Dream A Journey: Juneyao Airlines Boeing 787-9 B-20EC by NG Models
There is no greater competition between 400 scale brands than when it comes to Chinese widebodies, so that even though Juneyao Airlines only owns 7 787-9s, admittedly in 4 different schemes, there have...
View ArticleGuomei: Shandong Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX B-1275 by JC Wings
Unsurprisingly, given its grounded status, there have been few new releases of Boeing 737-8 MAXs in the past year with a few trickling out from Phoenix and not much else. Aeroclassics seems to have...
View ArticleStanvaste: Surinam Airways Douglas DC-8-63 N4935C by Aeroclassics
Despite modifying its sales method and the impact of Covid Aeroclassics has had a very good 2020, at least in terms of the range and quality of releases. Last month I felt compelled to acquire [...]
View ArticleCovid Casualty: Cathay Dragon Airbus A321-251NX B-HPB by HYJLwings
HYJLwings debuted their new Airbus A321 mould in 2017 and up to the end of 2018 used it to produce a lovely range of A321s. Most were Chinese airliners, or Lufthansa, and they were produced [...]
View ArticleEça De Queiroz: TAP Air Portugal Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 500 CS-TEG by NG Models
Licensing is a funny thing; on the one hand some people want official releases and on the other I’d argue most people don’t care. I fall firmly into the latter category as charging for the [...]
View ArticleYellow-top: TAESA Boeing 727-31 XA-SQO by Aeroclassics
Aeroclassics is having something of a retro year having brought back into use several moulds that were long thought lost. I have already reviewed one of the 747 classics and have blogged about the...
View ArticleHalcyon Days: Court Line Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 1 G-BAAA by NG Models
The willingness NG models have shown to make modifications to their moulds and to produce one-off or limited use variations has been unrivalled. You might question the financial sense of this but from...
View ArticleA Cut Above: Batik Air Airbus A320-214 PK-LUK by Panda Models
Panda Models have themselves talked of production difficulties in 2019/2020 and although it is hard to say what has happened it is clear that the company is not the same one as it was up [...]
View ArticleReward-U: HK Express Airbus A321-231 B-LEJ by JC Wings
JC Wings continue to be a company that struggle to communicate their releases and get them out to the market in sensible timeframes, however they have shown commendable willingness to improve. Firstly,...
View ArticleNegaraku: Malaysia Airlines Airbus A350-941 9M-MAG by NG Models
The ascendancy of NG Models in 400 scale continues apace with the introduction of their new Airbus A350, a mould that has seemingly gained more excitement than their 747SP. This is despite there being...
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