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NG Models November 2018 Releases

24/11/2018

The party continues at NG Models with another long list of interesting and even obscure 757s announced this month, plus a second selection of Chinese 787s and the first 737-800 on their new mould. At the same time last month's models have arrived and are a fabulous bunch of sought after 757s and impressive 787s. Check out all 27 releases here.

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Not B4 Time: An A300 Wishlist

17/11/2018

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There have been nearly 260 A300s made in 1:400 scale with 159 of them coming from the excellent Aeroclassics mould. Unfortunately the rest have been mainly on the pretty dreadful Phoenix and Jet-X moulds. You might think that there weren’t any worthwhile A300s left to be made aside from obscure freighters, but you’d be wrong there are still plenty.

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Cynical Spoiler or Great Tristar: Gemini's 500

14/11/2018

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It is a rare, rare thing for there to be anything of interest in the Gemini 1:400 scale release announcements but this month there are two new moulds, which suggest Gemini are trying to get their act together a little bit. They both merit a little bit of attention for a change but so far perhaps they just offer more questions than answers. Let's delve a little deeper.

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November 2018 Aeroclassics Releases

11/11/2018

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November brings a smaller haul of new releases from Aeroclassics but if you think that will save your wallet you are probably mistaken. It's another bumper month for AC with technically two new moulds out, although neither are actually really new as of such. Nonetheless the models represent another batch of great choices and the delivery itself looks better this month than in recent times.

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Comparing 787-9s: 1:400 Detailed Mould Review Part 2

9/11/2018

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In part 1 I began to look at the 4 extant 787-9 moulds and gradually work through the features of each assigning scores. At the halfway point the JC Wings mould was out in front by a small margin. After concentrating on the nose, landing gear and engines in part 1 in this part we turn to the wings, and rest of the fuselage.

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Comparing 787-9s: 1:400 Detailed Mould Review Part 1

7/11/2018

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As of November 2018 there have been 142 Boeing 787-9s made in 1:400 scale by 5 manufacturers and given the popularity of the type, the publicity around Dreamliners in general and the selection of popular special schemes being used on the type it is surely one of the most hotly contested aircraft types in this scale. Of course the spur for this post is the arrival of a new 787-9 mould from NG Models. How does that alter the equation?