Herpa March/April 2020 release

[Faucett Peru]

+ 534093 Avianca B707-359B HK-1402 (1970s colors- red top & silver belly c/s)
+ 534109 Arkia A321 neo 4X-AGN
+ 534116 Air Canada A330-343 C-GFAF
+ 534123 Air Baltic A220-300 YL-CSK "Lithuanian Flag Livery"
+ 534130 Aeroflot IL-62M CCCP-86700 "Blue Colors"
+ 534062 Swissair Caravelle HB-ICM
+ 532983-001 Lufthansa A350-900 D-AIXQ new c/s
+ 533126-001 British Airways A350-100 G-XWBB
+ 534055 Turkish Airlines B787-9 TC-LLA
+ 534079 Qantas B787-9 VH-ZNJ "Time Capsule" c/s
+ 534086 Bulgaria Air E-190 LZ-PLO

+ 534048 Vietnam Airlines B787-10 VN-A879 (added, was missing before, type corrected)

[pooohaty]

Predictable releases.
Bulgaria Air for me

[Cumpleanos23]

Is that it?

Have been asking for Bulgaria Air though YES. Unexpected!

[uncle beat]

The RED AVIANCA 707 -- OMG what a special surprise and a real treat! Might get two of these. Hopefully we'll eventually see a red 727 some day as well. Thank-you Herpa for a significant historical, and Latin American, release

[solicitor82]

interesting releases...does the BA A350 have the Union Jack on its winglets???

[Marvin]

On the press folder are only these models. So it's a very small batch... very sad. And only one model from the A320neo Family. This is to less. There have to be three or more every batch.

534093 Avianca B707-359B HK-1402 (1970s colors- red top & silver belly c/s) No
534109 Arkia A321 neo 4X-AGN Yes. Nice to see, that the second Arkia model comes direct with the next batch.
534116 Air Canada A330-343 C-GFAF Yes
534123 Air Baltic A220-300 YL-CSK "Lithuanian Flag Livery" Yes. Maybe we get with the next batch the new standard livery.
534130 Aeroflot IL-62M CCCP-86700 "Blue Colors" No
534062 Swissair Caravelle HB-ICM No
532983-001 Lufthansa A350-900 D-AIXQ new c/s Yes. My first Lufthansa A350
533126-001 British Airways A350-100 G-XWDD Yes
534055 Turkish Airlines B787-9 TC-LLA Yes
534079 Qantas B787-9 VH-ZNJ "Time Capsule" c/s Yes
534086 Bulgaria Air E-190 LZ-PLO Maybe. I love E-Jets, but this is a boring airline with an also boring livery.
534048 Vietnam Airlines B787-10 VN-A879 Yes

[Faucett Peru]

Originally Posted by solicitor82

interesting releases...does the BA A350 have the Union Jack on its winglets???

Herpa shows a picture of the real thing (including Union Jack on winglets).

So hopefully yes, but who knows ...


Correction on the Vietnam Airlines, its a B787-10.
List updated.

[elite_lima]

My likely buys:

534109 Arkia A321 neo 4X-AGN
532983-001 Lufthansa A350-900 D-AIXQ new c/s
533126-001 British Airways A350-100 G-XWDD
534048 Vietnam Airlines B787-10 VN-A879
534055 Turkish Airlines B787-9 TC-LLA
534079 Qantas B787-9 VH-ZNJ "Time Capsule"

[Kinsman Voyager]

For me it is a wallet friendly batch:

534093 Avianca B707-359B HK-1402 (1970s colors- red top & silver belly c/s) Maybe with a tendency towards yes
534109 Arkia A321 neo 4X-AGN No
534116 Air Canada A330-343 C-GFAF No
534123 Air Baltic A220-300 YL-CSK "Lithuanian Flag Livery" No
534130 Aeroflot IL-62M CCCP-86700 "Blue Colors" Maybe
534062 Swissair Caravelle HB-ICM No
532983-001 Lufthansa A350-900 D-AIXQ new c/s No
533126-001 British Airways A350-1000 G-XWDD Tempting, but no
534055 Turkish Airlines B787-9 TC-LLA No
534079 Qantas B787-9 VH-ZNJ "Time Capsule" c/s No
534086 Bulgaria Air E-190 LZ-PLO No
534048 Vietnam Airlines B787-10 VN-A879 No

[LeoMuse747]

The second batch which is smaller than the usual. Only 10 new models + 2 re-releases.
In the 01/02 news, we also had 10 new models + 2 re-releases.

Is it something wrong going on at Herpa? Budget cuts or something?!
Really underwhelming and terrible batch for me.

[Cumpleanos23]

Yes it will be budget cuts. Started with the brochure last year.
If its quality and not quantity and it means they stick around. All good.

Any photos anyone?

[Cumpleanos23]

They are on ACB now

[AMS2006]

For me only these ones:
534116 Air Canada A330-343 C-GFAF
534062 Swissair Caravelle HB-ICM
533126-001 British Airways A350-100 G-XWDD
534055 Turkish Airlines B787-9 TC-LLA
534079 Qantas B787-9 VH-ZNJ "Time Capsule" c/s
534048 Vietnam Airlines B787-10 VN-A879

[LeoMuse747]

Sad to see no 737 MAX, no 757, no 767 (specially the -200 version, which was only used twice in the newest mold). I thought we would already see another release of a United Airlines plane in new colors: maybe the 767 or 777.

Anyway, very boring in my opinion...

The Avianca 707 is a great classic choice, by the way.

[DutchCollector]

Concerning releases to be quite frank, 'just' 10 models and 2 re-releases (one of which is yet another unnecessary release because they could've just done the A350 right the first time..)

Once again, I'll pass...