Model teaser from HX model, partially physical.

[Aircrafter93]

I certainly take the point that others have made, that HX could have made an even more accurate representation of an earlier-build 747-300 such as VR-HII with the pieces they already have in the works; wings from the 747 classics that already exist, and fuselage from the in-progress VH-EBU (Nalanji Dreaming). That said, the only other release of VR-HON is by BigBird, and not only does that have the wrong WBF, it also anachronistically has Oneworld logos. So while there is constructive feedback here, HX’s version is definitely an improvement.

Point well taken, but the Big Bird release was around what, 2005 plus or minus few years. We are roughly 20 years later, and HX has the know how to make an accurate representation.

What annoys me is that they think that they can cut corners and pull a fast one on us, and we’ll get on our knees and say thank you. Problem is we are smarter than they think we are and call them out for inaccuracies. Just do it right the first time and don’t assume we are idiots. Making something accurate like a wing from the beginning surely cannot cost more than something inaccurate in hopes we won’t notice.

 

[vsr]

What annoys me is that they think that they can cut corners and pull a fast one on us, and we’ll get on our knees and say thank you.

I wouldn’t characterize it this way - it ascribes malicious intent where there probably wasn’t any. Maybe the wing design was an oversight on HX’s part, or maybe there was a genuine cost-cutting tradeoff here. Whatever it is, I don’t think they were trying to scam people; they simply made (IMO not that big) a mistake. They have also been receptive to feedback before, such as when they adjusted the gear height on the 744. I see no reason why they wouldn’t be now.

 

[Aircrafter93]

I wouldn’t characterize it this way - it ascribes malicious intent where there probably wasn’t any. Maybe the wing design was an oversight on HX’s part, or maybe there was a genuine cost-cutting tradeoff here. Whatever it is, I don’t think they were trying to scam people; they simply made (IMO not that big) a mistake. They have also been receptive to feedback before, such as when they adjusted the gear height on the 744. I see no reason why they wouldn’t be now.

I don’t think there was malicious intent. But I do think that there is a wealth of information out there to make it accurate. So much so that us collectors notice it, so surely they have the same capability to do it correctly from the start. It just feels lazy to me, in hopes that no one will notice.

This reminds me of the phrase, “measure twice, cut once”. In this case they measured once and cut, instead of doing their due diligence to get it correct from the start.

And, they only modified the NLG height, and kept the MLG height the same. Now the models have a nose down effect.

 

[panda_CAT]

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