PAINT AND LIVERY If you’re a cycling fan, The Welcome to Yorkshire Livery might just capture your heart. Comprised of the colors purple, blue, light red, yellow and orange, the aircraft livery has been well designed and accurately represents the livery found on the actual aircraft. The Welcome to Yokrshire Livery was initially designed to encourage tourists to visit Yorkshire, the largest county in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the bicycles are used to help promote the cycling hobby. The engine nacelles are detailed and feature the Flybe slogan “Faster than Road or Rail”. Emergency exit markings can be found on the aircraft wings and doors. Moving towards the aircraft’s tail a yellow color borders, the purple and red and white paint are used near the aft fuselage. The tail is decked out in white and features the multi-colored Flybe lettering. Overall the paint job is nicely done!
Score 10/10 QUALITY CONTROL If you’ve read my previous reviews you know quality control is one of my pet peeves. Attention to detail is important to any model collector including myself, and checking models to ensure they meet the highest standards for collectors is important. Overall I think this would’ve made a very nice diecast model, as the plastic seems somewhat cheap. However as mentioned in my review of the mould, plastic has the advantage of being lightweight. Receiving a model with broken parts or missing pieces can be a turnoff as well. However, this model was received completely intact with no missing parts or pieces.
Score 10/10 CONCLUSION I would recommend this model because to me it’s just cool. The concept and idea behind the Welcome to Yorkshire Livery is very neat as well and Herpa has done a great job in recreating the actual aircraft. Aside from the tires, which could be better I don’t have much to complain about when it comes to this model!
Final Score 27/30
MODEL AIRLINER
ISSUE 5 / DECEMBER 2017 | 31