Nice collection. You need this:
 

 

 

 
And this:
 

 

 

 
Little of this:
 

 

 
 
 
 

@panzlock

No I don't the Boeing 747 is the only aircraft I care about and have something with, I never saw the point in collecting planes I don't have anything with or that don't mean anything to me, the Boeing 747 is the most iconic and best designed aircraft of all time and also the most reliable design ever made, I am an ex-B747 passenger I run my own Boeing 747 Community I partially own a 1978 KLM B747-206B(M)SUD, PH-BUK which is stationed at Aviodrome in Lelystad, The Netherlands a 168KM / 105Mile drive North of me, I go there 3 to 4 times a year and have full VIP access.
You can read about PH-BUK here:
https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2898370

Also I am connected to the original Boeing 747 Special Performance designer Gene Forsheim that being, plus the B747-100/200B/SP/300/400 & -8 Pilots, Builders, Painters, maintenance employee's, test pilots, First Class, Business Class Passengers, ex-Flight engineers you name it my entire life runs around the Boeing 747, so due to that, I have collected all the B747's I flew with, friends worked on fly with as Pilot, test pilots, Co-Pilot, Flight Engineers people that maintained them kept them airborne etc, people that flew them as first & business class passengers 3 to 4 times a week, people that collect the models sell the models even the makers of the model brands JC Wings & Inflght 200 and some others.

The Boeing 747 Community I run is a small enclosed group of  B747 Pilots, B747 designers, B747 builders, B747 maintenance workers, B747 model collectors, B747 photographers, B747 artists, B747 passengers and Boeing employee's I have made, which can be seen here
https://www.facebook.com/groups/B747community

We use Facebook as most people have it and it's an easy way to connect.

All in all the Boeing 747 is it all for me I don't want anything else so to reply to your post No I don't need it it doesn't interest me, the Boeing 767-200, Tupolev Tu-134, Tu-154, Vickers VC10 & Illyshin Ill-62 that being, they might interest you which is fine, but for me they are random aircraft like any other except the B747 which has a special place in my life, hence why I collect them.
 
@albiss

No worries

I enjoy looking at your models.  I did military type aircraft while in high school and donated all the models to the high school ROTC before going off to college.  I might go back and visit them some day. 

Number 31 looks awesome love the livery on it

Okay two of the three arrived today here the 30th B747:
 
B747 No 30:

Boeing 747-481D
All Nippon Airways "Pokemon Pocket Monsters Livery (Jan 1999 - Feb 2006)"
JA8964
Scale 1:200
J-Fox Models




 
Here the final display for now, the NCA B747-8KZF/SCD will be added on upcoming Monday  on may 27, 2019:

 
Just love this livery, quite the different idea for an artistic livery, but 200% Japanese alright,Pokemon Galore!

 
The 31rst B747 is this Boeing 747-400ER also the only one in my collection:
 
B747 No 31:

Boeing 747-438ER
QANTAS Australia "Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Livery 2016"
VH-OEJ "Wunala"
Scale 1:200
JC Wings




 
Here the final display with my TNT B747-4HAF/ER/SCD


 
As for the other aircraft I did had to rearrange them and here the results:

QANTAS Australia B747-338 VH-EBU Nalanji Dreaming is up top left with QANTAS Australia B747-438VH-OJB Wunala Dreaming 01




Malaysia's B747-4H6's are together now 9M-MPD Hibiscus Livery with 9M-MHL Kuala Lumpur Visit Malaysia '94:




Singapore Airlines' B747-412 9V-SPL Tropical Megatop is together with my China Airlines B747-409 B18203 Jimmy Love & Hug Livery:




And Thai Airways International B747-4D7 TS-TGG is here with my Lufthansa B747-830i D-ABYL Hessen:




As the replacements go thata re the following three B747's:

01.) QANTAS/Martinair B747-257B PH-MCF will replace the TNT B747-4HAF/ER/SCD, and be displayed under the QANTAS B747-438ER VH-OEF.

02.) Thai Airways International B747-2D7B TS-TGA will replace the Lufthansa B747-830i D-ABYL Hessen, and will be placed under the Thai Airways International B747-4D7 HS-TGG.

