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Post by Ryanairflyer on Mar 29, 2009 20:48:11 GMT 1
I am a collector of 1:400 scale plane models and i imagine a few others on here are also collectors so i thought I'd start a thread were we could share our collections and post a few pictures and the like. So heres mine its made up of 95 Gemini Jets and 1 Phoenix all in 1:400 scale i haven't got pictures for them all yet but iv done most of them, any feedback would be great and I'm sure there are some other members who could share theres too. Air France  KLM  Euro Lo-Cost  Virgin,BMI,Aer Lingus and SAS  Euro Commuters  BA Short Haul  BA Long Haul  BA and Monarch  Thai  Air Canada  Southwest, Obama and DHL  Any feedback welcome sorry the pictures are not as good as they could be! Thanks Andy |
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Post by Nino Alfonso on Mar 29, 2009 21:57:27 GMT 1
Very nice collections you have indeed. You have a lot of models!!!
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Post by calflier on Mar 29, 2009 23:06:04 GMT 1
Nice collections,I too like airliner models but 144 scale some are corgi models some airfix some painted by myself and some are certifcated corgi models like the Danair comet 4 now very rare,my Danair collection will be joined by a 111/viscount and 748 soon,but then I will stop due to space,the usual modellers problems. My Danair collection 727-100/707-321/Avro York/COMET4/COMET4B/737-200.  BMA 707-321 G-AYBJ some work still to be done on this baby.  BUA Viscount G-APTB, this is a new kit just out in 144 scale but come with Eagle airways decals the BUA livery is my own work.  Viscount of BMA/BUA and Cambrian.  If anyone wants to see any more of my collection,Ihave some brits and comets,let me know. |
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Post by Ryanairflyer on Mar 29, 2009 23:12:08 GMT 1
Nice collection, but i understand the space issues, im running out of space for shelves so my collection wont be getting much larger. Im collecting some of the major american airlines and il post pictures of them once they've arrived. Especially like the BMA 707. do post the 748 and 111 im intrested to see those two.
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Post by calflier on Mar 29, 2009 23:19:14 GMT 1
Nice collection, but i understand the space issues, im running out of space for shelves so my collection wont be getting much larger. Im collecting some of the major american airlines and il post pictures of them once they've arrived. Especially like the BMA 707. do post the 748 and 111 im intrested to see those two. Will do,but they will be a few months away,mainly due to changing jobs and travel,but I find making models very rewarding,so will get in the end, |
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Post by RICEY on Mar 29, 2009 23:36:12 GMT 1
i collect the plastic ones that you get from aviation shops and airlines. ive got in my collection
myt dc-10 ryr 737 virgin a340(corgi metal one) 2 small concordes (corgi ones) ba 777 concorde 2 airtours 757s(ones on a stand and the other just the plane) tcx 757 airworld a321 ezy a319 jmc a330 mon a330 aer lingus a330 ba 747 2 klm 747s(one on stand other off) south african 747 and finaly a qantas 747. might have more but there in a drawer somewere
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2009 23:51:23 GMT 1
As kids, me and my brother Phil had the whole British Eagle fleet - hand-painted from some pretty poor Airfix-style German kits if I remember rightly. Here's a line up of Britannias in our back garden!! ;D   Cheers, Dave  |
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Post by Wings11 on Mar 30, 2009 1:26:28 GMT 1
Some cracking shots amongst them lot chaps, and nice models too.
Nice thread actually,
Callum
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Post by calflier on Mar 30, 2009 4:52:03 GMT 1
As kids, me and my brother Phil had the whole British Eagle fleet - hand-painted from some pretty poor Airfix-style German kits if I remember rightly. Here's a line up of Britannias in our back garden!! ;D Cheers, Dave Very impressive Dave,they look quite well painted to me,I think the kits the old frog 1/96 scale,as the moulds were sold to Eastern Express a russian kit maker,and is still available on ebay and the likes. |
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Post by johnoakes on Mar 30, 2009 8:27:03 GMT 1
;D
Used to make loads of models-found the only way to store them was from the ceiling.
If you had 4 younger sisters and a younger brother you would do the same .LOL
Made dusting difficult and Mam was not keen but at least the fascinated sticky finger brigade was kept at bay.LOL
The line up of Britannias is a sight to behold-you couldn't do it again in colour could you. ;D
I found model making and collecting was a great way of aiding recognition of the finer points of difference btween marques.
Sad that we cannot back this up with the old Observers books of Aircraft that I still miss and keep a collection of.
Interesting thread.
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Post by Ryanairflyer on Mar 30, 2009 21:26:54 GMT 1
I have to say you do get a certain satisfaction from fleet building model collections, especially once you complete them, unfortunatly space starts to become an issue! Great fleet Dave. I also had a collection of airfix attached to my cieling in my younger days but i moved house and the majority had sustained some damage when up there so i lost most of them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2009 21:50:09 GMT 1
Very impressive Dave,they look quite well painted to me,I think the kits the old frog 1/96 scale,as the moulds were sold to Eastern Express a russian kit maker,and is still available on ebay and the likes. Yes, that's it they were Frog I think. Only transfers that came with them were RAF if I remember rightly. They were the wrong variant of Brit for British Eagle, but they still looked pretty good. We had Viscounts too (they came with Lufthansa transfers D-ANUN I think), plus we got 1-11s (airfix I think) We had a few hanging from the ceiling, the rest ended up in the garden shed - no room! Cheers, Dave |
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Post by calflier on Mar 30, 2009 22:11:16 GMT 1
The Frog kit I remember came as a Britannia 253 with RAF air support command decals,but when Eastern Express released the kit they added a Cubana version as well,I have manged to acquire both off ebay,If I can get hold of an old corgi or a Whelsh models 144 scale Brit, I may paint it up as G-ANCF " New Frontier" will post pics when done,but probably not soon.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2009 22:26:50 GMT 1
Dave
Looks like the Viscounts and 1-111's are in the background. Also, is that a 707 at the very end?
I only recall ever seeing one plastic kit model of a Britannia. It was about ten years ago in a pub on the approach (flight path - Winsor end) to Heathrow. That too was in Eagle colours. The guy who owned the place had thousands of models filling every available free place in the building. They served great food and the bear garden was a spotter heaven. I don't recall the name or exact location of the pub but no doubt someone will be able to enlighten us here.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2009 22:34:38 GMT 1
Hi Steve,
Yes there are some Viscounts, 1-11 and 707 visible in the backgound. I have some more pics somewhere, but no time to look now as I'm going away soon and have other things to do.
Think we got the kits mail order - I'll ask our Phil as I'll be seeing him this week.
Steve - do you remember the model shop AJ Gulley in Garston in the 60s? They had all sorts. It was just off St. Mary's Road, in the same side road as the Discount Store and Co-op Funerals (Heald St?). Spent some money there!!
Cheers,
Dave
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