Aircraft Models Crux

I hope everyone of you had a truly merry Christmas. The splendid day has just passed by, but it’s not too late to present my wishlist of holiday-themed diecast models.

All of the planes are manufactured by Herpa and don’t sport true-to-life liveries. Most have unfortunately gone out of stock, except for the first one (pictured above):

Aircraft: Boeing B777-300ER
Scale: 1:500
Price: $11.95 from the original $25.95

It’s my favorite of today’s bunch mainly because it’s decked in maroon (the color of my alma mater) and it has the most subdued livery of the six (yeah, even with that generous sprinkling of stars).

The second model is my next top choice:

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Wow, that was fast.

Exactly one year ago, I bought my very first miniature model as a whim. I didn’t foresee myself becoming serious with the hobby, branching out to fantasy minis and cars, and getting featured on TV.

After a year of collecting, my entire aircraft fleet now consists of 23 planes (16 civilian and 7 military). As if display space isn’t a huge problem of mine, I fooled myself to buying 9 Dungeons & Dragons minis and 2 collector’s cars (both cheaply manufactured Ferraris).

Five of those 23 planes were recent purchases from the US, and I just picked them up this morning from the post office. (More on my first overseas planes purchase on a future post.) In the meantime, here are some fleet pics to commemorate my “anniversary” as a miniature model collector (click for full versions):

My civilian fleet of 16 diecast and plastic planes.

Two Cebu Pacific planes (both of which were previously in my wishlist), 2 Philippine Airlines planes in old livery, and 2 PAL planes in current livery.