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With all due respect India is relatively poor so the number of people buying Indian models is small, plus the Indian aviation market isn't very developed or diverse. Korea and Japan are very well covered in 400 scale, plus are mature markets with low diversity of airlines and liveries (not just now - always) and add to that the fact both seem to have very limited apparent demand given there are more 400 scale retailers in the UK than Japan and Korea combined.

Europe and the Americas may need more representation, but it seems Europeans and Americans don't care enough to do anything about it - so you could argue demand isn't as sky high as people think, or it could be that making 400 scale models isn't much of a moneyspinner so nobody can be bothered.

In the past 6 years Gemini has made 9 models from India, S Korea and Japan combined by the way so they aren't good in this regard.
 
I think that many brands release too much Chinese/Southeast Asian aircraft. I get that this is big in China but still we have very few Japanese or Korean or Indian releases. GeminiJets is actually good in this regard despite their less than average QC. We need more brands focusing on America/Europe.
I totally agree with this, don’t forget Africa or South America though!
 
With all due respect India is relatively poor so the number of people buying Indian models is small, plus the Indian aviation market isn't very developed or diverse. Korea and Japan are very well covered in 400 scale, plus are mature markets with low diversity of airlines and liveries (not just now - always) and add to that the fact both seem to have very limited apparent demand given there are more 400 scale retailers in the UK than Japan and Korea combined.

Europe and the Americas may need more representation, but it seems Europeans and Americans don't care enough to do anything about it - so you could argue demand isn't as sky high as people think, or it could be that making 400 scale models isn't much of a moneyspinner so nobody can be bothered.

In the past 6 years Gemini has made 9 models from India, S Korea and Japan combined by the way so they aren't good in this regard.
I both agree and disagree with this. Korea does have a pretty limited aviation scene but Japan has much more diversity that GJ or NG alike aren’t seeming to release. While Phoenix and JC are great, Phoenix has pretty terrible quality, and JC is incredibly inconsistent in ACTUALLY releasing models, leaving Japan mostly unserved. Korea does get a lot of coverage from NG though. Also, retailers aren’t the preferred way of buying models in Japan, most people use their equivalent of EBay.
 
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