1/144 Airbus A220-100.
This is a fairly recent kit from Eastern Express. The A220 started life as the Bombardier C-series. Airbus purchased Bombardier's aircraft division and put the C series into production as the A220. It's become a fairly popular 5 seat across airliner. The kit represents the short fuselage -100 variant which has only been purchased by Swiss and Delta airlines. The longer -300 is used by a much more extensive list of operators. I had the opportunity to fly a segment on Delta airlines that operated one of these and found it to be a pleasant experience. The plane also stands out on airport tarmacs in the ever present crowd of A319s, 737s, and those God awful E175s. It's a sharp design. Airbus builds these at plants in Mirabel, Canada and right across the bay from me in Mobile, Alabama.
The kit was a surprisingly pleasant model to build. It's a short run kit but everything fits after a little bit of cleanup. The decals are from the kit and performed well too. The only thing I really added were wing walk lines from the decal dungeon. They came from an old A330 sheet. I finished it with Tamiya lacquers and Humbrol enamels. Thanks for looking and keep on building!
Excellent result, John! Great that this limited run did not fight you, but it was a pleasant build!
Thanks, Spiros!
Great result, John @j-healy
A nice and clean looking Airbus, well done.
Thanks, John! The red Swiss livery suits the all white plane well.
It’s a nice looking aircraft .. nice working building this model .
Thanks, Jay!
Excellent build of this sleek aircraft! Well done.
Thanks, Greg!
Having had a pleasure to fly on one of these Swiss 220s, it had become my favorite regional airliner. And yeah, I share your view on E175 family.
Great job on this kit - I might just add one to my collection - -100 will be used by Croatia airlines as well, along with -300s.
Thanks, Sebastijan! It’s a nice model. I might build the -300 too.