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Here you can find my find my older 1/500 news (September-December 2004) 1/500 news from Herpa, BigBird, Netmodels, etc. If you need older news - take a look at the archives
Friday, 31.12.04: Netmodels - not new, but not shown here before: Boeing 707-300 TAP silver (picture posted at www.ebay,.de by clipper_spreeathen)
Wednesday, 29.12.04: 5Stars - coming soon: British Airways L-1011 Tristar Landor livery British Airtours L-1011 Tristar Landor livery (pictures www.aviation-center.de)
Monday, 27.12.04: Netmodels - coming soon: Boeing 707-300 Royal Canadian Air Force - three versions (pictures pureplane@hotmail.com)
5Stars - rumours: L-1011 Orient Thai L-1011 Kampuchea Airlines
Saturday, 25.12.04: Netmodels - new release: Boeing 757 NASA (picture johanchan@ctimail.com)
Friday, 24.12.04: BigBird - new release: Volga-Dnepr IL-76 (picture johanchan@ctimail.com)
Thursday, 23.12.04: Herpa - coming in 2005: NH500024 ANA 747-400 JA404A (picture www.crosswing.jp)
Dear Collectors! I hope you enjoyed using this site during the year to get interesting news and background knowledge concerning 1/500 aircraft models. I wish joy and happiness not only at Christmastime but every day of the New Year to all of you! Happy collecting – and a wonderfully Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year:-) Peter (picture found at www.bornaviation.com)
Tuesday, 20.12.04: WingsWorld 6/2004 news: Emirates exclusive edition A330-200 A6-EKX and 777-300 A6-EMW (NG and new box)
Herpa - new release: eXtra shop release - 513241 Airbus A300-600ST Skylink 1
Herpa - now available: NH50018 ANA Yokoso Japan JA8958 747-400 NH50025 ANA JA405A 747-400
Herpa re-release: 510776 Volga-Dnepr Airlines AN-124 - new registration RA-82074 513654 Air New Zealand 747-400 Lord of the Rings - Frodo and Sam - now with brighter gear
Saturday, 18.12.04: Herpa - new release: WingsClub 06/04 - Aerospatiale /British Aircraft Corporation Concorde G-AXDN
Herpa re-release: 516105 Lufthansa 747-400 - now with brighter gear, metal tail 507417 Lufthansa A340-600 - now with brighter gear 513067 Air Berlin 737-800 - now with brighter gear
Herpa/Hogan re-release: CX SOHK 2000 with CX belly logo (L4)
Wednesday, 15.12.04: Herpa/Hogan re-release: CX 777-300 and A340-600 NG - now with CX belly logo (L4) Does anybody know, whether CX 777-300 NG was released with herpa logo (L3) before? Does anybody know other CX NG releases with CX belly logo? If yes, please let me know rainbow@vosen.de :-)
Saturday, 11.12.04: Herpa - arrived today -just to show the proportions;-): A380 vs. A318 A380 1/500 vs. 1/1000
Herpa - DC-8-61: I am sure that we will see the "real" Herpa DC-8-61 soon in New Generation quality. Maybe the Trans Caribbean release was just an interim solution........
