It has become a tradition on our project that I constantly update my aircraft models. Each time I take on a new project, I examine the model with, as they say, "fresh eyes." And since perfection is impossible to achieve, I always find something that can be adjusted, added, or repainted. Often, the trigger for updating a model is the bustling activity of aircraft designers releasing newer and newer modifications of their planes. And sometimes it goes like this: "I can’t look at this anymore!" I exclaim, and work begins in earnest.
This time, everything converged in one moment. This isn’t just a model, but an entire family of popular Airbus A320 aircraft. I first drew this aircraft back in 2015—ten years ago! The model constantly underwent minor updates and, having "lived" to version number six, in its internal structure bore little resemblance to its first version. But those were only updates, cleanups, and corrections. And just recently, I completed work on the new—seventh—version of the A320 family. The last time I carried out an update of this scale was with the Embraer E-Jet family model in 2023.
What was updated this time? Everything! The model was drawn from scratch, taking into account years of experience and all my own developments. Truth be told, something did carry over from the old version: Sharklets, both neo version engines, and… here I paused, trying to remember what else remained untouched. But no—everything else was drawn anew. I wonder, for how long?