herbarnold99 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 So with all the recent releases from Minicraft, is the old Revell mold of the KC-135A (and E-3, I think) still worth building? Have the others passed it by in terms of accuracy? thx Herb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich in name only Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 The really old KC-135A (not sure if there has been more than one)? It's their 707 with boom parts and cargo door. In the scale the fuselage width didn't make enough difference to me. But the length is noticeable too great. As long as cutting is in order, buy two---cut out the part for a KC and put the cutout in a longer version for whatever you'd like, including tanker 707s. Somewhere in ARC is a discussion of these differences includeing for the E-3. Recommend search "Revell KC-135A" to get around the ARC requirement for more than 3 characters (like 707) in a search. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 The Revell kit (no matter what the box says) isn't an E-3 and it's not a KC-135, it's a 707-120/120B. It has a shorter fuselage and a totally different wing from any AWACS, and a longer (double-bubble) fuselage than the KC-135. Is it worth building? If you want a 707-120/120B, then probably, since there is no other kit of that variant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
herbarnold99 Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Thanks Jennings, I know 707 variations and variants are a deep topic, so I was hoping someone here might know. Here's another question, did the 707-120/120B have any military variants at all? I lean that way, and if the answer is no I'll let this kit go. Cheers, Herb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Off the top of my head, I believe the only military 707-120/120Bs were the three VC-137A/B flown by the USAF. Acquired during the Eisenhower administration, and retired in the 1990s. I don't think any other militaries ever had a -120 series. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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