Here you can find my older 1/500 news (January - April 2013) 
 from Herpa, Hogan, Inflight500, Sky500, etc.
If you need older news - take a look at the archives
For some reason I decided to convert the archive part of this website into a login system. 
If you still want access to those older information, you can get the password by email.

Sunday, 28.04.13:
Lupa (mentioned here before, just new pictures):

Etihad Airways A330-300 - registration A6-AFA - “Visit Abu Dhabi" - snap together model, with stand, sold exclusively on board of Etihad flights 
 
Shantou Wanchengfeng Craft Factory (http://www.airgift.com) / Turkish Airlines:

Turkish Airlines 777-300 - registration TC-JJA - with stand 

  
Saturday, 27.04.13:
Herpa / next eXtrashop release:

524179 Bavaria Germanair  BAC 1-11-500
(picture www.herpa.de)
 
  
Herpa re-release:
517522-002 Aeroflot A330-300 VQ-BMX A.Sakharov

Saturday, 14.04.13:
Herpa / WingsClub releases:

524353 TMA 747-100SF
 

524346 Air Vanuatu 737-800
(pictures www.aviation-center-berlin.de / www.herpa.de)
 
 
Monday, 01.04.13:
Shapeways / Tiny Thingamajigs:

F-22 Raptor - 3D printing made by designer matt_atknsn
6 pieces, available in different materials (Frosted Detail, Frosted Ultra Detail)
Though posted on 1st of April this is not an april fool;-)
(picture posted at www.shapeways.com)

Saturday, 30.03.13:
Herpa releases 07/08 2013:

523223 Aeroflot IL-96-300 CCCP-96005
 

523950 Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777F D-ALFA
 

523950 American Airlines 777-300ER N717AN
 

524230 Air Canada Rouge 767-300 C-GHPE
 

524247 Austrian Airlines Retrojet A320 OE-LBP
 

524254 Delta Air Lines A330-200 N861NW
 

524261 Germanwings A319 D-AGWM
 

524278 JetStar Airways A330-200 VH-EBR
 

524285 Mahan Air 747-300 EP-MND
 

524308 Meridiana Fly MD-82 I-SMEL
 

524315 Pan Am 707-300 "Jet Clipper Majestic" N1703D
 

524322 US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III 436th Airlift Wing, Dover AFB, 06-6165 "Spirit of the Constitution" 
 

524339 Air China A330-200 "Zijin Hao-Forbidden Pavilion Liner" B-6075
 

524360 Turkish Airlines A340-300 TC-JDM
 

525923 British World Airlines BAC 1-11-500 G-OBWA
 

525930 Aeroflot Retrojet A320 VP-BNT
 

525947 Lauda Air 737-800 OE-LNK
(pictures www.aviation-center-berlin.de / www.herpa.de)
  

re-releases:

506786-001 Austrian Airlines 777-200  - new registration OE-LBP "Heart of Europe"

515634-002 Air France A380-800  - new registration F-HPJC
 

515986-001 Lufthansa A380-800  - new registration D-AIMH "New York"
516549-001 Lufthansa A340-300 - new registration D-AIGP "Paderborn"
517805-001 KLM 747-400  - new registration PH-BFB "City of Bangkok"
518246-001 British Airways 777-300ER - new registration G-STBF (mentioned here before)
518581-002 United Airlines 747-400 - new registration N119UA (mentioned here before)
519069-001 LOT 787-8 Dreamliner - new registration SP-LRB (mentioned here before)
502306-002 Thai Airways A380-800  - new registration HS-TUB "Mancha Khiri" (mentioned here before)
(pictures www.aviation-center-berlin.de / www.herpa.de)
 

Herpa / Thai Airways:

507899 Thai Airways 747-400 Exclusive Edition
HS-TGO released in 2009 on left hand, new release HS-TGZ (box tells still HS-TGO on the back!)
 
