1:500 fleet.

Charter said:
Herpa announced a new Club model, 538688 AirOne B747-400F: no registration, no extra details, fantasy model for the very "cheap" price of 48,95 euros!!!

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48,95 euros ? I found JC Wings 747-400s that sell for the same price... in 1/400. And why would such a model be a club model anyway ? It's a fantasy model, has no extra details... In what world does Herpa think people would pay such a price for a fantasy 747 ? Maybe if it had the EXTRA DETAILS like CLUB MODELS USED TO it would be worth considering but for what it is it's too expensive. At most it should have been a standard release. I know it's a corporate order but come on, Herpa can do better than this. And aside from the collectors who are interested in fantasy models, I'm sure a lot of people would like to use this model as a donor for making customs but at 48,95 euros, it's too expensive for that right now.
 
Here an example how i prefer Herpa for some models. Two DAT MD-80s, the Sky500 "Coca Cola Fifa World Cup" and the Herpa "hybrid" without sponsor but in DAT logo on the tail and the engines.
While i don't like the advertising Sky500 model i extremely love Herpa model even if this mad dog no more flies because the farewell was performed in 2021.
Both moulds are very nice and even about the livery Herpa seems to having found the right shide of red, green and orange/yellow.

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Charter said:
Swissair MD-11 by Herpa, "new" mould and with "The qualiflyer group" logo and written.
Nice but not the best, loving Starjets MD-11 perfect mould.

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This mould is still reminiscent of Herpa's OG mould of the late 1990s! This is a true shame to Herpa.
Starjets had a much better MD-11 mould in the early 2000s, and Herpa keeps using this old Frankenstein.
 
The black list:
Ryanair = NO LICENSE
Buzz = NO LICENSE
Malta Air = NO LICENSE
KM Malta (ex Air Malta) = NO LICENSE
Wizz Air = NO LICENSE
easyJet = NO LICENSE
Volotea = NO LICENSE
FlyOne = NO LICENSE
Animawings = NO LICENSE
Olympic Air (ATR-72) = NO LICENSE
Corsair (A330-900neo) = NO LICENSE
HiSky = NO LICENSE
Avion Express = NO LICENSE
ETF Airways = NO LICENSE
SkyAlps = NO LICENSE
ITA Airways = NO LICENSE
Brussels Airlines = NO LICENSE
Lauda = NO LICENSE
Air Corsica = NO LICENSE
Tarom (B737-800) = NO LICENSE
Electra Airways = NO LICENSE
European Air Charter = NO LICENSE
Air Montenegro = NO LICENSE
Air Serbia (A319/A320) = NO LICENSE
AJet = NO LICENSE
Tailwind Airlines = NO LICENSE
SkyLine Express Airlines = NO LICENSE
Windrose Airlines = NO LICENSE
Dan Air = NO LICENSE
TUS Airways= NO LICENSE
Transavia France (A320neo and B737-800 F registration) = NO LICENSE
LEAV = NO LICENSE
Ukraine International = NO LICENSE
SkyUp = NO LICENSE
FreeBird = NO LICENSE
Enter Air = NO LICENSE
Neos = NO LICENSE
AeroItalia = NO LICENSE
Jet2holidays = NO LICENSE
Sky Express= NO LICENSE
Sundair = NO LICENSE
Sunclass = NO LICENSE
DAT = MAYBE ATR-72
French Bee (A350-900/A350-1000) = NO LICENSE
La Compagnie (A321neo) = NO LICENSE
JetTime = NO LICENSE
Lumiwings = NO LICENSE
Air Horizont = NO MORE B737 Classic mould
Air Mediterranean = NO MORE B737 Classic mould
Bluebird Airways = NO LICENSES
Heston Airlines = NO LICENSE
FlyLili = NO LICENSE
TUIfly Belgium/Netherlands/Nordic (B737-800 and MAX8 with OO/PH/SE registration) = NO LICENSE
TUI Airways (B737-800 and MAX8 with G registration) = NO LICENSE
Binter Canarias (for the E195-E2) = DISAPPEARED (LICENSE LOST?)
Helvetic (for the E195-E2) = DISAPPEARED (LICENSE LOST?)

YES (and this is the idea of Europe for Herpa!!!)
Lufthansa
British Airways
KLM
Air France
Iberia
SAS
TUIfly Germany
Eurowings
Swiss
Edelweiss
LOT = LICENSE just for Il-18, ex Soviet airplanes and re-releases?

