phil8900's Collection

phil8900 · 04-22-2016, 05:21 AM

Hey,
after reading and enjoying many collection-threads I thought I could share my collection aswell.
Sadly I don't have a diorama to present them in and my photographic skills are very basic - but I hope you enjoy my collection anyway

Some words about me & my collection:
I started collecting only half a year ago and at the moment I only collect planes I already flew on and I'll try to keep it chronologically Airline-wise.

phil8900 · 04-22-2016, 07:22 AM

Okay, let's start with an airline I was a frequent passenger on when I was a kid: Aer Lingus!

Airbus A321-211 EI-CPC "St. Fergus" was in Aer Lingus' fleet from 1998 until 2011 when it was sold to Ural Airlines (still active):

Fokker 50 EI-FKE was in Aer Lingus' fleet from 1991 until 2003 when it was sold to Denim Air. Today the aircraft is active with VizionAir and registered as OO-VLF:

Family picture:

phil8900 · 04-22-2016, 10:29 AM

My first flight without my parents was on Air France - as an unaccompanied minor

Airbus A320-214 F-HEPG joined the Air France fleet in 2013:

Boeing 777-228ER F-GSPZ joined the Air France fleet in 2002:

Boeing F-GSQA was the first 777-300ER for Air France and joined their fleet in 2004:

Family picture:

phil8900 · 04-22-2016, 10:48 AM

And the last update for today: Olympic Airlines, which flew me to greece some time ago

The airline ceased operations in 2009 - after a restructuration Olympic Air was founded afterwards. Today Olympic Air is a subsidiary of Aegean Airlines.

Boeing 737-400 without registration, so no history for this one..

ATR 72-202 SX-BII was delivered to Olympic Aviation in 1993 and stayed in Olympic Airways' fleet until they ceased operations in 2009:

pooohaty · 04-22-2016, 10:49 AM

So far so good...
Waiting for more impatiently

Keeping fingers crossed for your thread Phil!

Michal

BTW. Do you have only Herpa models?

BTW.2 Try with slightly darker backgrounds. White models don't go well with white background

P.S. Frame the pictures, please, and zoom in the models. They are more interesting than large white background

phil8900 · 04-22-2016, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by pooohaty

So far so good...
Waiting for more impatiently

Keeping fingers crossed for your thread Phil!

Michal

BTW. Do you have only Herpa models?

BTW.2 Try with slightly darker backgrounds. White models don't go well with white background

P.S. Frame the pictures, please, and zoom in the models. They are more interesting than large white background

Most of the models I own are indeed Herpa models - mainly because they are quite easy to get around here.

Thanks for your suggestions, I'll try a darker background for the next pictures

And you're absolutely right about the zooming!

What do you mean by framing?

Charter · 04-22-2016, 01:16 PM

Ciao Phil welcome to Wings900 family and thanks for sharing your collection starting this interesting thread.
I always noticed you're treating OG models like NG models and this is beautiful! Too sad Aer Lingus A321 wasn't realized in NG! What about the A320, do you have it?+

pooohaty · 04-22-2016, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by phil8900

What do you mean by framing?

Cropping the image. Cutting down the useless parts of the picture.

velvetday · 04-23-2016, 07:50 AM

Cool first thread

Keep the pics coming. Nice to see some OG as well, still own some myself

BTW you can easily print an A4 foil (and a background) for taking pics, that would give your pics a more realistic look

phil8900 · 04-28-2016, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Charter

Too sad Aer Lingus A321 wasn't realized in NG! What about the A320, do you have it?+

Sadly I don't own an Aer Lingus A320..

I'll try to print a foil at some point, but time is an issue right now - nevertheless I'll try to add some pictures tomorrow

phil8900 · 04-30-2016, 11:38 AM

One day late, but here we go again - this time with an airline I flew to and across the US many times: United.

Embraer ERJ-170 N650RW was delivered to Shuttle America in 2005 which is flying it for United Express:

Airbus A319 N855UA was delivered to United Airlines in 2002 and is still in their fleet today:

Boeing 737-800 N78285 was delivered to Continental Airlines in 2004 and stayed in the fleet after their merger with United Airlines in 2010:

Boeing 767-424ER N66051 was delivered to Continental Airlines in 2000 and stayed in the fleet after their merger with United Airlines. When I flew with it in 2010 it was still in Continental-Colors:

Boeing 777-224ER N27015 was delivered to Continental Airlines in 2000 and stayed in the fleet after their merger with United Airlines.

Family picture:

LeoMuse747 · 04-30-2016, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by phil8900

Embraer ERJ-170

Embraer 170

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Originally Posted by phil8900

Boeing 737-800 N78285 was delivered to Continental Airlines in 2004 and stayed in the fleet after their merger with United Airlines in 2010

Such a rare model, I wish I could get a 2nd one to me, so I could turn it into a Copa Airlines machine...

phil8900 · 05-01-2016, 08:42 AM

The next airline is probably one you would expect regarding my home airport - Lufthansa!

Embraer E195LR D-AEBH "Freising" was delivered to Lufthansa Cityline in 2011:

(By the way, this model is missing in the database I think..)

Airbus A319-112 D-AIBF "Sinsheim" was delivered to Lufthansa in 2011:

Airbus A340-200 without Registration, so no history for this bird:

Airbus A330-343 D-AIKA "Minden" was delivered to Lufthansa in 2004:

Airbus A380-841 D-AIML "Hamburg" was delivered to Lufthansa in 2014:

Family picture:

phil8900 · 05-01-2016, 09:02 AM

Let's go on with an airline which shuttled me across the US a lot, my next flight on this airline is due next week: American Airlines!

Embraer ERJ-145 N691AE "Susan G. Komen" was delivered to American Eagle in 2004 and stayed in their fleet after the Envoy-rebranding in 2014. It was repainted in the new AA livery and is still in service:

Boeing 737-823 N951AA "Astrojet" was delivered to American Airlines in 2000 and painted in the retro Astrojet-livery:

Boeing 757-200 without registration:

Boeing 777-200 without registration:

Family picture:

phil8900 · 05-01-2016, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Leonardo Mello

Such a rare model, I wish I could get a 2nd one to me, so I could turn it into a Copa Airlines machine...

That was among the first models I bought and I was absolutely unaware that it could be rare! It was sold super cheap on ebay..