ragefury32

Does anyone know why the 777 is such a favorite for model makers like F-Toys?
Take this for example:



Early 777-200 from F-Toys Wing Collection 1 - 2006 : Note printings for the cargo hatches. JA701A is the functional twin of the JA8197 that is in my collection (JA8197, 777 line number 9 is the ANA 777 EIS model).



Relatively recent 777-300 from ANA Wing Collection 4 - 2012.



Well, let's put it this way. Here are 4 wings I pulled from 4 of my models. A 777-200ER, a 777-300, a 777-300ER, and a 777-200. Can you guess the difference?



Well, that's a bit of a trick question. The 777 series uses the same wing amongst the classics (777-200/200ER/300). The later developments (777-200LR/300ER) with the raked wingtips were a modification of the same wing.



(JA708J is the 777-200ER and JA751J is the 300).



And here's a look of just the 777-300 (JA8941) versus the 777300ER (7A737J). Both are JAL machines.

In fact, you can model the entire existing 777 range using one set of tailplanes, one set of fin, 2 fuselage lengths and 2 wings (one with the regular and one with the raked wingtips)

777-200 - Original wing, short fuselage
777-200ER - Original wing, short fuselage
777-300 - Original wing, long fuselage
777-300ER - Raked wingtip wing, long fuselage
777-200LR - Raked wingtip wing, short fuselage

What about the 787?



Well, F-Toys do not have a 787-9, but it's probably not difficult to make a resin 787-10 fuselage, cut about 11mm from the length of the fuselage (it's about 6mm starting from a cut in front of the 2nd door and 5mm aft of the 3rd), or take a resin cast 787-8 fuselage, cut it right in front of the second door and one window right after the 3rd, and then add a 6.1mm plug (enough for 5 rows of windows) behind each cut. That would make it a 787-9.



I should mention that the wings and horizontal stabilizers are exactly the same, the engine pylons are pretty much externally identical in 1:500, while the fin is very slightly taller, so slight that it will not show up at 1:500 scale.



So here's an ANA 787-8 versus a JAL 787-8. The only difference? One is from ANA WC4 (March 2012) while the other is from JAL WC4 (September 2012). The SQ 787-10 is from September 2018.






Do note that in all cases, the ANA has superior prints (RR logo on the engine pylon, Boeing/Dreamliner logo on the fuselage), and both the ANA/JAL 787-8s have substantially better landing gear.