Aircraft Models Crux

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.

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Carrier: Qatar Airways
Aircraft: Airbus A330-300
Scale: 1:400
Manufacturer: Dragon Wings
Date Bought: December 15, 2006
Price: Php 900.00 (discounted from Php 1100.00)

This is my second Qatari A330-300 plane that sports the special livery for the 15th Asian Games (the first one being the maroon model). I love to call this one “the desert phoenix”.

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Today I take a break from our usual format. In my happiness, I just have to blog that I’ve acquired two more airplane models, both bought by my dad in his very recent trip to London (via Kuala Lumpur).

The first is a Malaysia Airlines B747-400 bought at the plane’s “Golden Boutique” inflight shop. The second is a large model of a British Airways 747-400, bought at Heathrow’s duty-free store.

The latter is actually more of a toy rather than a ’serious’ plane miniature; I can already tell that without opening the package. Heck, it’s light, and the “8+” imprinted on the cardboard suggests I’m the proud owner of a toy that some 9-year old kid across the ocean is also playing with right now. Too bad I wasn’t there myself to pick the best model. Still, this is better than having no model plane at all! Thanks Dad.

I’ll be featuring these models in their own posts in the next few weeks. Three other planes have been lined up, as well as items from my wishlist. Keep checking out this site for these future entries, or subscribe to the RSS feed so you’ll get updated the hassle-free way. ‘Til the next post!

Carrier: Qatar Airways
Aircraft: Airbus A330-300
Scale: 1:400
Manufacturer: Dragon Wings
Date Bought: December 4, 2006
Price: Php 900.00 (discounted from Php 1100.00)

This Qatari A330-300 sports the special livery for the 15th Asian Games, which were held just last December 1-15 in Doha, Qatar. More importantly, however, this plane has the distinction of being the very first aircraft model I bought, making it the current apple of my eye.

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