Here you can find my older 1/500 news (May - August 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.

Monday, 26.08.13:
Herpa - some more samples:

Crossair MB-83 HB-INV sample (left hand) vs. collection release 507622
 
 
Crossair MB-83 sample HB-INV - no registration under right wing, no silver edge on wings
  

 Deutsche BA 737-300 D-ADBV sample (left hand) vs. collection release 510387 
 

Deutsche BA 737-300 sample D-ADBV - different titles, different wings color (silver parts on lower side)
  

 Faucett Peru L-1011-1 OB1504 sample (left hand) vs. collection release 512916
  

Faucett Peru L-1011-1 OB1504 sample
 
 
 
Sunday, 25.08.13:
Herpa - announcement:
"Item 525947 (B737-800 Lauda Air) will not be produced and all orders are cancelled. This is a request from Austrian Airlines, as they will not promote the Lauda Air brand anymore."
(source Herpa / www.wings900.com)

Herpa - sample:

Beta Cargo 707-300F - registration PP-BRR - sold at eBay
(picture posted at www.eBay.co.uk by red_dwarfa)
 
 
StarJets - sample:

Delta Air Lines MD-11 - registration N812DE
(picture posted at www.ebay.com by exceptionaldealer)

  
Saturday, 10.08.13:
Herpa - next WingsClub releases:

524469 Pan Am DC-8-32 - registration N811PA
 

524452 Lufthansa 737-200 - registration D-ABHX - polished
 
Herpa - next eXtra shop release:

525954 Condor 767-300WL "Ja zu FRA"
(pictures www.herpa.de / www.aviation-center-berlin.de)

   
Lupa - now available (mentioned here before, but without pictures):

Etihad A330-200 Manchester City (SnapFit)
(pictures Albric Saerens)

Sunday, 04.08.13:
Herpa releases 11/12 2013:

524414 German Navy P-3C Orion 60+01 "100 Jahre Marineflieger"
 

524476 Aegean Airlines A321-200 SX-DVO
 

524483 Aeromexico 777-200 (new livery) 
 

524490 Air France L-1649A Starliner F-BHBB
 

524506 Azerbaijan Airlines A340-500
  

524513 Herpa Christmas 2013 VC-10
 

524520 CSA A330-300 OK-YBA
 

524537 Delta Air Lines MD-88
 

524544 Garuda Indonesia 777-300ER PK-GIA
 

524551 Iberia A330-300 EC-LUK "Costa Rica"
 

524568 KLM 737-800
 

524575 Lufthansa A380-800 D-AIMB "München" - "FC Bayern" sticker
 

524582 Norwegian 787-8 EI-LNA
 

524599 Swissair CV 990 HB-ICA
 

524605 Thai A300-600 HS-TAW "Suranaree"
 

524612 UPS 757-200F
 

524629 Air Austral 777-300ER F-OREU "Evariste De Parny"
 

526067 British Airways 767-300 G-BNWZ
(information www.modelutions.de / pictures www.herpa.de)

Herpa - coming soon:
Aer Lingus A330-200 - exclusively for Aer Lingus inflight shopping

Herpa - re-releases:
506892-002 Air France 777-300ER - new registration F-GZNL
514521-002 Emirates A380-800 "Expo 2020" - new registration A6-EEB
515429-001 Air Berlin DHC-8-Q400 - new registration D-ABQG
516068-002 Lufthansa 747-8I - new registration D-ABYG "Baden-Württemberg"
523998-001 Etihad A340-600 - new registration A6-EHK
524056-001 Air Berlin A330-300 - new registration D-AERS

Lupa - new release:
Etihad A330-200 Manchester City (SnapFit)
(Thank you Albéric)

  
Sky500 - new release:

0752AL Alitalia 777-200ER - registration EI-DBL - limited 300
(picture www.aviation-center-berlin.de)

Saturday, 20.07.13:
Sky500 - new releases:

0750AS AirAsia X A330-300 "City" - registration 9M-XAA

0751AS AirAsia X A330-300 "Fly to Malaysia" - registration 9M-XXF
(pictures Johan Chan)

Thursday, 18.07.13:
Herpa - some more samples:

509626 Crossair BAe 146-300 collection release HB-IYX (left hand) vs. sample HB-IXX
 

509626 Crossair BAe 146-300 collection release HB-IYX

Crossair BAe 146-300 sample HB-IXX
 

512664 Southwest Airlines 737-300 "Triple Crown One" collection release N647SW (left hand) vs. sample N647SW

512664 Southwest Airlines 737-300 "Triple Crown One" collection release N647SW

Southwest Airlines 737-300 "Triple Crown One" sample N647SW - cockpit windows with frame, different doors, light grey wings, belly hole

Herpa - re-release:
506892-002 Air France Boeing 777-300ER - new registration F-GZNL

Sky500 (not new, but not mentioned here before):

0637BE Boeing 757-200 Boeing House Color - golden fuselage
 

0581BE Boeing 747-400LCF Dreamlifter - golden fuselage
(pictures Johan Chan)

Wednesday, 17.07.13:
Herpa - some more samples:

