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WANTED: Custom Modeler for Conversions

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Hello...

I am looking for a custom modeler who can convert various liveries on supplied resin models.

TY

Jeff :)

Iran Air Boeing 747-200 Old Livery (1:500)

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Iran Air Boeing 747-200 old Livery (1979)




Great Source for Airport Accessories

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Hi all!

Here on the Model Airports forum we're always looking for cheaper ways to recreate the huge amount of GSE found at airports, I feel.

With Herpa and Gemini etc, and even Shapeways being really expensive to get large quantities of, I've been looking at architectural model suppliers to see if they can fill the gap. I found this company a while ago, and I'm really happy with their prices and quality. You can't get airport GSE like baggage carts and catering trucks, but they're a great source for generic cars and trucks! Each is about $0.45, so you can really fill your service roads and landside parking lots for not much money.

Scale model supplies, scale model people, furniture, trees, cars, for use by Scale Model Builders, Set Designers and Hobbyists by Microform Models, Inc..

Their ordering system is a bit ancient, but you can still pay with credit card or PayPal. They're a US company, but their website doesn't say anything about refusing international orders. I hope you all think this is as useful as I do, and give them some custom!

I asked them in my last order if they've ever considered making airport GSE. If they ever come out with baggage carts in 1:500 (or 1:480, since they sell based on architectural scales), I would easily put in an order for 100 or so!

(Also, if posting outside links is against the rules, sorry! Please take my message down)

Beauties from Europe 1/500

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Due to too sparse threads I want to merge the threads by Continents (or pairs of Continents if the airlines are few).
Here's a French Blue A350-900, registered F-HREU, 2016 colors, 1/500 scale. She was delivered brand new on June 2017. French Blue became French Bee on 30 January 2018, so F-HREU got revised titles. Not an easy custom to make...:neutral:

TXCS0324_French_Blue_A350-900_1 by Sergio Lins de Holanda Teixeira, su Flickr
TXCS0324_French_Blue_A350-900_2 by Sergio Lins de Holanda Teixeira, su Flickr
TXCS0324_French_Blue_A350-900_3 by Sergio Lins de Holanda Teixeira, su Flickr

EchoCharly sceneries

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Heya guys!
I don´t forget about you, I keep reading the wings900 forum and collecting the scale 500. Hereinafter I will put my scenes in this Thread. Hope you like it.

Here my last diorama, in my Palma de Mallorca airport:

General view


321 IB


320 VLG


738w NWG


788 AEA


CR900 ANM


738w RNA


320 AB


320 IBX


E190 AEA


General view


PD: Now am working in a scenery with my favourite airline, SIA! with 17 models!
Greetings friends

InFlight Preorder News for January 29, 2019

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2019 Corgi Aircraft Preorder, Page 1

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2019 Corgi Aircraft Preorder, Page 2

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1/400 Volga Dnepr IL-76

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1/ 400 Witty Wings Volga Dnepr IL-76 - WANTED. Happy to pay a serious price for this model

For Sale 1:400 Aeroclassics DC10 Delta

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Very rare Aeroclassics DC 10-10 N601DA Delta airlines for sale. Condition - like new. Price - 70 USD + shipping. Payment via Moneygram or Western.
Thanls for looking!

Cwa 1:500

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Hi Everyone! Well after a long absence from the hobby I am jumping back in and while there have been many changes since 2007 I have began updating my collection and began building my first of two new airports.

Sorry for the long intro but it is necessary to understand the goal behind this airport.

The first airport is called Central Wisconsin Airport (CWA). This is a smaller regional airport about 15 minutes from me. It is somewhat centered between Minneapolis, Chicago and Detroit. Currently it sees roughly 12-16 departures a day usually regional jets feeding those 3 airports, with occasional direct flights across the U.S. Right now there are 4 gates and runways are not long enough for wide body aircraft. There has been lots of talk along with proposals for the past few years of a terminal expansion along with lengthening of 1 runway to accommodate larger aircraft. For my airport i have went ahead and made these improvements lengthening 1 runway and expanding the terminal to 7 gates. Expect to see the same regional flights along with some new carriers with direct flights to select cities. While i don't expect much for international travel from CWA at this time, I will hopefully begin the planning phase for my international airport soon!

Thanks for reading i look forward to updating!

Laying out and adding lines. More ground detail still to be added






Current view of CWA


Model version with extended terminal

Trade If interested, What would you trade for..???

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I have 2 beautiful models for trade..

- Aerolineas Argentinas A340-300 made by GeminiJets 1:400
- French Blue A350-900 made by Phoenix Models 1:400


If you like one of these models and you are willing to trade, let me know what you have..

Greetings JCH

F-Toys JAL 767-300ER (from the JAL Wings Collection 5)

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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.

For Sale Selling 1:400 collection

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Please see the new listing below. Please also visit my eBay store and take a look at other collection sale. thank you.

