A Strange Move on a Strange Mould

EnterpriseH

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Don't asked me why I disappeared for like a month. Many of my JC Wings and even some NG models are start to peel off paints, which made me very frustrated. My SF Express B-2422 is a blank plane now. Sad.

Anyway, somehow, seems like JetHut just made an odd move - they added aerials, rolling wheels, gear hubs, and new paintings on their JAL Magazine 747-100 moulds, and start to relaunching them now!

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Still looking better than Phoenix, if you asked me.

I mean, really, just look at the nose:
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It could be even better if they moving the windshield sllightly a bit up, and flaten the roof line (if they didn't modified the mould, this mould should have a very tall and sharp forehead according to my example).

Let me turn on my Photoshop:
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I also tweaked the nosecone, but there you go. ”Hot To Kicked Phoenix 747s' ass with a ¥150 Cheap Model”, by JetHut.
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I still remembered that Richard said, "If your argument is Dragon had simple landing gear and no aerials so must be inferior then you could literally gather up a turd and add those features and have a 747. That is after all not far off what Phoenix has done. " Ironically,This is basically what JetHut is doing now, and they really end up with something that looks could be better than Phonenix's 747s!

Still, ¥150 sounds a bit of expensive to me. I could try one if they can down the price to somewhere around ¥120.

As you can see, they have 2 variants and 6 liveries for chosen - 3 early and 3 later variants of JAL's 747-100s, respectively the JA8101/8102/8103, and JA8112/8115/8116. I have showed pics of both variants above.
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They even accurately recreated this small detail - during the time that corresponding to their chosen livery, there were only 2 upper deck windows on the port side of JAL's early 747-100s, not 3:
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Still, this model lacking of details (apart from the aerials) in both mould and painting, and the mould itself is very dull and outdated, almost feels like a clumsy copy of the old GJ mould (Honestly I think most of JAL Magazine's moulds looked like that), and that's why I thought ¥150 sounds a bit too expensive. But it's an interetsing effort to a "entry-level" model, and a good reuse of an old mould.
 
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Well, it's still a crappy mould. Sadly, JetHut 747s really look poor. Better than Phoenix, though 😆
For widebodies, I think 767s are one of their best. With a correct cockpit window printing, it looks fine.
Their latest 777s are also OK.
 
Yes, Jethut or now known as Jet Model, is constantly promoting cheap models (of course they call Jet Model an entry-level brand). Recently they announced the production of CZ A350 (using PM mold) with a tentative price of RMB ¥188
 
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