Recent content by hkgdave

I am very pleased to have got this model from the July '25 Aeroclassics releases.

Are the cargo doors able to be be positioned to closed, or are they permanently in the open position when fitted?

I think some stores relist models for pre-order when they sell out in the hope of being able to re-order it from the manufacturer or obtain some from another source.

I also have eight YS-11s in my collection. Gemini Jets: Hawaiian, Provincetown-Boston, Japan Air Commuter JA8809, Japan Transocean JA8710 & JA8794 JCWings: Japan Airlines JA8717, Southwest Air Lines (SWAL) JA8778 Phuket Air HS-KUO, Would love to get my hands on the GJ Piedmont and Airborne...

Jet-X did a few in some US airline liveries - mainly variations of Continental Airlines but a couple of others too; JC Wings did a KLM DC-9-15. I don't kow if they created their own mold or used somebody else's. https://www.modelaircraftdatabase.com/database?scale=400&p=1&aircraft=DC91

But there was only one of the real thing! :rolleyes:🤣

I'm not sure you are correct about this Abdul. The one that was shot down in 1971 was indeed a Trident 1E with construction number 2131 ex-PIA AP-ATL operating for the PLAAF with serial number '256'. The subject of YU's model is a Trident 2E construction number 2165 delivered new to CAAC in...

I'm impressed by the detail and the fact that all the square sections of the ramp/taxyways etc are different and look slightly worn. Also that the painted lines don't look freshly painted. I'm not able to make your website www.verticalsky.net work. I get messages such as 'We’re having...

The 2024 Farnborough Air Show starts on Monday July 24th. Usually good for a few order announcements.

Never thought of that. Great idea! Here ya go........

Interesting thread. As a boy in the 1960s I used to tramp around the airline offices in London, of which there were many. There were a few that told me to get lost but most were very accommodating. A couple let me loose in their stock room and I'd leave with all sorts of goodies, like...