Herpa Instagram Live Chat on 3rd of September 2024 with Stephan Külgen and Irmgard Mayer – Summary
Questions and answers about possible new releases in 1:500:
- Olympic Air – license issue difficult, but loosely considered
- Wizz Air – yes, only a question of time
- Binter Canarias Embraer E195-E2 – yes
- Austrian / Swiss / Helvetic – three times yes
- Norse Atlantic Airways 787 – difficult, on and off connection to airline
- Breeze A220-300 – no real contact to airline
- LH A320neo normal livery without sticker – yes
- LH A319 / LH A321neo normal livery without sticker – we will see
- Condor A330-900 Sea – coming November/December
- Vehicles in new colors – set coming November/December
- Edelweiss A350 – yes, in planning
- KLM 747 classic – yes, only a matter of time
- Corendon 737-800 “1. FC Nürnberg” – rather no
- Pacific Airways A320-200 – not in planning
- Northern Pacific Airlines 757-200 – not in planning
- Qatar 787-9, 777-300ER, A350-900 reissue, A350-1000 reissue each in standard livery – yes, yes, maybe, maybe – at least 2 models planned in 2025
- TUIfly 737 Max 8 “50 years” – quite possible
- Condor A330-900 D-ANRT “Danke, Tecke” – no at the request of the airline
- Marabu Airlines A320 / A321 – maybe
- Sundair A320 – not yet in planning
- SAT Special Air Transport / Germania 727 – not in planning
- Latam – yes single aisle release in 2025
- Azul / Avianca – yes
- Wideroe – yes, maybe
- new terminal sets – basically yes, but only cardboard kits, model from Asia in planning
- Ryanair – no news
- Gulf Air A321neo – yes
- Ethiopian Airlines 737 – maybe
- Balkan Tu-154 first color – not in planning
- Air India A350 – yes, several Air India releases possible
- Canarias Airlines ATR 72 – maybe
General topics:
- Box design remains unchanged for the time being
- Search function on www.herpa.de to be improved
- Relocation of production from Asia to (Eastern) Europe does not make sense for cost reasons
- Quality – feedback / factual criticism always welcome
Thank you Stephan and Irmgard for your time and for your answers – even to the more difficult questions 😉
You are welcome to send additions and corrections to rainbow@vosen.de