Its a popular hobby abroad.... and u can practically blow away a fortune if ur an Indian who collects them.... they're so damn pricey...
luckily i get a few cheap
Heres my collection so far.... just 3 but what the heck... i just got started collecting them :)
1) Airbus A380-800 "D-AIMA" Lufthansa : Herpa 1:500 2) Boeing 747-400 Lufthansa "D-ABVL" named Munchen with the special Football Nose decal and also a special to Lufthansa "LH2006" sticker to the rear!! : Herpa 1:500
both the above being licensed Lufthansa model packs that i got from FRA
3) Boeing 747-400 Lufthansa "D-ABVC" named Baden-Württemberg : Wooster by Herpa 1:200
yep all 3 LH ;).... my next target is none other than D-ABTH... either the big scale 1:200 or the 1:500 ..... even more so the football nose rendition of her...
anyways.... please post what you guys collect if you'll do have any... also please post pics if ul can!!.... il try and post a few later
i wonder if anyone at BOM can manage to get me some AI models... i knew someone who would get them for the lounges though i lost contact of him once he shifted to the domestic terminal... duno where too.
Yes it's an expensive hobby...I have 28 models in the 1:400 scale. Will post the list and photos soon. I used to collect the 1:500 scale, but gave it up after I discovered that the 400s looked much better. Still have a few from 500 and 200 left with me.
I have about 40-60 scale models from 1:600/500/400/250 and even the 3 CX 1:1000 models Sauraubh has, right now i am collecting 1:400 scale models.
DABTH i do have the AI 772 and 744 in 1:400 and 1:600 scale respectively.
I bought around 20 models on my trips to HKG and BKK in Dec 2005.
I also began making plastic models of fighter aircraft of 1:200 and 1:80 scale from the age of 12-15, it was my main hobby along with my sports than and i have built over 130 of those.
Give me sometime and i will type out my list of metallic models for yoll.
If anyone wants to know the list of my plastic models let me know.
I am so glad there are other people out there who are in this insane hobby as me!! Anyways, here is my list. I have just ordered a 6 by 5 foot glass display case which should hold my current collection. I collect only 1:400 with the odd 1:500 (from inflight sales) and a larger SQ A380 which i bought from the Asian Aerospace 06 (wood and handpainted). anyways heres the list: (attached excel file)
This list doesnt include
MAKE AIRLINE MODEL
Herpa Singapore Airlines B747-400
Herpa Singapore Airlines A340-500
Gemini Jets KLM A330-200
Gemini Jets Thai A330-300
DW Ethiad B777-300ER
DW Korean Air Cargo B747-400F
DW Airbus A300-600ST
DW Malaysian Airlines B777-200
DW Malaysian Airlines B747-400
Gemini Jets Virgin Atlantic A340-600
Gemini Jets Virgin Atlantic A340-600
Gemini Jets Virgin Atlantic B747-400
Cathay Pacific B747-400
Cathay Pacific B777-300
Cathay Pacific B777-200
Singapore Airlines A380-800
DW Air Canada A340-500
DW Singapore Airlines B747-412
Corgi British Airways Concorde
TOMY (DW) JAL B747-400
Big bird ANA B747-400
Gemini Jets Virgin Atlantic B747-400
Gemini Jets Virgin Atlantic A340-300
Gemini Jets Virgin Atlantic A340-600
DW Air Canada A319-114
DW Emirates B777-31H
DW Emirates A330-243
DW Emirates A340-500
DW Emirates A340-500
DW Thai A340-600
Herpa Malaysian Airlines B777-200
Gemini Jets Malaysian Airlines B747-400
Gemini Jets Aeroflot B767-400
DW Singapore Airlines B747-400
DW Qantas B747-400
DW Qantas B747-300the 3 models i jsut received today, the DW Qatar A330 (Yellow) and the Phoenix Qatar A330 (red) and the Qantas 767 Socceroos.
Well i got lots of ideas for display cases online, mainly made of glass. So i got various print outs from these real expensive furniture planes online, and gave the idea to this high end furniture guy here.
I had earlier thought of getting a carpenter to make it at home, but then decided against it as it was mainly glass work.
The details of the case i have ordered is, its 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide. Its totally made of glass except the top and the bottom. That gives me 6 5 feet shelves which will hold about 10-15 odd planes (5-7 standing on wheels and 5-7 on their stands).
The totaly price for the display case is decided according to sq feet. This is 30 sq feet @ rs. 1000/sq foot. that is roughly rs 30,000.
If you want the various ideas i got i would gladly forward them to you.