NG Model January 2025 Release Hints
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planes_on_a_shelf
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One of them could be with the '25 years' sticker on the other reg (NG has made F-OTOA) - and a regular scheme -
Thus prolly F-OVAA with the sticker, with maybe a re-release?
josecolme
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Anybody hear anything about this? @YesterAirlines
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YesterAirlines
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It's just clumsy wording. It's just end of year stock sales. All brands do it - sell off old stock to retailers at cheap prices.
It doesn't mean the factory is closing
josecolme
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Thought so. I have a few chats going crazy over that
planes_on_a_shelf
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The smaller titles look lovely on the A359
Similar to the early A333 delivery scheme
Would love an NG rendition of the Racoon, and the current titles A330s
Boeing_3019
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That A318 looks like China Eastern Business Jet
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Boeing_3019
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Small hint on the new mould:
LeoMuse747
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Meanwhile, here's NG A340 mould:
Boeing_3019
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Is that using the A350-900 wing?
planes_on_a_shelf
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I don't know how much sense it makes to release a mould of an aircraft that doesn't even have a built prototype yet.
The translation of the winning artwork, while freely available, will still have inaccuracies as there may always be modifications on the real plane.
I understand though, that this will be the very first A350F in 1:400, which is great for NG and it'll be on their best-in-category mould of course - and I can see lots of fantasies being made on this - which will be great too. Just perhaps may be not my cup of tea. Besides, there's the question of the correct wing. We all know that the A35K has the incorrect wing.
The translation of the winning artwork, while freely available, will still have inaccuracies as there may always be modifications on the real plane.
I understand though, that this will be the very first A350F in 1:400, which is great for NG and it'll be on their best-in-category mould of course - and I can see lots of fantasies being made on this - which will be great too. Just perhaps may be not my cup of tea. Besides, there's the question of the correct wing. We all know that the A35K has the incorrect wing.
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Phantom
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Everyone's doing -1000s with 900 wings, so I highly doubt they'd do a -1000 now for the F.
planes_on_a_shelf
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The wing's the same as the A35K's?
Phantom
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They have 98+% commonality so I'd be surprised if the wing would be different.
Edit: looked up weights and 1000 and F are near identical. So yes, as that's why the 1000 got the larger wing. Oh and I see, Airbus calls the F actually "1000F" in their manuals.
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BD416
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Yeah, I'm no expert on model airliner production but I think it would be pretty hard to make a noticeably different wing for the -1000. There is only a 4% wing area difference from extended flaps/slats and none to the span so I don't see how there would be a visible difference. Maybe at the 1:200 scale but not in 1:400. But since it hasn't been done, who knows?
Phantom
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Making a different wing wouldn't be a problem at all - technically speaking - but the question would be: is it really necessary? I'd think 95% of collectors don't even know there's a difference and out of the remaining 5% I'd guess the majority wouldn't see a difference at all - maybe the increased chord of the winglet would give it away. But I highly doubt even NG would go for such mould, especially now that many -1000s have been done already.
They might have done this in their early years where they paid attention to details to get a foot into the market, but not today.
Boeing_3019
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I think it might be a bit more expensive too. Also I'm the 95%
Travertineeye
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the winds on the sample model look different to me. Note the larger sharklet on the starboard wing.
