A bumper month from NG Model for their October 2021 release with 23 models planned; a mix of 1:400 and the welcome return of the 1:200. NGM have indicated that the release will probably be shipped in two batches.
Formal announcement shortly.
So to the October 2021 "hints" -
1:400
Boeing 737
N21XXX
B-1XXX
N38XXX
Boeing 747SP
HL7XXX
HL7XXX
B-2XXX
Boeing 757
N48XXX
Airbus A330
EI-XXX
B-5XXX
Airbus A350
B-3XXX
B-3XXX
F-HXXX
Tristar L-1011
JA8XXX
Tupolev Tu-204
RA-64XXX
B-2XXX
RA-64XXX
Comac ARJ21
B-00XX
B-3XXX
Xian Y-20
20XXX
11XXX
1:200 -
Bombardier CRJ-100/200
N62XXX
Gulfstream G-V/G-550
6XX
Comac ARJ21
B-00XX
Last edited by BA2936; 10-02-2021 at 01:42 PM.
Reason: Additional Comac ARJ21 advised
The HL- SP's are likely to be Korean Air Lines "KAL" delivery cheat-line c/s & Korean Air "blue top" scheme; B- could be Air China/CAAC/Mandarin Airlines...the JA- L-1011 is very likely to be All Nippon Airways "Mohican" scheme, an absolute holy grail, however if it has a silver painted belly instead of polished again then it's another missed opportunity for a definitive representation in 1/400. Looking like another good month for retro classics, though!
Looks like a very good distribution of mould usage, plenty of classics and modern airliners, hope they continue this trend.
JA8509, An ANA tristar, that will be nice to see.
Boeing 737
N21XXX - Maryland One (both CB and Heart tails)
B-1XXX - China Southern Zhuhai livery
N38XXX - United (Evo Blue?)
Boeing 747SP
HL7XXX - Korean Air
HL7XXX - Korean Air
B-2XXX - CAAC
Boeing 757
N48XXX - United new livery
Airbus A330
EI-XXX - Aer Lingus
B-5XXX - China Eastern
Airbus A350
B-3XXX - China Southern
B-3XXX - China Southern
F-HXXX - Air France
Tristar L-1011
JA8XXX - ANA
Tupolev Tu-204
RA-64XXX - RusJet
B-2XXX - not sure
RA-64XXX - Russian Government
Comac ARJ21
B-00XX - Demonstrator livery
Xian Y-20
20XXX - Not sure
11XXX - Not sure
1:200
Bombardier CRJ-100/200
N62XXX - Delta
Gulfstream G-V/G-550
6XX - US Government(?)
Comac ARJ21
B-00XX - Demonstrator livery
Overall this is a really awesome set of releases! A little something for everyone here it seems like!
__________________ My BIGGEST requests for new 1:400 releases
- Frontier 737-200 Saul Bass
- United Airbus A320 Evo Blue
- Allegiant Douglas DC-9, first livery
- Northwest Airlink CRJ-200 Bowling Shoe
- North Central DC-9-30 w/ Gold Trim
What year did Korean switch from cheat line to full blue scheme?
NH L1011 here hoping for chrome belly
The blue Korean Air identity, which is still used today, was introduced from March 1, 1984. With you on the polished belly for the L-1011, we live in hope.
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I may get all 747SP's if they're varied liveries--both Korean, and CAAC. JC Wings missed the black paint below the cockpit windows on theirs, so I'd want to replace it.
Please, please have regular bare metal if the L-1011 is ANA Mohican. That way it can be definitive, as Alex noted.
__________________ The greatest need in 1:400:Reissues of Major Passenger-Carrier 747 Classics: -100/200, -300, and SP, of NG / Aeroclassics / Big Bird Mk. 1 quality. Examples: American; United Blue-Star, Bass; TWA double globe, double stripe; Pan Am delivery; British Airways Negus, Landor; KLM 70's-80's blue top; Air France 70's-80's; Lufthansa 70's-80's; Aer Lingus delivery; Sabena 80's circle-s; Japan Air Lines 70's-80s; All Nippon 70's; and Qantas 70's-80's.
