Recent Aeroclassics Additions Find Their Place

I admit to getting boxes of models once or twice a month, usually from Waffle or the Skywings store, and for every model I receive there is a routine to go through. After the initial unboxing I take 12 photos of each model at various standard angles (more if it's going to get a detailed review) and then the task is to find it a place in the collection. In this post I'll detail the introduction of a selection of recent models into the wider fleet.

For anyone who is unaware my collection now stands at just over 1,800 1:400 scale models with most major historic airlines represented by at least a couple of aircraft and many more represented by quite a few more! Anyway increasingly it is hard to find new spots for models but there is still room and usually with a little creative reorganising I can still slip new additions in.

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Air Zaire Douglas DC-8-63 9Q-CLH Aeroclassics 1:400 Scale Model Airliner

A recent collection sale addition is this Air Zaire DC-8. It's always a struggle to find more space on the African shelf but I managed to slip her in next to her Air Congo forerunner:

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AeroPeru Boeing 757-200 XA-SME Aeroclassics 1:400 Scale Model Airliner

With the addition of last month's Aeroclassics 757 I now have 6 AeroPeru aircraft plus the Faucett/Aeroperu Tristar:

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United Airlines Boeing 767-200 N613UA Aeroclassics 1:400 Scale Model Airliner

November's UA 767 has proven more than an adequate replacement for the Jet-X model she replaced and sits nicely alongside 8 other aircraft wearing the Saul Bass tulip with small titles:

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SABENA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 OO-SLB Aeroclassics 1:400 Scale Model Airliner

Another collection sale purchase this SABENA DC-10 is my first representative from Belgium in the 1980s and sits nicely among the Euro 1980s fleet, which has a decent number of A310s in it now. There is a SABENA 737-200 on the way to join this DC-10 soon.

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Aeromexico Boeing 757 XA-TQU Aeroclassics 1:400 Scale Model Airliner

My fleet of Mexicana and Aeromexico aircraft has rather exploded in the past year and this 757 sits well with the more recent end of the AM fleet. There is a DC-10 on order to join and fill one of the few remaining gaps in the fleet.

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All Nippon Boeing 767-200 JA8480 Aeroclassics 1:400 Scale Model Airliner

I admit to being disappointed by the cockpit placement on this model but otherwise it is nice. The 767 joins my rather beaten up NH fleet. The 747 was a scratch and dent buy from Waffle whilst you'll notice the 767-300 has no landing gear due to an unfortunate shelf collapse accident:

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Mexicana Airbus A320 XA-TXT Aeroclassics 1:400 Scale Model Airliner

This model was another disappointment, although from the right side it looks fine. From the left the lines at the nose are a mess. Anyway it provides an example of the early 2000s livery in my Mexicana fleet: