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I try and avoid looking at eBay as much as I can but sometimes the opportunity to splurge is too tempting. Recently someone was selling a load of Australian models and although I missed out on quite a few I managed to come away with 12 of his many auctions. I thought I'd unbox them all on vid to...

It was tried by Skywings in China for a brief time back in 2017: https://www.yesterdaysairlines.com/model-airport-blog/skywings-innovates-new-models-and-a-new-app The problem here is that it seems like a nightmare to manage - cancellations, questions, people unhappy with the final product etc...

No sorry it is just that V1:400 has made the 26 models so far.

Well V1:400 was making 26 models in decent volumes. Say you want to make a 180 model run of a 767 with Panda. At that production volume the unit price will probably be $25+ so the cost of the single model run is something like $5K and that is before shipping and import taxes etc. V1:400 runs...

If a model is licensed the airline is getting a % definitely. That is why they care. However in my experience they don't care about the quality of licensed models so the angle that they are protecting consumers is largely BS. Cathay have always been like this but in recent years seem to have...

This is business. You can get representation if you front up the cash in the same way the teenager who runs Z2 has done. I wasn't aiming what i said at collectors on here anyway. The cost barriers aren't low (the V1:400 models for example come out costing well over $250,000 up front) but that...

Sadly, brands will A) make what sells the most and B) the majority of the new brands are Chinese and made by young people. Unfortunately, 'A LOT of American airlines that I want to see made that span over five decades' do NOT fit what they will make because of both A and B. If Westerners want...

I've recently acquired a decent amount of SunKing material including the updated version of the stretch Eight. The long DC-8 was the first 'Jumbo Jet' and effectively saved the DC-8 programme. The type provided excellent stopgap service with 4 of the major US Trunk airlines, plus was coveted by...

I'm struggling to see any good releases in this set. Literally almost everything has either been made before by JC Wings or is on an inferior mould. The Q400 is about the only exception and even that was made not long ago by 3D Design Deck

Another stretch Eight addition from last year that has only just got unboxed is ABX Air DC-8-63F N819AX, a more recent Aeroclassics release from 2020. Built in 1968 for Canadian Pacific as CF-CPP she saw lease periods with UTA and Worldways Canada before being converted to a freighter in 1990...

I've been remiss in continuing this DC-8 adoption thread but there are still a selection sitting around in their boxes waiting to be put on display and assimilated into the fleet. Trans International was one of the largest and most successful of the supplemental airlines and you can see that in...

Agreed and I say that in the review

Just for you chum ;)

I don't acquire a lot of MAXes, but I'm always partial to house colours and NG are currently the only game in town when it comes to the much delayed MAX 10. I doubt that will last, but frankly there isn't a lot of reason to look elsewhere anyway. This is the first 10 I've acquired...