Awesome catch, Keith! Sadly I missed the days of Kai Tak. I see you've got some great photos of classic LT buses too - another of my long-standing interests. I was contemporary to the Leyland Titan & Olympian, MCW Metrobus (my fave) and of course the venerable RM/RML. Never caught the once ubiquitous, unpopular DMS class as by that time the remaining fleet of B20's were based in South London, not my manor. Better stop here as derailing an NG release thread into an LT bus ramble but couldn't resist commenting as you've got some great pics there, cheers!
Awesome catch, Keith! Sadly I missed the days of Kai Tak. I see you've got some great photos of classic LT buses too - another of my long-standing interests. I was contemporary to the Leyland Titan & Olympian, MCW Metrobus (my fave) and of course the venerable RM/RML. Never caught the once ubiquitous, unpopular DMS class as by that time the remaining fleet of B20's were based in South London, not my manor. Better stop here as derailing an NG release thread into an LT bus ramble but couldn't resist commenting as you've got some great pics there, cheers!
Thanks for the positive feedback on the flickr site - could go on for ages about the buses but for now here's hoping that the actual NG announcement is not far away. It looks as if this months hints has grabbed the attention of the collectorate....
Thanks for the positive feedback on the flickr site - could go on for ages about the buses but for now here's hoping that the actual NG announcement is not far away. It looks as if this months hints has grabbed the attention of the collectorate....
Very welcome, yes some great photos in your albums there. Haha, likewise, very passionate about my interests, can become a bit of a motormouth if I’m not careful!
Definitely, there’s lots to be excited about this month. Hoping for KAL/Korean Air SP’s and a polished ANA Mohican TriStar, the cherry on the cake. Can’t wait for the confirmation.
Very good question!! Probably an NG curve ball, making us think it could be Aer Lingus but then who woulda thought it was an Irish registered 330 that Alitalia was one of the customers for?
__________________ 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 hope the ANA mohican Tristar has the actual chrome belly,not grey metallic paint. I was quite disappointed about the Alia, but now they moved to a new factory so maybe they have fixed that issue
Did NG forget about these releases and leave us hanging? Still haven’t seen new releases after 5 days from when the hints came out, which is a little unusual for NG…
__________________ My BIGGEST requests for new 1:400 releases
- Frontier 737-200 Saul Bass
- United Airbus A320 Evo Blue
- Allegiant Douglas DC-9, first livery
- Northwest Airlink CRJ-200 Bowling Shoe
- North Central DC-9-30 w/ Gold Trim
I really hope the ANA mohican Tristar has the actual chrome belly,not grey metallic paint. I was quite disappointed about the Alia, but now they moved to a new factory so maybe they have fixed that issue
I keep banging on about this, and so do others - but I hope so too. The polished finish would have really lifted that Alia model. I'm hoping they've finally moved the TriStar moulds to the new factory where I'm sure the SP's are already being made, those have been released with the polished finish without any apparent issue since day 1.
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Did NG forget about these releases and leave us hanging? Still haven’t seen new releases after 5 days from when the hints came out, which is a little unusual for NG…
China is currently having National Holiday from 10.01 to 10.07, so the earliest I think is the release will be tomorrow (10.08). But large chunk of the release has been pre-announced by various sites already.
China is currently having National Holiday from 10.01 to 10.07, so the earliest I think is the release will be tomorrow (10.08). But large chunk of the release has been pre-announced by various sites already.
Well since everyone else is posting their predictions, I might as well add some that are pretty probable. (and yes I am pretty late)
1:400
Boeing 737
N21XXX - Southwest 737-700 N214WN "Maryland One" (Canyon Blue +Heart)
N38XXX - United 737-900ER Evo Blue or Merger B-1700 China Southern 737-800WL "Zhuhai City of Youth"
B-5720 China Southern 737-800WL
B-6069 China Southern 737-800WL "Guizhou 2"
Boeing 747SP
HL7XXX - Korean HL7456 Red Tail Delivery Colors
HL7XXX - Korean HL7457 Current Blue Top Colors B-2442 CAAC
So if the NH TriStar isn’t polished finish is it a hard pass? Should we just wait patiently?
Wouldn’t be for me; if I were you, I’d still get it. Once that’s been made it’s unlikely we’ll see another one…that’s why I really hope NG will get it right first time round with the definitive polished finish…as with the Alia release, I can’t see that being redone. Another version perhaps (orange titles etc.) but a reissue of the other?
