02-13-2017, 02:04 AM
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I ask a lot of questions
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: LAX
Posts: 747
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Re: Gemini G2UAL184 Boeing 757-200 United Airlines
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Originally Posted by Charlie Alpha
I have this model too, plus the recent JCW release. Many of the original release models had crooked cockpit windows when viewed from the front. They slanted down on the left, but good landing gear. I modified mine with some after market cockpit window decals to correct the problem. It looked ok, but no where near perfect.
The recent JCW release had the new style fixed landing gear that have issues. The niose gear is skinny and loose, and the main gear on my model and those at of at least a few other members arrived with badly crooked main landing gear. It was a real shame because I was looking for a better model to replace my original release with the crooked windows.
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For the JCW version, I ended up carefully snapping the gear doors, and gluing them slightly flared, as not to disturb the wheels any longer. I still think it was an inexcusable defect by JCWings.
The Gemini...easily one of my top five diecasts. They nailed the gray, and the mould is superb. I would love for the Gemini brand to release every United Battleship that ever flew. Not JCW.
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