Velocity Models 1/400 Airbus A320 with Sharklets in Frontier Airlines new livery

OK, I heard y'all, here's my first review of a model airplane, my very first Velocity Model, their mold of the Airbus A320 with Sharklets in newly revitalized Frontier Airlines updated livery.  I gotta admit, no matter how much I like this new livery, there is a LOT going on.  Not just with Griswald the Bear being stretched down around the rear of the fuselage, but you've got the new typeface, with a nod to the original Frontier's stylized "F" designed by the iconic Saul Bass back in the late 1970's.  Oh, you also have the arrow from the lower section of the fuselage from behind the nose to the end of the window line (also a nod to the original Frontier's DC-3 era livery).  Oh, and the engine cowlings, with a seemingly misplaced blue line up and down on the reverser cowling.  This is seemingly a nod to this carrier's early days when the flew 737's in and out of Denver in the mid-1990's.

The mold itself is not bad, and very detailed for the 1:400 scale. As with most narrowbody aircraft in this scale you'll see engines that to the naked eye might look a tad large, but thats to be expected.  Same with the horizontal stablilizers, looking from the front of the model, look to be upturned a bit much.  But thats to be expected from all 1:400 makers, from Velocity, to Gemini, to Jet-X and Dragon and the others.



One thing that IS visible though, is the paleness of the tail graphic.  To me, if you hold it up to a photo of the real N227FR, the model will look a tad paler.  Don't know if there's anything Velocity can do about it, but all in all, I'm happy with this model, and I think the only other model of this plane is in 1/100 and 1/150 scales from Skymarks in their regular and SkyMarks Supreme lines.

As far as Velocity Models go, I was impressed with how fast my order was processed, shipped and delivered.  I am excited to see what they come out with in the future, and hope they go with some vintage liveries and models too (an original Frontier MD-80, Morris Air or Western 737-300's perhaps?).