BIG 777X model and a long-winged electric jobby for Kit ...

[jcf]

Last week at the Future of Flight/Boeing Tour in Everett, WA, a peak behind the curtains while they were preparing a new display.
The models in boxes are eight 1/100 models from Pacific Miniatures that I epoxied together for their display, they didn't want little
hands to be able to pull parts off.  737-800, 737-MAX8, 747-8i, 767-300F, 777-300CR, 777-9X, 787-8 and 787-10.

I still haven't seen the completed display, probably go over next week.

The 777-9X is freakin' enormous, the new wing is very different from the original and the engine nacelle diameter is mind-boggling.
Here's a shot of the assembled 1/100 model with a 1/100 Tamiya Mig-19:


And for Mr. Long-wings, the EC-003 that's hanging in the gallery:

[Captain Canada]

Woah....that is huge ! We saw a few 777s on our recent travels and that`s what I told Kurly about spotting them, the engines are huge !

[NARSES2]

Those engines could eat that Mig  Lovely models of the Boeings Jon

[jcf]

Woah....that is huge ! We saw a few 777s on our recent travels and that`s what I told Kurly about spotting them, the engines are huge !

Yep, they're big and even bigger on the 777X, fan diameter is 134 inches, making it the largest yet. 

[PR19_Kit]

The 777-9X is freakin' enormous, the new wing is very different from the original and the engine nacelle diameter is mind-boggling.
Here's a shot of the assembled 1/100 model with a 1/100 Tamiya Mig-19:


And for Mr. Long-wings, the EC-003 that's hanging in the gallery:

Oh yes, they're getting there. 

[jcf]

Those engines could eat that Mig  Lovely models of the Boeings Jon

Yeah, the Pac-Min desktops are nice, the majority are a resin fuselage with one-piece injection
moulded ABS wings. The 777X was all resin, my guess is they're still getting the wing tooling
made, the two 737s all ABS with one piece fuselages, not a sink mark in sight. They must have
some serious moulding machines. The paintjobs are all aviation spec paint for topcoats and clear
coats. Smooth and hard.

Assembling them was straightforward (I milled a series of hemispherical pockets into both sides of
the wing tenons and fuselage mortises to aid the epoxy in locking the parts in place), but a bit stressful,
which I suppose is to be expected when handling several thousand dollars worth of models that belong
to someone else.