ALL NG 'Future' 1:400 Release Announcements (Rednote / Instagram / website / etc)
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guanyi0724
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Why?
guanyi0724
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Now we have two A7-BEG ultimate version, very confusing!
guanyi0724
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I can't find any information about the KE, maybe it's a fantasy model?Can NG make a fantasy with my face on it?
More, the NG's website shows the registration is HL2016, but in the picture, it's HL8816.
Both registration haven't existed.
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pons399
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Itās a fantasy.I can't find any information about the KE, maybe it's a fantasy model?
More, the NG's website shows the registration is HL2016, but in the picture, it's HL8816.
Whatās frustrating is theyād rather do fantasies of the hideous new livery than much-needed releases in the old. You could say they did a few early this year, and youād be right, except all had massive issues.
planes_on_a_shelf
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planes_on_a_shelf
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Right. These fantasies are ridiculous.
nb.aviation
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Screenshots From Rednote
MathQF
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Already beginning on the models from future releases. I think we can already know which models will be included in the January announcement. Great pictures!
MIAv8Diecast
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Iām mainly just making fun of these odd schemes with peopleās headshots on themā¦ Not something you ever see in the West.I can't find any information about the KE, maybe it's a fantasy model?
More, the NG's website shows the registration is HL2016, but in the picture, it's HL8816.
JJ Skippy
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Someone explain to me why this was done?
planes_on_a_shelf
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What I can deduce - It's a fantasy scheme with the members of BLACKPINK celebrating their current 'Deadline' world tour.
They're the biggest band in the world right now.
NG had released the KE BLACKPINK scheme couple of years ago on the eve of their previous world tour - and it sold out in a jiffy - quite literally.
KE and BLACKPINK have a continuing partnership which includes visuals and videos - you'll find them on YT - but I can't find anything on this livery, which is presumably a fantasy scheme for the fans.
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planes_on_a_shelf
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LH had an A346 with football players, and Air Serbia has quite literally faces of national icons on two of their aircraft.
Norwegian has the same strategy of historical figures on their tails -
This is what I recall offhand
So it's not true that you don't see this in the West , that's an assumption
MIAv8Diecast
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Iām wasnāt referencing tail logos and their liveries i.e. Hawaiian, Alaska, Norwegian I was talking about special liveryās with actual headshots.LH had an A346 with football players, and Air Serbia has quite literally faces of national icons on two of their aircraft.
Norwegian has the same strategy of historical figures on their tails -
This is what I recall offhand
So it's not true that you don't see this in the West , that's an assumption
Let me correct myself: Not very common in the West.
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planes_on_a_shelf
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I'm not referring to Hawaiian and Alaska at all, just like I'm not referring Aeromexico - ie artworks or cartoons or logos etc
I'm referring to actual 'photos' as decals etc on the aircraft - what you were referring to. It's more common in the West than you'd think actually
Norwegian's livery was/is quite literally just headshots - like these for example - and there's more than these - so yeah I think if we count them all individually, the headshots in the West outnumber those in Asia
And there's this LH A346
And then there was this from LEVEL
And the latest - this AC A333 Winter Olympics special
Oh and how can one forget - the Swiss 'Faces' scheme
Brussels had Rene Magritte
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pons399
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āMid airline, whose only outstanding feature was its livery, continues to torpedo its brand.ā More news at 11!
BubblesAviation
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I donāt want to cause controversy, but why do we get a K-Pop fantasy livery over models weāve been asking for so long to get. (More frontier tails, American 319)
Pick any of these as your answers as they are all true:
- Most of these brands are run by Asian people in Asian countries who release models they see and understand
- Free trade is alive and well in Asia so the brands don't have to worry about unhinged US politics upsetting their financials
- There are 51 million people in South Korea who might be interested in this model
- A quick wikipedia of this group tells me they have 40 billion streams and 20 million records sold worldwide so there is presumably a massive mostly Asian fanbase for them
- This is a widebody model and widebodies sell better than narrowbodies
- This release crosses the boundaries and clearly isn't primarily aimed at 400 scale collectors
I can't say I'm a fan of this group, the KE livery or this fantasy model but clearly the financials on this model are a slamdunk - whereas an American A319 has a much much smaller target audience.
and there's a plus: some models are sold not to diehard collectors like us, but to kids, teenagers, people who simply enjoy planes without going deep into it, etc. Some people might buy it as a souvenir
BubblesAviation
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I get it. I just think that there is a big chance that more people want more American narrowbodys.