Phoenix 1:400 Iran Air A300-600
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113613091281
Phoenix 1:400 Shanghai Airlines A330-200 B-6545
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113613092380
JC Wings 1:400 Etihad Cargo A330-200F
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113613094035
Aeroclaasics 1:400 Singapore Airlines A330-300 8V-STF
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113613095216
Gemini jets 1:400 Air Canada 787-8
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113613096106
Gemini jets 1:400 American Airlines 777-300ER N718AN GJAAL1279
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113613097851
Phoenix 1:400 Singapore Airlines A380 9V-SKD
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113613104006
White box 1:400 Japan Airlines 777-300ER JA737J like Hogan
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113613112059
Hogan 1:400 Japan Airlines 777-200 JA772J
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113613120372
Phoenix 1:400 Capital Airlines A350-900 B-1069
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113613123569

Hogan B777F Federal Express

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Hello everyone,

I've been reading this forum for quite a while now, finally decided to create an account })

I'm constantly sweeping eBay for some rare Hogan models, when I discovered this beautiful FedEx B777F:

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It looks pretty much like the Herpa sample in the database, since it's using the old Herpa 777LR mould without laterally inserted wings, correct engine sizes and darkened engine intakes. However, it features Hogan logo on the belly, item number 9666 and registration N850FD. The books looks very similar to the Lysia FedEx A310, so maybe it's an exclusive for the airline?

Does anyone has any information about that model? It neither listed in the database here nor in Dima. I was really surprised when I discovered it, it never showed up over the past years.

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eBay Hogan Wings 1/500: Eva Air 777-300ER (Star Alliance)

For Sale Items for sale

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Please see the following which are my items for sale if interested. All in fantastic condition, only ever used for display.
Phoenix Vueling A320-200 EC-HGZ £25
GJ Virgin Atlantic A340-600 G-VNAP with stand £32
JC Wings B777-300ER Cathay Pacific ‘ONE WORLD’ B-KPL £30
Phoenix Rossiya B777-300 ‘Leopard’ EI-UNP £30
GJ Virgin Atlantic A340-600 G-VEIL £32
GJ Delta A350-900 N501DN £35
GJ Virgin Atlantic B747-400 ‘Ruby Tuesday’ G-VXLG £37.50
Phoenix Virgin Atlantic B787-9 G-VNEW £30
GJ Virgin Atlantic A330-200 G-VMIK £32
JC Wings Virgin Atlantic A330-300 G-VSXY £35
GJ Emirates A380-800 #wildlife 1 £40
GJ Emirates A380-800 #wildlife 2 £40
GJ Air Force One BVC-25A £38
Apollo B747-400 British Airways ‘one world’ G-CIVC £32.50
Phoenix Aeromexico B777-200ER N776AM £30
GJ Mexicana B767-300 XA-MXC £10
GJ Alitalia A330-200 I-EJGA £25
GJ Hawaiian B717-200 N489HA £20
Phoenix TUIfly ‘Haribo’ B737-800 D-AHFM £25
JC Wings TUIfly ‘Haribo Tropifrutti’ D-ATUJ £25
GJ Delta M.D.-90 N903DA £22.50
GJ Lufthansa A321-100 D-AIRR £22.50
GJ Air Jamaica B737-800 9Y-JMA £15
JC Wings TUIfly ‘TUI blue’ B737-800 D-ATUD £22.50
Phoenix Conviasa A340-200 YV1004 £30
Phoenix China Eastern ‘Shanghai Disney Resort’ A330-300 £30
GJ Condor ‘Thomas Cook Tail’ B757-300 D-ABOF £30
GJ British Airways Embraer ERJ-190 G-LCYO £22.50
GJ UPS B767-300F(W) N344UP £28
GJ Iberia ‘retro’ A319 EC-KKS £10
Phoenix Hainan Airlines ‘Hai Manchester’ A330-300 B-8287 £28
Phoenix Saudia ‘Independence day’ A330-300 HZ-AQE £30
GJ Icelandair ‘Hekla Aurora’ TF-FIU £30
Aero classics Air Transat A310 £27.50
JC Wings Qatar ‘One World’ A320 £25
GJ Lufthansa A320neo D-AINC £25
GJ Finnair A321 OH-LZL £25
GJ Thomson B787-8 G-TUIB £28
GJ Norwegian B737 MAX 8 LN-MAX £27.50
Phoenix Air Caraibes A330-300 F-HPTP £30
GJ MACS C-17 Globemaster III ‘Stewart’ £30
Dragon Turkish Airlines ‘euroleague’ A321 £10
GJ British Airways ‘open skies’ B757-200 G-BPEK £12.50

1/400 ana

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ANA 1/400

747-400 NHG40092 JA8959 (open door condition w/ GSE) $230
747SR-100 NH40050 JA8133 (open flaps w/ RWY22) $180
767-300 NH40016 JA8578 $90
787-9 NH40108 JA830A (wing on ground condition) $130
787-8 NH40069 JA801A special marking(wing inflight condition) $160
787-8 NH40068 JA806A 787 marking (wing on ground condition) $130

Shipping fee are not included. Send from Hong Kong.

Please feel free to PM for details and photos.

Aviation 400 Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 Review

For Sale 1:400 various models

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Parting out some of my collection to get space for new models..
All these models are mint in original box and been out once for display..

- Aerolineas Argentinas A340-300 GeminiJets Eur 40,-- GBP 35,-- USD 45,--
- Etihad Cargo A330F JC-Wings Eur 35,-- GBP 30,-- USD 40,--
- French Blue A350-900 Phoenix Models Eur 45,-- GBP 40,-- USD 50,--
- KLM "Skyteam" B737-800 GeminiJets Eur 45,-- GBP 40,-- USD 50,--

These prices are exclusive shipment costs.. Will ship worldwide but prefer within Europe..

Trade is also an option against European Airlines 1:400..

Leave a pm if interested and for more information.
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