Here you can find my find my older 1/500 news (May-August 2005) 1/500 news from Herpa, BigBird, Netmodels, etc. If you need older news - take a look at the archives

Wednesday, 31.08.05: BigBird - missing pictures:

Air France 707-300 oc F-BHSU (limited 120)

Air France 707-300B oc F-BHSV (limited 120)

Air France Cargo 707-300C oc F-BYCP (limited 120)

Air France 747-100 oc F-BPVA (limited 180)

Air France 747-200 oc F-BPVH (limited 180) (pictures www.toymaxco.cc)

BigBird - coming soon:

Previous released Dragonair Cargo 747 with additional imprint

Previous released Thai Royal Barge 747-400 with additional imprint (pictures www.toymaxco.cc)

Herpa - coming soon:

Eva Air 777-300ER (inflight) (picture posted at www.diecastaircraftforum.com by Tapemeister)

Sunday, 29.08.05: Herpa/Lysia - Dragonair A330-300 "20 Years of the Dragon" - some details:

1st release with special box (white color, with red ribbon) with booklet ("Celebrating 20 years of the dragon") inside the box,  with handle bag, no plastic card

2nd release with special box (white color, with red ribbon) with white plastic card, no booklet, no handle bag [sorry, no photo until now]

3rd release with special box (colored), colored plastic card

4th release with cardboard box (colored), no add-on

The model of the 3rd release differs from the other models:

- more door details printed (3rd release on the left hand)

- front cargodoor printed completely green (3rd release on the left hand)

- belly logo (3rd release on the left hand) Any correction or update is welcome:-)

Friday, 26.08.05: BigBird - coming soon: Air France 707-300 oc F-BHSU (limited 120) Air France 707-300B oc F-BHSV (limited 120) Air France Cargo 707-300C oc F-BYCP (limited 120) Air France 747-100 oc F-BPVA (limited 180) Air France 747-200 oc F-BPVH (limited 180)

Tuesday, 16.08.05: Due to vacation :-) you will find the next news here not before Wednesday 24.08.05! Happy collecting Peter

Netmodels - now available:

Qantas 707-300 oc

Air Lingus 707-300 oc (pictures pureplane@hotmail.com)

BigBird - rumours: PIA 747-200 oc Air France 707 oc

Saturday, 13.08.05: Netmodels - new release:

Air Atlanta Icelandic Athens 2004 Torch Relay 747-200 - golden fuselage (picture Uwe Philippi)

Herpa - new (?) release:

Continental Vickers Viscount in white herpa cafe box - already released before in Advent calendar 2002

Herpa - WingsWorld 4/05 news: - 501408 Avianca Columbia 747-200B (HK-23000) - fourth club edition model - Bulgaria Air 737-300 (LZ-BOM) - exclusive edition - 520386 double houses will be provided with four colors (green, blue, beige, white) - Herpa reversible model calendar 2006 - 12 sheets with 24 photos  (12 Wings / 12 Cars&Trucks) - WingsWorld special issue - diorama building

Tuesday, 09.08.05: BigBird - already announced before, but without pictures:

Lufthansa 707-400 D-ABOF Delivery colors (limited 120)

Lufthansa 707-400 D-ABOG 1960s colors (limited 120)

Lufthansa 707-300 D-ABOV Delivery colors (limited 120)

Lufthansa 707-300 D-ABUH 1960s colors (limited 120)

Picture still missing! Condor 707-400 D-ABOC (limited 120)

Condor 707-300 D-ABUG (limited 120) (pictures www.toymaxco.cc)

Friday, 05.08.05: delPrado vs. Herpa:

A340-600 Lufthansa (Herpa model on the left hand)

Lockheed Tristar Royal Jordanian (Herpa model on the left hand)

Thursday, 04.08.05: Herpa - coming soon:

510974 C-130H JASDF Camouflage - exclusive release for Japan (picture www.aviation-center.de)

Tuesday, 02.08.05: Herpa - now available:

514170 Gulf Air A330-200 inflight (picture www.kircher-modellshop.de)

Herpa - coming soon: Some information from the Herpa Wings Team - posted (in German) at www.herpa.de: - WingsWorld special edition (topic: diorama) will be relased in autumn - Qatar A380 will be available in September 2005(!) - delays are caused by the movement of the Herpa production in China - Emirates A380 is still waiting for the final clearing by the airline

BigBird - coming soon: Lufthansa 707-430 D-ABOF Delivery colors (limited 120) Lufthansa 707-430 D-ABOG 1960s colors (limited 120) Lufthansa 707-330 D-ABOV Delivery colors (limited 120) Lufthansa 707-330 D-ABUH 1960s colors (limited 120) Condor 707-430 D-ABOC (limited 120) Condor 707-330 D-ABUG (limited 120)

Sunday, 31.07.05: Herpa - now available:

514873 Airbus A380 Airbus Color - EADS - The step beyond (with stand)

Herpa - re-release:

510356 Alitalia-Set 777-200 NG and A321 NG (picture www.aviation-center.de)

Friday, 29.07.05: Netmodels - coming soon: Qantas 707-300 oc Air Lingus - Irish International 707 oc

