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Mikeyy2000
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Just received a couple models today. This aircraft was involved in the collision of the Dash8 Q300 at Tokyo-Haneda aieport.
NG Models Japan Airlines A350-900 JA13XJ
This aircraft was unfortunately shot down while flying over Ukraine (MH17).
NG Models Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER 9M-MRD
RIP to all the souls that passed away in these incidents.
NG Models Japan Airlines A350-900 JA13XJ
This aircraft was unfortunately shot down while flying over Ukraine (MH17).
NG Models Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER 9M-MRD
RIP to all the souls that passed away in these incidents.
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Purpleplane
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Just arrived... Gemini Jets Southwest 737-8H4 N8646B Nevada One
VH-EBM apparently only wore this Boxing Kangaroo tail logo for only 5 days, from October 3-8, 1983. It appears it was added to honour the victory of the crew of the yacht Australia II. They had just won the America's Cup, beating the Americans for the first time in 132 years. She flew QF4 on October 3rd carrying the crew and their trophy on the routing San Francisco-Honolulu-Sydney-Melbourne. EBM had been Qantas' 13th 747, delivered on August 15, 1977 and named 'City of Paramatta'. Her final service with QF was on Feb 10, 1991. She subsequently joined United as N161UA until October 26, 2000. Her career in the 2000s saw her flying for an assortment of airlines from Afghanistan, Armenia, Nigeria, Libya. She appears to have ended her days stored at Tehran in 2012.
MIAv8Diecast
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I just acquired the Continental DC-10-10 by Aeroclassics from a few months back Registration N68044. At a glance this model looks decent but up close the finish is extremely poor.. I would suspect most copies have similar issues with the QC and would bet getting an exchange would leave me in the same position. Just know while we debate window lines and cockpit window placements from other manufacturers, AC again seems to get away with murder.
Indeed a very crappy quality control. Those engines look like the skin of an orange!
MIAv8Diecast
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It’s almost intentional neglect in my opinion… it’s not one or two areas of the model it’s the full build. Pretty pathetic if you ask me considering this model will still sell for $150 once sold out.
JJ Skippy
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That actually turned out great. Definitely need to get my hands on this one
this is borderline criminal
MIAv8Diecast
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Daron has better paint quality control… It’s super disappointing as these DC-10’s are so highly sought after… Someone else needs to make a DC-10 so I never have to buy Aeroclassics again Lol.
Boeing_3019
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Phoenix have better engines than those
PeachStateAviation
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I’ve spent a lot on the sale, especially for some rare Ethiopian items that go perfectly with Addis Ababa
planes_on_a_shelf
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Talking about AC QC
These are just some of the 'qualities' from a few recent models
josecolme
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A friend got this Lufthansa A310 with a chipped paint job on the rear en of the vertical stabilizer. And it also has a little bump, not straight as it should be.
And I got, when it first released, the Viasa A300. The tail is so rounded out on top it looks like the 7E7.
We were lucky to not get wobly wings on these.
It's a pitty nobody else has come up with new moulds to compete with AC. They know that, even with bad qc, these models will sell and increase in price with time. They're very good models, outdated to today's standards, but still good. The thing is that with so many qc issues it seems not correcting those issues is on purpose.
I ended up getting another Viasa A300. And it seems like a friend, who's a supplier, was able to get a new tail to replace the 7E7 one. Otherwise I pretended to make a resin copy from another A300.
And the Lufthansa is going through a little reconstructive surgery...
And I got, when it first released, the Viasa A300. The tail is so rounded out on top it looks like the 7E7.
We were lucky to not get wobly wings on these.
It's a pitty nobody else has come up with new moulds to compete with AC. They know that, even with bad qc, these models will sell and increase in price with time. They're very good models, outdated to today's standards, but still good. The thing is that with so many qc issues it seems not correcting those issues is on purpose.
I ended up getting another Viasa A300. And it seems like a friend, who's a supplier, was able to get a new tail to replace the 7E7 one. Otherwise I pretended to make a resin copy from another A300.
And the Lufthansa is going through a little reconstructive surgery...
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Awful QC by Aeroclassics. My VASP A300 also have bent wings, a very annoying issue.
planes_on_a_shelf
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That Viasa actually represents a bit of unknown aviation history - the one-off V stab option Airbus experimented with on HnH A300s, that Boeing would end up copying for its 787 program 40 years later.
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josecolme
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Doubt they did that on purpose though. This othe picture is what it was supposed to look like. Out of curiosity, do you have any pictures of that HnH A300 you're talking about?
