NG Models seem to be arriving to me with little to no glue added on some parts (No big issues/inconvenience for me) but is lack of glue on some models (slowly loosening up during shipping) a result of rushed production to pick back up on releases since the Tristars delayed their timeframe? Hmmmm....
My NG Hawaiian Air L1011 arrived with a wing detached and unfortunately it damaged the paint on the fuselage. You have to look closely to see the damage, but when we are paying this much for these otherwise beautiful models, such issues should not exist. Hopefully NG have seen enough feedback about detached wings and will fix the glue issue.
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Hi Guys, this batch we bring you 22 new products, including the debuts of Gulfstream G550 and the Falcon 7X. Here we go:
1:400
53110 United Airlines 757-200 N543UA （n/c; none winglets）
53111 US Airways 757-200 N625VJ （"snazzy 1997 Darth Vader" livery）
53115 Mexico - Air Force 757-200 TP-01
53116 Ambassador Airways 757-200 G-BUDX
53117 Caledonian 757-200 G-BUDX （hybrid）
53118 LTU Süd 757-200 D-AMUV （white roof）
58025 WestJet Airlines 737-800/w C-GJLS
58028 Poland - Air Force 737-800/w 0110
55017 United Airlines 787-9 N15969
55018 WestJet Airlines 787-9 C-GURP （n/c）
55019 ANA 787-9 JA890A
55020 Xiamen Airlines 787-9 B-7836
55025 Juneyao Airlines 787-9 B-20D1 （special livery）
61005 US Airways A330-200 N285AY
61006 TURKIYE CUMHURIYETI A330-200 TC-TUR
62007 Virgin Atlantic Airways A330-300 G-VGEM
31007 Eastern Air Lines L-1011-100 N309EA
32005 British Airways L-1011-200 G-BGBB （landor livery）
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71001 Royal Australian Air Force Falcon 7X A56-001
75002 U.S. Navy Gulfstream G550 166376
51012 Lufthansa CRJ-100LR D-ACLT
52021 United Express CRJ-200LR N923SW （Blue tulup livery）
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Models I want to see in 1/400:
Boeing 737-300 Condor (grey), Boeing 737-500 Air France, Boeing 747-200B SAA (white belly), Boeing 767-300ER LTU süd
Checked N543UA on Planespotters and it looks like this ship has already been scrapped. So "n/c" I guess means the Unicon merger colors, not the new livery that's coming out now. I wonder if the UA 787-9 will be in the brand new livery.
I did like the Darth Vader livery, so I may get the U.S. 757. If it will be the brand new livery, I'll get the UA 787-9 as well.
Harvey
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Sweet! I'll be picking up a good number of these as well. Wonder if the EA L-1011 is polished or the white hockey stick livery? I'm hoping for polished but will be getting it either way. I never knew of Ambassador before the requests for this bird on here, but it's such a cool livery I'll be getting that for sure as well.
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1:200 Wishlist
Sun Country 727-200 late 1990s colors
Yamal & Interjet SSJ
Kenya Airways 737-800 New colors
Alrosa Tu-134 old colors
My NG Hawaiian Air L1011 arrived with a wing detached and unfortunately it damaged the paint on the fuselage. You have to look closely to see the damage, but when we are paying this much for these otherwise beautiful models, such issues should not exist. Hopefully NG have seen enough feedback about detached wings and will fix the glue issue.
That's a shame. The glue issue seems to be a common problem with these slotted wings, an issue that doesn't exist with the older cradle moulds of course. The price of progress? The way the paint around the wing fairing/fuselage area can get chipped away and damaged where the part has separated is the real bummer. The bond was obviously sound in that area, evidently there's an uneven application of glue on the part which is further excerbated by the long journey from the factory. I reckon they're being careful not to apply too much glue when attaching these these parts, to prevent it from globbing out onto the finished article. I wonder what grade of glue they're using. Really hope they can get the consistency right.
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Sweet! I'll be picking up a good number of these as well. Wonder if the EA L-1011 is polished or the white hockey stick livery? I'm hoping for polished but will be getting it either way. I never knew of Ambassador before the requests for this bird on here, but it's such a cool livery I'll be getting that for sure as well.
The eastern is not polished instead it is the white hockey livery.
Great set of releases. The Eastern and BA Landor L-1011's for me, and probably the US 757 and WestJet 787.
Jim
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Another very nice set of releases, thank you NG model! Will be getting the two 1:400 United aircraft. Especially happy to see the PW powered UA 757. This aircraft was often used on West Coast to Hawaii routes, so it will look great at the 3D printed model of Lihue airport I'm planning to make.
Bah, was hoping for a Negus BA TriStar, NG style. Not to worry though, I'm sure they'll be along eventually. Great all round release set never the less. What exactly was the US Airways 'Darth Vader' livery though ?
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I received this list with the artwork added, thus was able to confirm what Thatdudeinblue had posted beforehand. I'm sure NGM/BA2936 will post it here soon?
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Bah, was hoping for a Negus BA TriStar, NG style. Not to worry though, I'm sure they'll be along eventually. Great all round release set never the less. What exactly was the US Airways 'Darth Vader' livery though ?
Likewise - but I guess the artwork was already good to go for this release, following G-BLUS. Patience will be rewarded I'm sure. The 'Darth Vader' livery is the black painted fuselage version of the US Airways c/s
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The 'Darth Vader' livery is the black painted fuselage version of the US Airways c/s
Not to get too pedantic on you Andy (too late ) but it's actually a very dark blue. Which doesn't really have much of a tie-in with Darth Vader but nonetheless you're right, that's become the common name for this livery.
