JK_Models Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) Hi everybody, I finally finished my second model of the year..... At first I was bit sceptical as I hadn't done an Eastern Express model before, and what I heard / saw is that they werent always great to build. Nevertheless the A220 kit got rather decent reviews so at some point I decided to give it a try, as there are plenty of nice liveries / decals for it. To my surprise the kit is rather good. The fit of the fuselage, and cockpit part is surprisingly good and certainly better than on any Revell A321/ 320 neo I recently did. Sure one has to try and sand the parts before glueing, but if one does so one can get a decent result without too much effort. The wings are a bit fiddly and the panel lines there are rather thin, so I'd definitely recommend a scriber (which I did) as otherwise likely detais there will be barely visible. The gear is also a bit fiddly, but the engines are surprisingly easy and with a good separation of parts that makes painting easy. All in all a good kit and it certainly wont be my last A220, as I said plenty of nice ones outthere (Air Austral, Air Canada retro, just to name a few)... Initially it was going to be one of the Air Baltic specials, but I changed my plans and went for the Air Tanzania decals from Authentic Airliners. Those are excellent, one can see that those decals were actually tested on the real model, I whish other vendors would do that too - at least from time to time. It also comes with masks for the tail, so yes the blue is fully painted, which in my opinion is the better alternative than putting large decals over a curved area. A friend of mine (if you read this M. - THANKS) cut me some masks as well for the white part where the stabs meet the fuselage (that is the only critique point on the AA the white is faaar from being opaque - but thats a minor thing). And yeah I used some Nazca detail decals, as the kit comes with rather few and zero decals for wings / engines, which then would look pretty bland. Otherwise it was painted with Tamiya X-1,, Mr- Hobby Super Metallic SM201 for the silver edges and some self mixed blue. So here are the pics.. Thanks for looking and happy holidays! Julien Edited December 20, 2021 by JK_Models 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Eye-catching build of a handsome aeroplane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Julien, that is exquiste. Very well put together and well complemented by a wonderful livery. I was pleased to hear your generally positive appraisal of putting the kit together, just the nudge I needed to start mine. It seems to be a type that is beginning to sell well for Airbus so there will be many more liveries to choose from. Vincent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Gorgeous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Nice one. And not typical decals, good job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 The A220, to my mind, is a beautiful airplane and your model definitely does it justice. Wish we could have one in 1/72 scale and I wouldn't refuse one in 1/48. But that's just me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 That's a really beautiful model Julien. Johannes Wipauer gave the EE A220-100 a rather mixed review on Modellversium a couple of years ago and with the high UK price of the kit I decided not to bother buying it. Your gorgeous build of bigger brother A220-300 makes me think I should add at least one example to the stash before the price goes any higher! Thanks for sharing Dave G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK_Models Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 Hi, thanks for your kind comments, I appreciate it. @Rupert: Thanks. Any plans what (Airline) yours will be? Otherwise I fully agree the plane is selling well at the moment, so yes there will be more and more nice liveries to chose from. @Skodadriver: I think you should definitely get one. I read that review on Modellversium as well, but dont fully agree. Well it is surely not as neat as some Zvezda kits are and I would not recommend it to a beginner, but as I said it is a good kit and for an experienced modeller absolutely not problematic or so. For me 2 things make a good kit 1) it looks like the orginal especially in the shape 2) it doesnt need a super huge effort to get it right. The EE kit ticks both boxes, it was actually one of my quickest builds, I think I started it some 6 weeks back. It doesnt come cheap in Germany neither, sometimes there are better offers on ebay or you might want to check out a russian store called i modelist. I am thinking about doing an Embraer 195-E2 from Eastern Express as well, only a limited Airline Choice so far keeps me from doing one. Cheers, Julien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 That is lovely Julien, a very attractive livery. Thanks also for the tips on building it. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malair Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Wow, that is a fantastic build! Congratulations on the results. I'm definitely going to build this kit as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Wonderful build. The livery is very nice and being fond of african airlines,this might be on my to do list. I have the -200 in my stash and having built some of the newer EE kits,they have certainly improved and I really like the new EE kits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesModeller Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Stunning looking model. Great build with an excellent, eye catching livery! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Beautiful build of a beautiful subject. The -300 A220 is really well proportioned and that livery and paint scheme is beautifully executed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 A lovely finish, nicely done 🏆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 A beautifully built model in a gorgeous scheme. I like a lot. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Your attention to detail is outstanding. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc the Builder Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Very nice build and I love those colors and the A220. Great one to end the year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK_Models Posted December 27, 2021 Author Share Posted December 27, 2021 Thanks for all your kind comments. I appreciate it a lot! I gave the EE 220-300 kit as a christmas gift to very good friend who is also modeller. He confirmed to me as well that the fuselage fits surprisingly good and that he is positively surprised by the kit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 A stunning model! My experience with Eastern Express has overall been positive (excluding a Minicraft re-box of the 757, someday I'll strip it back and salvage it.....) the Dash 8 Q400 I built sounds like a similar quality to the A220 you've described. Seeing this makes me want to build more EE Kits but on a tight budget the price point and poor quality of inbox decals kind of puts me off. Nonetheless its nice to see an EE model on the forums and you've got yourself a fantastic result their, maybe we'll see an Air Baltic from you soon? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Young Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Very nice indeed - wonderful livery. I've yet to experience an EE kit; you have done a wonderful job with this one. Cheers, Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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