cmhjets Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 My wallet felt a bit heavy so I ordered a Transport Wings 1/72 747 from Hannant's. Now the wallet is lighter and more manageable. I didn't know if everyone knew it was back yet, so here you go... The Transport Wings 1/72 747 100/200 is back! Now, where am I going to put it....? -Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkeye's Hobbies Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Is this a vac kit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmhjets Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 Is this a vac kit? I've never seen it, but as I understand it, the major parts are vac formed, flap tracks and engine intakes are resin, the landing gear is soft metal (pewter?), and there may be photoetched parts to detail the gear. There are decals for windows, plus decals for Pan Am, although mine will probably be TWA. Others may know more about these. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iaf-man Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 The fuselage and wings are precut-saves you some work. Tom,how much did you pay for postage? Isaac Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmhjets Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 The fuselage and wings are precut-saves you some work.Tom,how much did you pay for postage? Isaac I haven't seen the charges yet. I'll post the amount when I find out. the model itself comes to about $210.00, probably due to the dollar being so weak. I have a vast automotive/truck collection, so I threw a few of those kits on eBay to cover this. I've known for over a year it was coming, and even though the price is high, I doubt you could get it on eBay any cheaper. the last Transport Wings DC-10 went for MUCH more. I'd love to find the Transport Wings 767... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LinerLover Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 cmhjets, is there any chances that you could post photos of that beast ? I happen to have the Qantas 767-200 and Austrian MD-81 (or 87 ? Can't remember) and wanted to compare the quality of both kits. Thank you in advance. Regards, Stéphane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmhjets Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 cmhjets, is there any chances that you could post photos of that beast ? I happen to have the Qantas 767-200 and Austrian MD-81 (or 87 ? Can't remember) and wanted to compare the quality of both kits.Thank you in advance. Regards, Stéphane I'll provide a link to pictures when it arrives, Stéphane. -Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kitnut617 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 As soon as I saw it listed I order one, it arrived a couple od weeks ago. I haven't opened the clear bag but from what I can remember from another I already had, there's no photo etch ( I could be wrong though) I cant tell you what the postage is for sure as I had bought a 1/72 An-22 at the same time and they both got shipped together. Looking at my invoice though, the pair cost GBP 38.22 for the shipping Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Ciborowski Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 72nd scale for a Jumbo! Wow that sounds like a fun (and huge) build. Cant wait to see pics of the parts- i am interested in it for sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kitnut617 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Here's what you get, sorry but I don't want to take it out of the bag just yet. The model is 38" long; and the decals; Robert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Ciborowski Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 yeah i may have to get that... it looks really well designed, plus its just huge! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmhjets Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Here's the Hannant's description of it: Boeing 747-100/200 with JT9D engines. Airframe parts are all pre-cut vacformed 2mm polystyrene, with resin engine intakes, jet pipes and flap tracks, cast metal landing gear parts and etched brass and nickle silver detail parts. Decals are for the original Pan Am later billboard schemes, with separate window and door decals. The kit includes a full-colour A5 instruction booklet which can be downloaded as a pdf file Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kitnut617 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I tried to look at all the parts in the bag but I can't see any etch stuff, but it may be in the pack with the decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Roberts Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I tried to look at all the parts in the bag but I can't see any etch stuff, but it may be in the pack with the decals. Should be there - I've got one and opened it and it's got some etch stuff in it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I really hope that there are more 1/72 large airliner-type aircraft - specifically the KC-10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Hingtgen Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 (edited) Hmmmn. What exact details does it have? SATCOM antenna? H.stab fillet fairings? Tailcone lighting configuration? APU intake version? Looks like it has the original pylons. Edited January 12, 2008 by David Hingtgen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kitnut617 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Hmmmn. What exact details does it have? SATCOM antenna? H.stab fillet fairings? Tailcone lighting configuration? APU intake version?Looks like it has the original pylons. No there's nothing like that in the kit, it's fairly basic. Transport Wings do a -400 (elongated top deck) and a -400 Freighter (it's a conversion for the 100/200) and an E-4B and VC-25. I'm assuming these will be released sometime in the near future as they are just getting back into production according to their website. http://www.aim72.co.uk/ The E-4B and VC-25 come with the CF engines which I've been told have a moving fan. Chatting with Neil Gaunt a couple of months ago he's hinting there might be a YAL-1 too. We'll have to wait and see if that comes about. AIM also do the shuttle carrier conversion plus decals for the earlier version (I've got one of those) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I can imagine the precut vacuform idea will make it much more popular than a straight vacuform. One of the reasons I haven't tried a vacuform is I don't want to have to cut all the pieces out. Great idea on their part. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kitnut617 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 (edited) I can imagine the precut vacuform idea will make it much more popular than a straight vacuform. One of the reasons I haven't tried a vacuform is I don't want to have to cut all the pieces out. Great idea on their part. It's only 'rough' cut, you still have to sand the parts down to the right size. I think they are done this way to keep the shipping down, the 1/72 C-5 I've got came in a box twice as big as the one I got which had this model and a An-22 in it and was twice the shipping cost because the parts are still in the backing sheet. The box the An-22 comes in is just as long as the 747. Edited January 13, 2008 by kitnut617 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Ciborowski Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Would you consider this a good start for a first vac kit? I have built kits before (mainly an RC boat) that only provides with templates for cutting some parts, and have others tampo printed on one large sheet of styrene, so that you have to cut them out (ie no parts on a sprue) so the work isnt a major deal to me. I have always been afraid of vac kits because they are thin, and because you have to do a lot of the major cutting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I really hope that there are more 1/72 large airliner-type aircraft - specifically the KC-10 Anthony, AIM has previously released a DC-10 with a KC-10 conversion set. You may have seen some of EF's posts on it. Maybe they will reissue the DC/KC-10 kits again sometime. :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fiddler Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Is it doable to make a 747SP from these kits? Maybe it's a little to much expensive to do such surgery? Ahum about 175-180 eur to get it on my doorstep... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmhjets Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Hmmmn. What exact details does it have? SATCOM antenna? H.stab fillet fairings? Tailcone lighting configuration? APU intake version?Looks like it has the original pylons. I downloaded the instruction manual, and it shows two photoetch frets. One has wipers, pitots, blade aerials, etc. The other has landing gear details. They also say the 747-400 is available. I assume this is a carryover from when it WAS available(?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fiddler Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 (edited) I guess so since they say the whole sales are going through hannants now, and they only have 1 kit listed and that's the 741/2. The E-4B and AF1 which they talk about in the manual is also from the first time they released it I guess. That Wright flyer is also for sale together with 4 other kits but they are from different branches of AIM, being Historical Wings and Rugrats... Edited January 16, 2008 by Fiddler Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmhjets Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 (edited) A size comparison, The Transport Wings 747, The Transport Wings DC-10, and a 737-200, all in 1/72 scale. I think you've seen from other postings just how large the DC-10 is... Edited January 27, 2008 by cmhjets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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