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Herpa Iberia A319-111 1:500 -
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Wings900 Reviews Commercial Aircraft
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Written by Antesyd
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Friday, 30 December 2011 |
Description
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Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A., commonly known as Iberia, is the flag carrier airline of Spain. Based in Madrid, it operates an international network of services from its main bases of Madrid-Barajas Airport and Barcelona El Prat Airport.Iberia, with Iberia Regional (operated by an independent carrier Air Nostrum), is a part of Iberia Group. In addition to transporting passengers and freight, Iberia Group carries out related activities, such as aircraft maintenance, handling in airports, IT systems and in-flight catering. Iberia Group airlines fly to over 102 destinations in 39 countries. Via code-sharing arrangements with other companies, it offers flights to another 90 destinations.On 8 April 2010, it was confirmed that British Airways and Iberia had signed an agreement to merge,[4] making the combined operation the third largest commercial airline in the world by revenue. The newly merged company will be known as International Airlines Group, although both airlines will continue to operate under their current brands. Both airlines are expected to complete their merger in January 2011. On November 29, 2010, shareholders from both carriers approved the merger.//Wikipedia
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Model Details
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Airline: Iberia
Make: Iberia
Model: Airbus 319-111
Scale:
1:500
Part Number: 509190
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Model Review
| | Mould and Assembly: My review colleague (jkwan12345) gave you a good summery of the different generations of the A320 series:
NG1(fathamster) -> NGII (better nose, just large mould lines) -> NGIII (same great nose, less mould lines) -> NGIV (same great nose, even less mould lines)...and then they come to this NGV. It moves all the way back to the NGI.
This little babybus is a NG V mould and it actually looks better than newer A320 moulds...
It is common knowledge that Herpa has some problems with the A320 family mould. Even as the A319 is not as bad as the A320 it is still far from good. The most obvious mistake is the wingbox and fin that looks really weird. But that said, this mould is starting to improve. Much thanks to better details on the gears and wings. So I will give it a OK. Much improvements since the IV mould.
Livery: One more of these retro liveries. It was interesting the first time. Now it is just plain boring. But Herpa has printed it well. All colours look correct and the lines are were they are supposed to. The cockpit windows look correct, but the silver frame on the passenger windows makes them look small.
Details: When it comes to the details, this model is decent. The wingtips are correctly scaled and coloured, the wings have the right colour and details. All the (cargo)doors and lettering seems to be in place, as is the nose wheel. Only the cockpit windows could be better or at least darker. But still it looks naked without all probes and warning circles around the probes.
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Pluses
| | Better mould
Crisp printing
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Minuses
| | Wingbox and fin
Silver frame makes windows look too small.
details
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Editor review: Herpa Iberia A319-111 1:500
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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| Overall rating |
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6.0 |
| Mould and Assembly
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6.0 |
| Livery
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7.0 |
| Details
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5.0 |
| Overall Impression |
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6.0 |
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