Category: Aeroclassics - DIECAST CURIO

Aeroclassics, Air Niugini A310-324: P2-ANA

9/3/2025

There aren't many airlines from Papua New Guinea. There are even fewer 1/400 models to represent the airlines of that country. Air Niugini is the only traditional airline that have seen representatives produced on its behalf. To date, there have been seven 1/400 scale models made, and six of them are from Air Niugini. The national flag carrier has been active since 1973, and continues to operate a modest fleet of various types of aircraft today. There were three A310s that flew for Air Niugini, and one of them is today's POTD candidate. For a closer look at P2-ANA, read on...

Aeroclassics, Air Algerie 737-2D6: 7T-VEG

6/6/2025

Algeria is one of the largest, most populous, and wealthiest countries in Africa. Made powerful by its vast oil and gas reserves, and exporting them, mainly to Europe, the country frequently flies under the radar in international matters. Air Algerie is the nation's flag carrier, and the largest pax carrier in the country. The airline primarily operates out of Algiers International Airport, Houari Boumediene. Air Algerie currenly uses a relatively modern fleet of A330s, ATE 72, and 737-800s. The 800s replaced older 200s like this one, 7T-VEG, for a closer look, read on...

Aeroclassics, Air Afrique 737-242C: F-GFVK

6/3/2025

There have been approximately 300 Boeing 737-1/2s created by Aeroclassics. Nearly a third of those have been made in the last five years, meaning that there's been a huge boom for the type lately. Because of the literal hundreds of users, there's plenty of diversity to choose from. Many 737-2s ended up in secondhand markets following use by legacy carriers, and that also means that there are plenty of exotic and unique liveries that can be made. I've got one of those examples here, an Air Afrique, 737 registered F-GFVK. For a closer look, read on...

Aeroclassics, ASA Bristol Britannia: 5X-UVT

5/31/2025

Propliners don't make up a signifiant portion of my collection. (Only about 23 of nearly 880 models). So my knowledge of their castings in 1/400 scale is limited. But what I can say, is that out of what I have seen, and own, the Bristol Britannia 300 is one of the prettiest. The 300 was a stretched version of the earlier 200 series. There were only 45 of these airplanes ever built, and gladly several are represented in the 1/400 realm. For a closer look at this copy from 2009, read on...

Aeroclassics, Air Jamaica 727-2J0: 6Y-JMA

5/14/2025

It doesn't take long to find examples of British imperialism when investigating airlines in countries that were once under the empire's rule. Jamaica was captured by the British in 1655. Britain formally gained Jamaica as colony from Spain under the Treaty of Madrid in 1670. The island remained under British control until independence in 1962. One year later, with the help of BOAC, the flag carrying airline of Jamaica was founded. Air Jamaica took delivery of 6Y-JMA, in August of 1975. For a closer look at this rendition from Aeroclassics, read on...

Aeroclassics, VARIG Carga 727-173C: PP-VLW

4/23/2025

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...

Aeroclassics, Aerolineas Argentinas 737-287: LV-LEB

3/23/2025

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...

Aeroclassics, Kuwait Airways A300B4: 9K-AHG

2/7/2025

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, Servivensa 727-100: YV-765C

2/6/2025

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...

Aeroclassics, Aer Lingus A320-200: EI-CVA

1/27/2025

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.