- Collectible snap-together model.
- Highly detailed for collectors.
- Solid injection molded plastic construction.
- SkyMarks 1/200 scale.
- Assembles in minutes and includes display stand.
- Officially licensed.
- Measures approximately 13-7/8-inches long with a 12-7/8-inch wingspan.
Product Description
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Comprising superior quality, solid, substantial injection molded
plastic components with a simple snap-fit design that allows for
easy assembly without the need for glue, this SkyMarks 1/200
scale EL AL Boeing 747-400 – Registration 4X-ELD – measures
approximately 13-7/8-inches long with a 12-7/8-inch wingspan and
comes complete with Landing Gear and a Display Stand. An
accurate, true-to-scale reproduction of the actual aircraft, this
EL AL Boeing 747-400, which is manufactured as an officially
licensed product, is great for collectors and features authentic,
highly detailed graphics and markings. Easily discernible from
earlier 747 models by its prominent wingtip extensions and
winglets, the Boeing 747-400 was initially introduced in 1984 as
an advanced variant of its predecessor, the Boeing 747-300 –
known as the Advanced 300 Series – as it was intended to be more
cost-effective than the -300, with more efficient engines, a
greater range, at nearly 7,300 nautical miles, and due to the
development and implementation of a “glass cockpit,” it did away
with the need for a flight engineer, consequently enabling the
aircraft to be flown by a two person crew. Northwest Airlines was
the launch customer for the Boeing 747-400, which entered service
in February 1989. With 694 Boeing 747-400 aircraft having been
produced over the course of its 20-year run from 1989 until 2009,
replaced by newer, more efficient twin-engine aircraft – the
Boeing 777, Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350 – the Boeing 747-400,
which was offered in passenger, freighter, combi, domestic,
extended range passenger and extended range freighter versions,
was the bestselling version of the Boeing 747. Readily recognized
around the world by its iconic large hump atop the front of its
fuselage, the Boeing 747, nicknamed – Jumbo Jet - entered service
in 1970 with Pan Am as the first wide-body airliner, and has
primarily been used for long range passenger travel. Capable of
accommodating from 416 passengers up to 624 passengers, depending
on its seating configuration, because this large, quad-engine jet
was conceived in the mid-1960s, when supersonic transports were
also concurrently on the drawing board, and viewed more favorably
at the time as the likely successor for the future travel, Boeing
engineers and Pan Am CEO, Juan Trippe opted for the Boeing 747 to
be designed so that it could be readily converted into a
freighter if required by merely retrofitting the fixed nose of
the existing passenger aircraft with a large hinged cargo door.
Consequently, if a passenger 747 aircraft were ever to be adapted
as a cargo plane with a hinged cargo door, it would be much more
cost effective and considerably easier to convert existing
passenger aircraft into cargo aircraft if the cockpit were
located above the nose, thus enabling the existing passenger 747s
to continue flying as transformed cargo planes. Even though
supersonic transports did not readily materialize for the most
part, and did not supersede the Boeing 747 as initially
envisioned, over the course of time, the Boeing 747 was not only
embraced as a successful passenger and cargo aircraft, many
passenger Boeing 747 aircraft were ultimately converted into
cargo 747 aircraft, known as BCF – Boeing Converted Freighter(s)
when it was no longer viable that they continue to be used as
passenger aircraft.
From the Manufacturer
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Introducing SkyMarks. Top of the line snap-fit pre-decorated
plastic models. The models feature solid injection molded plastic
construction with crisply printed graphics. All models include a
display stand and instructions.