Aether Model: new manufacturer in 1:500 scale.

[Charter]

Looks okay for 1:500, I might give them a shot. They’re not even up on Taobao though…

I hope Aether will start selling models through the main retailers worldwide, even if i imagine they will produce 200/300 pieces of each model.
So many beautiful news and i can't tell anything...sorry. Just wait the third batch and, for more fantastic news, the year 2026!
Even the models box are eye-catching and very nice.

 

[bas1978]

i am preordering all of them they all look amazing

 

[bas1978]

There will be an Aether Terminal gate at my Airport

 

[Charter]

To all 1:500 collectors, get ready for 2nd batch preorder the first days of August, main retailers.

There will be an Aether Terminal gate at my Airport

Prepare for ITA Airways A330-200 or A330-900neo (i am not sure about which will be announced in the third batch) and other European widebodies.

 

[Charter]

Ready for preorder

 

[Charter]

Narrowbodies planned starting by 2026. And what airlines planned, almost everything collectors generally want and that Herpa is not able to offer...i can't say more, but i can say that Aether, even being competitor, wants to work along with Herpa and not against Herpa.

 

[LeoMuse747]

Aether, even being competitor, wants to work along with Herpa and not against Herpa.

I wonder if Herpa will like this or not!

 

[Charter]

I wonder if Herpa will like this or not!

Even if Herpa knows it seems they don't care to what happens around them, like a tank running on the desert! And 1:500 scale world really is (was) a desert, where a leading but only manufacturer for too many years decided what to produce and what not, strong and sure of the group of feeder main airlines. To reproduce competition like that of the mid 2000 it will take many years, but Aether started with great news and airlines/liveries Herpa has forgotten (licenses, etc.). Korean Air, Eva Air, JAL and ANA are great goals (even if in 1:500 there are enough ANA and JAL models, maybe JAL B787-8/9 is missing), Norse B787-9 is a real beauty, only China Airlines is missing among Herpa "forbidden" far east airlines. Finnair A330-300 REGULAR LIVERY is something asked to herpa since about 10 years, but the German manufacturer continued to produce special liveris (like Sky500). Brussels Airlines A330-300 new livery is another guest star and we all know Herpa seems not to have license to produce Brussels Airlines models, even being part of Lufthansa Group (like Austrian Airlines and the impossible mission to have an A320neo in our hands!).
If really in 2026 we will see widebodies of Volotea, Jet2holidays, Neos, Sky Express, AeroItalia, Enter Air, Ryanair + Buzz + Malta Air, Sunclass, JetTime, eaasyjet, Air Arabia, Air Cairo, Nouvelair, Southwest, LATAM, Avianca then something will really change! If you look at European airspace on Flightradar24 including part of Turkey and North Africa, excluding legacy airlines (which also operate charter/leisure flights to holiday destinations since some years!) you will only see Jet2holidays, Jet2.com, Eurowings, Discover, TUIfly Group, Sky Express, airlines from Scandinavia (SAS, Norwegian, DAT, Sunclass, JetTime), easyjet, Ryanair, neos, Wizz Air, Vueling. Spain, Greece, Italy, North Africa (Tunisie, Maroc, Algerie, Egypt), France, Portugal, England are countries full of tourists and full of holiday destinations, and this market is represented by many airlines Herpa seems not to consider or not able to produce.
Then: Southwest Airlines alone has 810 airplanes in fleet, LATAM Airlines Group 357, Avianca 126...how is it possible not having "space" in 1:500 scale???

P.S. What happened to your 1:500 collection?

 

[LeoMuse747]

P.S. What happened to your 1:500 collection?

all sold!
Only 5 models remains... the ones which Herpa have gifted me when using my pic for the box art. I've also kept one of the Dash 8-100 of Interflug

 

[Charter]

all sold!
Only 5 models remains... the ones which Herpa have gifted me when using my pic for the box art. I've also kept one of the Dash 8-100 of Interflug

Will you buy LATAM and Avianca models? Then i think you should continue to collect airlines and models from Brazil

 

[LeoMuse747]

Will you buy LATAM and Avianca models? Then i think you should continue to collect airlines and models from Brazil

Nope... not my collection criteria anymore. I only collect 1:400 nowadays, and only models which fit my criteria:

Brazilian models from 1982 to 1998, and international models which could have visited Northeast Brazil from 1982 to 1998. This is because my upcoming diorama will feature these!

 

[Charter]

Boxes (courtesy Aether Models)

 

[bas1978]

This would be a nice model to have in the 1:500 as well

 

[Charter]

This my prediction for the next batch of widebodies (end of September).

ITA Airways A330-900neo or A330-200
Sunclass A330-900neo or A330-300
Virgin Atlantic A350-1000
Wamos Air A330-200
Aer Lingus A330-200 or A330-300
Swiss A350-900