NG Model 1:400 Release "Hints"
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OscarBravo992
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I'm interested to see if they will make N310EA, and what the community's reactions to it will be. Of course, it would be nice to have a bare-metal Eastern Tristar, but making a model of an ill-fated aircraft has always been a bit of a touchy subject in my opinion. I find it a bit unsettling to see a model of an aircraft that people have lost their lives on, however, I also see them as a memorial to the people that did lose their lives in an accident on that aircraft. What are your opinions?
Purpleplane
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That's one I'd definitely get
Cloudchasermodels
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Well if they somehow contribute to a family memorial that’s one thing but if they keep profits and market to sell that’s another. I personally don’t feel bad buying but always remember lives lost. I only have one aircraft perished and it’s TWA 800 from Inflight 200.
OscarBravo992
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I have the JC MH370 release and I feel the same as you... Since it was JC, I doubt anything was paid to anyone other than themselves...
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OscarBravo992
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I think the Landor is going to sell out very quickly... I hope everyone who wants one can get one!
Barison82
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I can understand this feeling. It’s unsettling to know the fate of a crashed airliner, but the reason for having such a model, to remember those that perished, in honour, and preserving their legacy in remembrance is not a macabre thing in my view. How many models of the Titanic have been made over the years?
Barison82
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Unfortunately NG have not been very good in this area. There are at least 2 charity models produced so far where the use of the IP has not been compensated for by a % donation of sales
Barison82
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It will be popular, due to a historic connection with HM Queen Elizabeth II, despite being the second -200 they’ve made in this scheme, but there’ll be collectors who missed out on that 2019 release as well. Good for fleet-building too.
Barison82
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Likewise. I’d also love to see one with an “inaugural” 1st flight logo on the first day TWA started services to London Heathrow using the dash100’s, in early 1978
OscarBravo992
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Yeah... I am one of the unlucky ones who did not have the foresight required to see that in just a few months later I would be collecting classics... I regretted this deeply, glad there is a rerelease.
Barison82
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Glad you’ve got a 2nd chance to pick one of these up for MSRP!Yeah... I am one of the unlucky ones who did not have the foresight required to see that in just a few months later I would be collecting classics... I regretted this deeply, glad there is a rerelease.
OscarBravo992
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Aaah... No Jetstar or Japan Air Lines, maybe next month. The N88XX will probably be a United or AA, I don't have enough American aviation knowledge to know.
OscarBravo992
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Thanks for letting us know... I hope we can see UA repaint a 788 into the Evo Blue colours, I think it would look great!
OscarBravo992
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And the B-27XX could be any of these: Xiamen Airlines, China Southern Airlines or Hainan Airlines.
