Aviation400 - An Overview

YesterAirlines

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Time for a closer look at everyone's favourite brand (not least @Jazajia ) ;) . I think they get more stick than they deserve on here and I see lots of collectors who swear by them. My view is they produce a lot of nice models, not always the best, but certainly towards the top end of the scale and offering something different (or unnecessary gimmicks depending on your opinion). I certainly applaud the innovation and personally I've found they've always been nice to work with.

I've been meaning to keep a closer eye on the AV400 release sets at the YT channel but before I do that I thought I'd give them the 'Who's Who' treatment. This video has expanded into something far larger than I originally intended but gives an overview of who they are and what they offer. It also showcases quite a few of their models from my collection:

 
I just wish they could also come back to classic models. I have a few AV400 707s and they're lovely, but I guess it's not even the same brand nowadays, it's just the same name and nothing else...

I don't collect modern stuff but I praise AV400 for some very nice livery choices though. TAAG 777, Senegal A339, these are all very nice releases
 
I just wish they could also come back to classic models. I have a few AV400 707s and they're lovely, but I guess it's not even the same brand nowadays, it's just the same name and nothing else...

Yep absolutely no connection with the original brand other than the name and logo really. All the moulds the old version had were Witty owned and are now with JC
 
I have heard that the supplier of the current AV400 is the same as the old one. I would not know.
Well there's a connection in that they are connected with Inflight and Bob Cass was involved with Witty back in the day, which is presumably how they can use the name and logo, but from a product perspective there's no link as far as I know
 
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