26Decals Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I just spotted this on the Eastern Express site https://ee-models.ru/en/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCI Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 its funny no one actually spotted the CV990 sprues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterblank Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Wow Eastern Express is really filling in the blanks with their airliner releases. 26Decals please re-box the CV-990, BAC 1-11, and A340-600 with some nice decals please! Take my money now! Best regards....Duncan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) Box art - ref. 144162 - Airbus A340-600 - Virgin Atlantic Sources: https://ee-models.ru/en/ee144162-a340-600-virgin-atlantic/ https://ee-models.ru/wp-content/uploads/airbus-a340-600-virgin-atlantic-2-1.jpg V.P. Edited November 30, 2021 by Homebee 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanthony Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Any clues on a release date? I've got a Bra-Z conversion waiting to be built but it's such a poor fit to the revell kit I might just end up scrapping it...unless this kit proves to be even worse 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) Airbus A340-200 - project 3D renders Source: http://www.pas-decals.ru/forum/novosti/1078-novinki-vostochnyj-ekspress?start=891#43062 V.P. Edited November 30, 2021 by Homebee 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 The A340; what a great aircraft to fly on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterblank Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Huh? I thought they were doing a A340-600??? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 6 hours ago, misterblank said: Huh? I thought they were doing a A340-600??? -600 is the best looking variant! Hope they're not abandoning it for a -200. Don't know how possible it would be to do multiple variants from one base kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Thats very interesting. I am eagerly awaiting the -600 and the anouncement of a -200 is tempting as well. There is quite a difference from the -200 to the -600, so I guess this will be an all new tooling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Wasn't the -200 available from Revell? I think I remember the sought after Austrian Airlines Philharmonic special paint scheme... Or was this a -300? Hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 20 minutes ago, exdraken said: Wasn't the -200 available from Revell? I think I remember the sought after Austrian Airlines Philharmonic special paint scheme... Or was this a -300? Hmmmm Revell only offered the A340-300 and the A330-300. The -200s of both types were never released by Revell. The initial release of the A340 kit by Revell came with Lufthansa markings,although the registration number on the decal sheet was actually Lufthansa's first A340-200. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 An A-340-300 3D render Source: http://www.pas-decals.ru/forum/novosti/1078-novinki-vostochnyj-ekspress?start=918 V.P. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Oooh, now they've got my attention. I'd love to do a Cathay one as brought my son & me home in 2014. I've long had the Revell one on my ebay watchlist but the rare ones go for potty money. Then again, being Eastern Express likely this will too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 21 hours ago, Homebee said: An A-340-300 3D render Source: http://www.pas-decals.ru/forum/novosti/1078-novinki-vostochnyj-ekspress?start=918 V.P. Flown on plenty of these! Would like one, but at Eastern Express prices maybe not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Its interesting that they are working on a -300... The -600 is not even on the preorder yet,let alone the sprues are ready to show 🤔. Or did I miss something ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 And A340-400 render Source: http://www.pas-decals.ru/forum/novosti/1078-novinki-vostochnyj-ekspress?start=918#43270 V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofiane1718 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 A340-400 doesn't exist (well, it was never built), it's still a picture from an A340-300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 1:18 PM, Adam Poultney said: -600 is the best looking variant! Hope they're not abandoning it for a -200. Don't know how possible it would be to do multiple variants from one base kit. The A340-200 and -300 used the same wing as the A330, however the wing for the A340-500 and -600 is substantially different with an insert ahead of the front spar to increase the chord and, I think, some additional span. The engines on the -500 and -600 were also bigger and beefier and, as you’ll notice from the 3d renders the centre main bogie is a 4-wheel unit as opposed to the 2-wheel unit on the earlier versions. It’s not quite a “jack up anti-collision beacon, insert new jet” conversion but there’s quite a lot of work involved (ask anyone with the Braz conversion kit). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hix Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Can I assume that because of the actions of a certain madman, that this model isn't going to be hitting UK shores now? I'm desperately trying to find a decent A340-600 as my girlfriend used to be crew on G-VGAS and I'd love to surprise her with a build for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Hix said: Can I assume that because of the actions of a certain madman, that this model isn't going to be hitting UK shores now? I'm desperately trying to find a decent A340-600 as my girlfriend used to be crew on G-VGAS and I'd love to surprise her with a build for her. You can still get EE kits from eBay sellers in China —- if you really want to. If molds were underway (in Ukraine where EE molds were made) it may yet appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 6 hours ago, Hix said: Can I assume that because of the actions of a certain madman, that this model isn't going to be hitting UK shores now? I'm desperately trying to find a decent A340-600 as my girlfriend used to be crew on G-VGAS and I'd love to surprise her with a build for her. How hard would it be to stretch the Revell A340-300? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, VMA131Marine said: How hard would it be to find a the Revell A340-300 for less than a gazillion quid? Fixed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV571 Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 10 hours ago, Hix said: Can I assume that because of the actions of a certain madman, that this model isn't going to be hitting UK shores now? I'm desperately trying to find a decent A340-600 as my girlfriend used to be crew on G-VGAS and I'd love to surprise her with a build for her. I think it'll be a long time before the EE A340s will appear, if ever, now - even if the data is in the mouldmakers possession. I hope it does happen, a new injection moulded A330/A340 family is overdue. Revell are re-issuing the A330-300 later this year but it's showing it's age now; the Thai A330 release a few years ago suffered some major flash and warping and it's only really representative of an early aircraft. The CFM56s in the A340 are also poor and really need replacing or major rework of the pylons. However, if you are a relatively experienced modeller and are happy to tackle large resin parts, the Bra.Z A340-600 conversion is still available. In fact at the time of writing Hannants have a few without decals on Special Offer (https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/BZ4130?result-token=R2VFl) at a decent discount. The Bra.Z conversion only uses the nose, sections of the Revell kit's fuselage and some detail parts so you don't need to track down an A340 kit as you can use the A330-300 as a donor. Given the general reputation of the EE MD11, DC10 and Tristar to put up a fight during the build an EE A340-600 might require as much work as the conversion 😀 Here's an old but good thread on the conversion to see what's involved: Drawdecal still sell the Virgin A340-600 markings; sadly they didn't include G-VGAS: https://www.drawdecal.com/product/virgin-atlantic-a340-600s/ HTH, Jonathan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 As I understand EE simply went out of business. It is (was?) a Russian firm but sprues have been manufactured in Ukraine by I believe Modelsvit/Amodel. At least sprues are very similar to Modelsvit/Amodel production. Anyway I do not think there were any new releases after 2021. So unfortunately... We still may expect that some EE kits will appear on the market eventually after Ukrainian molds owners are able to legally reuse the molds to reissue older kits or issue those which were planned for releases in 2022/23. So let's see. Now the best advise is to grab what you want and what is still available faster... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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