Perennial Question - What is Your Rarest 1:400 Model in Your Collection?

[Merimbula15]

For me,
A Phoenix Qantas 747-400ER VH-OEF
And a GJ 1999 BA 777-236ER in the Rendezvous livery (Hong Kong Utopia Project).

 

[OscarBravo992]

For me,
A Phoenix Qantas 747-400ER VH-OEF
And a GJ 1999 BA 777-236ER in the Rendezvous livery (Hong Kong Utopia Project).

Very nice! I have flown on OEF in real life, it was a beautiful bird.

 

[quanng]

I would follow Tung's suggestion to divide the rarest models by brands. The first model that pop out of my head was this Dragon Wings Sample East Touch B747-400 with 12 units ever made, still sold by Johanchan (I got best offer). I like the tilting gear on this model. Besides, DW B747 are also excellent by its overall shape too!


For Aeroclassics maybe this Aeroclassics Hangar Club HC002 Drax Air Freight Lockheed L-188 PP-DRX from 1979 James Bond  Moonraker. I got this without its original box nor its certificate. I like to have a variety of classic props for my diorama.

 

[redriveraviation]

Wow, these are so cool! That has to be an honor to have 1 of 12! Love this!

 

[1/400collector]

I would follow Tung's suggestion to divide the rarest models by brands. The first model that pop out of my head was this Dragon Wings Sample East Touch B747-400 with 12 units ever made, still sold by Johanchan (I got best offer). I like the tilting gear on this model. Besides, DW B747 are also excellent by its overall shape too!
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For Aeroclassics maybe this Aeroclassics Hangar Club HC002 Drax Air Freight Lockheed L-188 PP-DRX from 1979 James Bond  Moonraker. I got this without its original box nor its certificate. I like to have a variety of classic props for my diorama.
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Not only that's it a very rare 747 it also looks amazing!!!

 

[OscarBravo992]

For Aeroclassics maybe this Aeroclassics Hangar Club HC002 Drax Air Freight Lockheed L-188 PP-DRX from 1979 James Bond  Moonraker. I got this without its original box nor its certificate. I like to have a variety of classic props for my diorama.
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Such a lovely model!

 

[quanng]

Wow, these are so cool! That has to be an honor to have 1 of 12! Love this!

It is a great honor! There is also a B743 version of the same livery but I have never seen it on trade!

Not only that's it a very rare 747 it also looks amazing!!!

I agree too! A good combination indeed!

Such a lovely model!

I agree! This L-188 is spectacular.

 

[Jazajia]

By definition, the rarest model that I have has to be a sample by GeminiJets of UPS 727-200 N207UP. No box, only cradle. The original run had too dark of a color (pretty much black instead of brown). Six pieces were produced with the right color afterward, but for some reason never went into full production.

 

[OscarBravo992]

wow

By definition, the rarest model that I have has to be a sample by GeminiJets of UPS 727-200 N207UP. No box, only cradle. The original run had too dark of a color (pretty much black instead of brown). Six pieces were produced with the right color afterward, but for some reason never went into full production.

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Wow! That's very impressive! There are definitely a lot of samples on this thread, it's interesting but not unexpected.

 

[Purpleplane]

By definition, the rarest model that I have has to be a sample by GeminiJets of UPS 727-200 N207UP. No box, only cradle. The original run had too dark of a color (pretty much black instead of brown). Six pieces were produced with the right color afterward, but for some reason never went into full production.

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I'm no fan of UPS, but that is a nice model.

 

[redriveraviation]

By definition, the rarest model that I have has to be a sample by GeminiJets of UPS 727-200 N207UP. No box, only cradle. The original run had too dark of a color (pretty much black instead of brown). Six pieces were produced with the right color afterward, but for some reason never went into full production.

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Lucky duck! I love this combo. Such a cool plane!

 

[1/400collector]

I would follow Tung's suggestion to divide the rarest models by brands. The first model that pop out of my head was this Dragon Wings Sample East Touch B747-400 with 12 units ever made, still sold by Johanchan (I got best offer). I like the tilting gear on this model. Besides, DW B747 are also excellent by its overall shape too!
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For Aeroclassics maybe this Aeroclassics Hangar Club HC002 Drax Air Freight Lockheed L-188 PP-DRX from 1979 James Bond  Moonraker. I got this without its original box nor its certificate. I like to have a variety of classic props for my diorama.
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The Drax Air is really nice but i have a question about it, how much will this model in Original box with the number card will fetch in auction?

 

[OuterRim Aviation]

Don't have a ton of rare models, but I did manage to get both the Delta and American CRJ-900s from early 2021, and other that that I have the Gemini United 752 and 753 in the continental globe livery from 2014 I believe and the Stars and Bars retro A320.

 

[Adrian]

Hmm, rarest model in my collection? How about a 1/400 New York Airways Boeing-Vertol 107?

 

[EQ Planes]

I have plenty of rare models but I imagine the rarest one is my cc-150 retro livery, it was a retialer exclusive in 2020 and they only made 100 of them wich is a really low production number and haven’t seen any around sense.

 

[Jazajia]

Hmm, rarest model in my collection? How about a 1/400 New York Airways Boeing-Vertol 107?View attachment 3418

Where did it come from?

 

[Jazajia]

The DiMA database says that there were only 50 units made of this old Jet-X Lufthansa 747-200. That low production number, if correct, would be rather low, but I wouldn't consider it rare. It shows periodically at Waffle sales for about $50. Thoughts?

 

[Mark22]

If we look at number made, then for me it's the GeminiJets Ryan Air 737-200 EI-CJE in Jaguar livery, of which (according to DIMA) 6 were made. Also a Gemini Swissair DC-8-32 HB-IDA polished, probably a sample model of which 6 were made. Both for sale by the way.

For "regular" models it's probably the bunch of most recent Hangar Club releases (48 pieces each).

 

[redriveraviation]

Hmm, rarest model in my collection? How about a 1/400 New York Airways Boeing-Vertol 107?View attachment 3418

Wow! Super neat find. Really like that model in your fleet.

 

[redriveraviation]

I have plenty of rare models but I imagine the rarest one is my cc-150 retro livery, it was a retialer exclusive in 2020 and they only made 100 of them wich is a really low production number and haven’t seen any around sense.
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Epic! Nice looking livery!