quanng
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Here is my haul from yesterday's Frankfurt Aviation Collectibles Show at Stadthalle Hofheim, a 35 mins journey with public bus from Frankfurt Airport. I was not left empty handed and enjoyed the 5 hours at the show (which I planned for only 1-2hrs). Got a chance to meet and greet with Matthijs (i am sorry for not remembering your account name here), who insisted me on joining the Amsterdam show. I would love to but due to own plans cannot in 2025 and hopefully can attend in 2026.
Starting up with my first purchase pair, which I got to diversify the number of aircraft types in my collection. Channel Airways Comet 4B G-APZM by Aeroclassics.
Next up, my very first 707-derived airframe - French Air Force Boeing E-6F Sentry 36-CC with the rotating radar disk by DragonWings. The airframe is still in active service.
Next up is an Aeroflot IL-18 RA-75903 by Aeroclassics. Originally this belonged to my friend but I accepted his swap request to my original IL-18 Polar division. I got some other Aeroclassic at this table for my friends.
Continuing the prop theme is this United States Navy Convair C-131F 141001 by JCWings from the directly-beside table. The C-131F is a design based on the Convair 340, which in turn similar in all dimension with the improved CV-440.
At the same place I also got my long-wanted older release for the Thai budget carrier - Thai AirAsia X Airbus A330-343 HS-XTA by Phoenix. The reason I did not get the A330neos which are easier to find is due to the fact these 2 frames were stored for a long time before changing their ownership to Azul. XTA stayed at the airline through turbulent time and still got the previous iteration of AirAsia livery. I also got from the same table other 2 models (MASwings F-50, Air China BAe 146-100 but would not post due to length).
And at the Aeroclassic table, I had a very pleasant chat with the man himself and got myself one of my long wanted model from Aeroclassics in spite of its lack of modern features. Here is the Air Seychelles A320-251N S7-VEV by Aeroclassics.
From a table which I overlooked at the beginning firstly due to their near entrance position and offerings at the beginning of day (mostly DragonWings) are these imperfect beauties, which had insufficient glue applied (and some paint damage due to the lack of glue). A chrome beauty from the USA - American Airlines Boeing 757-223 N645AA "LuxuryJet" by NG.
This QR got much more paint peeled off viewing from above (*cough cough 2022 battle with Airbus) but looked just great from the side - Qatar Airways Airbus A350-941 A7-AME by NGModels. From this seller I also got a KLM Asia B77W by NG - the better of the 3 beauties and a mint Swiss Avro RJ by JetX.
A sign I cannot believe in my eyes - a box with BigBird style that was still on the table, which I reached with excitement. That turned out to be a perfect polished and still stood the test of time - Korean Air Cargo B747-2B5F HL7451 by BigBird. The real frame got an unfortunate end, though. I was also surprised (again) when I asked for the price and gladly add it to my collection. I have not attached the front landing gear due to later transport. This model would rank high on my Model of the Year list and surely earn 1st rank on the "Bargain of the Year" section.
Lastly, the model which I paid most for the whole show (and not exceeding my usual budget for model) is this stunning factory color McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N1339U by Aeroclassics. When I saw it on offer, I could not say no to it. Like the 747, the front gear would stay inside its packaging for a while.
So that's all for today's terribly long post. If you also took part at the FRA show, I'd love to see your acquisitions too.
Starting up with my first purchase pair, which I got to diversify the number of aircraft types in my collection. Channel Airways Comet 4B G-APZM by Aeroclassics.
Next up, my very first 707-derived airframe - French Air Force Boeing E-6F Sentry 36-CC with the rotating radar disk by DragonWings. The airframe is still in active service.
Next up is an Aeroflot IL-18 RA-75903 by Aeroclassics. Originally this belonged to my friend but I accepted his swap request to my original IL-18 Polar division. I got some other Aeroclassic at this table for my friends.
Continuing the prop theme is this United States Navy Convair C-131F 141001 by JCWings from the directly-beside table. The C-131F is a design based on the Convair 340, which in turn similar in all dimension with the improved CV-440.
At the same place I also got my long-wanted older release for the Thai budget carrier - Thai AirAsia X Airbus A330-343 HS-XTA by Phoenix. The reason I did not get the A330neos which are easier to find is due to the fact these 2 frames were stored for a long time before changing their ownership to Azul. XTA stayed at the airline through turbulent time and still got the previous iteration of AirAsia livery. I also got from the same table other 2 models (MASwings F-50, Air China BAe 146-100 but would not post due to length).
And at the Aeroclassic table, I had a very pleasant chat with the man himself and got myself one of my long wanted model from Aeroclassics in spite of its lack of modern features. Here is the Air Seychelles A320-251N S7-VEV by Aeroclassics.
From a table which I overlooked at the beginning firstly due to their near entrance position and offerings at the beginning of day (mostly DragonWings) are these imperfect beauties, which had insufficient glue applied (and some paint damage due to the lack of glue). A chrome beauty from the USA - American Airlines Boeing 757-223 N645AA "LuxuryJet" by NG.
This QR got much more paint peeled off viewing from above (*cough cough 2022 battle with Airbus) but looked just great from the side - Qatar Airways Airbus A350-941 A7-AME by NGModels. From this seller I also got a KLM Asia B77W by NG - the better of the 3 beauties and a mint Swiss Avro RJ by JetX.
A sign I cannot believe in my eyes - a box with BigBird style that was still on the table, which I reached with excitement. That turned out to be a perfect polished and still stood the test of time - Korean Air Cargo B747-2B5F HL7451 by BigBird. The real frame got an unfortunate end, though. I was also surprised (again) when I asked for the price and gladly add it to my collection. I have not attached the front landing gear due to later transport. This model would rank high on my Model of the Year list and surely earn 1st rank on the "Bargain of the Year" section.
Lastly, the model which I paid most for the whole show (and not exceeding my usual budget for model) is this stunning factory color McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N1339U by Aeroclassics. When I saw it on offer, I could not say no to it. Like the 747, the front gear would stay inside its packaging for a while.
So that's all for today's terribly long post. If you also took part at the FRA show, I'd love to see your acquisitions too.
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