Just thought you good people would like to see photos from the first Air Force One produced, keep in mind this is a SAMPLE and not the final product, a few details being added later.
But so far, I like what I see....chrome plated parts, and lots of antenas! I hope they glue them well, its a sweet model! Oh, and of course, highly polished, I think the President himself will want a couple of these!
Enjoy!
Cool detail? Looks unprofessional; like some sort of a drunk person drilled a hole with tools from the middle age.
The rest of the model looks really good so far.
Hello retroguy, thank you for the sharing, definitely sensational with this new AF1.
Key questions will be:
Firstly, will IF move no2 and no3 engine to the correct position?
Secondly, will the final AF1 not print or outline all the pax doors?
Lastly, will IF lower the window line?
I know this is a sample but these are pending questions that are unaddressed for many IF releases.......
Hello retroguy, thank you for the sharing, definitely sensational with this new AF1.
Key questions will be:
Firstly, will IF move no2 and no3 engine to the correct position?
Secondly, will the final AF1 not print or outline all the pax doors?
Lastly, will IF lower the window line?
I know this is a sample but these are pending questions that are unaddressed for many IF releases.......
Try emailing them by clicking at the link at the bottom of the official website;
Haha.. Now that is clear now! But serious now, this looks very promising
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There should be patches on the trailing edges of the engine pylons. These were also missing on the original release. I think they are something to do with the anti-missile countermeasures.
Kudos on the addition of the horizontal stabilizer antenna though and also the improved APU area that includes anti-missile printing!
I like the chrome on the engine inlet rings, but on photos of the real thing, sometimes they're shiny and sometimes they're not. Must be the lighting.
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I like the chrome on the engine inlet rings, but on photos of the real thing, sometimes they're shiny and sometimes they're not. Must be the lighting.
During the POTUS' visit to Malaysia in Apr'14, the engine inlet rings weren't chrome. See the photos that I took below. They looked like the usual darker shade of grey on most CF6 engines. However, I would prefer the chrome inlet rings as those are among the VC-25's trademark.
While InFlight is at it (VC-25 mould improvement for added realism), can they also paint the NLG strut and wheel hub white, or maybe off-white or dusty white? The are certainly not silver.
During the POTUS' visit to Malaysia in Apr'14, the engine inlet rings weren't chrome. See the photos that I took below. They looked like the usual darker shade of grey on most CF6 engines. However, I would prefer the chrome inlet rings as those are among the VC-25's trademark.
While InFlight is at it (VC-25 mould improvement for added realism), can they also paint the NLG strut and wheel hub white, or maybe off-white or dusty white? The are certainly not silver.
Seriously loving the chromed engine details! I always loved AF1s shiney engine exhausts, although I never noticed the intake rings were also so reflective! I wonder how many man hours are spent cleaning and polishing those beasts!
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Cool detail? Looks unprofessional; like some sort of a drunk person drilled a hole with tools from the middle age.
you have to keep in mind, that the pic of the exhaust in the pic is at least 10 tmes as big as it it is on the model....
things get pixeled sometimes....
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It is a great model.......if there is no comparison or competition in the market. I am waiting for a passionate manufacturer to make a really excellent air force one.
So manufacturers can do chrome on engines! How long have we been asking for this? Back to the subject, it looks much better than my first copy of 28000. Great job Inflight thanks for posting Rui
Love the chrome engine inlets, but I see more pictures of the actual planes that are not chrome than pictures which are chrome.
Can anyone give some thoughts on this?
Love the chrome engine inlets, but I see more pictures of the actual planes that are not chrome than pictures which are chrome.
Can anyone give some thoughts on this?
I've been looking a lot regarding this and from what I can see, it is 29000 without the chrome. However, I did find one photo of 29000 with chrome inlets and the photo was taken in 2010. I'm baffled!
Don,t get me wrong i love it i have the first inflight VC-25 and will order this too but that so called super detail of the APU Enclosure is Hideous and looks nothing like the real thing like the chap in the earlier post said its just a poorly drilled un debured hole and to be honest it looks Cr,ap !
Don,t get me wrong i love it i have the first inflight VC-25 and will order this too but that so called super detail of the APU Enclosure is Hideous and looks nothing like the real thing like the chap in the earlier post said its just a poorly drilled un debured hole and to be honest it looks Cr,ap !
Looking at Jetphotos, neither of the VC-25's have chrome engine inlets right now in 2015. In 2009/10 they both did.
Must be a tactic to confuse terrorists, haha!
Maybe the inlets were too hard to keep clean, so they are no longer chrome?
Regardless, I think I'm sold on this one. I already have the original 28000, so will have to get 29000 this time around!
The inlets where never chrome. They polish the aluminum inlet lip which isn't painted. When it's polished it shines like chrome. But over time and the elements of weather it turns dull and will need polished or buffed to make it shiney again. Just like AA's old nonpainted fuselage. Now regarding the model, It looks good. If the inlets are buffed and polished then the belly should be also. When we rolled planes with the old widget livery out of overhaul at Delta all the bare metal was buffed and polished. Look real good. But it doesn't stay that way for long.
The inlets where never chrome. They polish the aluminum inlet lip which isn't painted. When it's polished it shines like chrome. But over time and the elements of weather it turns dull and will need polished or buffed to make it shiney again. Just like AA's old nonpainted fuselage. Now regarding the model, It looks good. If the inlets are buffed and polished then the belly should be also. When we rolled planes with the old widget livery out of overhaul at Delta all the bare metal was buffed and polished. Look real good. But it doesn't stay that way for long.
Well, I hope the president doesn't find out because they're meant to polish the whole aircraft before he gets on it!
As you are all aware, Rui did post this is a sample= pre-production model. A few final tweeks and I feel that Inflight200 are heading for their best,
most detailed model ever made in 1:200. I want one, with all 18 tyres touching the ground as my older Inflight models do.
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It is a great model.......if there is no comparison or competition in the market. I am waiting for a passionate manufacturer to make a really excellent air force one.
Hello retroguy, thank you for the sharing, definitely sensational with this new AF1.
Key questions will be:
Firstly, will IF move no2 and no3 engine to the correct position?
Secondly, will the final AF1 not print or outline all the pax doors?
Lastly, will IF lower the window line?
I know this is a sample but these are pending questions that are unaddressed for many IF releases.......
Can you explain nbr 2 and 3 engines to the correct position.
ARD has it up for pre-order due in August when Retroguy posts sample photos of the model on the last day of August??? Are production photos imminent or is that next August??!
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IF200 Air Force One...Sample Pictures!!!!
its a sweet model! Oh, and of course, highly polished, I think the President himself will want a couple of these!
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