Boeing 2707-200 SST Concept (1967)

Scale: 1/400
Initial Release: 1968
Medium: Plastic
Kit Rarity: 4

About the Design

As early as 1952, engineers at Boeing Aircraft were working on designs for a Super-Sonic Transport (SST) that could ferry passengers coast-to-coast or from Europe and Asia at twice the speed of sound.  However, it wasn't until 1963 that President John F. Kennedy formally committed the U.S. government to backing such a venture, this in response to the joint British and French plan to build their own SST, the Concorde.   By 1966, Boeing had settled on a swing-wing design with a droop-nose, designated the 2707, a plane capable of carrying up 350 passengers at 1,800 mph.  In 1967, a canard was added to the plane, now designated the 2702-200.  Although a mock-up of the aircraft was built and extensive wind-tunnel tests made, noise, cost and environmental concerns ultimately scuttled this ambitious project, leaving the SST field to the British, the French and -- very briefly -- to the Russians with their ill-fated TU-144.

About the Kit

Released in 1968 and again in 1973, this was a much smaller kit than Revell's 1/200 version, but it did have the virtues have having actual swing wings and the always-cool canard. 

This is a copy of the 1973 release.