Here you can find my older 1/500 news (May-August 2006) from Herpa, BigBird, Netmodels, etc. If you need older news - take a look at the archives

Tuesday, 29.08.06: 5Stars - coming soon:

747-400 Thai nc HS-TGZ (picture www.aviation-center-berlin.de)

Herpa - re-release: 510776 Volga-Dnepr AN-124 - smaller cockpit windows

Friday, 25.08.06: Herpa/Hogan - coming soon:

NHS52002 ANA 737-700 Gold and Triton set (picture www.crosswing.co.jp)

Trumpeter (www.trumpeter-china.com) - Nimitz class aircraft carrier model kits:

05201 USS Nimitz CVN 68 05202 USS Eisenhower CVN 69 05203 USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 05204 USS Washington CVN 73 05205 USS Stennis CVN 74 including the following unpainted aircraft and helicopter models:

1 * S-3B Viking  1 * SH-60 Seahawk helicopter 4 * F/A-18 Hornet 4 * F-14 Tomcat

1 * RA-5 Vigilante 1 * A-6A Intruder  1 * SH-3 Seaking helicopter 4 * A-4 Skyhawk 1 * A-7 Corsair 3 * F-8 Crusader

1 * EA-6B Prowler 4 * A-7 Corsair 2 * A-6A Intruder 3 * F-4 Phantom 1 * E-2 Hawkeye 1 * S-3B Viking  (all three sheets are included two times in the kit)

Sunday, 20.08.06: Herpa - new release

Qatar Asian Games A330-300 red (picture www.qatarairways.com - duty free)

Friday, 18.08.06: Herpa - already mentioned before, but new photos:

507714 Chapman Freeborn IL-76 CFA-1973

Thursday, 17.08.06: Herpa - coming soon:

CX Cargo 747-200F B-HIH Silver Bullet (mentioned before, but without picture - picture posted at www.wings900.com by Tapemeister)

Herpa - new release:

507714 Chapman Freeborn IL-76 CFA-1973 - fantasy model (picture posted at www.wings900.com by Waffle)

Thursday, 10.08.06: Herpa - re-releases - additional information: 520584 Herpa Wings Club Special Airport Accessories Package     - parts painted/printed in special color 515061 JAL 747-400F and 506724 JAL 777-300ER - NOT released with different boxes for the Japanese market, but "Japanese style"-boxes     are used worldwide 506779 Air France 777-300ER F-GSQN  - will NOT become a regular release

Herpa - new release or just repacked?

501111 Germania Siemens 737-700 (picture www.aviation-center-berlin.de)

Unknown manufacturer - new release: China Airlines A330-300 Butterfly Orchid, made for Airshop,Taíwan

Tuesday, 08.08.06: 5Stars - coming soon:

Garuda oc 747-200 (picture www.aviation-center-berlin.de)

Netmodels - coming soon:

CX Cargo 747-200F Silver Bullet (picture pureplane@hotmail.com)

Unknown manufacturer - new release:

China Airlines A330-300 Fruit-Sweet, made for Airshop,Taíwan (pictures posted by Faucett Peru at www.wings900.com)

Schuco - first releases (Inflight 500): 3554031 Aeroflot Beriev Be-976 RA-76453 3554032 Aeroflot Beriev Be-976 CCCP-76456 3554033 747-200 South African Airways 3554034 737-200 Hapag-Lloyd (already mentioned before as Inflight500 releases)

Skyliners - new samples:

ERJ-145 US Airways Express

ERJ-145 Continental Express (pictures posted at eBay by virginfans)

ERJ-145 Continental N14960 'En Route to an All-Jet Fleet'

StarJets - old (but nice;-) samples:

Orbis DC-8

Haeco 747-400

Delta MD-11 N813DE

Herpa - new samples:

US Airways A320-200 nc

US Airways 757-200 nc (pictures posted at eBay by ferrari308quattro)

Herpa - new releases September/October 2006: 515108 LOT ERJ170 SP-LDE 509718 Air Dolomiti BAe 146-300 I-ADJF 505147 J-AIR CRJ-200 JA205J 502009 Northwest Airlines A330-300 N802NW 507172 United Airlines 747-400 N196UA nc 505390 Air Tran 717-200 N892AT nc 516051 Lufthansa Cargo 747-200F D-ABYO America, moveable nose cargo door 504010 Kenya Airways 777-200 5Y-KQT 507288 Christmas Model 747-400F, moveable nose cargo door 507271 Advent Calendar with 24 doors (two exclusive special models and numerous accessories) 520577 Catering vehicles  520560 Container trailers

Herpa - WingsWorld 4/2006 news: 507134 Air Siam 747-100 HS-VGB, limited 1000 additional imprints like position lights on the roof, landing headlights,  windshield wipers on the cockpit windows and two-tone exhausts 502405 Olympic Airlines 747-200 SX-OAD re-release NG  507196 British Airways Set BAe 146 / A320 Chelsea Rose / Water Dreaming (eXtra weekend, limited 1000) 520584 Herpa Wings Club Special Airport Accessories Package

Herpa - re-releases : 512206 Delta Airlines 777-200 - new registration N866DA 514408 Interflug IL-62 - new registration DDR-SEZ 514873 Airbus Industries EADS A380-800 - more details printed on,  dark engine intakes, APU and lowered engines + gear (pictures at www.cgn-wings.de) 504058 JAL 747-400 - brighter landing gear 506656 Air France 777-300ER - silver frame around the passenger windows 514361 Qatar Airways A380-800 - silver frame around the passenger windows 514521 Emirates A380-800 - silver frame around the passenger windows 514897 Air France A380-800 - silver frame around the passenger windows 516105 Lufthansa 747-400 "Saarland" - dark engine intakes 516549 Lufthansa A340-300 - dark engine intakes

