This item is an injection-plastic airliner model kit.
Hasegawa teams up its great 747 kit with its great Space Shuttle kit, adding some newly tooled parts to create this great combo kit of the piggy-back 747/Orbiter! Includes decals for 747s N905NA and N911NA in several schemes to reflect changes over the years, plus decals for orbiters Enterprise, Discovery, Columbia, Challenger, Atlantis and Endeavour. New parts included are for the pylons and vertical fincaps of the 747, plus the tail fairing for the orbiter and Enterprise's test instrumentation probe.
From landing site to launch pad in the blink of an eye.
Since the first test flight of the Enterprise in 1977, NASA has used Boeing 747s to transport Space Shuttle Orbiters on Earth. 747s take the orbiter from the landing site to the launch pad, as well as transport it for test flights. Gantry-like Mate-Demate Devices make it easy to hoist the orbiter onto the ground once the 747 has landed. Currently, NASA has two 747s in its fleet for transporting the Space Shuttle Orbiter. One's a 747-100 for long-range use. The other's a short-range 747-100SR.
This limited edition combo includes two complete kits. Set comes with assorted parts that were not featured on the original release, including a stabilizer, joint prop, pitot tube and nozzle cover.
Space Shuttle Decal Options:
- Discovery
- Enterprise
- Columbia
- Challenger
- Atlantis
- Endeavor
747 Decal Options:
- NASA new logo, Code: N911NA, N905NA
- NASA old logo, Code: 905, 911
