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SCALE: 1/400 |
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1968 |
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MEDIUM: Polystyrene |
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RARITY: (4) |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN |
ABOUT THE KIT |
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As early as 1952, engineers at Boeing Aircraft were working on designs for a Super-Sonic Transport (SST) that could ferry passengers coast-to-coast or from Europe and Asia at twice the speed of sound. However, it wasn't until 1963 that President John F. Kennedy formally committed the U.S. government to backing such a venture, this in response to the joint British and French plan to build their own SST, the Concorde. By 1966, Boeing had settled on a swing-wing design with a droop-nose, designated the 2707, a plane capable of carrying up 350 passengers at 1,800 mph. In 1967, a canard was added to the plane, now designated the 2702-200. Although a mock-up of the aircraft was built and extensive wind-tunnel tests made, noise, cost and environmental concerns ultimately scuttled this ambitious project, leaving the SST field to the British, the French and -- very briefly -- to the Russians with their ill-fated TU-144. |
Released in 1968 and again in 1973, this was a much smaller kit than Revell's 1/200 version, but it did have the virtues have having actual swing wings and the always-cool canard. This is a copy of the 1973 release. |
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