03.) QANTAS B747-438 VH-OJB Wunala Dreaming 01 will be replaced with the JC Wings diecast metal release of it, that are my main plans as of now.

The full detailed review of these models can be read at my thread here at the DA.C Forums as Gold Leader
https://www.diecastaircra...-32-a.html#post2697586
 
Now I wait for upcoming Monday, May 27, 2019 to review the Nippon Cargo Airways B747-8KZF/SCD the final part of this thread, many thanks for reading, enjoy the photo's so far

rjohnson11
Quite an impressive collection

Many thanks, upcoming Monday on May 27, 2019 I will post pics of the NCA B747-8ZKF/SCD and a total shot of all 32 Boeing 747's

atfrico

Gold Leader

rjohnson11
Quite an impressive collection

Many thanks, upcoming Monday on May 27, 2019 I will post pics of the NCA B747-8ZKF/SCD and a total shot of all 32 Boeing 747's

 dont forget to get the Austin Powers shag jet

Not my interest that one, I never was bothered or interesting in that Austin Powers stuff, I prefer real existing things over science fiction when it comes to collecting Boeing 747's.
it's that I  just have nothing with this Austin Powers stuff, sorry, heh.
 
The final three will form the final parts in my collection as these go:

01.) QANTAS/Martinair B747-21AC PH-MCF will replace the TNT B747-4HAF/ER/SCD, and be displayed under the QANTAS B747-438ER VH-OEF.

 
note in the background the QANTAS Ochre Livery and later QANTAS Spirit of Australia liveries side by side.

Ochre Livery:


Spirit of Australia Livery:


Hence that being I have those two this QANTAS/Martinair needs to be a part of my collection as I seen it in 1988 & 1989 several times and always wondered what livery it was, many years later I found out it was a Martinair B747-21AC that was hired out to QANTAS back in the day, yet it's livery made it like an original QANTAS livery that sat between ochre livery & Spirit of Australia Livery hence my reason, it's something rare and super exclusive.
with 19 others from the DA.C forums we signed a petition for Inflight 200 to make us a model of this exact aircraft with the QANTAS//Martinair livery and we succeeded, so this spot has already been reserved, hence it being rare and super exclusive for this reason.
Here the photo my dad made back in 1988 of this exact aircraft:


02.) Thai Airways International B747-2D7B TS-TGA will replace the Lufthansa B747-830i D-ABYL Hessen, and will be placed under the Thai Airways International B747-4D7 HS-TGG.




03.) QANTAS B747-438 VH-OJB Wunala Dreaming 01 will be replaced with the JC Wings diecast metal release of it, that are my main plans as of now.



After that back to upgrading and maintaining my three Supermicro powered AMD Opteron servers/workstations

Hey all!  

Here my first replacement from Herpa Wings PVC to JC Wings diecast metal of the following aircraft:

Boeing 747-438
QANTAS Australia "Wunala Dreaming 01"
VH-OJB "City of Sydney"
Scale 1:200
JC Wings

This model is discontinued and new in old stock, that I reserved at Diecast Trading, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

This one was a very hard one to find in JC Wings version, but patience really paid off well and finally with this all my Australian B747's are diecast metal @ 1:200.
My main objective has been achieved with this beauty. Wunala Dreaming means Kangaroo Dreaming for those wondering.
 
The photo's are from the seller they are just for reference now, this gallery and it's post will be updated once this B744 arrives, so here they are:




 

 

 

 

 
 
What I also will do is make pics of this newer diecast metal version of the model compared to the PVC version of it from Herpa Wings.
That with Nalanji Dreaming as well some set photo's would be cool too

Sweet

Rear view:




Top view:


Belly view:


Stand shots:








VH-EBU Nalanji Dreaming & VH-OJB Wunala Dreaming 01 Combo shots:

Both boxes of Nalanji & Wunala Dreaming:


Model shots:




This is probably the best photo I made from almost everything I made B747 photo wise:






Stand shots:






Herpa Wings vs JC Wings the Major Differences Revealed:

Herpa Wings PVC:


JC Wings Diecast Metal:


Herpa Wings PVC:


JC Wings Diecast Metal:


Herpa Wings PVC:


JC Wings Diecast Metal:


Herpa Wings PVC:

JC Wings Diecast Metal:


Herpa Wings PVC:


JC Wings Diecast Metal:


Herpa Wings PVC:


JC Wings Diecast Metal:


Both Herpa Wings PVC & JC Wings Diecast Metal in combo shots:




So yeah from PVC to Diecast it was well worth the change alright!
Just more colors, better use of the correct color pallets and much better Art accuracy the patterns of the art are better with the JC Wings by an Air mile and that with all the better details the diecast metal model has over the PVC version as well, it's just the better result for this wonderful model and a true must have for all you die-hard Boeing 747 fans & model collectors.

Final Display:




32 B747's in main display 30 are diecast metal 2 are PVC, But yea almost there!


And there you have it, during the making of these photo's and making this long post Lou Reed kept me company, here the concert I had playing all day, this music has good movement it really kept my mind focused:

Lou Reed Live at the Capitl Theatre, Passic, New Jersey, USA (September 25, 1984)

Just a major Lou Reed & B747 Fan, goes very well together 

Hey all :-)


Great news here!



Today I decided this to be my 2nd replacement for this one:


Boeing 747-4HAF/ER/SCD
TNT Global Express Logisitcs & Mail "Orange Head Livery"
OO-THA
Scale 1:200
Skymarks PVC Models

To this:

Boeing 747-121
Pan American World Airways "Delivery Livery December 19,1969"
N734PA "Clipper Flying Cloud"
Scale 1:200
Gemini Jets 200

PAA's B747-121 N734PA "Clipper Flying Cloud" & PAA B747SP-21 N538PA "Clipper Princess Grace" are my Pan Am B747 set, they resemble how epic and legendary Pan American World Airways was from beginning to end, that being Delivery Livery to Billboard Livery, sadly I don't have any of the experimental liveries, just no space for that.
 
Both Pan Am & Boeing designed the B747-100 & B747SP, so it's a real must have as it took part of the development for both B747 conventional models as the B747SP.
Also the landing gear from the B2707-100 & 200 SST's were reused for the B747 as well as the triple slot flaps designs from the B2707-100 & 200 SST's as well.
Only the B747SP had a different wing design, flap design as well a larger vertical & horizontal stabilizer design to make it more stable in flight due to the 13.75 meter shorter fuselage.
 
So yea no Thai B747-2D7B, this was to me the better and obvious choice to make
Enjoy the photo's once again but this will be my last model for a very long time until the QANTAS/Martinair B747-21AC/B the PH-MCF arrived in 2020.

So here the photo's of the box:






Here the box Contents as you can see it's central dorsal antenna was missing, after I phoned John from Arcunia he arranged a new one via mail and the next day it arrived neatly, I applied it to the model with a dip of super glue xD See that little hole, lal xD


As these photo's show she's like new again as if nothing was ever missing so thanks for that John / Arcunia <3

Here the model it's self:


I'm glad this one worked out well also note the silver Boeing 747 logo, KLM has this up front in Gold!



As for the SATCOM.. yea.. they did apply an outline but they never applied the real thing like Inflight 200 did do, a shame though, but I guess you can't have everything, it's a fantastic model though the colors are accurate decals you name it, this thing is a must have for all you B747 collectors & fans:


This Boeing 747-100 is a piece of art, also note the central dorsal antenna I neatly applied with my crappy shaky hands, so relieved it worked out :X



But being Gemini jets 200 like JC Wings I would of expected it to have crystallized landing lights in the main wing, my JC Wings/BBOX Singapore Airlines B747-412 Tropical Megatop Livery has them also painted, but the nose gear does have them, a shame the wing landing gear lights were not crystallized as with most other Gemini Jets 200 & JC Wings Models, so this with the missing SATCOM are the only negative points I can give this model; but despite those things it still stands out as one of the best B747-100 models on the market if classic liveries are your thing"


Here the facial shot, always look'n great when it comes to these classics


But hey I'm not too bothered of the minor mistakes it has, still super glad with this masterpiece none the less




This model just nails that classic feel

And here the other side, still a breath taking view to be honest;
"Clipper Flying Cloud" her name that is, still in the classic bold black lettering.
 
