1:500 fleet.

Qatar Airways B787-9 by Herpa 1:500.
Completely wrong livery, something really shameful and embarrassing for the year 2025 when computers make everything necessary to create an almost perfect model. Then this Is not Herpa first Qatar Airways model and then each airline, once license agreement done, shares the infos about livery colors and colors shade...
I also male a comparison among the Herpa B787-9 and 1:400 Qatar Airways A320ceo.
I really don't understand!

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Sadly Herpa messed up colors once again.
I remember two disasters: the Saudia A330-300 and Nordwind A330-200. Completely wrong colors too.

In scale 1:400, this A320 looks good to me. However, NG also messes up with Qatar Airways colors.
 
Just arrived with many news, a model i was asking and waiting for years (Leo is witness about this!).
The question is always the same for me: how is it possible to have special liveries (many) before to have a single model of the same airline with regular livery? This is what happened with Air China A330: many -200 and -300 models with the most various special liveries ma no one model in regular livery. Finally, in 2025, Herpa produced the Air China A330-300!
Nice arrival.
Air China A330-200 and A330-300 still are common visitors at Rome FCO airport.

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Just arrived with many news, a model i was asking and waiting for years (Leo is witness about this!).
The question is always the same for me: how is it possible to have special liveries (many) before to have a single model of the same airline with regular livery? This is what happened with Air China A330: many -200 and -300 models with the most various special liveries ma no one model in regular livery. Finally, in 2025, Herpa produced the Air China A330-300!
Nice arrival.
Air China A330-200 and A330-300 still are common visitors at Rome FCO airport.

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Nice one! Meanwhile, Herpa still didn't release a regular Azul A330-200! :(
 
Finally this beauty, Transavia (Holland) A321neo.
Ten A321neo in Transavia Holland fleet so far, PH-YHZ entered in service in December 2023.


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Fantasy model. Maybe not just a fantasy model but something that A380 could have been become, a cargo giant. In fact both UPS and FedEx were more than interested in the cargo version of the A380, then the deal failed. This was also the first bad sign for Airbus and A380 future, along with the missed deal with Virgin Atlantic and, above all, ANA and JAL (interested in the A380 for high density domestic routes with a possible use of the A380 in its full economy capacity, about 850 people in a single class configuration)
Here 5Stars FedEx A380.

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Fantasy model. Maybe not just a fantasy model but something that A380 could have been become, a cargo giant. In fact both UPS and FedEx were more than interested in the cargo version of the A380, then the deal failed. This was also the first bad sign for Airbus and A380 future, along with the missed deal with Virgin Atlantic and, above all, ANA and JAL (interested in the A380 for high density domestic routes with a possible use of the A380 in its full economy capacity, about 850 people in a single class configuration)
Here 5Stars FedEx A380.

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Another sign saying Herpa’s printing sucks
 
Kingfisher Airlines A380 by 5Stars.
Kingfisher has been an Indian airline based in Bangalore and flying with a fleet of A319, A320, ATR-42, ATR-72 and A330-200.
When failing the airline had in order A350 and A380. In 2009 Kingfisher was a 5 stars airline for Skytrax.
I have seen a Kingfisher A330-200 at LHR many years ago and it was spectacular!
I can only imagine the beauty of a real Kingfisher A380, similar to current Global Airlines A380 but much more beautiful.

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