New Release: Pheonix Models B747-240BM PIA Desert Livery!

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:36 pm

Moin wrote:Seeing now that Phoenix has discovered PIA, and also seeing that they have done about 5 different Air India Express 737-800, and 3 different QR 2006 Asian Games A333 models, each with a different fuselage/tail design, its possible that they may also do the Lahore Mughal theme on the 743. You never know. They do make 743 models and we could very well see one before this year is out.

Why doesn't someone contact Phoenix and float the idea?

Way ahead of you Moin, I have contacted them about it and asked them to do the B743 Mogal tail, B737 Quetta, A310 Peshawar tail with images of each. I have also suggested they do the B743 in Pashmina Kashmiri tail too.

samee380 · Post by **samee380** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:20 pm

www.aviationretaildirect.co.uk says that the PIA model will be released in 2 weeks time

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:44 am

Good Good, will get it soon. BTW, did you get any reply from GJ or PX?

samee380 · Post by **samee380** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:24 am

no replies from gj or px yet.

samee380 · Post by **samee380** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:24 am

here is the pic of PIA

samee380 · Post by **samee380** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:50 am

lovely, u were right very detail, text flag reg... gonna get this i two weeks time

samee380 · Post by **samee380** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:02 pm

here is another one

Moin · Post by **Moin** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:26 pm

I knew it. They had to go making some mistake. This has the 744's GE engines. Don't think I want it now.

samee380 · Post by **samee380** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:50 pm

here is the official phoenix pic on website

Moin · Post by **Moin** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:30 pm

Don't like it, not getting it. The angle of the cockpit windows versus the wings is off and the engines and pylons are truly 744. Not for me.

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:50 am

I had a look at the engines of the my GE PIA B747 made by Aeroclassics and yes they do differ. Sadly Phoenix always seems to mess up on the engines on many of its releases. e.g. MAS B743 (old colours). Still i probably will pick this up as i doubt AeroClassics to do this in the future. However, i would like a B742 and B742M in 1990s colours on the Bir Bird mould to go with my SV PIA B743.

Also i hope AC does the B707/B720 in 80s colours to go with the AC B747s it released awhile back. Now that would be awsome!

Moin · Post by **Moin** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:44 am

Like you said, AC may not release these colors as their prime focus is on 'delivery colors' save for a few exceptions but its probable that B.Bird might release it as they have done both delivery and current schemes, an example being the Aerolineas Argentinas 747. B.Bird have released it in the Pentacampeon 2003 colors (which I have) whereas AC has just announced that they will release it too and I'm praying it will be in their original 'AA' delivery colors and not the 'Iberia' copy.

samee380 · Post by **samee380** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:56 am

now hope that PX will do the lahore mughals texture if they do i dont think they will mess up the engines as their 747-300 mould is good looking on their website. hav said to them. if gj do them fantastic!!!

however i hav emailed GJ many times and the message comes back to me cant deliver.

dont know why. is anybody here part of the GJ forum if so please contact me (pm) as i hav a problem.

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:25 am

Last i remember Big Bird went out of business and AC uses the Big Bird mould now, so they are the only people that will release any airline in any livery they want.

I had a look at the PX B743 mould, it is indeed slightly better than this old B742 mould used by another former aircraft manufacturer in the industry. I have also read that all previous releases by PX all the B742 have been the same mould, hence no suprise there then. Although they use GJ for the A310 and B777 mould, they should have asked GJ for the new improved B742 mould that I quoted earlier. I hope we see all these tails done by PX, i doubt we will see any from GJ as they focus on more regular colours and PX fills in the niche special colour range. Three more to go for PX as they all have moulds which they can use:

PIA B743 in moghal and pashmina livery
PIA A310 in gatway to east colours
PIA B737 in new port city colours

Another thing i noticed on the PX B743 mould is lack of wing probes that many PIA B743 have.

samee380 · Post by **samee380** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:15 pm

PK777 any reply from PX or GJ?