed cant waite only 5 coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pperkins Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 mine has arrived to day will try and get some pics up soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Got that on my wish list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHull Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 mine has arrived to day will try and get some pics up soon Look forward to seeing this one, dying to get one now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuprar Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 It will look better in airforce one decals!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Better still in Pan Am livery (with a few mods)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuprar Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Better still in Pan Am livery (with a few mods)! I have some of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHull Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 It will look better in airforce one decals!!! Totally wetting the appetite now! Kinda glad Hannants are out of stock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuprar Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Totally wetting the appetite now!Kinda glad Hannants are out of stock! Hannants might be but model hobbies have loads in stock I got 2 yesterday and they are cheaper than Hannants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I have some of those Me too, plus TWA & Braniff 'Big Orange'. Got my eye on some 1970s-era BA ones too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDragon Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Think I still have some very old Air Canada and JAL decals for the 747, used the Northwest Orient ones on a Revell shuttle carrier rebuild & repaint in the early 80's. Paul Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 ...you can build it as a 747-100/200 (depending on how many upper deck windows you want) Upper deck windows are not a distinguishing feature of the -100 vs. the -200. There are -100s with ten windows, and -200s with three. It was a customer option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Jennings is right - it's a myth that the number of upper deck windows show the diference between the -100 and the -200. The 747 has it's origins in a US Air Force requirement for a very large transport, which was won by Lockheed. Boeing figured all the work they had done wasnt going to be wasted so used it to develop a cargo aircraft, which is why the hump and the cockpit is where it is. At the same time, Pan Am, amongst others, wanted a bigger version of the 707 but boeing found stretching that type presented more problems than it was worth so the end result was the 747. Originally the space behind the cockpit was intended for a 1st class pax lounge but one of the unintended consequences of the cargo aspect to the 747 was a lot of extra space when the design was modified for pax use. What brought the 10 windows about was the realisation that some internal systems re-arranging, using some of that extra space, would mean the upper deck could be filled with revenue earning seats instead of a non-revenue earning bar and lounge for 1st class pax. As an aside the that, at the time, airlines were not confident about having two decks on an airliner, with concerns about emergency exits, access, turn-round times, etc. Once they did feel ok about pax on the upper deck, the lounge and bar was doomed, and 10 windows was the standard. Some -100's, BA's being a good example, were retrofitted with 10 upper deck windows, some, including Pan Am's, never were. And just to confuse things a bit more, some aircraft with 10 windows, like some of TWA's, had the extra windows plugged to present a uniform appearance with earlier fleet members which had just 3 upper deck windows (the aircraft that crashed into the sea off the north east coast of the USA after leaving New York was one of them). edited for typos - think I got them all... Edited February 3, 2012 by kev1n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHull Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Finally gave into temptation and ordered one! Well, say ordered, orders via wonderland models only to be told awaiting stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robo2003 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 forgive me if i am being thick but this is advertised as a "1 piece fuselage", like i said am i being thick here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuprar Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 forgive me if i am being thick but this is advertised as a "1 piece fuselage", like i said am i being thick here? I understand what your saying! It's in 2 half's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackleberry Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I understand what your saying! It's in 2 half's So not in one piece at all then lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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