Outside Europe:
Nile Air = NO LICENSE
Air Cairo = NO LICENSE
Air Algerie (A330-900neo) = NO LICENSE
Israir = NO LICENSE
Nouvelair = NO LICENSE
Ethiopian Airlines (MAX8) = NO LICENSE
Kenya Airways (B737-800) = NO LICENSE
Kuwait Airways (A320neo) = NO LICENSE
Oman Air (MAX8) = NO LICENSE
MedSky Airways = NO LICENSES
Uzbekistan Airways (narrow) = NO LICENSE
Azerbaijan Airlines (narrow) = NO LICENSE
Gulf Air (A320neo/A321neo) = NO LICENSE
Air Austral = NO LICENSE
Aircalin (A320neo and A330-900neo) = NO LICENSE
Singapore Airlines= NO LICENSE
Cathay Pacific = NO LICENSE
Thai Airways (narrow) = NO LICENSE
Porter Airlines (E195-E2) = NO LICENSE


DC-10 = NO
MD-11 = NO
L-1011 = NO
A300-600 = NO
A310-300 = NO
B737-300/400/500/600 = NO
Il-86 = NO
Il-96 = NO
SSJ-100 = NO
Tu-154 = NO
B-52H = NO
B-1B = NO
Antonov An-24 = NO

MAYBE:
Luxair
Aer Lingus
TAP

USA
Southwest Airlines = NO LICENSE
Avelo Airlines = NO LICENSE
Breeze Airways = NO LICENSE
Sun Country Airlines = NO LICENSE

ASIA
JAL = NO LICENSE
ANA = NO LICENSE
Eva Air = NO LICENSE
t'way = NO LICENSE
Korean Air = NO LICENSE
Thai Airways (for the A321neo) = NO LICENSE
Air India = PERHAPS
IndiGo = NO LICENSE
Air Koryo = NO LICENSE
Starlux = YES(?)

Sadly these are facts, NOT A GOOD PANORAMA AT ALL...
And, unfortunately accodring to my opinion and my vision of 1:500 scale, still too many collectors are agree with this list and with the very few airlines available to be produced by Herpa. This list could change a bit, in negative of course, with even more airlines not giving license rights to Herpa for many reasons. Very sad situation.
 
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Did herpa lose some of their licenses ? Because they did make a WIZZ air A320, Singapore Airlines models (although they are Kris shop exclusives) and some ITA airways models in the past. Yes, ITA airways did join the Lufthansa Group so maybe it has something to do with it ?
 
Critical Aviator said:
Did herpa lose some of their licenses ? Because they did make a WIZZ air A320, Singapore Airlines models (although they are Kris shop exclusives) and some ITA airways models in the past. Yes, ITA airways did join the Lufthansa Group so maybe it has something to do with it ?
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ITA Airways: now the italian airline is under Lufthansa Group so this is an interim period. But Lufthansa is Herpa workhorseso i can't understand where is the problem of producing some of the most beautiful airplanes of the sky 8because of the stunning livery). But, on other hands, even Brussels Airlines is under Lufthansa Group and also Brussels Airlines is on Herpa black list. Herpa asks too much money to airlines? No more trust in 1:500 market? Who knows.
Singapore Airlines: yes, some models produced for Kris shop (Singapore Airlines inflight shop) but it is an exlcusive selling and we need of regular production.
Wizz Air: great happiness after the A320ceo production and the announce of the next models: A321neo, A321ceo, A320neo. Then in few months everything changes and now Herpa seems to having lost Wizz Air license.

Binter Canarias and Helvetic Airlines: these two airlines have already bene produced by Herpa with, respectively, ATR-72 and Fokker 100 old and new/latest livery; then Herpa announced the E195-E2 saying that both airlines would have been updated to the new airplane (both flies the E195-E2).

Porter Airlines: even flying the E195-E2 Herpa doesn't have the license.

Jet2.com/Jet2holidays: a Jet2.com B737-800WL has been produced (ten items bought by me!) then even this license disappeared.

Il-86/Il-96/SSJ-100: three WONDERFUL moulds for three WONDERFUL airplanes, Herpa produced many models than, great mistery, stopped everything.

TU-154: now seems to be a pause on the production of this model but i don't care so much because Herpa Tu-154 mould Is a crap, wrong on the nose section/cockpit window exactly like the A350-900 mould. I wrote a lor about both Tu-154 and A350-900 moulds.

Neos: Herpa produced the wonderful B787-9 then said that the MAX8 would have been produced if the sale of the B787-9 would have been good. No more news about Neos...
So i think that a C-17, C-5A, A400M sell better that a Neos B787-9. Mistery of Herpa market and mistery of 1:500 scale!

B767-400: marvellous mould, still Delta and United latest livery to produce but Herpa announced that "the mould was broken"...i noticed that very often the best Herpa mould have been "broken" and never repaired/updated. Mah...

DC-10/MD-11/L-1011: not Inflight500 or Starjets level but the only moulds in 1:500 scale since the demise of all other competitors. Many models to produce but, like usual for Herpa, the manufacturer stopped the production of these widebodies.

So, i am crazy and boring and i am annoying so much like many collectors writing in a dead forum ending for "900" say (not considering the lack of respect, but i have "very large shoulders", lucky them, they settle for a few crumbs that cost 45/50 euros each), and maybe it is right and some of you, 1:500 fellow collectors, could think the same: but i can't be happy when Herpa announces two-three re-releases, C-17/C-5/A400, the fourth An-225, the fourth LOT Il-18, the 20th Emirates A380 (i am sure Herpa will win a Cup producing all the Emirates A380 in fleet!), three Lufthansa models! I can't be happy when too many airlines born and die without Boeing reproduced in 1:500 scale, when too many fundamental leisure/charter/low cost airlines are the backbone of European civil aviation world while in 1:500 scale are not represented.
 
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