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It all started with an A340-300 in Airbus colors I was given at Toulouse.

So now I have the following:
British Trident
USA Jet DC-9-30
Delta 717-200
Delta DC-6
Lynden Air Cargo L382G
Beta Cargo 707-320B
Miamiair 737-800
National Airlines 727-100
Allegiant MD-80
BAC Concorde
ONA DC-10-30
ONA DC-8-61
ONA L-188
RAF VC-10
National Airlines DC-8-71F
Iberia A330-300
VASP MD-11
Air China 747-8

Going by the Airplane Shop and going through the clearance area usually yields a few gems. A habit forming collection.

Definitely habit-forming. At least you had the good sense to form a 1:400 habit rather than a 1:200 one. (Although I've also got a lot of 1:400 A380s...)

Is it just whatever grabs your fancy on the day? That tends to be what drives my choices (in other words, it'll be a LONG time before new AA makes it into my cabinet). But if I see something I've been on I like to have it, which is why I've spent the last six months resisting this. Oooh, half-price....

ShanwickOceanic wrote:Is it just whatever grabs your fancy on the day?

Pretty much. I like some of the old stuff along with airplanes I have been aboard.

I forgot to add one I should be receiving tomorrow: A TWA L1649A. I have to go across the street to the people that make acrylic displays, ask how much a case would run me. Right now they are in their boxes against a wall.

ShanwickOceanic wrote:Definitely habit-forming. At least you had the good sense to form a 1:400 habit rather than a 1:200 one.

Ha. 1:144...

But I like to build and paint them myself...which I haven't done in 3 years.

GQfluffy wrote:Ha. 1:144...

I'm sure I saw a 1:72 747-400 kit once

miamiair wrote:I have to go across the street to the people that make acrylic displays, ask how much a case would run me.

Tell 'em to keep the plans, because once you see how good those things look in there you'll fill it in no time. I speak from experience.

Need to get them all shipped over at some point.

I have a few GeminiJets in 1:400

Fed Ex DC-10
World MD-11
AA B707
USAF C-32
WN 737
BA Concorde

I've also got an HP A320 in 1:200. Actually I've got two of them. The first one was damaged beyond repair after the shelf it was on collapsed.

I'd love to find a Big Sky Airlines Fairchild Metro or Beechcraft 1900D in any scale...supposedly they were made at some point...but I have found zip on it.

One of the other aviation sites I belong to had a guy selling his 1:400 collection (and various other stuff, I think his wife found out about his girlfriend) a couple of weeks ago. I wish I'd have known - he had loads of good stuff, including an AN-225 with the buran on top.

JLAmber wrote:One of the other aviation sites I belong to had a guy selling his 1:400 collection (and various other stuff, I think his wife found out about his girlfriend) a couple of weeks ago. I wish I'd have known - he had loads of good stuff, including an AN-225 with the buran on top.

Was he selling it or his wife? If it was the wife, it would have been a steal.

miamiair wrote:

JLAmber wrote:One of the other aviation sites I belong to had a guy selling his 1:400 collection (and various other stuff, I think his wife found out about his girlfriend) a couple of weeks ago. I wish I'd have known - he had loads of good stuff, including an AN-225 with the buran on top.

Was he selling it or his wife? If it was the wife, it would have been a steal.

The models, fortunately. By the sounds of it you wouldn't want his wife for free, unless you had a junkyard that needed guarding!

JLAmber wrote:

miamiair wrote:

JLAmber wrote:One of the other aviation sites I belong to had a guy selling his 1:400 collection (and various other stuff, I think his wife found out about his girlfriend) a couple of weeks ago. I wish I'd have known - he had loads of good stuff, including an AN-225 with the buran on top.

Was he selling it or his wife? If it was the wife, it would have been a steal.

The models, fortunately. By the sounds of it you wouldn't want his wife for free, unless you had a junkyard that needed guarding!

I think Vic was wondering if it was the wife who was selling the models -- yeah, that would have been quite a sale!

GQfluffy wrote:I'd love to find a Big Sky Airlines Fairchild Metro or Beechcraft 1900D in any scale...supposedly they were made at some point...but I have found zip on it.

We have one in GQ colors across from the tower. 1:1 scale.

So you're...bringing it up this weekend?

FlyingAce wrote:{rotfl} I think Vic was wondering if it was the wife who was selling the models -- yeah, that would have been quite a sale!

I see, it was him doing the selling. By all accounts he came home to find a storage company removing his belongings. At least she didn't trash them.

GQfluffy wrote:I'd love to find a Big Sky Airlines Fairchild Metro or Beechcraft 1900D in any scale...supposedly they were made at some point...but I have found zip on it.

Because of this thread I unearthed an Amberair 732 1:400 on ebay with no reserve. Got it for £12, should be arriving early next week

My collection was started by... my Girlfriend who bought me some models 3 years ago. Isn't she lovely ?

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I ran out of space...

Can you spot the new additions?

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Looks like it's viral

I'm running out of space too so I first need to buy another showcase... Nice additions btw !

AF A380
MX A319
El Al Bristol Britania
NA DC-8-21
AR B747SP
AA 788

And a British Caledonian L-1011 on the way; my own little Victorville.

Early B-day presents... It is cool to have a pig you actually worked on.



I've run out of space. I am going to have add another piece of acrylic and butt it up next to the existing shelf.

TAM 777-300ER
CU DC-4
EU B707-321C

Damn thing is habit forming.

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Thanks Vic, I was looking at ebay for the TAM 773 and ended up buying 5 models

Iberworld A330-200
Ethiopian 767-300
TAM 777-300ER
China Eastern A330-300 "Expo 2010"
JALways Reso'cha 747-200

Added some real estate.

New additions:
Aerosur B767-200 Sharko
Air Canada/Tango A320
bmi Baby 737-500
Caledonian L-1011

eBay stuff on the way

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Someone's got the bug...

miamiair wrote:Air Canada/Tango A320

Got one of those in 1:200, StarJets IIRC. That (along with a SAS A321 I bought at the same time) was the second in my collection after a Swiss A321. It didn't stop there...

ShanwickOceanic wrote:Someone's got the bug...

Seems that way, I got the following on the way:
Can AF A310
Carnival A300
Airbus A300-605R
UA B720
Airbus A350-900
Don't remember the operator Tu-154M

miamiair wrote:Added some real estate.

New additions:
Aerosur B767-200 Sharko
Air Canada/Tango A320
bmi Baby 737-500
Caledonian L-1011

eBay stuff on the way

Nice ones
Most of my collection come from ebay, sometimes it's very hard to resist !

Two new ones for this week :
-Garuda MD-11
-Jet Airways 77W