Category: New Releases

New Collection Additions: April/May 2020

18/6/2020

I am very happy to say that New Zealand is out the other side of its lockdown, and now we are level 1 almost everything is back to normal. Things that aren't are international travel and postage so it has taken some time for models to reach me. Nonetheless 14 models did make it through in the past two months, many of which have already received detailed reviews.

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New Collection Additions: March 2020

27/4/2020

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March was the month level 4 lockdown began for New Zealand and there was further dislocation to the manufacturing of 1:400 scale, with most companies delaying new releases. Even so there are always older models to acquire and with my job holding on for the timebeing I was able to take advantage of some nice Aeroclassics sales.

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The Return of HYJLwings

25/4/2020

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The last time that HYJLwings released an A321 was way back in December 2018 and since then NG Models have begun to use the HYJLwings mould for own-branded A321s. It seems however that after a break HYJLwings, or the name at least, is back - with a new trio of Chinese A321s scheduled for May.

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Aviation400 April 2020 Releases

12/4/2020

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Aviation400 has gained something of a reputation for long lead times with its releases, somewhat in the vain of JC Wings. It was last June that they announced a trio of military A330s seemingly suggesting that they would also be adding the extra elements to the models to make them realistic as tankers. It has been 10 months but the trio have just hit the shops alongside some more standard A350s and a 777. Have AV400 done what they said they would?

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JC Wings: March 2020 Releases

2/4/2020

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In a sign that things are getting back to normal, in China at least, I noticed that a fresh batch of JC Wings have appeared in the Chinese stores and will no doubt be winging their way internationally soon. These are of course a selection of models pre-announced months, if not more than a year, ago but the 14 include some interesting aircraft. Let's take a look...

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New Collection Additions: February 2020

29/3/2020

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The model world has been hit like all others by this bloody virus outbreak and that meant that releases from several manufacturers dried up in February as China began to tackle the problem. So there were no NG Models to be seen and less models than usual arriving at the Hangar. In fact, there were almost none since the disruption to air traffic appeared to disrupt parcels to Aotearoa too. Fortunately the mail got through eventually.

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Big Changes @ Aeroclassics

8/3/2020

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I haven't always seen eye to eye with Aeroclassics, and its mercurial owner Andrew, but they remain far and away the largest element of my collection - 1134 models to date, which is over 55%. I love their models and nobody, not even NG, produces the range of unusual retro-models that they do. I was concerned last week when I heard of changes in the way their models are distributed, but I am hoping that the changes just announced will secure the future of this bastion of 1:400. Welcome Aeroclassics Direct!

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New 1:400 Mould: Tupolev TU-134

7/3/2020

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Back in November I reported that Panda Models had said they would be producing a new Russian type in 1:400 scale. Since then Panda has gone largely silent and I was getting concerned for their survival, especially given the Coronavirus outbreak. However they are back and have announced that they will be making a new TU-134 mould in 1:400 scale. Now that's pretty exciting news!

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New Collection Additions: January 2020

27/2/2020

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January seems like a long time ago now, with the Coronavirus outbreak delaying the shipment of February’s models and causing suspensions to at least some manufacturer’s production into March. It was however a fairly standard month of purchases for my collection with a focus on my favourite pair of 1:400 manufacturers.

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New Collection Additions: December 2019

23/1/2020

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The end of the year saw a wide range of excellent releases and December had 14 of them joining my collection from 5 different manufacturers. With that many models it is little surprise that they weren't all great successes but still overall it was another good month for me.

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NG Models New A350-900: A First Look

7/1/2020

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NG Models Prototype Airbus A350-900 Mould

NG Models continue to make a big splash in the 1:400 pond. They are not content with being a niche manufacturer and apparently have both the funding and capacity to take on the incumbent occupiers of the scale. Their latest assault on the existing manufacturers is a new Airbus A350-900 mould. Do we really need one? Maybe not, but if your plan is to compete directly with Phoenix and JC Wings then you definitely do. Here I'll take a look at the first sample of the new mould.

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Tulip Trouble: United Airlines Boeing 737-322 N327UA by Gemini Jets

4/1/2020

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I don't acquire that many Gemini Jets models anymore, they just don't make a lot that interests me, so I tend to do a detailed review of everyone I get. This wasn't intended to be a detailed review, but there has been some discussion of the United 737 release so I thought I'd put down my thoughts about it and it has kind of turned into one.

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New Collection Additions: November 2019

24/12/2019

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November proved to be an expensive month with excellent release sets from my two go-to manufacturers in 1:400 scale: Aeroclassics and NG Models. In this post I'll take a look at what flew in to join the collection last month and offer some opinions about them.

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New Moulds from NG Models & Panda

3/11/2019

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There are currently more players in the 1:400 space than ever before and although some of the older manufacturers appear under some stress (mainly Phoenix) several of the others are still expanding. To that end two of the newcomers, NG and Panda, have both announced that they will be producing new moulds soon.

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Aviation400: Sept/October Releases

17/10/2019

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Aviation400 have been getting a bit of stick recently for the amount of time it is taking them to release models after announcement. I have had multiple people asking me if I know when various A350s will be released. They certainly haven’t been too quick, but at the same time they aren’t JC Wings slow either. Anyway, they have just cleared a big chunk of their backlog so here’s what’s now available.

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New Collection Additions: April/May 2020

New Collection Additions: March 2020

The Return of HYJLwings

Aviation400 April 2020 Releases

JC Wings: March 2020 Releases

New Collection Additions: February 2020

Big Changes @ Aeroclassics

New 1:400 Mould: Tupolev TU-134

New Collection Additions: January 2020

New Collection Additions: December 2019

NG Models New A350-900: A First Look

Tulip Trouble: United Airlines Boeing 737-322 N327UA by Gemini Jets

New Collection Additions: November 2019

New Moulds from NG Models & Panda

Aviation400: Sept/October Releases

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