Charter
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I had your same thought but when i saw with my eyes some of these Chinese "psychedelics" airplanes (China Eastern, Sichuan Airlines "Panda" etc) i reconsidered my thought.
1:500 fleet.
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Charter
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WOW WOW WOW!!! Just detected from the always exceptional Peter Vosen!
Herpa 538695 Air One B777F (no registration). Exclusive model by Herpa.
(from Aviation24.be, 26 August 2025)
AIR ONE International Holdings has taken delivery of its first new Boeing 777 Freighter, with a second aircraft due by the end of 2025. The freighter, acquired through subsidiary AeroTransCargo FZE, will be operated by UK-based affiliate One Air under an operating lease and is painted in the airline’s blue, yellow, and white livery.
The 107-tonne payload 777F will complement the group’s fleet of 11 Boeing 747-400Fs, strengthening its global cargo operations across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The delivery represents the group’s first-ever production 777F and the start of a long-term fleet expansion strategy aimed at positioning AIR ONE as a leading global cargo capacity provider.
Chairman Guneet Mirchandani called the delivery a milestone in the group’s growth path, while One Air’s CTO David Tattersall highlighted the new opportunities the aircraft brings alongside its 747 fleet. Boeing executive Omar Arekat praised AIR ONE’s expansion, noting the 777F’s capacity, range, and reliability.
Through its subsidiaries and affiliates—including AeroTransCargo SRL (Moldova), RomCargo Airlines (Romania), and One Air (UK)—AIR ONE offers ACMI, long-term charters, and soon, scheduled services. Operating from offices in London, the UAE, and Hong Kong, the group connects major global trade lanes with flexible, customer-focused airfreight solutions.
Herpa 538695 Air One B777F (no registration). Exclusive model by Herpa.
(from Aviation24.be, 26 August 2025)
AIR ONE International Holdings has taken delivery of its first new Boeing 777 Freighter, with a second aircraft due by the end of 2025. The freighter, acquired through subsidiary AeroTransCargo FZE, will be operated by UK-based affiliate One Air under an operating lease and is painted in the airline’s blue, yellow, and white livery.
The 107-tonne payload 777F will complement the group’s fleet of 11 Boeing 747-400Fs, strengthening its global cargo operations across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The delivery represents the group’s first-ever production 777F and the start of a long-term fleet expansion strategy aimed at positioning AIR ONE as a leading global cargo capacity provider.
Chairman Guneet Mirchandani called the delivery a milestone in the group’s growth path, while One Air’s CTO David Tattersall highlighted the new opportunities the aircraft brings alongside its 747 fleet. Boeing executive Omar Arekat praised AIR ONE’s expansion, noting the 777F’s capacity, range, and reliability.
Through its subsidiaries and affiliates—including AeroTransCargo SRL (Moldova), RomCargo Airlines (Romania), and One Air (UK)—AIR ONE offers ACMI, long-term charters, and soon, scheduled services. Operating from offices in London, the UAE, and Hong Kong, the group connects major global trade lanes with flexible, customer-focused airfreight solutions.
This is weird.
The airline is named ONE AIR instead of Air One. And this livery of the model is not their livery... at least not the livery applied to their active 777F aircraft. See below:
Original photo here.
So basically... Herpa did a fantasy model. Seems to be just a random sample, to be honest.
Charter
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I read that this cargo carrier started with white B777F then "Herpa livery", on the chart before the real launch. Then, as you wrote, Air One became One Air and the livery changed.
By the way it is an interesting model.
No... they started operating a fleet of Jumbos before receiving their factory-fresh 777F
Now Leo will explain us if the mould, especially regarding the nose section, is good or not.
It's a disgrace
Silverbird
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No, they didn't change their name or livery. Air One Aviation is a british holding company and freight agency and the logo on the model is their logo. One Air on the other hand is one of their airline partners (owned by Air One), see https://aironeaviation.com/our-airline-partners/ and https://www.aircargonews.net/air-one-receives-first-777f-for-one-air/1080568.article
I guess the model is an exclusive release for the Air One holding, not meant to depict an actual aircraft and used as a giveaway for their customers.
Silverbird
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Critical Aviator
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Who the heck was tasked with that box design to mess this up so bad ? Next they will do Lufthanasa, Air Fraenc, Quansta, Bitrish Airways and Emrates...
(spelling mistakes intended)
Charter
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A real rarity for 1:500 scale: Ryanair B737-800WL NG1. I have ten of these models in my collection and two of them have yellowed engines, this one just a single engine that changed color.
I hope that one day a manufacturer will produce many Ryanair B737-800WL and B737 MAX8-200 models, in different registrations, making a tribute to this airline. I don't want to make a review about ground and inflight service (i flew so many times with Ryanair that i don't know how to start with positive and negative things), but we all must be consider that Ryanair is the largest and most important European airline and that, after Southwest Airlines on the other side of the Atlantic, was the second airline to invest in ultra low cost flights. But the Herpa of these years seems not to be agree with my considerations...
I hope that one day a manufacturer will produce many Ryanair B737-800WL and B737 MAX8-200 models, in different registrations, making a tribute to this airline. I don't want to make a review about ground and inflight service (i flew so many times with Ryanair that i don't know how to start with positive and negative things), but we all must be consider that Ryanair is the largest and most important European airline and that, after Southwest Airlines on the other side of the Atlantic, was the second airline to invest in ultra low cost flights. But the Herpa of these years seems not to be agree with my considerations...
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Such an absurd to see how one of the main low-cost airlines of Europe is still neglected like this in 1:500 scale!
Critical Aviator
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Could you imagine what new Herpa Ryanair releases would look like on their current 737NG and 737MAX moulds ? They would be great models and they could sell them like hotcakes ! That is if Herpa doesn't mess the quality up of course.
