Who will be granted to produce the Cathay 80th anniv. green-white stripes old livery models

[LorenzoLommus]

Sure the "American Hero" won't be allowed, but will Johan Chan be allowed?

Speaking about Cathay licensing, which is the strictest than many others, has Johan ever been granted to produce the models? There are a bunch of his Cathay models in the market that makes people wonder if they are all unlicensed

There are also NG, YY, HX or some other no namers in the market that are obviously unlicensed. Since Johan is a big player in the market wonder how did he get away if he doesn't have licenses to produce all the existing Cathay models

Oh yes and there's Herpa (or Hogan), but it's pretty much in the 1/400 world meaning if Cathay wants to release some official models it'll most likely have to find someone else

Retro Livery: Cathay Pacific Revives "Lettuce Leaf Sandwich" On A350 For 80th Anniversary

The classic livery could also feature on other Cathay aircraft.

simpleflying.com

 

[BubblesAviation]

NG will probably do it as they mostly don’t care about licensing. But, that’s more on the US side as they have no North American distribution, so nobody’s going to go after them in china. But releasing a Chinese model unlicensed as a Chinese company could go badly on the legal side.

 

[swagninja84]

Orange box = unlicensed and they want to keep it ambiguous. Everyone but gj that has the the mould will all make it

 

[LorenzoLommus]

NG will probably do it as they mostly don’t care about licensing. But, that’s more on the US side as they have no North American distribution, so nobody’s going to go after them in china. But releasing a Chinese model unlicensed as a Chinese company could go badly on the legal side.

NG has released Cathay models but there's no logo printed anywhere they might be afraid of getting caught. There was a rumor from the 90s in the early days of die cast models that Cathay would go after any one of illegally releasing or distributing models without licensing but don't quote me that's what I heard back in the days.

Also, Cathay is wholly owned by Swire literally it's a UK company so the marketing or legal department might be responsible of any wrong doing in the region.

Here's your info if you want to know more about their background:

Swire - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Back to the question, since Johan Chan is a big player in the market and he's also based in HK just like Cathay how did he get away without licensing wouldn't Cathay legal department hold him accountable much easier than anyone else?

 

[LorenzoLommus]

Orange box = unlicensed and they want to keep it ambiguous. Everyone but gj that has the the mould will all make it

There were some Johan Chan Cathay releases that came with standard non orange box with everything printed on the back. Take the 747-400F bare metal one as an example. Same goes with the 1:200.

 

[pommy80]

You can guarantee that every model company will release this once it's out of the paint shop.

 

[JJ Skippy]

You can guarantee that every model company will release this once it's out of the paint shop.

Heck, not even — NG might put it up as a future release within 48-72 hours.

 

[BubblesAviation]

Heck, not even — NG might put it up as a future release within 48-72 hours.

Then they have to get around to doing it without pulling it out of the releases. I’m not the biggest fan of the retro livery on the 350 so I’m not in the biggest rush to get it

 

[pons399]

I’m not the biggest fan of the retro livery on the 350

Just doesn’t hit the same without the chrome.

 

[Critical Aviator]

I expect it to be made by Aviation400, NG models, Phoenix, JC wings, GeminiStar, Aeropolaris and maybe Panda Model. They all have access to an A350-900 mould and have already made Cathay Pacific models.

 

[vsr]

Just doesn’t hit the same without the chrome.

OTOH I actually think the green cheatline is quite flattering on the A350, at least from the pictures we’ve seen.

 

[BubblesAviation]

Just doesn’t hit the same without the chrome.

Agreed. American’s centennial would have been so much better chrome.

 

[abdulmohiuddin]

Photos of the retro Cathay Pacific A350 have allegedly emerged! I think it looks lovely for what it is although I am not exactly sure if these photos are real or not.

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

Photos of the retro Cathay Pacific A350 have allegedly emerged! I think it looks lovely for what it is although I am not exactly sure if these photos are real or not.
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Yeah they're real.
And it seems like the re-paint job is blotchy as the pale green engines still peek through.

The belly should have been grey

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

 

[pons399]

The curvy cheatline(?) fits the A350 well, but the whole thing looks a bit bland without any chrome. Still better than most modern liveries.

Bonus points to CX for actually respecting their heritage, instead of tearing it down as fast as possible for some lazy, minimalist slop (cough cough…).

 

[planes_on_a_shelf]

The curvy cheatline(?) fits the A350 well, but the whole thing looks a bit bland without any chrome. Still better than most modern liveries.

Agree and agree. Perhaps a metallic grey/silver would have been nice - akin to what Condor's Retro had. And similiar grey/metallic engines - the release rendition didn't have the stripe on the engines - looks like an afterthought - and thus the shoddy execution (see through ghost green engines)
The green wingtips would have stood out nicely then along with the cheatline - also the white stripes are missing from the outside of the winglets

 

[JJ Skippy]

The wish on NG’s page already has double digit votes.