Thanks for adding some postings to my guestmap:-)
Thursday, 09.12.04: 5Stars - coming soon: FSBA102A British Airtours L-1011 Tristar FSBA102B British L-1011 Tristar (pictures www.aviationretaildirect.co.uk)
Wednesday, 08.12.04: 50000 visitors in less than 4 years! But only 14 entries in my guestbook;-) Perhaps you like to post something now:
Thank you:-)
Happy collecting Peter
Netmodels/BigBird (?) - new release: One-Two-Go by Orient Thai 747-300 - special edition made for Wings Model, Thailand (picture www.wingsmodel.com)
Monday, 06.12.04: Visiting the Herpa Museum at Dietenhofen, you will find a new show-case showing some samples which will never be released. Here are some pictures: Also shown at the Herpa Museum: - Air Force One 747SP - Delta 757 Olympic - Vietnam Fokker 100 - Air Switzerland A340 - Transaero A321 - Ju 52 Coca-Cola - this was announced as special release by Crosswings before, but it will NOT be released
Sunday, 05.12.04: Still missing in my collection:-) Just visitors for a short time at KIA (Kirchhellen International Airport): Herpa CX Cargo-Set 747-200F oc, 707-300F oc, 747-400F (this is NOT a new release!!!) (thank you Ralf Wittekopf)
Saturday, 04.12.04: Netmodels - now available: 7 * Braniff 707 (picture posted at www.wings900.com by Johan Chan)
Braniff 707 golden (picture www.ptcity.com.hk)
Tuesday, 30.11.04: New from Herpa/Hogan ??: CX A340-300 with "Asia's World City" logo Maybe this is not an offical Herpa/Hogan release, but (posted at www.wings900.com): "Big Bird brought 15 pieces of Herpa wings 1:500 scale Cathay Pacific A340-300 (same registration) from CXcitement shop directly , for the sole purpose of adding the print "Asia's World City" logo" So 15 pieces are all there are... It is NOT a general release run... It was some sort of trial run on the behalf of Big Bird using Herpa CX A340-300 NG models." (picture posted at www.wings900.com by Johan Chan)
Netmodels: Already announced here before, but without picture: AWACS golden (picture www.pureplane.com)
Wednesday, 24.11.04: 5Stars - coming soon: Flying Tigers "Tiger Mouth" DC-8-61
Dragonair L-1011 Tristar (pictures www.aviation-center.de)
Tuesday, 23.11.04: Herpa - new releases January /February 2005: 514064 DC-8-61 Trans Caribbean (new mould, already available in 12/2004) 502221 A320 Air Arabia 503150 727-200 Lufthansa oc (already available at WorldShop) 505567 737-500 Air Baltic 509343 Fokker 100 Helvetic Airways 509350 Fokker 100 Air Berlin 513630 757-300 Northwest Airlines 514347 Tu-134A CSA 514378 A300B4 Continental Airlines 514392 C-130 Ethiopian Airlines 514408 IL-62 Interflug (new mould) 514415 DC-9-14 Texas International 514422 747-400ERF KLM Cargo 516044 ATR-42 Contact Air / LH Regional 520348 Accessories Trees (18 parts) (pictures at www.herpa.de)
Saturday, 20.11.04: Herpa - now available: 514118 Tu-154B Tarom - WingsClub release
503150 727-200 Lufthansa D-ABCI Karlsruhe real metal - WorldShop release
Herpa/Hogan - now available: 747-400 ANA Pokemon Jet 1999 JA8964 (picture www.ptcity.com.hk)
Herpa - former "hard to find" special release - now available at some retailers: Cathay Pacific Cargo 747-200F Classic Wing (picture Michael Assensio)
BigBird - new release: IL-76 Payam EP-TPV (picture posted at www.wings900.com by johanchan)
Netmodels - coming soon: Braniff 707 - seven different colors
Saturday, 13.11.04: Herpa - re-releases: 505482 Lufthansa Boeing 737-500 - NG2, with brighter gear
501163 Airbus Fleet A310-300 - NG3 (modified winglets), with brighter gear 512077 Airbus Industries A300-600ST - now with brighter gear 512497 British Airways 747-400 United Kingdom - now with brighter gear 512725 Lufthansa CityLine Avro RJ85 - now with L3 belly logo
Herpa stands: - small size - introduced 2004 (e.g. JAL 727 oc or Braniff 707) - big size - normally used for 1/200 releases, but in 2004 used for LH A340-600 "R+V" - normal size - old version - normal size - new version - introduced 2004 (e.g. Air Hongkong A300-600F, ANA 747-400D Pikachu)
