Austrian Airlines inflight set

Some months ago, I inquired about the special inflight set directly from Austrian Airlines. They were gracious enough to allow me to order this set. I actually had it delivered to a friend residing in Europe, who then brought it to me during a recent holiday.

The 777 in the set was reportedly identical to the regular release. At any rate, it is one of the most detailed OS plane released by herpa, though not yet as detailed as the ANA Precision Models.

The set also came with an A320-200 exclusive only to this set.

Compared to previous OS releases, this inflight set had better printing - the arrow had a brighter red with a shadow. The previously released A330 on the left had only a monotone red on a non-painted plastic tail.

I'm looking forward to the yet to be released EM 2008 A320!

CX at the Flower Terminal

I originally intended a circular terminal with roofing similar to that at Chek Lap Kok. As you can see here, it became a little too curved and someone commented that it looks like a flower!

This satellite terminal can have six jetways and a skytrain.

I parked most of the CX birds here as I have run out of space and had to delete my other CX photos at my flickr account.


I am delighted that this shot of the terminal made it to the "photo of the week" for one of my flickr groups, "Die Cast and Plastic models." Too bad the original aircraft had been painted into normal colors. The Asia's World City livery was then transferred to CX's newest flagship, the 777-300ER.

My Pan Am collection

I have a very modest Pan Am collection with only three planes. Both the Lockheed L-1011 and the 747-100 in the background are from the Herpa Wings Club. The A300 came with the first Advent Calendar.

Details, details, details...

To date, the most detailed die-cast models come from the All Nippon Airways collection (ANA Precision models) that are sold only in Japan. They are quite expensive, yet worth every penny for all the minute details found on other brands.

Singapore Airlines Jubilee planes

SQ painted three of its planes in the Jubilee colors. The 777 and A340 are by DreamJets, while the 747 is by BigBird.

The early 80s

These years saw more widebodies - from foreground to the back: HWC PanAm L-1011, SQ Heritage series A300B4 and BB PAL 747-2F6B mabuhay! Chicago.

The mabuhay! Chicago PR 742 with herpa Continental / Alitalia DC-10 and Heritage set British Airways Concorde.

Malayan Airways and MSA

The Singapore Airlines Heritage sets include the various props and early jets from SIA's history. Examples include the DC-3, DC-4 and the Vickers Viscount

Just prior to the split of MSA into SIA and MAS, their fleet consisted of 707s, 737s and Fokkers.