Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

The 1/144 Dreamliners, Revell B787-8 and the Zvezda B787-8 are identical models, Revell in white, Zvezda in grey. Zvezda has a stand. All parts identical and interchangeable, so imagine you can have a white fuselage, grey wings, white engines ......... without major painting. I admit no matter how hard I try, my painting cannot match the quality of the original plastic molding. Both are extremely good fitting models, everything lines up perfectly, hardly any flashings to trim. Revell (and Zvezda) quality has really improved with these new models, just compare with the terrible old Revell B747-400. Another tip: the windows come with transparent window rows, use a sharpie to paint the backside black, then glue to windows, then you don't even need to apply the window decals. Decals eventually peel off, but this is permanent. See photos attached. Decals on the Zvevda are very disappointing, not even bare minimum.

On the kit quality aspect, perfect! Nice to assemble, even if the stabilizors and rudder were a little curvy, but very nice in details. The new Boeing is well represented by zvezda... And by revell: this was made at a time that both company were cooperating in the models, they've used the same moulds, only the box changed. I built this twice, on one tried to do this paint scheme, went horribly wrong and was scrapped, and on the second one, even with aftermarked decals, also failed, and ended up going for JAL paint scheme. Do not regret that!