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Charter · 08-23-2011, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by wingtippy

Nice list you got there Charter, I would buy some of them ;-), but don't forget:

Sky airlines B737-800WL
China Southern A330-200 or B777-200ER
Arkefly B767-300WL
Turkish airlines A321 "star alliance" ( like TC-JRB)
Hainan airlines A330-200 ( very nice livery)
Air Niugini B767-300ER ( new cs)

correct me if i'm wrong :-)

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Originally Posted by FOPHJ

dont' forget too
Air Niugini B767-300ER (like wingtipy)
Royal Brunei B777-200/ A320
Cebu Pacific A320/A319, ATR 72
AirPhil Express A320, Q300, Q400
Zest Air A320/A319
Philippine Airlines A320/A319 Vital
China Southern A320
Air Asia Philippines A320
Jetstar Asia A320
Tiger Airways A320
Air Asia A320

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Originally Posted by Flight fan

And who could forget Atlant-Soyuz Tu-154?

Agree...i started with only twelve models for the next batch of releases; then i arrived to twenty models...then thirty...with 50 models i stopped my list. Too long.

Charter · 08-23-2011, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Flight fan

I'd write them if i just knew what to say. Im not very good with words.

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Originally Posted by mmu69

"Dear Herpa Wings team,

here's a list of models I would very much like you to produce in 1:500 scale
...
Thank you and best regards,
Flight fan"

Or:
"Hello my friends, i am ... from...Herpa Wings Club Member n... member since...
(that, translated, is:
"i am one of your best members";
"i buy almost all the models you produce";
"i spend a lot of money for your models"...)
...YOU MUST PRODUCE THESE MODELS!!!

Flight fan · 08-23-2011, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmu69

"Dear Herpa Wings team,

here's a list of models I would very much like you to produce in 1:500 scale
...
Thank you and best regards,
Flight fan"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charter

Or:
"Hello my friends, i am ... from...Herpa Wings Club Member n... member since...
(that, translated, is:
"i am one of your best members";
"i buy almost all the models you produce";
"i spend a lot of money for your models"...)
...YOU MUST PRODUCE THESE MODELS!!!

Thanks for the help, both of you.

Charter: Im not a member yet. But i will be!

EDIT: Im just wondering, who should i contact? Stephen Külgen(Wings product manager) or Tomas Borgmann(Wings public relations)?

Charter · 08-23-2011, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mmu69

Well done, great list.

I don't mean to rain on your parade, but I can just about imagine Herpa's reply: "Thanks for your message, we value your feedback, some of the models are already planned, others may be too difficult to realize (license etc), we can't tell you which ones, look out for our next releases."

That said, writing to them is better than not writing, which is what most of us do...

PS You forgot Frontier!

Thanks my friend. What you have written probably will be the real HERPA answer.
About Frontier i have not added this airline to the list because,probably, Herpa will tell me: "about some airlines we have licence problems".

wingtippy · 08-23-2011, 03:18 PM

Why don't we, atleast al of the members that have posted here, write to Herpa with just 10 ( or 15) models that we like the most. I'm thinking that it's more succesfull if 5 guys write to Herpa with the same models than when 2 guys write to Herpa with many and different models?

Hope to hear your ideas also ;-)

Antesyd · 08-23-2011, 03:40 PM

So many models on your list that I want. So go ahead, sometime they will listen...
Even as I am not so much for non-European narrow bodies(mostly because they don't fly to Sweden...) except Philippine airliners.

And don't forget a City Airline Md-82 and a BlueOne Md-90 or B717.
And Charter, how can you miss, a Hooters Air B737...

//Antesyd

Charter · 08-23-2011, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by wingtippy

Why don't we, atleast al of the members that have posted here, write to Herpa with just 10 ( or 15) models that we like the most. I'm thinking that it's more succesfull if 5 guys write to Herpa with the same models than when 2 guys write to Herpa with many and different models?

Hope to hear your ideas also ;-)

We have already done something like this, voting for the "most wanted model" of each mould. I think we will can repeat the vote in the future.

Charter · 08-23-2011, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Flight fan

Thanks for the help, both of you.

Charter: Im not a member yet. But i will be!

EDIT: Im just wondering, who should i contact? Stephen Külgen(Wings product manager) or Tomas Borgmann(Wings public relations)?

I talk with Miss Kohler and Mr. Borgmann.
P.S. If you are not yet a member, you could write:
"I spend a lot of money (real money) for your models, so i WANT good models, good quality, and good airlines!"

mmu69 · 08-23-2011, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Flight fan

Im just wondering, who should i contact? Stephen Külgen(Wings product manager) or Tomas Borgmann(Wings public relations)?

Write to the team account [email protected]

Flight fan · 08-23-2011, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Charter

I talk with Miss Kohler and Mr. Borgmann.
P.S. If you are not yet a member, you could write:
"I spend a lot of money (real money) for your models, so i WANT good models, good quality, and good airlines!"

Thanks for the tip, Alle. I might just send them a list of my "most wanted" Russian/CIS models.

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Originally Posted by mmu69

Write to the team account [email protected]

I didn't know they had one. Thanks mate.

Canadiankid · 08-23-2011, 04:39 PM

I wrote a letter to Mr Borgmann about Swiss Int airlines and asked about the following models,
Hey there
I am writing to you today to ask about future releases in 1:500 scale. I am huge herpa fan and have been collecting since 2001.

I am a regular customer in Switzerland and the UK as I have family in both countries.
I am happy with the Swiss fleet at present but would like to see more of it in 1:500, I was wondering whether or not we may see any of these models in the near future:

*ALL SWISS AIRLINES UNLESS STATED*

A319
A321 - Updated with star alliance logo
A330-200 - Star Alliance Livery
BAe146-300 Star Alliance Livery
BAe146-300 Shopping at Flughafen Zurich
Saab 2000

Darwin Airways Saab 2000
Crossair Saab 2000 - newest livery
Helvetic Airways Fokker 100

VLM Fokker 50
Cityjet BAe146

and this was the reply
Hi Eddi,

Thanks a lot for your interest in Herpa Wings. As we have very good contacts to Swiss, we are going to release models of that airline again and again. We have also already asked for the permission to release models of the BAe146-300 with the livery “Shopping at Flughafen Zurich”, but we neither get it from the airline nor from the airport so far. As we do not have the mould of the Saab 2000 in the 1/500 scale, we have also no concrete plans to release models of that aircraft at the moment. But we are sure that we will release some further models in the future according to your interests anyway. We hope you will enjoy them.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
I hope to hear back form you soon

Flight fan · 08-23-2011, 04:42 PM

I just sent Herpa Wings Team an e-mail too, and i might have gone over the 10 model limit, but i hope to get a kind response.

Most(all...) of the planes i asked for were Tu-154s. One of my favorite planes and one of Herpas best moulds.

Canadiankid · 08-23-2011, 04:44 PM

awesome, i want to add some Tupelov to my collection!

Flight fan · 08-23-2011, 04:51 PM

Well, if i get the response i both hope for(and hope i won't get) we could get anything from 1 to 13 Tu-154s.

I asked about these:

I hope that either one of these gets produced!

Canadiankid · 08-23-2011, 04:58 PM

Awesome stuff, I am hoping for a couple of swiss to be released in January (fingers crossed)