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1:200 Wishlist
Sun Country 727-200 late 1990s colors
Yamal & Interjet SSJ
Kenya Airways 737-800 New colors
Alrosa Tu-134 old colors
Not to get too pedantic on you Andy (too late ) but it's actually a very dark blue. Which doesn't really have much of a tie-in with Darth Vader but nonetheless you're right, that's become the common name for this livery.
Ha ha, not at all, Denny. You know how particular I am on certain livery details - not as clued up on this one. Those very dark blues can easily look black, as it does on the artwork. Hopefully, it's very dark blue on there as well The "Darth Vader" moniker is indeed rather ironic in this case
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71001 Royal Australian Air Force Falcon 7X A56-001
75002 U.S. Navy Gulfstream G550 166376
51012 Lufthansa CRJ-100LR D-ACLT
52021 United Express CRJ-200LR N923SW （Blue tulup livery）
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Wanted:
AeroClassics Aer Lingus B 747-100 EI-ASJ
AeroClassics Aer Lingus B 747-100 EI-BED
AeroClassics Boeing B 747-100 N7470
N309EA was the TriStar that suffered a catastrophic #2 engine failure, leading to the loss of 3 out of 4 hydraulic systems. Crew was able to make an emergency landing, with no injuries to all aboard. The aircraft was subsequently returned to service, a testament to the L1011’s design and technologically ahead of its time.
A cool and unique choice in tail number, by NG. Not to mention one that hasn’t been done yet, in the scale.
Not much I am interested in this round. Some got close but I was hoping for the following:
787-9 American Airlines
787-9 Air New Zealand All Black
A330-300 US Airways with the older dark scheme:
So some of those came close to it, just off by being a slightly different livery or variant.
Same feeling here. I would get a U.S. A333 in the Snazzy Darth Vader Blue livery by NG as well as an AA B789 too. Just the Snazzy Darth Vader B757 for me this time around.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm pretty tired of models in the Unicon merger livery. Never liked the livery and I'm happy to see United moved on to a new livery (although I wish they would have brought the tulip back).
Harvey
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Great set of releases and of which I have my eyes set on a few. Now I hope NG doesn't screw up the batches set out for these models to the various retailers, like they did with the Delta L1011. In fact I hope that's the first and the last time that happens! Still really not happy I lost out on that Delta, so I'm very wary now!
__________________ NG L1011's: BWIA(Teal/ yellow livery)/
RAF x3/Eastern bare metal/LAM/ Faucett Peru
NG A340: Gulf Air( Gold/Blue))Surinam/Royal Jordanian/Air Namibia (Blue tail) LAN
NG 747 SP/200 Air Namibia( yellow)/Luxair/Air Mauritius/ Saudi Arabian (Green)/Aerolineas Argentinas/ SAA 80’s Orange tail, silver belly 200/ Lufthansa black nose/ Olympic 200
NG 744: United Battleship/ Delta/ Northwest red top/ Qantas 90s livery/ BA
N309EA was the TriStar that suffered a catastrophic #2 engine failure, leading to the loss of 3 out of 4 hydraulic systems. Crew was able to make an emergency landing, with no injuries to all aboard. The aircraft was subsequently returned to service, a testament to the L1011’s design and technologically ahead of its time.
A cool and unique choice in tail number, by NG. Not to mention one that hasn’t been done yet, in the scale.
Well I guess I need to patiently wait for some bare metal Eastern’s, hopefully in both the narrow and wide hockey stick stripes. Glad to see another Latin 757 in the list. Definitely grabbing the Chinese 787’s, hopefully to main gear will be readjusted for these releases ? All in all I will pickup at least ten of these gems, perhaps 11 or 12. Definitely looking forward to their arrival. ToddCB.
Not to get too pedantic on you Andy (too late [IMG class=inlineimg]https://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/images/smilies/lol.gif[/IMG]) but it's actually a very dark blue..
Oh god, not again !!! [IMG class=inlineimg]https://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif[/IMG]
Al, you’ve totally nailed it mate - that scene from Father Ted is EXACTLY what I was thinking of, and made the subtle reference to in my reply! One of my absolute all-time favourite TV shows.
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Great set of releases NG, looks like there is pretty much something for everyone in September! Will take the Ambassador 757 and maybe the hybrid Caledonian. Such unique colours. And of course the Landor Tristar! So glad I held out for the NG version of this as the Gemini and Aeroclassics versions were so tempting.
Looking at the art, I have one modification to suggest. The gray on the underside of the US Airways 757 N625VJ should be a 'cool, bluish' gray, not a 'warm, reddish' gray.
Very much looking forward to seeing the releases!
Jim
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Another of the older UK airlines to bite the dust!!! A terrible tragedy!!
__________________ NG L1011's: BWIA(Teal/ yellow livery)/
RAF x3/Eastern bare metal/LAM/ Faucett Peru
NG A340: Gulf Air( Gold/Blue))Surinam/Royal Jordanian/Air Namibia (Blue tail) LAN
NG 747 SP/200 Air Namibia( yellow)/Luxair/Air Mauritius/ Saudi Arabian (Green)/Aerolineas Argentinas/ SAA 80’s Orange tail, silver belly 200/ Lufthansa black nose/ Olympic 200
NG 744: United Battleship/ Delta/ Northwest red top/ Qantas 90s livery/ BA
I really do hope NG release a Thomas Cook A330 (new livery for me but both new and old would be good)
Not only because they have collapsed today but because I flew on one last year to Mexico. Could not fault them and the service was pretty decent. Such a shame for the UK industry - Plus the Gemni version seems to be hard to come by now.
) but it's actually a very dark blue. Which doesn't really have much of a tie-in with Darth Vader but nonetheless you're right, that's become the common name for this livery.
Very, very dark...
The "Darth Vader" moniker is indeed rather ironic in this case 
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