Varig, (Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense), or 'Rio Grandean Airways') is historically one of South America's, and certainly one of Brazil's most important airlines. With over 80 models created in the scale between the year 2000 and 2025, there's a good chance most sizable collections have a Varig model in their ranks. While the airline is a major one, their use of the 727 was anything but. So it was surprising to see AC commit two models for the month of February, 2025 to the Brazilian carrier. For a closer look at Varig's PP-VLW, Read on...

Aerolíneas Argentinas was a major operator of the 737-200. Some records indicate they had as many 51 of them. Yet only three representatives have been made in 1/400 scale, and all three of them have been made by Aeroclassics. Today's Photo of the Day is a rare example of a 737 that has been preserved. Post retirement, LV-LEB was given a fake registration, (PH-ROC) and is now part of the Lufthansa Training Facility at Hooffdorp in the Netherlands. For a closer look at this South American guppy, read on...

Perhaps the coming Panda Models A300 mould has been the catalyst for increased A300 production from Aeroclassics. By my count there have been about eight A300's released in the past 8-10 months, compared to just three from between 2022-2024. While the recent Panda products have shown great potential, the Aeroclassics casting remains the best, for now. That gave me a great opportunity to pick up a recent copy, this, Kuwait Airways reg. 9K-AHG. For more details and a closer look, read on.

Aeroclassics continues to be the 'lone wolf' in 1/400 scale when it comes to producing consistent and interesting 727-100's. Minus a random odd-ball Gemini/JC release here or there, there hasn't been any other player for well over a decade. While there are certain short-comings of many Aeroclassics castings, it's nice to have choices. Of which, Aeroclassics provides plenty, and for the first time ever in 1/400 Servivensa gets representation, read on...

The Aeroclassics A320 mould is perhaps one of the most widely produced, and longest running castings still in production today. With well over 250 known runs, (and counting) you can bet that just about any regular 1/400 scale collector has crossed paths with at least one example. Since 2009, this tooling has been the canvas for dozens of classic, and modern representations, and this Aer Lingus A320, registered EI-CVA is proof of the endurance of the mould. Aer Lingus updated it's livery in 2019 and Aeroclassics jumped on the opportunity to get a modern A320 to market, for a closer look, read on.

AeroCaribe, which was a regional affiliate of the defunct Mexicana was an active carrier from 1972 until 2005. It was renamed Mexican Click as part of a company restructure between 2005 and 2008. Click eventually folded alongside it's parent company in 2010. While Click is known for its use of 717s, it was the DC-9 which replaced a fleet of Fokker 100's that ushered in the use of the well known T-tails. Having a DC-9 in 1/400 scale is important, and Aeroclassics delivers a beauty. For more, read on.

With a growing demand for passenger air service in the 1950's, a Soviet Council of Ministers' directive was to develop an engine capable of meeting those requirements for both Ilyushin and Antonov. 

There are many unique features of this Cold War era quad-engined monoplane. Several of which are on display with this superb little Aeroclassics casting. For more, checkout the link for today's P.O.T.D.

Ukraine International operated three 737-200s from 1994 until 2005. Two of them, including this one, UR-GAC were received from Chinese airlines. This airplane arrived in the Ukraine in 1994 and remained with the fleet until 2005 making it the fleet senior. I've been working on my Ukrainian section and I was pretty excited to see this model released, but there is one major detractor that's been a recurring issue for Aeroclassics. See more here: AC Ukraine 737

Aeroclassics made good use of their stellar DC-9 mould in 2022. They released a total of 17 DC-9s and the first was a pair of Continental DC-9s (released February, 7th 2022), one being this model, N18513 and a sister ship with regular Continental titles, N17531. I was able to add both to the collection thanks to the great service over at JetCollector.com. The model itself is just fine. The mould is the standout feature, and the usual paint and printing issues persist. See more..