Alright, so on this photo series, we are going to look at the Boeing 767-300ER JA616J (MSN35813), line number 954, and it's part of the JAL Wing Collection 5/JAL Wing Collection Orange Box release.
In case you are confused, F-Toys released the same series twice, in March 2015 as the JAL Wing Collection 5, which is shown here:
...and again in March 2018 as just JAL Wing Collection (Orange Box), which technically qualifies as a re-release, shown here:
There were really no difference between the 2 series as they both feature the same planes - mostly the 737-400 Okinawa aquarium nurse shark scheme, MD-90 in both the Eurowhite Tsurumaru scheme and the JAS Kurosawa colors scheme (which is moot since all MD90s were subsequently sold to Delta Air Lines), a 747-100 in the classic Tsurumaru, a DC-8 series 55 in JAL's classic old scheme (the one in the classic scheme is JA8008 "Matsushima:, the plane that bought the Beatles to Japan in 1966) and its classic Tsurumaru scheme. There is a strange addition to that fleet, a Boeing 767-300ER with the blended winglets, JA616J...which is a late order (delivered October 2007) and is meant to be partial compensation for...the late deliveries on the Boeing Dreamliners.
Here's a promotional shot straight from F-Toys.
That does not look very promising. Was it as bad as the promotional shot made them out to be, with poor cockpit printings, muddled panel lines and indifferent moldings?
Well, not exactly.
One of the major points of weakness on F-Toys models have always been the quality of their landing gears - and this Boeing 767...is no exception.
The landing gear bogie is molded in one piece and isn't exactly the best when it came to detail. Of course, that does beg the question...why is the small bump on the engine pod modeled (which is usually very subtle and not noticeable) while the vortex generator is not?
Overall quality is...okay, but not great- the Eurowhite scheme does tend to highlight the molding seam that runs halfway down the body, but the printing is decent - the Unicef logo is very legible, and the window line does not look crooked or muddled. It is very un-F-Toys-like that the model does not come with decals for the registrations - everything is pre-printed. The panel lines are all decent, but since it's Eurowhite glossy, it's not easy to make it out. The metallic wing surfaces do not look as well colored as previous designs.
Here are some views of how it stands on the ground with the included gear (removable) instead of the included stand.
The engine intake inners are painted, but the molding is the usual F-Toys crapshoot.
The cockpit shape does look a little odd, as the side window rakes upwards (which is not on the real thing), and the downward sweep/kink looks more exaggerated than what it was supposed to be. If I have to compare it with the shaping on the SIA A330-300 that I have, I would say that this is a rather inferior print.
As usual, here's a topside view of the plane.
Overall, I am not really a fan of the Boeing 767-300 - the pug nose never really appealed to me, and with the blended winglets, it makes the plane look even more unbalanced. Quality-wise from F-Toys it's definitely a step down from the excellent L-1011 off their ANA Wings Collection 3. Honestly, I would rather get an ANA Triton scheme Boeing 767-200/300 without the winglets than...this little guy - my concern is that the cockpit print can be either wrong, or poor and indistinct on that ANA F-Toys design as well.
So here's a preview of the next plane review (F-Toys Narrowbodies in 1:500), and why they are...a little bit of a rip-off.
Yeah, it's the JAL/Japan Transocean Airlines Boeing 737-400 (since retired) and the MD90 (since sold to Delta and put into storage) off the same series.