Thursday, 28.07.05: 5Stars - coming soon:

FSAE115 Air Europe 737-800 "Disneyland Resort Paris" (limited 500)

FSAF118 Air France 747-400 "Soccer 98" (limited 500)

FSNW125 Northwest Airlines 747-400 old color (limited 500) (pictures www.kircher-modellshop.de)

Wednesday, 27.07.05: Herpa - new samples:

China Airlines 747-400 Dreamliner

Herpa - new releases September/October 2005:

By the way: 513470 Herpa DC-3 is NO fantasy release:-) (pictures www.herpa.de)

Sunday, 24.07.05: Herpa - new samples:

Eva Air Boeing 777-300ER special colors

Lauda Air Boeing 737-600 Tyrol

Herpa - coming soon (eXtra day 09./10. September):

LTU-Set with DC-4 and Fokker F-27 oc (picture www.herpa.de)

Monday, 18.07.05: Del Prado Japan:

Royal Jordanian L-1011-500

Lufthansa A340-600 (pictures posted at www.diecastaircraftforum.com by newsnerd99)

Sunday, 17.07.05: Herpa - re-releases: Cathay A330-300 and A340-300 NG - now with L4-Logo

514637 Lufthansa A321-100 Retro - improved printing (e.g. cheatline, "Lufthansa" printing) (new release on the right hand)

Wednesday, 13.07.05: Herpa - re-release:

508315 LTU A330-300 - new box (left one)

Herpa - new release:

Emirates A340-500  (inflight - box similar to the previous released inflight A330-200 and 777-300)

Sunday, 10.07.05: Netmodels - new release:

Ecuatoriana 707 with golden fuselage  (picture found at www.wings900.com)

Herpa - now available:

504485 Boeing 767-300 Gulf Traveller (inflight) 514927 Lockheed L-1049G Lufthansa D-ALOF (limited edition)

Herpa - re-releases: 510813 Boeing 757-200F DHL - brighter gear 508797 Airbus A321-100 Lufthansa - NG2 501132 Airbus A310-200 Hapag-Lloyd - brighter gear 512954 Boeing 737-400 Olympic - brighter gear

513944 Boeing 737-500 CSA 80th Anniversary - colors more intensive (right one)

501149 Boeing 737-800 Hapag-Lloyd "www.hapagfly.com" printed on fuselage      (as already announced in WW 3/2005)

Wednesday, 06.07.05: BigBird - coming soon:

707-300 ELAL (3 different registrations: 4X-ATS, 4X-ATT, 4X-ATX) 707-400 ELAL (2 different registrations: 4X-ATB, 4X-ATC) 747-200 ELAL (4 different registrations: 4X-AXA, 4X-AXB, 4X-AXC, 4X-AXD) 747-200F ELAL Cargo (4X-AXG) (picture www.eztoyz.com)

Monday, 04.07.05: Netmodels - coming soon:

Boeing 707-300 Ecuatoriana Sunbird (picture pureplane@hotmail.com)

5Stars - coming soon: Trans Caribbean DC 8-61

Herpa - now available:

JAA 747-200 Yokoso

Air Do 767-200  (pictures www.ptcity.com.hk)

News from Herpa Summer Party (25.06.05):

Some already announced models spotted at the diorama in the Herpa Museum:

Unknown future releases spotted at the diorama in the Herpa Museum:

Balkan Holidays TU-154 (Balkan Holidays A320 will be released also)

Air Madagascar 767-300 new color

Some new samples shown in the Museum:

(this one will definitely NOT produced due to license problems!)

(I showed this one already before, but it is soooooo nice:-)

Some impressions of the diorama at the museum - now with the new lighting system:

Friday, 24.06.05: Leaving for Dietenhofen (Herpa Summer Party) and summer vacation today. Therefore you will find the next news here not before 4th of July. Have a good time ........... and happy collecting:-)

Herpa - new release: Aeromexico 757-200 in white box (released by Expresso Wings)

Sunday, 19.06.05: Herpa:

What a loving packaging :-) 520393 Gangways - eXtra-Shop release

Herpa/StarJets/CB Customs:

Eurowings Canadair Jet "Clowns and Ballons" - custom-made / based on Herpa 513197

Lufthansa A321 "Die Maus" - custom-made / based on StarJets DLH147 If you like custom-made models like these take a look at www.cb-customs.de 

Saturday, 18.06.05: Herpa - WingsWorld 03/05 news:

- 514880 DC-10 Air Afrique TU-TAN (WingsClub)

- Fokker 27 / DC-4 LTU oc Set (already announced before)

- Boeing 737-800 Hapag-Lloyd with additional imprint "www.hapagfly.com" (inflight)

- Douglas DC-3 herpa miniaturmodelle oc (no fantasy!) - Airbus A380 House Colors (give away)

- Hapag-Lloyd 737-800 and Air Berlin 737-800 with additional imprint "Airport Nürnberg 04/05" (pictures www.herpa.de)

Thursday, 16.06.05: Herpa/Hogan - new release:

