A 1:144 747 "tweener"
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 4:08 pmOK....so while I am waiting for after-market parts to arrive my for my Revell 1:144 Stevens Corporation 747-100, I have taken down another 1:144 747 from the "curtain rail of doom" and am playing with it as a bit of a "tweener".
This one was originally planned to be a Qantas 747-338, but I have since decided to maker her a far more exotic "one off" in the form of the unique 747-300 operated by the Saudi Royal Flight.
As can be seen, some construction has already started, (that's what qualified her to join the elite ranks of the "curtain rail of doom" in the first place
), but much more works needs to be done.
I have most of what I need to complete the model, (including after-market decals etc),
but I am short of one crucial piece for this project.....namely the very obvious and unique large SATCOM "hump" sitting on her roof, (this bit of gear is the same as that found on the fleet of USAF Boeing E-4Bs and one or two other "private" 747s).
So, if anyone has a Revell 1:144 Boeing E-4 Airborne Command Post kit, (recently re-issued), and is not planning on using the SATCOM "hump" (that is to say you intend on using the kit to build a "standard" 747), then please may I buy the surplus piece from you??? ....thanks.
Finally, the keen-eyed among you may note that the kit has the inboard leading-edge wing-to-body "fillets" unique to the 747-400......that's because the kit has been modified from a Revell 1:144 747-400. Given the major re-engineering required to bring this kit to "true" 747-300 specs, I have decided to leave the "fillets" in place, in their current form, (thereby technically making this kit a Boeing 747-3.5 ). So, if you are a "rivet-counter".....best not look at this kit when she is done. 
TOR
This one was originally planned to be a Qantas 747-338, but I have since decided to maker her a far more exotic "one off" in the form of the unique 747-300 operated by the Saudi Royal Flight.
As can be seen, some construction has already started, (that's what qualified her to join the elite ranks of the "curtain rail of doom" in the first place
), but much more works needs to be done.I have most of what I need to complete the model, (including after-market decals etc),
but I am short of one crucial piece for this project.....namely the very obvious and unique large SATCOM "hump" sitting on her roof, (this bit of gear is the same as that found on the fleet of USAF Boeing E-4Bs and one or two other "private" 747s).
So, if anyone has a Revell 1:144 Boeing E-4 Airborne Command Post kit, (recently re-issued), and is not planning on using the SATCOM "hump" (that is to say you intend on using the kit to build a "standard" 747), then please may I buy the surplus piece from you??? ....thanks.
Finally, the keen-eyed among you may note that the kit has the inboard leading-edge wing-to-body "fillets" unique to the 747-400......that's because the kit has been modified from a Revell 1:144 747-400. Given the major re-engineering required to bring this kit to "true" 747-300 specs, I have decided to leave the "fillets" in place, in their current form, (thereby technically making this kit a Boeing 747-3.5
). So, if you are a "rivet-counter".....best not look at this kit when she is done. TOR
