Solomon’s 1/500 fleet

[s4lmon8]

TWA 747-100, needs no introduction, an icon of an era - need the Pan Am one as well! Highly detailed by Starjet as always.

 

[s4lmon8]

UA 763 in Star Alliance mixed livery. back when they had fun with the SA liveries compared to the current day boring all white ones! The battleship grey of the front end really stands out, but I'm guessing people would have love-hate relationship with such a striking appearance.

 

[s4lmon8]

763ER China Southern. Classic China Southern wide body, very detailed model by inflight 500.

 

[s4lmon8]

764 "Leading the Way". Didn't realize this is the livery with the 2000 Farnborough emblem. Very beautiful livery imo compared to the normal house livery!

 

[s4lmon8]

China Southern 777-200 "Pearl of the South". Being one of the first users of the 777, China Southern must be really proud of the type, hence including the large type number at the front of the livery. "Pearl of the South" must be referring to China Southern's home base - GuangZhou. Can't really skip a classic wide body, especially found for near to nothing!

 

[s4lmon8]

KLM 777-200 "Queen Wilhelmina?". I am not sure if the aircraft name on this one is accurate as all the info I can find on this reg is named "Albert Plesman". Otherwise can't really complain about a good ol KLM blue beauty.

 

[s4lmon8]

United 777-200 Blue Tulip. The only interesting thing about this model for me is that I got it in a blue tulip 747-400 box...someone must have misplaced the models by accident so I ended up with a free 777 instead. Not gonna lie after taking photos of the previous Starjet 777s I was struck by the lack of details of some of the Herpa models... Not sure if I can say I found any interesting details on this one.

 

[s4lmon8]

777-200LR "Worldliner". If my fact is right this is the aircraft that holds the record for the world's longest non-stop flight (from HKG to LHR!!! My 2 homes!)? Anyways I love the small details around the livery. The only complain I have is for some reason the "white" sparkling paint that Herpa uses turns yellow for some reason? Or maybe they just got the colour wrong in the first place. I have seen many samples online having the same yellowing effect, which is very weird... Not sure if it's clear yet but I'm a sucker for any house livery, hence this is a must have for me despite the paint issue!

 

[s4lmon8]

New arrivals! Still amazes me every time how small these narrow bodies are compared to wide bodies

 

[s4lmon8]

77w "World Tour" house livery

 

[s4lmon8]

Tristar in prototype colours! Been looking for this one for a while

 

[BubblesAviation]

Tristar in prototype colours! Been looking for this one for a whileView attachment 77417View attachment 77418View attachment 77419View attachment 77420

Very large seam under the horizontal stabs…

 

[s4lmon8]

Very large seam under the horizontal stabs…

That's the main problem with quite a few of the old Starjets moulds

 

[LeoMuse747]

Very large seam under the horizontal stabs…

That's the main problem with quite a few of the old Starjets moulds

Indeed. Starjets was the 1:500 branch of Gemini Jets. Many of the moulds were scaled down versions of their original 1:400 counterparts. Sadly, the seams of the 1:400 versions were also present in the 1:500