This was changed in Pan Am Blue somewhere in the early 1970's in running writing style;
A cool detail:


Here a nice angled rear shot I made of this classic bird from 1969:


Here a similar **** but from a higher view angle:


Pan Am World Airways tail logo;
The old World Airways logo this was it seems which was red before Pan Am took over World Airways:


Here I managed to take a good rear shot of this classic:


Upper rear view:


Dorsal Top view:


Keel Belly view:


Here the Stand Shots:

The stand is not wood but dark brown painted metal, looks classy and still shows a quality model, Good job Gemini Jets!


This model is amazing in every view, the more photo's I make of it the more i love it:


The other side,always look'n great!


Also note the extra details applied to the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A's Reverse Thrust Valves;
It's just nice to see there was attention put to those, just brilliant:

Hey all

It has been a very long while that I posted updates in this thread, got 38 scale 1:200 diecast B747's at the moment, with a 39th in transit and the 40th being reserved.
And yes more will be added over he year of 2021 

32 B747's in the main display, the ones on top are old scale 1:72 model kits fro 25+ years ago, still got them had 80+  only 11 from my old fleet survived :)


The secondary display has some B747SP's and my SST's aka Super Sonic Transports like the Tu-144's & Concorde's and some other aircraft:


Here the tertiary display, three B747's in here always room to ad a few more, running out of space it sucks you probably can relate,it's the one fear for all us collectors no matter what ever the item are running out of space is never fun  xD


And the Gamma cabinet has my jets in it these are all scale 1:72, might add a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk  and a MiG-35 Fulcrum F, if that will ever get released.


As the B747's go, they are the main interest for my aircraft collection, so today I Bought this one as the 39th diecast scale 1:200 B747 of my collection:

Boeing 747-406
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines "Delivery Livery 1989"     
PH-BFA "City of Atlanta" "First KLM B747-400"   
Scale 1:200
Inflight 200

Limited Edition 1 of 100pcs


In February this one as the 40th will be added, one I already have reserved:

Boeing 747-4F6
Air New Zealand "The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King Livery 2003 - 2004"
ZK-SUJ "Auckland"
Scale 1:200
JC Wings

Limited Edition 1 of 120 pcs

After Feb 24, the ANZ B747-4F6 will arrive.

There are times I reserve a discontinued model for even half a year, and when the time I buy it and that has gotten me some are examples.

I will post the B747 reviews in my B747 thread here at EVGA, as computers go losing interest in that  but Boeing 747 models yea this is lots of fun, keeps me busy :)

Yes that is a great collection. 

Gold Leader
 
Hey thanks man, yea, been collecting the B747's stand alone for the past 7 years now, and including everything else it's been quite the ride , but  that is true we won't last for ever.
It's best we all enjoy life for what it gives us in return

And maybe your should make a topic of your Warhammer collection, might be an interest for others to see here as well


 

About 34 years of Warhammer 40k.  Stripped everything I painted from 1987-2002 or 3. Then Keep finding rarities of larger stuff on ebay I buy and strip to even restore that most would bin/toss in the trash. So my pile of shame now includes a bunch of stripped miniatures many that the super clean ate the glue away*glad I used super glue* that have to be repainted, new stuff in boxes to Forge World bags for the more expensive resin stuff Games Workshop makes for the hobby. Then I keep buying. Have so much newer stuff and some older stuff at like 50-95% painted, to stuff 99% done or at least I will call done once I do the transfers, last weathering and sealing. Have like over 1000 pictures I think on FB with stuff at various stages in an album. Also keep buying more stuff... 

This was a rescue from Ebay that would had been thrown away once only available in the UK. Almost done...

This was a rescue purchased from a used wargaming vendor someone tried to build and failed miserably at. 

One of my Big crazy Forge World tanks.

Not trying to highjack your thread. But as you can see stuff is close to done but not fully there.