Boeing 747-400

[hysot]

Hello

Since my childhood I've always wanted to built a big airplane as close as the real one with fancy functions like flaps, landing gear, doors.....at first I thought I could built it in Technics and get all these functions motorized but I thought it would have been too complicated and too expensive. So no Technics just Lego (well actually it's not completely true...you'll see)
I started this project last April on LDD, Why on LDD because I moved in Canada in 2009 leaving my 2 big box of Lego in France. SO without any parts here I decided to design it on LDD and then order parts on bricklink.

First with some LDD screenshots:
Hello

Since my childhood I've always wanted to built a big airplane as close as the real one with fancy functions like flaps, landing gear, doors.....at first I thought I could built it in Technics and get all these functions motorized but I thought it would have been too complicated and too expensive. So no Technics just Lego (well actually it's not completely true...you'll see)
I started this project last April on LDD, Why on LDD because I moved in Canada in 2009 leaving my 2 big box of Lego in France. SO without any parts here I decided to design it on LDD.

First with some LDD screenshots:


The main landing gear. The doors are pretty close to the real ones
Extended


Extended - doors opened


Retracted


Inboard flaps retracted


Inboard flaps extended


Now let's see the real one. Actually just the beginning
Sorry I just add links for the picture because they are from my gallery and too big for the forum (too bad 800px width would have been perfect )

The wings with 2 complete engines and 2 engines partially done, slats (leading edge flaps), inboard flaps partially done and main landing gear (without wheels)
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56
You can notice that the wing has an upward angle like the real one. To realize that I built a special center wing box:
Here is the version 1.0 waaaay to weak
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56
and here is the version 2.2 way better:
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56
You can see the nice wing bend (I just love it :) ) with the slats retracted
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56
Slats extended
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56

The version 1 of the engine, to weak also (the fan was not mounted yet)
Thrust reverser closed
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56
Thrust reverser opened
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56

I reinforced the inside of the engine and still working on the improvement of the cowling
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56
here a version 2 of my cowling:
I replaced the bricks 1x1x4 white and 1x13 white by plates 1x4 white and 1x3 white
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56

The inboard flaps still at an early stage, just to confirm the design
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56

I recently started the fuselage
http://hysotpics.free.fr/photos/picture ... ategory/56

You can check more pictures on my flickr gallery (Some of them are showing old configuration - I made a bunch of modifications since then)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoansoilen ... 816995468/
or my personal gallery hysotpics.free.fr

The plane will show Air France paint

[slacker]

That's pretty bad@ss. There is no other planes line the 747. It's iconic. Only the best carriers use them. I'll be waiting to see the final results.

[hysot]

That's pretty bad@ss. There is no other planes line the 747. It's iconic. Only the best carriers use them. I'll be waiting to see the final results.

Ahah are you sure of that?

[hysot]

Hello!

I did a couple of modifications to reinforce the attachment point between the engine and the pylon.
At the end I have 5 knobs instead of 3 to attach the engine to the pylon and the weight is identical to the old version 2.0 because I reduced the size of the pylon. The engine is 1 knob longer and the reverser thrust 1 knob shorter

PS: I have to change the decal

[legohunter]

You could tell people you are building a plane. Keep it up. I am eagar to see the final version. Please keep posting.

So how many pieces you have been using so far?

[hysot]

Hey Legohunter!
Thanks a lot, I will keep posting.
It's hard to say how many I used...I still have a bunch of parts unpacked...so far I ordered 1476 parts and used about 80% of it. The total for the plane is almost 4000 parts.