Charter 1:400 collection.

[Charter]

iberojet A330-900neo

 

[Jazajia]

Hi Jazajia, thanks fior the nice words. Some years ago i also thought 1:500 world was not so lucky because nobody wanted to compete with Herpa, then i understood that Herpa doesn't want to compete with anybody, remaining the only manufacturer of 1:500 models! Starjets, Sky500, Inflight500, Netmodels, Aeroclassics500, Big Bird...i don't know if these manufacturer really produced without asking licenses, 1:500 world is full of "metropolitan legends" and fake news.
The great news of these days is the production of easyJet A321neo in 1:500 scale, while Southwest, Ryanair Group and other airlines are still a chimera.

This is so odd, I remember back in the days of Herpa Wings 1st and 2nd gen, they actually produced a lot of Southwest models. It could be that nowadays GJ has an exclusive Southwest license, hence no room for other brands that also produce licensed models (like Herpa).

 

[Charter]

This is so odd, I remember back in the days of Herpa Wings 1st and 2nd gen, they actually produced a lot of Southwest models. It could be that nowadays GJ has an exclusive Southwest license, hence no room for other brands that also produce licensed models (like Herpa).

A real pity. I remember well those days: 1:500 was full of Southwest models and, few months before Southwest was receiving the first B737-800WL and wearing the new livery, Herpa lost the license. For this reason (also) i bought almost all Southwest models in 1:400 scale!

 

[LeoMuse747]

This is so odd, I remember back in the days of Herpa Wings 1st and 2nd gen, they actually produced a lot of Southwest models. It could be that nowadays GJ has an exclusive Southwest license, hence no room for other brands that also produce licensed models (like Herpa).

Herpa have lost many licenses over the years. Southwest, Ryanair and FedEx, for example.
The only Easyjet models produced in 1:500 were only very old 737s by Herpa in the early 2000s or so... but fortunately JC Wings released an A321 recently.

1:500 scale is sadly a dying scale, hanging on because of Herpa. In the 2000s we had Starjets (the 1:500 branch of Gemini), InFlight500, BigBird, Hogan, Aero500 (the 1:500 branch of Aeroclassics)... but they all vanished Nowadays, only Herpa remains, with other brands releasing very random models once in a blue moon.

 

[Jazajia]

Herpa have lost many licenses over the years. Southwest, Ryanair and FedEx, for example.
The only Easyjet models produced in 1:500 were only very old 737s by Herpa in the early 2000s or so... but fortunately JC Wings released an A321 recently.

1:500 scale is sadly a dying scale, hanging on because of Herpa. In the 2000s we had Starjets (the 1:500 branch of Gemini), InFlight500, BigBird, Hogan, Aero500 (the 1:500 branch of Aeroclassics)... but they all vanished Nowadays, only Herpa remains, with other brands releasing very random models once in a blue moon.

The way I understand it, 1:500 is surviving because of Herpa, but it was also Herpa who destroyed 1:500 scale by aggressively eliminating competition. But I could be very wrong.

I recently bought a 1:500 Big Bird 747. I have also been looking for the Viasa DC-10s by Aero500. At the time I didn't buy them because I barely had enough funds for the 1:400 versions that were also released in those years. If I find those Viasa Aero500 I will have all Viasa releases in 1:500 and 1:400 scale. But probably will never have all the 1:200 ones (not paying $1000).

I actually have an account with Herpa's U.S. distributor, mainly because I am a stubborn nostalgic who believes no airplane model shop is complete unless they carry Herpa . But it is hard... like I said 1:500 models are currently more expensive than 1:400. At least I know I can make a sale every few years to my 1:500 buddy. Plus, Herpa 1:200 is okay...