Converting 747-8 to a -400

[Scotsman07]

Hello,

 

I’ve seen a lot of people on here convert the 747-8 kit to a -400 or another variant of the 747 family.

I wanted to ask if anyone has made a WIP thread to list what it is involved to convert them, as I have heard this is the best method rather than building the original 747-400 kit.

 

Any tips or help would be greatly appreciated, and also would it be possible to convert Revell’s UPS 747-8F kit to a passenger. Sorry, I’m a proper amateur when it comes to conversions. 
 

Regards,

 

Alistair

[Turbofan]

Hi Alistair,

As you probably know I've converted a couple of Zvezda 747-8s to earlier models. I've not done a wip as such yet but here is a link to a post on Airlinercafe which might be of interest.

https://www.airlinercafe.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=73133#73133

I've got another couple to convert soon so I might do a wip for one of those.

With respect to the 747-8F kit I would use that as a basis for a 747-400F or with a bit more work a 747-100/200 purely because of the shorter upper deck.

Of course if you want to save yourself the work you could always get one of Kurt's 747-400s!

Cheers,

Ian

[Abandoned Project]

This might help

https://www.airlinercafe.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=10468

Stevej's post #68941 has a series of photos that I found very informative.

It's an option I too am considering.