Plastic_parts Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I’ve just got hold of the old Airfix Lufthansa Boeing 747and I’m wondering if all the various incarnations of the kit were the same and had the same parts. The reason I’m asking is I’d like to build at as a British airways aircraft as was featured on the box top on another release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 History of the Airfix Boeing 747 - courtesy of the Airfix Tribute Forum, History Section https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/airfixtributeforum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=854 If a kit is released with a change of or with additional parts it is often noted in the notes of the kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 The Airfix B747 kit has never been changed parts wise. So fill your boots changing the scheme. I am building a TWA boxed one at the moment that will eventually wear 26 BOAC decals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said: The Airfix B747 kit has never been changed parts wise. So fill your boots changing the scheme. Never say never - it had the upper deck windows increased from three to ten (or similar) around 1980, but I haven’t been able to exactly pin the date as I haven’t been able to find a Haldane Place Type 6 boxing yet; my fully French T6 has it, and I am pretty certain my T5 BA boxing not yet. Not sure re the Big Orange, and the Oz only Qantas boxing should be a bit earlier than 1979. As far as I am aware, all three LH boxings are three window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 32 minutes ago, tempestfan said: Never say never - it had the upper deck windows increased from three to ten (or similar) around 1980, but I haven’t been able to exactly pin the date as I haven’t been able to find a Haldane Place Type 6 boxing yet; my fully French T6 has it, and I am pretty certain my T5 BA boxing not yet. Not sure re the Big Orange, and the Oz only Qantas boxing should be a bit earlier than 1979. As far as I am aware, all three LH boxings are three window. OK, I forgot about the upper deck windows. I was more thinking about the the parts count and outlines, etc Thanks for setting me straight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic_parts Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 Wow, you guys are a mine of information😊 who would have guessed someone would know the number of windows on a kit differs from one boxing to another? I’m not taking the mick, I meant that in the nicest possible way and it just goes to show the depth of knowledge on this site..long may it continue... as for the number of windows on my kit I’ll have a look when I get home tonight and I’ll post back the results... cheers guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 The answer will be „3“ 😉 I have been collecting Airfix kits since I received the news they went belly up in 1981, and a fair few thousand of them somehow accumulated in the years since then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDragon Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 On 6/21/2019 at 4:49 AM, tempestfan said: Never say never - it had the upper deck windows increased from three to ten (or similar) around 1980, but I haven’t been able to exactly pin the date as I haven’t been able to find a Haldane Place Type 6 boxing yet; my fully French T6 has it, and I am pretty certain my T5 BA boxing not yet. Not sure re the Big Orange, and the Oz only Qantas boxing should be a bit earlier than 1979. As far as I am aware, all three LH boxings are three window. I did the Braniff kit when it came out, definitely three upperdeck windows. Revell's kit is much better detailed and more accurate. Seem to remember that Airfix drew up their kit from pre-production general arrangement drawings so it's a bit off in quite a few areas. Paul Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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