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Missed out on NG's Air Canada 789 in the current colours, but was elated to add my first Aviation 400 787 to the fleet. Here she is arriving at her gate.
 

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AV400 printing the cockpit too high on some of their 787s. Need to bring it down and it might be equal or even better then NG’s
Although the racoon mask makes it difficult to spot in a comparison with the NG version, you are correct. It should be a tad lower. I did notice that the nose gear appears to be a touch higher than NG*a - perhaps that might be the issue What do you guys think?
 

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Two new arrivals from NG: the Continental B772 Peter Max and the JAL A359.

They are coincidentally the most contrasting pair of liveries out of the models I own, but they both stunning in their own ways!
 

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My first Panda Model, and first Air Canada narrow body. What a cute little addition to the AC fleet. The mould, borrowed from NG is phenomenal. Printing quality also outstanding. Here she is heading to a remote stand dwarfed by company heavies at the International gates.
 

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Two new arrivals from yesterday!

Malaysia Airlines A380 (9M-MNE), AV400. Sadly, this one came with a chip on the starboard winglet.
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Martinair MD-11 (PH-MCP), JC Wings. I have a few things to say.
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While a cradle mould doesn't bother me a lot, the landing gear appears too short, or the gear doors are too large. On top of it, being JC Wings fashion, the cockpit printing looks really off.
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That MD-11 was a great release, but sadly ruined by the too short nose gear, weird nose gear doors and that terrible cockpit window placement. I had to simply let it pass...
 
Two new arrivals from yesterday!

Malaysia Airlines A380 (9M-MNE), AV400. Sadly, this one came with a chip on the starboard winglet.
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Martinair MD-11 (PH-MCP), JC Wings. I have a few things to say.
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While a cradle mould doesn't bother me a lot, the landing gear appears too short, or the gear doors are too large. On top of it, being JC Wings fashion, the cockpit printing looks really off.
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That thing looks super mad about existing.
 
Same for me and the JC KLM ATR42 (and ATR72 they showed on Instagram), just bad cockpit windows again and again even though it's one of the most important aspects of a diecast model.
Very typical JC, they never fixed the issue on their 200-scale 748s as well.
 
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