Where do you buy...

[rav72]

...your diecast models? I've been evicted to a new office and finally have too much space, so I'm going to fill the gaps in with some decent models. My MD is going to be 100% sure that I've gone mental (now he is only 80% sure ) but to be perfectly honest I don't give a .... Anyway, looking for some decent and quite large (1:200) Atlas and Polar birds. I've got absolutely no clue who makes some pretty good models and is not charging a wee fortune. I found a website with some reasonable prices but they have only one Atlas model and it's the pax version - I cannot stand this livery! There is one Polar 74F as well but it's too small They have a Titan 763, though, and it does look quite tasty.

I believe that there some experts amongst us and would be very grateful if you could help me out with my 'office mission'

Ta much!
Ralf

[Ken S]

Ralf,

I have purchased the following 3 aircraft from here:

http://www.airplaneshop.com/

1.) Hogan Atlas Air B747-8F 1:200
2.) Hogan Polar Air B747-400F 1:200
3.) Boeing 747 LCF 1:200

And am truly satisfied with the quality and the price.

[mav214]

Whoa.....I thought Titan was fictional.....wow, I guess it is not. Nice looking model. I'd love to have an entire airport set, but that's a ton of cash, and I have no where permanent to put it

[PKlijnstra]

Mine are coming from the Aviation Megastore in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands: http://www.aviationmegastore.com/ near Schiphol. Mostly after an afternoon aircraft spotting at Schiphol I drop by and take an look

Hogan, Polar B744 1:200
Hogan, Delta B738 1:200
Skymark, UPS B744 1:200
Premier Plane, Delta B763 1:200

First three are the best in quality with the Hogans at #1. Still looking for an Atlas B742 1:200

[rav72]

Thanks Ken and Peter. I've spent some time exploring the AviationMegaStore website before. I'm not sure who makes really decent models and who should be avoided at all cost, though. One of my friends has got InFlight 200 models and they are quite amazing but they cost a fortune here in UK (Europe?). Anyway, I visited Atlas/Polar company shop and found two large 74F's and I think I'll go for them. I reckon that even if they are not great qualitywise at least they will have the right logos

John,

Titan is not fictional at all but I don't think there are many aircraft out there with the green logo

Ralf

[mav214]

John,

Titan is not fictional at all but I don't think there are many aircraft out there with the green logo

Ralf

Right, right, that's what I meant, sorry. I knew there was Titan aviation in RL, but I was floored when I saw our livery on it

I know of another website for models, but for the life of me, I can't remember what it is. I will post it later tonight, if I still have it saved on my laptop. I know I got it from a link off of airliners.net.

[nwadc10]

The real Titan is not the same as Atlas' Titan. Atlas' Titan (the one we associate with) is only a leasing company, not an aircraft operator.

I used to get my models from www.airplanesuperstore.com. But I believe it's a US company so might cost more for shipping to you.

I have the "good" Polar and Atlas 744 models, I think it was 70USD for both together. They are excellent quality, the best quality stuff I've ever had although I usually bought the cheap 20USD plastic models which is kind of in a different league.

[Ken S]

Anyway, I visited Atlas/Polar company shop and found two large 74F's and I think I'll go for them. I reckon that even if they are not great qualitywise at least they will have the right logos Ralf

Better check into the shipping costs Ralf.

[mav214]

Sorry Ralf, I checked the laptop, and the URL I had saved must've been a casualty of when I loaded Linux, then went back to Windows

[esurfman]

You whant quality??: http://store.atlantic-models.com/po7474f1.html. Incredible store. Will order one eventually.

[mav214]

Wow, now that's expensive. 1/100? Pretty big too.