Cameroon Airlines 737-300 and America West 757-200
 

Cameroon Airlines 737-300 TJ-CBG - January 2002
 

America West 757-200 N908AW - January 2003

Tuesday, 16.07.13:
Herpa vs. StarJets - TMA 747-100F OD-AGC:

Herpa 524353 WingsClub release (left hand) vs. StarJets Sample 
 

Herpa 524353 WingsClub release
 

StarJets Sample 
 
 
Monday, 15.07.13:
Herpa - coming soon (release 11/12 2013):

British Airways 767-300ER - sample shown at Herpa Open House 2013
(picture posted at www.flughafendiorama.de by Bearbus)

JCWings - new release (mentioned here before, but without picture):

XX5894 JAL 767-300 Doraemon
(pictures Johan Chan)
 

Monday, 08.07.13:
Herpa Open House 2013:
Beautiful day in Dietenhofen!
Sunshine, Bavarian beer tent, a lot of delicious goodies, a crowded shop, nice people .....
A look into the production of cars & trucks (but also a production run of Ju 52 in scale 1/160), .....
No news concerning forthcoming Wings releases, just samples of already announced models including the next WingsClub releases. 
And three brilliant dioramas (Regional Airport, Cargo Airport, Military Air Base) in scale 1/500 presented by Frank Meisen (meisen.frank@t-online.de) with incredible details, .....
You can find some pictures here
Thank you Herpa :-)
 
 
Sky500 - coming soon:

0754SI Sichuan Airlines A330-300 - registration B-5923 - limited 300
 

0753MA Malaysia A330-300 OneWorld - registration 9M-MTE - limited 300
 

0747FI Finnair A340-300 "Poppy" - registration OH-LQD - limited 300
(pictures Sky500, www.aviation-center-berlin.de)

Sunday, 16.06.13:
JCWings - coming soon:
XX5894 JAL 767-300 Doraemon

Thursday, 13.06.13:
Herpa:

524131 Siberia Airlines IL-86 - maybe the missing "HE" on the box is the reason for the delayed official delivery;-)

Tuesday, 11.06.13:
Sky500 - coming soon:

0749VA Virgin Atlantic 747-400  "Ruby Tuesday" - G-VXLG

0748VA Virgin Atlantic 747-400 "Hot Lips" - G-VLIP
(pictures www.wings900.com)
 
 
Saturday, 08.06.13:
Aero500 - coming soon:

AC5VPBGB Aeroflot 777-300ER - VP-BGB "M. Kutuzov"
 

AC59VSYA Singapore Airlines 777-300 9V-SYA
 

AC59VSWF Singapore Airlines 777-300ER 9V-SWF
(pictures www.wingsworld.cn)
 

Lupa / KrisShop - arrived today (mentioned here before):

SIA A380-800 - snap-fit - all metal - with stand - no registration

Wednesday, 05.06.13:
Herpa - next WingsClub releases:

526036 Arik Air A340-500
 

526029 SBA Airlines 757-200
(pictures www.herpa.de / www.wings900.com) 
  
 
Herpa - releases 09/10 2013:

521017 Amsterdam Airport Bus Set (4 pieces)
 

524377 Sky Work Airlines Dash 8 Q400 
 

524391 British Airways A380-800 
 

524407 Aeroflot A320 "Sochi 2014"
 

524421 Air France A300B2 
 

524438 Jetstar Japan A320 - JA01JJ
 

526043 American Airlines 737-800 
 

526050 Belgian Air Component ERJ-145 
 

526074 Brussels Airlines A330-200 
 

526081 China Eastern Yunnan Airlines A330-300 "Peacock"
 

526098 GOL 737-800 - PR-GTE
 

526104 Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F "Aktion Deutschland Hilft"
 

526111 Luftwaffe Transall C-160 LTG 61
 

526128 Qantas 737-800 "2013 Lions Tour" - VH-VXG
 

526135 Qatar Airways 787-8 Dreamliner  - A7-BCB
 

526142 Turkish Cargo A330-200F - TC-JDP
 

526159 United Airlines 777-200 - N27015
(pictures www.herpa.de)
 
Herpa - re-release:
523875-001 China Southern 787-8 Dreamliner - B-2725
 
Herpa - WingsWorld news:
Austrian Air Set 777-200 (506786-001) and A320 Retrojet (524247) - Austrian inflight sales only

Monday, 03.06.13:
Lupa / KrisShop - new release:

SIA A380-800
(picture www.krisshopair.com)

Friday, 31.05.13:
StarJets - sample:

TWA L-1011-200 Tristar N31029
  

StarJets sample on left hand, Inflight500 IF5112007 release on right hand
 

Four TWA Tristar beauties - Herpa 515016, Herpa 523363, IF5112007, StarJets sample
 

Does anybody know this "mosaic effect" (white lines/cracks in the blue section of the fuselage) on this or other older Inflight500 releases? 
  
   
Thursday, 09.05.13:
Herpa re-releases:
507417-001 Lufthansa A340-600 - new registration D-AIHL
507479-001 Iberia Airbus 340-600
512497-001 British Airways 747-400 "United Kingdom" - new registration G-BNLU