Category: GSE

TOBY Fire Station - 1:400 Scale

16/9/2022

I recently picked up a nice little addition for any model airport in the form of a Fire Station made by a new company called TOBY. I have very little information as to who they are but this set will be available at a variety of retailers in limited numbers soon. Read on for further details...

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More FantasyWings GSE Offerings

11/7/2019

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FantasyWings have certainly been busy and between getting the interview together and publishing it they have produced several new offerings in areas that have until now not been touched by anyone else producing GSE. This is pretty exciting if you bought the recent JC Wings Beluga XL.

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FantasyWings Quality GSE

9/7/2019

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The advent of 3D printing has revolutionised the ability for individuals to get involved in making their own equipment and models for display with the professionally made aircraft produced in 1:400 and 1:200 scale. One of the newest additions to the growing area of ground service equipment is FantasyWings, who were gracious enough to give me an interview introducing themselves.

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Airline Manufacture - Maintenance Rig

29/6/2018

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Airline Manufacture are a Chinese outfit that are producing an interesting range of airport equipment in 1:200 and 1:400 scales using mainly 3D printing techniques. They also do a line in airport mats and backgrounds which look really very good. They have been about for a few years now but it is only recently that I have purchased any of their stuff and here I take a look at their maintenance rig.

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United Airlines at Wright Field Pt1: 1960s

9/6/2018

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Aeroclassics GSE sets are typically rather rare and expensive but living in Australasia they are probably slightly less sought after, though no doubt even rarer than in the USA. Recently I had the good luck to come across someone selling some GSE on a facebook sales sites from Australia and the opportunity to add a United Airlines GSE set was too good to pass up. It also gave me the chance to try it out on my Wright field diorama.

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1:400 Airport Accessories - Lighting Poles

18/4/2018

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My Xīn lóng International airport model has been close to completion now for sometime but one thing I have been struggling with has been adding some relief to the surroundings. Partly this could be achieved with some fake lighting, however selecting the lights has proven difficult. There are however several options for lighting in this scale all of which are pretty good.

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Aeroclassics New GSE Sets Pt2: The Modern

22/9/2017

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When in August Aeroclassics announced new modern GSE sets for a pair of Chinese A330s I was excited. I have a large Chinese airport model, plus really like the classic GSE sets Aeroclassics produce so surely these would be awesome additions to my collection? Sadly it is not to be. To say I'm disappointed in these sets is an understatement. Let's take a look at why.

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Aeroclassics New GSE Sets Pt1: The Classics

21/9/2017

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Ground service equipment (GSE) is a must for anybody building an airport diorama of any size. Most of the major manufacturers have also created GSE sets in the past and in May this year Aeroclassics re-entered this space with a series of DC-8s released complete with 15 part GSE sets. In this first part I review these classic GSE sets.

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Maple Field in the Mid-60s

25/6/2017

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It has been a while since I did much with my Wright Field diorama but I did recently tidy it up and make sure it's all looking ok. The arrival of May's Aeroclassics included a pair of DC-8s complete with 15 piece GSE sets and it gave me an opportunity to disguise Wright Field, which usually represents a US airport, as Maple Field - somewhere in Canada on the West Coast in the early-mid 60s.

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GSE Review Pt5: Aeroclassics Sets 3.0

6/12/2016

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Following on from part 2 in this series I take a look at some of the more obscure Ground Service Equipment (GSE) pieces that appear in Aeroclassics sets less regularly. In the last part we looked at the commonest 8 pieces, which means there are 9 more to go. So let's begin...

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GSE Review Pt4: Aeroclassics Sets 2.0

29/11/2016

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As I said in the first part of the Aeroclassics GSE review they have made 17 different vehicle types and the aim of this and the next part of the review is to take a closer look at these individual vehicles. Some appear in almost every set that has been released whilst others are much rarer and have been used much more sparsely. In this post we'll look at some of the commoner elements. So let's get started.

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GSE Review Pt3: Aeroclassics Sets 1.0

30/10/2016

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Considering that, to my knowledge, Aeroclassics has barely released any GSE sets as stand alone items it is perhaps surprising to find that they have actually made the most GSE items of any 1:400 scale manufacturer! In fact Aeroclassics have produced at least 17 different GSE items, in the liveries of multiple airlines, and they are all of high quality and lovely detailing. If only they weren't so rare and hard to find. I think Aeroclassics could make a nice sideline in releasing more of these great sets.

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GSE Review Pt2: Dragon Wings

28/9/2016

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In the early years of the 2000s Dragon Wings was the biggest manufacturer in 1/400 (or at least as big as Gemini) and produced a good range of models including ones that came with terminal pieces and ramp sections. They also somewhat randomly slipped in GSE items with several models plus they released two GSE sets of their own. Let's take a look at them.

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GSE Review Pt1: Gemini Jets Sets

23/9/2016

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You can't have a vaguely plausible model airport without having quite a lot of GSE (Ground Service Equipment). Recently I've been trying to bulk up my GSE collection and thanks to friends and some deals I've been able to add most of the major sets on the market in 1/400 scale. So I thought I'd take a look at what's been available.

We'll start with Gemini Jets.

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GSE Review: Modern Buses

20/7/2016

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Good quality ground equipment for 1/400 scale airliners is often hard to come by, expensive or requires skill in painting. So its good to see that recently there has been a deluge of modern style buses released by by JC Wings/Gemini Jets and Panda Models. The only issue you might have is wanting some that don't represent Chinese airlines!

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TOBY Fire Station - 1:400 Scale

More FantasyWings GSE Offerings

FantasyWings Quality GSE

Airline Manufacture - Maintenance Rig

United Airlines at Wright Field Pt1: 1960s

1:400 Airport Accessories - Lighting Poles

Aeroclassics New GSE Sets Pt2: The Modern

Aeroclassics New GSE Sets Pt1: The Classics

Maple Field in the Mid-60s

GSE Review Pt5: Aeroclassics Sets 3.0

GSE Review Pt4: Aeroclassics Sets 2.0

GSE Review Pt3: Aeroclassics Sets 1.0

GSE Review Pt2: Dragon Wings

GSE Review Pt1: Gemini Jets Sets

GSE Review: Modern Buses

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