Special Needs: A 747SP Wishlist

NG Models have had their 747SP mould in use since August 2020 and I admit to being rather disappointed by the limited usage it has got. Just 16 models to date, which is less than 1 a month. It doesn't help that JC Wings has been releasing its own SPs as spoilers for NG versions, but they are so inferior that surely few discerning collectors are acquiring them. To try and spur NG on here is a list of the majority of SPs that remain to be made on the best mould out there.

Below is the list of 747SPs made by NG Models to date. Of the 16  I own 12 of them and would like to be able to add many more to my fleet. 

Below is a comprehensive list of the SPs that remain to be made on the NG mould. I have only excluded options that require significant mould modifications to be made, such as the NASA telescope version. I would acquire the majority of these aside from the non-airline SPs and I hope this list can help to spur further interest from collectors and NG themselves into using their excellent 747SP mould.

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NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

San Diego Air and Space Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Above and Below: Both the Flight 50 schemes worn by N533PA Clipper New Horizons (later Clipper Young America) remain to be made

Maarten Visser from Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Ted Quackenbush (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

clipperarctic, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Eduard Marmet, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons

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ASIA & AUSTRALIA

JetPix (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Eduard Marmet, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons

Eduard Marmet, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons

Sunil Gupta (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

John M. Wheatley (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Torsten Maiwald (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Richard Vandervord, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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AFRICA

Thanks mainly to the SAA fleet being leased out at various times the 747SP has seen quite a few African operators and some delightful colourschemes.

Michel Gilliand (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Steve Fitzgerald (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Torsten Maiwald (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Rolf Wallner (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

aceebee from Camberley, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Tim Rees (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Perry Hoppe (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Perry Hoppe (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Torsten Maiwald (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

aeroprints.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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EUROPE

Pedro Aragão, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons

Torsten Maiwald (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Jerome Krier (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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MIDDLE EAST

Christian Volpati (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

English: Aleksandr MarkinРусский: Александр Маркин, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Aktug Ates (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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GOVERNMENT

The SP has proved popular with governments, especially in the Middle East (but also Brunei). Although some of these wear airline schemes they are very much VIP aircraft:

Kambui, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Sunil Gupta (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

JetPix (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Torsten Maiwald (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

John Taggart from Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Tim Rees (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Ken Fielding/https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Konstantin von Wedelstaedt (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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SUMMARY

There are a lot of lovely SPs in this list crying out to be made and for me and my fleet the top 10 I want the most are as follows:
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• Boeing House Colours
• Pan Am Billboard Flight 50
• TWA
• Braniff
• Aerolineas Argentinas
• Air Mauritius
• Air Malawi
• Air Namibia (original colours)
• Qantas
• Luxair

NG Models you have your orders so get to it :) !