 
 

507899 Thai Airways 747-400 Exclusive Edition HS-TGO released in 2009 (NG, with silver stand)

507899 Thai Airways 747-400 Exclusive Edition HS-TGZ released in 2012 
(NG2, no stand, different box)
   
 
Herpa re-release:

519762 Scenix Airport Hangar - box sans CE-logo and "Not suitable for children between 0 and 3 years" logo

Hogan / ANA (not new):

NH50066 ANA 747-400 Pikachu JA8957 with runway (released 2011, not mentioned here before)

Hogan / Cathay Pacific (not new):

Cathay Pacific 777-200 - registration B-HNB  (released 2008, mentioned here before, but without picture)
Cathay Pacific A330-300 - registration B-HLB  (released 2008, not mentioned here before)

Cathay Pacific A330-300 - registration B-HLC  (released 2012, not mentioned here before)

Cathay Pacific A330-300 oneworld - registration B-HLU  (released 2010, not mentioned here before)
 

Cathay Pacific A340-600 - registration B-HQC  (released 2009, not mentioned here before)
   
   
Unknown manufacturer:

Air New Zealand 777-300ER All Blacks (mould looks like 777-200)
If you have this one for sale or trade please let me know:-) Thank you!
(pictures posted at http://hk.auctions.yahoo.com/hk by candyhk2)

  
Sunday, 24.03.13:
Herpa re-releases - coming soon:
519069-001 LOT 787-8 Dreamliner - new registration SP-LRB
518581-002 United Airlines Boeing 747-400 - new registration N119UA
518246-001 British Airways 777-300ER - new registration G-STBF
502306-002 Thai Airways A380-800 - new registration HS-TUB
  

Tuesday, 19.03.13:
Herpa:

516068 Lufthansa 747-8 - missing Star Alliance logo
not sure, whether this was just an individual printing error;-) Nevertheless: If you have this one for sale, please let me know!
(picture www.modelutions.de - thank you Martin and Holger!)

 
523837 United 787-8 - first release of box B23 with blue color
(picture www.westmaintoys.com)

Revell - coming soon:

04882 U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 (movie 12) - modelkit - length 58,8 cm :-)
(picture www.revell.de)

Seagull - planned releases 2013/2014:
- F-22 Raptor (this will be the next release, mentioned here before)
- B-1 Lancer (mentioned here before)
- F-14 Tomcat (mentioned here before)
- B-52 Stratofortress (mentioned here before)
- MiG-29
- SR-71

Monday, 25.02.13:
Sky500 - coming soon:

0744CE China Eastern A330-300 "people.cn" - registration B-6126 - limited 300
 

0745KY Kenya Airways Cargo 747-400 "Safari Connection" - registration PH-MPS - limited 300
(pictures www.kircher-modellshop.de)
  
   
Wednesday, 20.02.13:
Herpa - next eXtra shop release (mentioned here before, but without picture):

524032 Lufthansa 737-200 D-ABHC Friedrichshafen (March 2013)
(picture www.herpa.de)  
   
  
Herpa - another sample:

505529 Alaska Airlines 737-400 N774AS (sample on left hand)
 

Sample September 2003 - missing imprints on engines and wings, different door printing 
 
 
Herpa:

523790 Ethiopian Airlines 787-8 released with different boxes (text in white and black color)
(Thank you Holger!) 
 
 
Sunday, 17.02.13:
Herpa - mentioned here before, just new pictures:

Air Bridge Cargo 747-8F VQ-BLQ - Christmas livery - fantasy model - exclusive to Air Bridge Cargo

Herpa - not new, but not mentioned here before:
 

507189 Thai A340-600 HS-TNA exclusive release for Thai Airways - two different boxes
(right picture posted at www.eBay.com by aerosupplyhk2012)
Question: Does anybody know whether the left box was released also with A340-600 HS-TNB (though the text on the box tells about HS-TNA)? Peter

Herpa - updated information:
Releases of 516068/518970 747-8i Lufthansa so far (already released and announced):

    
516068 Lufthansa 747-8i - Collection - 1st release - registration D-ABYA - without name (on left hand)
516068 Lufthansa 747-8i - Collection - 2nd release - registration D-ABYA - without name - door behind cockpit removed on right side of the fuselage (on right hand)
 

516068 Lufthansa 747-8i - Collection - 3rd release - registration D-ABYA - "Brandenburg" - new box (on right hand)
 

516068-001 Lufthansa 747-8i - Collection - 4th release - registration D-ABYA - "Brandenburg" - new box - new release 03/04 2013
 

518970 Lufthansa 747-8i - exklusive for Lufthansa - 1st release - registration D-ABYA - "Brandenburg" - special box 
 

518970 Lufthansa 747-8i - exklusive for Lufthansa - 2nd release - registration D-ABYA - "Brandenburg" - new special box - announced in WW 4/2012 
(picture www.herpa.de)

Hogan (?) - new release:

Thai Airways A380-800 - exclusive release for Thai Airways
(pictures www.thaiairways.com / posted at www.ebay.com by lynxasia) 
 
 
Seagull - planned releases 2013/2014:
- F-22 Raptor (this will be the next release)
- B-1 Lancer
- F-14 Tomcat
- B-52 Stratofortress
- MiG-29
- SR-71

Thursday, 31.01.13:
Herpa - next WingsClub releases:

523776 RusLine A319 VP-BDY
524049 Cebu Pacific DC-9-30 "Philippine Centennial" RP-C1536
(picture www.herpa.de)
 
Herpa - next eXtra shop release:
524032 Lufthansa 737-200 D-ABHC Friedrichshafen (March 2013)
 
 
Tuesday, 29.01.13:
Herpa - new releases 05/06 2013:

524155 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 American Airlines polished fuselage N599AA 
 

524056 Airbus A330-300 Air Berlin D-AERQ 

524063 Airbus A318-100 Air France F-GUGG 

524070 Airbus A330-200 Air Seychelles A6-EYY 

524087 British Aircraft Corporation BAC 1-11-200 Braniff International Jelly Bean Blue N1541 

524094 Airbus A330-200 Etihad Airways Manchester City Football Club A6-EYE 

524117 Airbus A330-200 MEA - Middle East Airlines OD-MEA 

524100 Bombardier CRJ900 Lufthansa Regional Cityline D-ACKG 

524124 Airbus A340-500 Thai Airways new mould 2013 HS-TLD 

524162 Airbus A320-200 Swiss International Air Lines HB-JLS Niederhasli 

524131 Ilyushin IL-86 Siberia Airlines RA-86105 

524186 Boeing 757-200 Yakutia Yakutsk - Children of Asia VP-BFI 

507967-001 Airbus A380-800 Qantas - new registration VH-OQF Charles Kingsford Smith 

516501-001 Airbus A320-200 Lufthansa - new registration D-AIPY Magdeburg 

508797-001 Airbus A321-200 Lufthansa - new registration D-AIRC Erlangen 

514965-001 Airbus A330-300 Lufthansa - new registration D-AIKL Ingolstadt 

523134-001 Airbus A330-300 Swiss International Air Lines - new registration HB-JHM 
 

524148 Lockheed C-5 Galaxy United States Air Force Travis AFB 87-0030 

524193 Scenix Zubehör / Accessories Airport Amsterdam Schiphol Pier F 

524216 Scenix Zubehör / Accessories Airport Amsterdam Schiphol Pier F Jetway-Set 

524209 Scenix Zubehör / Accessories Airport Amsterdam Schiphol Pier F Ground Foil
(pictures

  
Herpa re-release - now available:

509565-001 A320 CSA - Czech Airlines - new registration OK-GEB
(picture www.aviation-center-berlin.de)

Herpa re-release - coming soon:

518277-001 Emirates Boeing 777-300ER - new registration A6-EGY
(picture www.herpa.de)
 

Saturday, 26.01.13:
Sky500 - now available (mentioned here before, just new pictures):

0740KA Korean Air 777-200ER "New Horizons of Korea" - registration HL7752 -  limited 300
 

0742TU Turkish Airlines 777-300ER "FC Barcelona" - registration TC-JJI - limited 300
(pictures www.toymaxco.cc)
 
 
Sunday, 06.01.13:
Herpa - re-release - not new, but not mentioned here before:

      
518215 Aeroflot Tu-114 - position of registration on right wing modified 
(re-release on right hand)
 
 
Saturday, 05.01.13:
Sky500 - coming soon:

0740KA Korean Air 777-200ER "New Horizons of Korea" - registration HL7752 -  limited 300
 

0742TU Turkish Airlines 777-300ER "FC Barcelona" - registration TC-JJI - limited 300
(pictures www.kircher-modellshop.de)