Recent content by joeycheung0521

Regardless of whether these are exclusive to ARD or not, the pricing is indeed very high compared to Taobao retailers for HX/YY 747 models. From what I see, there are offerings from the low end of RMB198 (GBP21, USD29) to the higher end of RMB288 (GBP30, USD42) for a more complex livery (e.g...

Very original... Couldn't even bother to get the "CLIPPER STORM KING" font correct. I also haven't found a single photo of the nose probe being striped. Has anyone found a single photo of it being striped, ever?

Indeed... You can't simply slap on a 747-400 wing, sand off the winglet and wingtip extension, and call it a late model 747-300 with the new wing-to-body fairing (WBF). The 747-300 is actually much closer to the 747-200 series, having an identical wing (except some late build 747-200s and...

I know this is the HX discussion thread, but if anyone happens to have a copy of the Phoenix IL-96 will know just how thin these 1/400 widebody wings can actually be made if there's a conscious effort during the design process to model them that way. I definitely haven't heard of many complain...

Here's a close up of the inner HX pylon in question (taken from an image shared by Jazajia) compared to the real 747-121 pylon on N747GE. I see at least 4 areas of improvement: The thickness of the wing The pylon shape The engine cowl shape The inlet ring being a separate piece is adding...

Jokes on all of us... BigBird from 20 years ago chose to do it with the smaller roll-out globe. (Image courtesy https://www.wingsworld.cn)

Still waiting for the lost art of Dragon Wings/Jet-X two-tone Chrome to make a comeback... (images courtesy of https://pps.main.jp). I believe this was achieved with electroplating/chroming, then applying a thin layer of matte/semi-matte clear coat to resemble the variations in the natural...