Herpa - new releases:

506779 Air France 777-300ER F-GSQN - exclusive for Air France and Boeing (picture posted by Leadership at www.wings900.com)

NH50045 ANA 747-400D Pokemon 1998 JA8965 (picture www.wings900.com)

Herpa - coming soon: New China Airlines inflight set 747-400, A330-300, 737-800 with winglets, standard livery CX Cargo 747-200F B-HIH Silver Bullet

Rumours: Beta Air Cargo 707

Thursday, 13.07.06: Vacation time (part two - including HKG:-) - next news not before 5th of August Best regards from Germany  Peter

Monday, 10.07.06: 5Stars - coming soon:

- UPS A380

Inflight 500 - coming soon: - IF5707001 Sudan Airways 707 ST-AFB limited 744

- IF5732001 Hapag Lloyd 737-200 D-AHLH limited 744

- IF5732002 Dan Air London 737-200 G-BLDE limited 744

- IF5742001 SAA 747-200 oc (already mentioned before)

- IF5742002 Iraqi 747-200 YI-AGN limited 744

- IF5763001 Kenya Airways 767-300ER 5Y-KQX limited 744

- IF5176002 Aeroflot Beriev Be-976 CCCP-76456

- IF5176001 Aeroflot Beriev Be-976 RA-76453

- Air Berlin USA 737-200 N2941W  (already mentioned before, already available) limited 300 (pictures www.aviation-center-berlin.de)

Herpa - re-releases: 516549 Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 516716 Lufthansa DC-3 504058 JAL 747-400 - with brighter landing gear 506625 JAL 777-200 506687 United Airlines 777-200

Lysia - new releases: - Dragonair A330-300 - release 2006

- Air Macau A321-200 B-MAQ (pictures www.lysia.hk)

Unknown manufacturer:

747-400 Shanghai Toy Expo 2006 - promotional model, used as a gift at the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2006. More a toy than a collectors model:-) (picture posted at www.ebay.de by aviationstore_passau)

Herpa - Summer Party 2006 impressions:

1st of July 2006, Summer Party at Dietenhofen! Excellent weather conditions. A lot of attractions presented by Herpa, e.g.: - some exclusive models were sold at the eXtra shop (e.g. 509985 MIAT A310 with additional imprint "Visit Mongolia 2003", JAL Set 1/1000,  SIA A380 inflight, SIA 777-300ER inflight):

(picture www.wings900.com)

- some new and forthcoming releases were shown at the museum:

- Embraer ERJ-170 Cirrus Airlines

- E-3A AWACS

- Boeing 787

- Air Dolomiti BAe 146

- NWA A330

- presentation of 1/1 show trucks (including the new "History of aviation" truck, which will be released in scale 1/87 soon):

Thank you Herpa-Team for organizing and celebrating this day :-)

Wednesday, 21.06.06: 5Stars - coming soon:

Qantas 767-300ER Socceroos 2006 (picture www.aviation-center-berlin.de)

Vacation time (part one - including Herpy Summer Party:-) - next news not before 3rd of July Best regards from Germany Peter

Saturday, 16.06.06: Herpa - coming soon:

(picture www.wings900.com)

Herpa news - WW 3/2006:

- Herpa WingsClub - next release Flugfélag Islands Fokker 50 TF-FIS (limited 1250) - 505680 Norwegian Air Shuttle 737-300 LN-KKM "Thor Heyerdahl"  (available for WingsClub members) - Singapore Airlines inflight models: A380-800 9V-SKA and 777-300ER 9V-SWA - City of Everett 747-100 N7470 NG (will be offered at Herpa eXtra online shop) - 515061 JAL 747-400F and 506724 JAL 777-300ER will be released in special boxes for the Japanese market - 506687 United Airlines 777-200 with new registration N785UA and changed color of the engine blades - 511780 Lufthansa Vivkers V814 with new registration D-ANAB and new box

Monday, 05.06.06: 5Stars - coming soon:

FSFD139 - A380 FedEx (limited 500)

FSSA140 - A380 SIA (limited 500) (pictures www.expressowings.com)

Tuesday, 30.05.06: Inflight500 (former BigBird) - coming soon:

Air Berlin USA 737-200 (limited 360) SAA 747-200 oc (picture www.aviation-center-berlin.de)

Friday, 26.05.06: Herpa - new release:

Kuehne+Nagel A380 2nd version (left hand, limited 1000) with new box and corrected imprint on fuselage.

Sunday, 21.05.06: Herpa - new releases July/August: 507769 757-300 Condor "50 Years" 507776 MD-90 Delta Airlines 509701 A310-300 Mahan Air 507110 A340-300 Air Jamaica 507530 A340-300 Austrian Airlines "Wiener Philharmoniker" 507165 A380-800 Etihad 507080 A340-600 Thai Airways new color 515061 747-400F JAL Cargo "Chrome" 506724 777-300 JAL (pictures at www.cgn-wings.de/Herpa/Newsfolder_2006_08.htm)

Monday, 15.05.06: Herpa/Hogan - coming soon:

CX 747-400F with moveable nose door (picture www.kircher-modellshop.de)

Sunday, 14.05.06: 5Stars - new release:

FSPA132 Phuket Air 737-200 HS-VKK (limited 504) (picture www.kircher-modellshop.de)

Schuco - announcement:

(information www.schuco.de)

Tuesday, 02.05.06: Herpa: JAL 777-300ER Samurai Blue 2006 special release for Japanese distributor shown in WW 2/06 will be released in scale 1/400 only!!!

Monday, 01.05.06: Herpa/Hogan - new release:

NH50033 ANA 777-300ER JA732A (picture www.crosswing.jp)