5Stars - now available: V-Bird A320 (picture www.aviation-center.de)
Wednesday, 10.11.04: 5Stars - new release: JAL DC-8-30 oc JA8001 with Fuji title (picture www.toymaxco.cc)
Netmodels - some more golden/silver releases: Libyan 707-300 silver AWACS E-3B golden
Saturday, 06.11.04: Herpa - new sample shown at "Modellbahn" (Model Railways) exhibition, Cologne: Fokker F100 helvetic.com (picture Stefan Jennrich - Thank you Stefan:-)
Friday, 05.11.04: Netmodels - new golden and silver 707 releases: LAB 707 - silver
LAB 707 - gold
TAP 707 - gold
Libyan 707 - gold
Kuwait Airways 707 - gold
Netmodels - USAF E-3B (sample already shown before): (pictures www.kircher-modellshop.de)
Monday, 01.11.04: Herpa - first picture of forthcoming Spantax and Africa One set: (picture www.aviation-center.de)
New from BigBird: IL-76T Atlant-Soynz (picture posted at www.wings900.com by Johan Chan)
Dear Collectors! Due to vacation the next news will not be posted before 31th of October Happy collecting.......... Peter
Friday, 22.10.04: Herpa - coming soon: NH50023 ANA 777-300ER "StarAlliance" (already announced before, but without picture) (picture www.crosswing.jp)
Herpa - more WingsWorld 5/2004 news: New China Airlines inflight set with 737-800, 747-400 and A330-300
Qatar Airways inflight - A380 and A340-600 In addition A380 will be released as a regular release in 2004, A340-600 in 2005. No information whether there will be any differences between regular and inflight releases (model or box)
514118 - Tarom Tu-154B - next WingsClub release
Hamburg International 737-800 - re-release with new registration and new box
L-1011-200 and L1011-500 NG samples
A310-300 winglets have been revised (revised version on the right image). All new models (starting with SIA A310-300) and all future follow-up editions will carry the new winglets. Six out of ten - elect your Club Edition 2005 01 - DC 10-30 Air Afrique 02 - 727-100C Air Gemini 03 - 707-300C Alyemda 04 - 747-200 Avianca 05 - L1011-500 Pan Am 06 - IL-18 Phoenix Aviation 07 - 737-500 Mekong Airlines 08 - 737-200 Cayman Airways (500th anniversary) 09 - 747SP Luxair 10 - Tu-154B Armenian Airlines (pictures WingsWorld 5/2004)
Thursday, 21.10.04: Herpa - first WingsWorld 5/2004 news:
Gulf Air A330-200 produced exclusively for the airline
Gulf Traveller 767-300 produced exclusively for the airline .................more news will follow soon (pictures WingsWorld 5/2004)
Herpa - new releases: Advent Calendar 2004 is available. If you really want to know and see the contents already take a look at the Wings900 database (model ID 7905, 7906, 7907, 7908) Herpa - re-release: 513524 Thomas Cook 767-300 - now with brighter gear
Netmodels - some more golden/silver releases: Olympic 707 - silver (picture www.kircher-modellshop.de)
SIA 707 silver
Continental 707 gold
SAA 707 gold (pictures www.pc747.com) I am afraid the golden/silver LAB, TAP, Libyan and Kuwait versions will follow in November;-)
Tuesday, 19.10.04: Herpa - coming soon: 513241 A300-600ST Beluga 1 Skylink eXtra Edition event model (December 10 and 11, 2004)
SIA Heritage Set 4 Viscount Malayan, DC-10-30 SIA, A310-300 SIA (modified winglets), 747-300 SIA (two further sets are to follow)
Sunday, 17.10.04: New from Netmodels: LAB 707-300
Kuwait Airways 707-300
TAP 707-300
Libyan Arab 707-300 (pictures www.kircher-modellshop.de)
PIA 707 (picture www.pt.city.com.hk)
PIA 707 gold
PIA 707 silver (pictures posted at www.wings900.com by Uwe Philippi)
Coming soon from Netmodels: AWACS (picture www.kircher-modellshop.de)
Monday, 11.10.04: Schuco: Schuco will not produce or distribute SchucoJets "in the foreseeable future" (information Dickie-Schuco GmbH & Co. KG)
5Stars - coming soon: V-Bird A320 (picture www.aviation-center.de)
Saturday, 09.10.04: Herpa re-release: 513302 - Thai Airways set with 747-400 and A330-300 - now with L3 logos 512558 - Air France 747-400 - now with L3 logo, color of box changed
