HYJLwings: First CRJ in 1/200 Scale

Back in late December I wrote a blog post about a new player in the field of die-cast airliners called HYJLwings. At the time I had limited information about just who they were but since then I have made contact with their owner and can announce that they have an exciting new endeavour in a new scale for them – the first Bombardier CRJ-100/200 ever in the larger 1/200 scale.

All images courtesy of HYJLwings

Up until August 2017 HYJLwings had released or announced 13 models, all in 1/400 scale. Nine of these use Panda models Airbus A319 and A320 moulds, two more Panda models A330-300 and the last two are recently released Airbus A380s using the JC Wings mould. All the models released in 1/400 have an association with China but the newly announced models do not.

HYJLwings has taken a new direction with its releases and upscaled to 1/200 with the new models recently announced via Instagram. The new mould is funded 100% by HYJLwings, exclusive to them and will be the first CRJ-100/200 ever made in 1/200 scale.

I was initially a little puzzled by the choice of Canadian CRJs as the launch airline, but HYJLwing’s founder tells me that he is studying in Canada and so in that respect they are a natural choice. Even better they are an important historic choice for the CRJ, as Air Canada was an early operator and one of few airlines to operate the regional jet in its mainline fleet.

The new CRJ mould components

Air Canada originally received 25 Canadair CRJ-100ERs between September 1994 and February 1997 and until 2002 all of these operated in full Air Canada colours and not for an express carrier. One aircraft, C-FSKI, was written off on May 31, 1995. From 2002 into 2006 they transitioned to Jazz Air (renamed Jazz Aviation in 2011) operating as Air Canada Jazz. Five of the original 25 still operate in Air Canada Express colours with Air Georgian.

Of course the original 24 surviving CRJ-100ERs represent only a portion of the fleet operated by Air Canada Jazz, which has also operated 48 CRJ-200s (identical to the CRJ-100 except for the engines). Fourteen CRJ-200s remain in service with Jazz. The aircraft chosen by HYJLwings are:

• CRJ-100ER C-FVKM Air Canada (1990s colours)
• CRJ-200 C-GQJA Air Canada Jazz (Star Alliance colours)
• CRJ-200 C-GXJA Air Canada Express (Frosted leaf colours)
  

The mould is undergoing the finishing touches and here is a sample shot. It’s looking very good:

All three models will be released with only 80 pieces each under the GarudaModel HYJLwings sub-brand and will be ready by some time in August.

Availability

The new CRJs are available to pre-order from HYJLwings taobao shop but also I'm told they will be available from Toronto’s Threshold Aviation. Alternatively you can contact HYJLwings directly via their e-mail address: [email protected]