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Just another round of big words with nothing to show so far.

4/5 ;)

Based on Airbus data, I calculate the following nose down attitudes for an A300B2: OEW: 0.63° MRW (max forward CoG): 0.87° MRW (max aft CoG): 0.47° Btw, I so 110% can't stand when LH logos are printed off center.

That nose looks so extremely weird. At first I thought forehead, but the "chin" definitely is the bigger problem judging by these pics. A shame as I had high hopes in this mould.

Careful with heating those models. Doing so may cause the base coat to bubble. Granted a quality Zamac was used you may be successful by gently and slowly bending it.

This 707 is another BIG letdown for me. I was hoping for someone to come up with a decent 320/420. This is FAR from it but has potential enough to ruin the market for other makers.😑 Funny these two releases sport the window artwork of a -320C.. So if these were done at a new factory, the issues...

Another recent arrival is this East Line Il-62M by Phoenix. Sadly also some issues on this model like a high window line, the misaligned green area on the tail or the terribly hand painted (?) wheel hubs. Hoping for the Interflug... (tail support gear not installed for the pics)

But the best "conversion" doesn't help if you can't sell sufficient numbers to cover your costs. In case of AA 319 vs. this fantasy we'd be talking opportunity costs calc. for sure but the better option ($$) in such calc is definitely the fantasy.

Makes me want to shave off quite some material from this forehead.

And a great opportunity to showcase how off-white Delta's white really is(y) For color referencing/scale modeling snow in pictures is perfect, but it's not really the type of weather I like.🥶 I recently used the cold days to sort through some of my older holiday pictures. Here's one from 2011...

LOT Il-62 by Phoenix. All in all a nice product and finally some new classic subject in all this 350NeoMAX787 mess. But there's two things I need to criticise: 1. Those engines's size and shape look like D30s with modified reversers but are sadly far away from the looks of an NK-8. 2. The...

Just got to it. So here's a quick overlay of a 737NG v.tail profile and HX's. Note the trailing edge. Comes exactly as expected. For the fun of it, just to show you why I always bring up JC. Here's the same drawing overlaying a JC.

If that's a production CAD for a CAM workflow then what you see should be what you get.