Charter 1:400 collection (was "The Dark Side").

Charter · 04-21-2011, 11:06 AM

Hi friends. After 2711 1:500 scale models, i finally succumbed to the Dark Side. There are so many beautiful models in 1:400 scale, with so perfect moulds, that i have not more resisted. My thought is to buy European charter airlines 1:400 models, and i started today with two marvellous airplanes (i will post the photos).
But... what the Dark Side is for me? I will post a long list.

thomsonfly737 · 04-21-2011, 11:10 AM

Great Charter, Welcome to my World!!! Im thining of collecting a lot of 1/500 737-800s. Especially TUI and others such as Travel Service. Along with A320s and A319s such as Niki, Germanwings etc.

ahsan24 · 04-21-2011, 11:38 AM

Great! I was lucky that my first desired model was produced only in 1:400 scale and later discovered the advantage of the scale compared to 500 for detail and price over the larger scales. Just wondering how long did it take you to get to 2711?

bmibaby737 · 04-21-2011, 11:54 AM

Welcome to our world Charter, I hope you enjoy collecting 1:400, will be intresting to find out what your first two models are.

Charter · 04-21-2011, 12:33 PM

Thanks to all for your welcome my friends. I want to collect charter airlines and low costs only, and the models i haven't in my 1:500 scale.
I started to collect 1:500 since 1996, so now i have 2711 models.
This will be my Dark Side:
KLD B737-300
Maxjet B767-200
Martinair A310
Air Berlin A330-300
Monarch A330-200
Corsair A330-200
BmiBaby "Balloons" B737-500
Jet2.com B757-200
Condor B757-300WL
Domodedovo Il-62
JMC DC-10
MyAir "New Tiguan" A320
Virgin Sun A320
S7 B737-500
SkyEurope "Miss Europe" B737-500
Air Europa "Disneyland Paris" B737-800WL
Atlant-Soyuz Tu-154
Eurasia Tu-154
S7 Tu-154
Aeroflot-Don Tu-154
Vladivostok Avia A320
Transeuropean Il-86
Transaero Il-86
Rossiya A319
Onur Air A300-600
FlyBe "Mansion" Bae 146-300

Then there are some "regular" airlines i want to collect:
Finnair A340-300 (old livery)
KLM B737-300
British Aw "Open Skies" B757-200WL
ElAl B767-200
Jet Airways A330-200
SAS CRJ-900

These are the available models; then there are some other discontinued models (beautiful airplanes indeed):
Easyjet A319;A320;B737-300;B737-300;B757
Air2000 A321
Air Alfa A321
Virgin Express B737-400
Air Europa B737-400
BmiBaby B737-500
HiFly A320
Martinair A320
SATA A320
Israir A320
Air Transat A330-200
Eurofly A330-200
Thomas Cook A330-200
MyTravel A330-300
Iberworld A330-200
SkyService A330-300
Corsairfly A330-200
Euralair B737-800
Sobelair B737-800WL
Transavia B737-800 old livery
Travel Service "Prague Airport" B737-800.

thomsonfly737 · 04-21-2011, 12:41 PM

Your going to love them Charter.

rosshallam · 04-21-2011, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charter

These are the available models; then there are some other discontinued models (beautiful airplanes indeed):
Easyjet A319;A320;B737-300;B737-300;B757
Air2000 A321
Air Alfa A321
Virgin Express B737-400
Air Europa B737-400
BmiBaby B737-500
HiFly A320
Martinair A320
SATA A320
Israir A320
Air Transat A330-200
Eurofly A330-200
Thomas Cook A330-200
MyTravel A330-300
Iberworld A330-200
SkyService A330-300
Corsairfly A330-200
Euralair B737-800
Sobelair B737-800WL
Transavia B737-800 old livery
Travel Service "Prague Airport" B737-800.

Who makes those models I highlighted in bold? I know DW did a trial Thomas Cook A330-200, which I imagine is very hard to find, but who makes the other three?

ba319 · 04-21-2011, 01:51 PM

I've got the hifly and martinair a320s there really nice models !

furryforest · 04-21-2011, 02:24 PM

Can all 1/500 collectors please hold a minutes silence for the loss of another good collector to the Dark Side

vince1159 · 04-21-2011, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by furryforest

Can all 1/500 collectors please hold a minutes silence for the loss of another good collector to the Dark Side

What i'm worried about is can GJ cope with lists the same as he sent Herpa

...

airport1-600 · 04-21-2011, 03:19 PM

Nice, I actually wanted to start with 1:500 because, to be honest, I felt like real collectors collected Herpa, mostly because I saw videos of 10 year old kids who were Gemini fanboys. I've changed, though, and it always seemed like 1:400 models are a better value, because they're larger at about the same price.

Silverbird · 04-21-2011, 03:59 PM

welcome to the dark side, Allessandro. You know that it will not be done after you got all models of your list, because before you got all models from the original list the list itself will have grown and then there'lll be a lot of new releases too. What you're doing now is as dangerous as stepping in the forbidden area in front of a running engine. It will suck you in. But I think you know all that already, right ? So again, welcome, good luck and take care

Charter · 04-22-2011, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rosshallam

Who makes those models I highlighted in bold? I know DW did a trial Thomas Cook A330-200, which I imagine is very hard to find, but who makes the other three?

Air2000 A321 is a Dragon model, while HiFly A320 and Martinair A320 are Phoenix models (HiFly is a OceanWings shop production).

Quote:

Originally Posted by furryforest

Can all 1/500 collectors please hold a minutes silence for the loss of another good collector to the Dark Side

My friend, do you remember the first time you "made love"? You can't can not forget it!!! So i will never abandon my first love, 1:500 scale!

Quote:

Originally Posted by vince1159

What i'm worried about is can GJ cope with lists the same as he sent Herpa

...

Don't worry my friend, i want to create a stronger link between 1:400 and 1:500 scale, but they are not the sama and they can't be the same.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverbird

welcome to the dark side, Allessandro. You know that it will not be done after you got all models of your list, because before you got all models from the original list the list itself will have grown and then there'lll be a lot of new releases too. What you're doing now is as dangerous as stepping in the forbidden area in front of a running engine. It will suck you in. But I think you know all that already, right ? So again, welcome, good luck and take care

What you have written is exactly my fear: i will never stop until i will have all the charter airlines in 1:400 scale, and this is very difficult to obtain! But this is the Dark Side and i hope that "the Force will be with me...", also if i not yet understood if i am Dart Vader (Dart Neos as Sergio told me

) or Luke Skywalker...

Charter · 04-22-2011, 07:06 AM

My first two models: a wonderful Premiair A330-300 and a marvellous British World B737-300.

thomsonfly737 · 04-22-2011, 07:10 AM

WOW. I really have to get one of them Primiair A330s.

Did you get it from ACB