Description

1/144 Boeing 787-9

Zvezda 7021

Excludes allglues,paintsandtoolsnecessary to assemble.

• Language: English
  
• Number of pieces 83
• Material Type Plastic
  
• Release date 4 April 2019

With the success of the 777 series, Boeing looked at the next evolution in airliner design. While Airbus pushed the huge A380 series with a passenger capability of more than 500, Boeing decided to push a different boundary, making a more efficient version of their 767 series. The resulting 787 Dreamliner was designed to be 20% more efficient in fuel consumption, lighter through the use of composites and electrically powered flight controls, and quieter through the engine and aerodynamic advances. The first Dreamliner flight, a 787-8, took place in December 2009. Since that time, Boeing has developed the 787-9 which increases passenger capacity from about 242 to 290, and the 787-10 which further increases the aircraft’s length to accommodate about 330 passengers.

Zvezda continues to turn out some interesting kits as well as evolve its kit engineering capabilities. Here’s one of their latest masterpieces, the 787-9 Dreamliner. Zvezda was the first kit manufacturer to produce the Dreamliner in kit form with their first release of the 787-8 in 1/144 back in 2009. Hasegawa followed suit with their 1/200 kit in 2012 and Doyusha would release their 787-8 in 1/144 the same year. Revell AG would offer a repackaged Zvezda 787-8 in 2011. Zvezda tooled the stretched fuselage to render this 787-9 kit in 2016.