CX 747-200 Spirit of HongKong - New Generation (picture posted at www.wings900.com by hongkongplace)

Monday, 13.06.05: Wings Model/Speedie Air - coming soon:

L-1011 Tristar Orient Thai

L-1011 Tristar Kampuchea by Orient Thai (pictures www.wingsmodel.com)

Sunday, 12.06.05: Herpa/Lysia - new release:

Dragonair A330-300 20 years  (picture posted at www.wings900.com by Faucett Peru)

Herpa - old releases with new non-Herpa imprint (?) Some of them have been mentioned here before:

747-400 Cathay Pacific “Asia’s World City” logo 

747-400F Cathay Pacific Cargo “Asia’s World City” logo 

777-300 Cathay Pacific “Asia’s World City” logo 

777-200 Cathay Pacific “Asia’s World City” logo 

A340-600 Cathay Pacific “Asia’s World City” logo 

A340-300 Cathay Pacific “Asia’s World City” logo 

A330 Cathay Pacific “Asia’s World City” logo(pictures pureplane@hotmail.com)

Speedie Air - forthcoming autumn releases (just rumours until now):

Air China 727 Air Macau 727

Friday, 10.06.05: Speedie Air - new release (using StarJets mould):

SACP006 A320 Cebu Pacific  (picture Speedie Air)

Netmodels: Seaboard World 747-200F is available with PW and GE engines

PW engines

GE engines (pictures www.aviation-center.de)

Tuesday, 07.06.05: BigBird - already announced before, but without pictures:

Boeing 767-300 Air Canada with Canadi>n titles

Boeing 767-300 Air Canada old color

Boeing 767-300 Air Canada new color (pictures posted at www.wings900.com by Faucett Peru)

Friday, 03.06.05: Herpa - new release:

516129 Lufthansa A380-800 D-AIMA (pictures by Martin Damerau)

BigBird - coming soon: Boeing 767-300 Air Canada with Canadi>n titles Boeing 767-300 Air Canada old color Boeing 767-300 Air Canada new color

Thursday, 02.06.05: Herpa - new (?) release:

Boeing 737-200 Ryanair Ready to go in white herpa cafe box - already released before in Advent calendar 2002 (picture www.ptcity.com.hk)

Tuesday, 31.05.05: Herpa - now available:

Lufthansa 50 Years Set A380-800 D-AIMA and L-1049G Super Constellation D-ALOF (new registration!) (available at Lufthansa WorldShop)

JE2013 JAL DC-8-61 OC, Historical Series No. 8

NH50024 ANA 747-400 "JA404A" (pictures www.toymaxco.cc)

Sunday, 29.05.05: Herpa Museum at Dietenhofen - some more samples (already mentioned before, but without pictures):

I added a new page today concerning Wings 1/1000

Wednesday, 25.05.05: Netmodels - golden / silver releases: Already mentioned before, but without photos:

Emirates Cargo 747-400 golden fuselage - released with both registrations (N408MC and N415MC)

CX A380 golden fuselage

CX A380 silver fuselage (pictures Uwe Philippi)

Tuesday, 24.05.05: Herpa releases - July/August 2005: 508872 Airbus A320 - Sichuan Airlines "B-2370" (limited) 514903 Airbus A330 - KLM "PH-AOA" 513593 Airbus A340 - BWIA "9Y-TJN" 514897 Airbus A380 - Air France "F-HPJA" 505598 Boeing 737-400 - CSA "OK-EGP" (limited) 514842 Boeing 737-500 - Estonian Air "ES-ABC" 514835 Boeing 747SP - Boeing House Colors "N747SP" 514866 Boeing 767-200 + DC-3 Piedmont Airlines Set (limited) 506618 Boeing 777-200 - Alitalia 514910 IL-18 - Phonix Aviation "EX-75466" (limited) 514859 Lockheed L100 - Delta Air Lines "N9268R" (limited) 510837 Lockheed L1011-500 TriStar - British Airways (limited) 362771 Airport-Sound-CD "Volume 1"

Tuesday, 17.05.05: Netmodels - new releases:

Flying Tigers 747

Seaboard World 747

Air Atlanta Icelandic Athens 2004 Torch Relay 747-200 (pictures www.kircher-modellshop.de)

Monday, 16.05.05: Herpa - re-releases: - 506557 Boeing 777-200 Air France - color of box changed, brighter landing gear, L3 - 516549 Airbus A340-300 Lufthansa - brighter landing gear

- 516709 Junkers Ju 52/3 m Lufthansa - light grey windows, black tail wheel

Thursday, 05.05.05: Just moving to a new flat. Not really a pleasure with thousands of cars and wings models :-) This may be the reason for some "delayed" news during next time. Nevertheless - I will do my very best;-)

Netmodels - new releases:

- DHL 747-400 golden fuselage

- Air Bridge Cargo 747 golden fuselage - CX A380 chromed fuselage

Herpa - new release:

Expresso Herpa Sweetie Cafe set with BA 747-400 and 777-200 (picture www.ptcity.com.hk)

Herpa - now available at eXtra-Shop:

511575 JASDF Boeing 747-400 NG (picture www.herpa.de)