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Did NG forget about these releases and leave us hanging? Still haven’t seen new releases after 5 days from when the hints came out, which is a little unusual for NG…
One of these days you're going to have to acknowledge what I keep saying about it being fruitless to expect consistency from any manufacturer regarding release timings.
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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
The last time I wrote to NG on this topic and they replied, which was on September 10th they said:
"There are still challenges to using electroplating processes for Tristar’s polished belly."
I wouldn't therefore expect to see any metal finish L-1011s anytime soon. Hope I'm wrong.
Bugger. Doesn’t sound great, but thanks for the update anyway. Shame they can’t perhaps put the mould on ice for a bit, or hold off on doing the key ‘grails, until they get that fixed.
One of these days you're going to have to acknowledge what I keep saying about it being fruitless to expect consistency from any manufacturer regarding release timings.
I didn’t say anything about consistency within NG’s releases. They’re usually inconsistent about when the hints drop, then the full release list anyway, but it does make you wonder what NG is up to right now as it’s been almost a full week since the hints dropped as I type this…
BTW I never expect consistency anymore with new release announcements from manufacturers anyway. They’re all over the place right now and I suspect issues within the supply chain and the jammed ports in California messed it up even more.
__________________ My BIGGEST requests for new 1:400 releases
- Frontier 737-200 Saul Bass
- United Airbus A320 Evo Blue
- Allegiant Douglas DC-9, first livery
- Northwest Airlink CRJ-200 Bowling Shoe
- North Central DC-9-30 w/ Gold Trim
It's been a Chinese national holiday the last week or so, so perhaps partly why they haven't announced?
That would make sense, didn’t realize there was one going on at this time. Someone tell me what it is?
__________________ My BIGGEST requests for new 1:400 releases
- Frontier 737-200 Saul Bass
- United Airbus A320 Evo Blue
- Allegiant Douglas DC-9, first livery
- Northwest Airlink CRJ-200 Bowling Shoe
- North Central DC-9-30 w/ Gold Trim
Dear friends, here is the formal list of OCT 2021, hope you enjoy.
1:400
77006 Southwest Airlines 737-700/w N214WN (Maryland One Livery with Canyon Blue tail)
77007 Southwest Airlines 737-700/w N214WN (Maryland One livery with Heart One tail)
77008 Southwest Airlines 737-700/w N214WN (Maryland One Livery with Canyon Blue tail; blue nose)
58120 China Southern Airlines 737-800/w B-1700 (Zhuhai City of Youth cs)
79006 United Airlines 737-900ER/w N38417 (eco-blue livery; with scimitar winglets)
07016 Korean Air 747SP HL7456 (n/c)
07017 Korean Air 747SP HL7457 (n/c; FIFA World Cup 2002)
07018 CAAC 747SP B-2442
53180 United Airlines 757-200/w N48127 (eco-blue livery; with upgraded winglets)
62027 Aer Lingus A330-300 EI-SHN (delivery livery)
62028 Sichuan Airlines A330-300 B-5960 (Changhong cs)
39021 China Eastern Airlines A350-900 B-304N
39022 China Eastern Airlines A350-900 B-323H (with "1st A350 delivered from China" sticker)
39023 Frenchbee A350-900 F-HREV
31023 All Nippon Airways - ANA L-1011-1 JA8501 (1970s)
41002 Russia State Transport Company Tupolev Tu-204-300 RA-64057
40002 Air China Cargo Tupolev Tu-204-120SE B-2871
40005 DHL Tupolev Tu-204-100S RA-64024
21013 COMAC Business Jet ARJ21B B-001X (Airshow China 2021)
21016 COMAC ARJ21-700 B-3328
22008 PLA Air Force Xian Y-20 20047 (Airshow China 2021)
22009 PLA Air Force Xian Y-20 11158 (Airshow China 2021; low-vis cs)
1:200
52042 Independence Air CRJ-200ER N620BR
75011 Greece - Air Force Gulfstream V 678
20103 COMAC Business Jet ARJ21B B-001X (Airshow China 2021)
Well there we go. Looks like we’ve got the ANA Mohican TriStar coming with a painted belly - what a shame. That subject could have been truly nailed but they’ve missed the mark on another ‘grail. Will still get it as I’m not optimistic about seeing another one done, the Korean Air SP is the other definite add.
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