SJOIB7685
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You were right
Oh well...Sadly you were right.
All three are indeed the Star Alliance schemes.
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I wanted to be wrong so badly, but at the same time, I had the feeling those were the ones.
You were right
Oh well...Sadly you were right.
All three are indeed the Star Alliance schemes.
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If you are an Egyptair or BMI or TAM collector you'd only be interested in one so changing the reg and logo would make a massive difference to you. If they can split the production run across these multiple releases then it makes even more sensible to do and makes it a lot less likely these will shelfwarm. At least that is what I hope they are doing.Obviously, since they did the Star Alliance livery for Air China's two A330-200s, and then Egypt's Star Alliance, and now the other three Star Alliances, these are almost certainly products that will gather dust on warehouse shelves, because simply changing the registration number and logo will not attract much interest.And where are the A330neos ?
Unless they go for the less accurate, these three 332s are rather different to each other. There's hardly more than the base coating you could do in one single run but would need to split thereafter. Not at all interested in these but curious how they turn out.If you are an Egyptair or BMI or TAM collector you'd only be interested in one so changing the reg and logo would make a massive difference to you. If they can split the production run across these multiple releases then it makes even more sensible to do and makes it a lot less likely these will shelfwarm. At least that is what I hope they are doing.
Which of the 3 has/have the earlier generation h stab?Unless they go for the less accurate, these three 332s are rather different to each other. There's hardly more than the base coating you could do in one single run but would need to split thereafter. Not at all interested in these but curious how they turn out.
The bmi should have the taller v.stab, but I don't expect this detail to be done. I was more about the artwork differences between these three. These are not like doing a run of LH 333s and splitting them up in three different regs/names.Which of the 3 has/have the earlier generation h stab?
Super thrilled NG's finally making these.
Still have to get me one 350-1000 for the collection and I think this will be it.
Those 2 Cyprus A319s - will be really something if NG capture the slight livery variations on either - just like they managed to, on the 2 AeroGal 757s
Posting pictures of both below - fun game of spot the difference - I guess my designer's eye loves these!
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Ouch. Guess I need to write in to them
The shape of the two lower leaves on the one that has the logo lower on the engines should be different, as not to interfere with the horizontal stab rail. Is that what you are talking about also?Ouch. Guess I need to write in to them![]()
Yep! Glad you could spot that too - it's not unnoticeable - really bummed about NG missing this - let's seeThe shape of the two lower leaves on the one that has the logo lower on the engines should be different, as not to interfere with the horizontal stab rail. Is that what you are talking about also?
Very well said. The whole issue of producing 5 Atlas Air 748s all at once means that:This is really getting out of hand. The problem I have with this release is not the huge amount of Chinese and US releases, but it is the insane amount of liveries of the same airline (e.g. Atlas Air in particular here). As Richard mentioned in his video, it doesn't make any sense to release all of the livery variations all at once. They could have easily split these through the next 2 years and I think even the most hardcore Atlas Air collectors would be happy with that. I can't imagine how those Atlas collectors feel now since it would be quite ridiculous to buy all 5 of them and then not have a budget for other recent releases. The same thing happened with the Tahiti 787's two months ago...
The problem with this is that once NG releases these, there is very little chance they will get back to making the same livery or special scheme once more: As an example, they released two Norwegian 787-9's at the same time and never made more of those after that. The same thing with the British Project Utopia schemes...
The second problem I have with these latest release sets is the obvious one: They don't use a lot of their moulds. What happened to the SP's and L1011's or 757's for that matter? The only thing which made me a bit happy in regards to this issue, is that they finally released an A350-1000 after a long hiatus of this mould. I would like them to do the same with the L1011 at least in the upcoming months.
Regarding the vast amount of Chinese and US releases, I understand NG since these are their main markets and they need cash quickly since they are developing a lot of new moulds AND are also expanding their tooling & production line. BUT, in my opinion, they should at least consider releasing some South American, African, European, Canadian or Indian aircraft, at least a few dozen of them by the end of the year. I believe this would be their saving grace from the recent turmoil and also add a bit of what is now becoming more of a nostalgia, which is making obscure retro liveries on their older moulds.
Btw, I can't wait to see their A340's, DC10's and revised 747 classics. I believe this is a great time for collectors as well as manufacturers such as NG to turn the hobby into something more beautiful and exciting.
These are my 2 cents...
I was expecting more of their new 757-300s and 767-300ER with Delta and United CO colors (maybe in next releases).This set is mostly American and Chinese materal once again, and while there's nothing necessarily wrong with that the choices are rather lacklustre. I feel this set could easily be halved without upsetting anyone. Then there's the Malaysia 777 mess too - so not their best month. Here are my rankings: