NG Models - 1:400 March Release "Hints"

[OscarBravo992]

Hi All! The hints for NG's March release have been posted on DA.C, although not by the usual poster. @BA117, could you please confirm these? (Edit: Nevermind, I saw NG had posted these on their IG)

Airbus A320 family
VH-xxx
N56xxx
G-Xxxx
B-3xxx
RP-C9xxx

Airbus A330
F-Gxxx
A7-xxx
B-5xxx
B-5xxx

Boeing 737
N25xxx
N78xxx
B-5xxx
B-5xxx
B-1xxx
A6-xxx
A6-xxx
EI-xxx
EC-xxx
EC-xxx
HP-18xxxxx
HL7xxx

Boeing 757
N7xxx
RP-C2xxx

Boeing 777
N77xxx
N79xxx
A7-xxx

Boeing 787
VT-xxx
VT-xxx
B-17xxx

Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
JA8xxx

Tupolev Tu-154
B-2xxx

My thoughts:

I'm hoping the VH-XXX A320 will be a Jetstar, but realistically I think it will be one of the boring QLink or VA Regional versions that are readily available. Imagine if it was an Ansett though! Now I'm just dreaming.

Hopefully, the VT-XXX Dreamliners are Air India -8s. If so they will swiftly find themselves a home in my collection.

If the B-17XX Dreamliner is a Shanghai Airlines -9 or a Xiamen -8, it will have the same fate.

Hopefully, the B-5XXX A330s are either China Southern (-300 standard livery), Sichuan Airlines (-300 or -200), Air China (-300) or Beijing Capital (-300). I'd be pleased with any of those.

It looks like March will be another great month. My poor wallet!

 

[B767Avia]

Jeez, we're getting bombarded with the 737s this month! The following hints caught my eyes (based on my collecting criteria):

A320 Family
N56: American A321 LUS IAE Fences

B737 Family
N25: Southwest B73G Heart Blended/Scimitars
N78: Southwest B73G Heart Blended/Scimitars OR New Mexico One
HL7: Korean Air B738 SkyTeam

B757
N7: N757A? Not quite sure

B777
N77: United B772 Evo/Merger OR American B772 Regular
N79: American B772 Regular or OW


US collectors' wallets are meticulously planning an escape as we speak.

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

@OscarBravo992 yupp likewise . AI 788s and CZ standard 333 / 332 I'm hoping for too! The Tristar is perhaps another Mohican but with the polished belly? And the Tu 154 is a B reg - don't know why they're not releasing Eastern Bloc classics!!

 

[OscarBravo992]

@OscarBravo992 yupp likewise . AI 788s and CZ standard 333 / 332 I'm hoping for too! The Tristar is perhaps another Mohican but with the polished belly? And the Tu 154 is a B reg - don't know why they're not releasing Eastern Bloc classics!!

If the Tristar was a polished Mohican with a corrected roofline I would probably buy it. I nearly bought an old PH AI 788 the other day, but thank god I didn't!

 

[OscarBravo992]

Jeez, we're getting bombarded with the 737s this month! The following hints caught my eyes (based on my collecting criteria):

A320 Family
N56: American A321 LUS IAE Fences

B737 Family
N25: Southwest B73G Heart Blended/Scimitars
N78: Southwest B73G Heart Blended/Scimitars OR New Mexico One
HL7: Korean Air B738 SkyTeam

B757
N7: N757A? Not quite sure

B777
N77: United B772 Evo/Merger OR American B772 Regular
N79: American B772 Regular or OW


US collectors' wallets are meticulously planning an escape as we speak.

If we get an AA Chrome 772 I would order it without a second thought. The same goes for an Evo Blue UA 772.

 

[B767Avia]

If we get an AA Chrome 772 I would order it without a second thought. The same goes for an Evo Blue UA 772.

Oh yeah absolutely.

 

[pons399]

My wallet is safe again this month. Not gonna lie, I'll be quite annoyed if the 737 is a KE. Where are the widebodies?? Where are the 777s, A330s, 787s? What's the point of releasing no less than three 737s in a row without a single (modern) widebody? Let's have some diversity, NG.

 

[MH aviation]

Avianca a318?????????????????/

 

[DiamondCollector]

No Canadian releases or a350 releases, looks like my wallet is staying full this month

 

[josecolme]

Hoping for HP-1841CMP Copa 75 years retro

 

[KL808]

Nice list.

Definitely getting the Cebu Pacific euro white 757 and the PAL A321 w/ sharklets.

Hopefully those 777 are AA chrome and UA battleship

 

[Barison82]

If the L-1011 is a corrected ANA “Mohican” with polished belly, I’ll be getting that one. Shame they didn’t get it right the first time but anyway.

 

[Bulgogi77]

Jeez, we're getting bombarded with the 737s this month! The following hints caught my eyes (based on my collecting criteria):

A320 Family
N56: American A321 LUS IAE Fences

B737 Family
N25: Southwest B73G Heart Blended/Scimitars
N78: Southwest B73G Heart Blended/Scimitars OR New Mexico One
HL7: Korean Air B738 SkyTeam

B757
N7: N757A? Not quite sure

B777
N77: United B772 Evo/Merger OR American B772 Regular
N79: American B772 Regular or OW


US collectors' wallets are meticulously planning an escape as we speak.

The A320 could also be N567AV, the Avianca TACA heritage livery. I thought at first it could be an American A321 with fences but the Avianca makes more sense considering how NG usually releases sets of liveries for an airline/aircraft combination close together.

I will be stunned if N25 is not a Southwest Heart livery 737-700. That would be a slam dunk release. N78 could be the Nevada One livery OR a second Heart livery 737-700 with scimitars or blended winglets.

For the 757, I think it's N757A

Nice to see some domestic 777s as well.

 

[Purpleplane]

I will be stunned if N25 is not a Southwest Heart livery 737-700. That would be a slam dunk release. N78 could be the Nevada One livery OR a second Heart livery 737-700 with scimitars or blended winglets.


I think Nevada One was N727SW....It could be New Mexico One, that one is N781WN

 

[NoAddedSalt]

If we get an AA Chrome 772 I would order it without a second thought. The same goes for an Evo Blue UA 772.

American would be really nice as a way to debut the rolls royce 777s as they have done the PW and GE versions now

 

[Mikeymag]

I will be stunned if N25 is not a Southwest Heart livery 737-700. That would be a slam dunk release. N78 could be the Nevada One livery OR a second Heart livery 737-700 with scimitars or blended winglets.


I think Nevada One was N727SW....It could be New Mexico One, that one is N781WN

Hoping it would be N258WN and N781WN New Mexico One.

 

[SJOIB7685]

Definitely getting these two!

N567AV = Avianca A320 TACA heritage livery
HP-1841CMP = Copa Airlines B738 "75 years" retro livery

 

[Bulgogi77]

I will be stunned if N25 is not a Southwest Heart livery 737-700. That would be a slam dunk release. N78 could be the Nevada One livery OR a second Heart livery 737-700 with scimitars or blended winglets.


I think Nevada One was N727SW....It could be New Mexico One, that one is N781WN

You're right; my bad. I mixed those two up . We could see New Mexico One.

 

[Purpleplane]

You're right; my bad. I mixed those two up . We could see New Mexico One.

We need an updated New Mexico One. The only one out there is painted as-delivered in 2000.

 

[Purpleplane]

Same for Nevada One, the one out there appears as-delivered in 1999