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| DRAGON WINGS: 55247 EASTERN AIRLINES A300-B4-103 N-204EA |
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| There are a lot of storys that suround EAL's A300's, The most popular story is. AIRBUS in order to get it's first sale to a US airline. Offered EAL 4 A-300-B4's. For the cost of 2 million each that did not have to be paid until after 6 months. The first A300 started service in late 1977 running JFK/MIA. At it's high point EAL operated 34 A300's. EAL shutdown in January of 1991 after 22 month's in Chapter 11 and over 60 years of operations. |
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| THE GOOD: The A300 is one of DW's best models. The wing is painted accurately. The GE CF-6 engines are very highly detailed. The Logo work on the whole aircraft top notch. The GE logo extremely impressive. I looked at under 20X magnification and you can read the GE letters. There only 1/64 of a inch. The livery on N-204EA is the most "interesting" that I have seen on a DW's aircraft to date. (see The Ugly) |
| THE BAD: The landing gear is pretty bad. The main gear fall out with the slightest touch, And collapse under the weight of the AC. The pylon/engine's are mounted to the wing off-center. (they stick Out) This would rip them off a real AC. The L and R doors could be a little more detailed. |
| THE UGLY: The livery on this aircraft is very flawed. As far as my research shows. N-204EA was never painted in the White base livery. Many A300's were, but not ship #204. Even if #204 had been painted in the White base Livery. It is still incorrect. The EAL cheat-line on the White fleet was much larger Starting above the flight deck windows and covering the cabin windows. (like DW's EAL L-1011) |
| FINAL: Dragon Wings has created a very interesting and nice hybrid Livery. Mixing the "White" base with the "Anodized Gray" base liverys. But no matter how nice the aircraft might be, DW's still has created a model that is inaccurate to the true aircraft. NOTE: This review will most likely be updated. |
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