5Stars - coming soon: DC-8-60 Flying Tiger Line in two versions: (pictures www.aviation-center.de)
Wednesday, 06.10.04: BigBird - coming soon: IL-76 HeavyLift RA76758 (picture www.aviation-center.de)
Saturday, 02.10.04: Herpa - coming soon: NH50027 B747-400D Pokemon 1999 JA8964 (already announced before) NH50028 B747-400 Pokemon with ANA logo on winglet JA8962 NH50029 B747-400 Pokemon without ANA logo on winglet JA8962
Wednesday, 29.09.04: Herpa - new Braniff pictures: (posted at www.wings900.com by UweP)
Netmodels - some more gold and silver releases: BWIA 707-300 silver
Olympic 707-300 gold
SIA 707-300 gold
BWIA 707-300 gold (already shown before) (pictures by Michael Asensio - thank you Michael:-)
Tuesday, 28.09.04: Herpa releases November/December 2004: 501187 A310-300 Luftwaffe "Bundesrepublik Deutschland" 514125 A318 Airbus House Colors 514163 A330-200 Austrian Airlines nc 514361 A380 Qatar Airways 514293 AN-124 Polet Air Cargo 514095 707-300 Romavia 513951 717-200 Bangkok Air "Luang Prabang" 505550 737-800 Travel Service 514255 747-400 Air China 506687 777-200 United Airlines nc 514286 CRJ-700 Horizon Air 514165 Fokker 100 Germania Express 514279 L-1049 Breitling 514224 L-1649 TWA 514354 Tu-134 Aeroflot nc 520300 Classic Cars (pictures www.herpa.de)
Sunday, 26.09.04: Herpa First picture of forthcoming Concorde Coca-Cola: (picture www.aviation-center.de)
Coming soon from Netmodels: PIA Pakistan International B 707-300C
Thursday, 23.09.04: Coming soon from Herpa/LH Worldshop: Lufthansa 727-200 Karlsruhe D-ABCI real metal (1666086-243) (limited 2000)
Wednesday, 22.09.04: New from Netmodels: Varig 767-300 PP-VOI Soccer (picture posted at www.diecastaircraftforum.com)
Some 707 have been releases (about 10-20 pieces each) with golden and/or silver fuselage: Northwest oc 707-300 silver (picture posted at www.wings900.com by UweP)
BWIA 707-300 gold
SAA oc 707 silver (pictures www.wings900.com)
Coming soon from Netmodels: - Olympic 707 - SIA Cargo 707-300F 9V-BFN (pictures Pureplane)
News from Herpa/Hogan/Lysia: Air Hongkong A300-600F will be released with six different registrations: B-LDA, B-LDB, B-LDC, B-LDD, B-LDE and B-LDF Only B-LDA was used as part of the V.I.P. gift set (see below) (pictures wings.lysia.hk )
News from Herpa/Hogan: Herpa Community Day 18.09.04: Nice day at Dietenhofen, but no news or rare models - besides: A340-300 SriLankan Airlines............ but in 1/1000:-)
Coming soon: Addition to the already announced special ANA releases: NH50023 ANA 777-300ER "StarAlliance"
First picture of the forthcoming JAL 767-200 oc: (picture www.aviation-center.de)
New stand used for Air Hongkong A300-600F and NH50030 ANA Pikachu 747-400 (picture above)
New small stand (left one) used for JAL oc 727-100
Saturday, 11.09.04: New from Herpa/Hogan, distributed by Lysia: Air Hong Kong A300-600F (ceremonial gift item for the first flight of this plane which landed couple of days ago at CLK) (pictures wings.lysia.hk and www.ptcity.com.hk - additional information www.toymaxco.cc)
Tuesday, 07.09.04: New from Herpa: 507417 Lufthansa A340-600 with printed stand - "R+V Versicherungen" (German insurance company) (picture www.aviation-center.de)
Comnig soon from Herpa: JAA 747-200B Yokoso JA8130 (picture www.crosswing.jp)
5Stars ANA, JAL and Virgin now available - new pictures below
Friday, 03.09.04: Herpa - now available: 508056 ATR-42 Pan Am (WingsClub)
Herpa has modified the following moulds: - Boeing 737-500 - position of front gear changed (details) - Douglas DC-8 - modified nose section with "teeth" (details) - Ilyushin IL-18 - rudder is no longer an integrated part of the fuselage (details) - Ilyushin IL-76 - rudder is no longer an integrated part of the fuselage (details)
Wednesday, 01.09.04: Coming soon from 5Stars (using StarJets moulds): FSANA110 - ANA A321-100 Film Strip JA101A
FSVG106 - Virgin Atlantic A340-300 G-VBUS
FSJAL108 - JAL DC-8-50 oc JA8001 (pictures www.aviation-center.de and www.toymaxco.cc)
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