Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777

mjabbasi · 01-06-2008, 05:19 AM

Picked these up for around $10 to $15 each. The moulds are very good to excellent except that they too suffer the problems of wonky cockpit windows and cabin windows that are a bit too high. The wing and engine details on the A340 are almost identical to the 1:200 Hogan/Herpa A340. If only they'd correct the cockpit and cabin windows and add frames to them, the models would be almost perfect.

Aer Lingus A333:

Don't know about anyone else, but thats one hell of an amazing GE engine:

Finnair A343:

KLM 772:

This is almost identical to the 777 P&W engine whereas KLM has GE90:

D-AIHC · 01-09-2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mjabbasi


	Picked these up for around $10 to $15 each. The moulds are very good to excellent except that they too suffer the problems of wonky cockpit windows... If only they'd correct the cockpit and cabin windows and add frames to them, the models would be almost perfect.

I agree...there's room for improvement on the cockpit windows of the EI A332 and AY A343! But then, at those prices you paid they are considered really good in quality.

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Originally Posted by mjabbasi


	Aer Lingus A333: Don't know about anyone else, but thats one hell of an amazing GE engine:

Oh yes, I wish the RS EI A332's engines are as nice as these!

1:200Freak · 01-09-2008, 02:37 PM

I'd like to know where you pick up these "models" for $10-15?

B-16707 · 01-09-2008, 04:17 PM

keep in mind that i think moin doesnt include shipping costs.

premier planes is really doing a good thing. like a much better FM!

1:200Freak · 01-09-2008, 04:25 PM

It's still a good price even without the shipping costs.

mjabbasi · 01-09-2008, 05:48 PM

Bought from the e-bay UK site and shipped to a UK address. Shipping cost, around $5 for all 3.

goldy · 01-12-2008, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mjabbasi


	Bought from the e-bay UK site and shipped to a UK address. Shipping cost, around $5 for all 3.

I can get them to you for about $13.27 plus shipping. If there is an interest.

Recent releases.

PR004 United 747-400 New Livery 1/250
PR005 Delta 767-300 1/200
PR006 Southwest 737-700 1/200

Peewee

mjabbasi · 01-12-2008, 06:35 PM

Thanks Peewee. Actually these PP models were just an experiment of mine with something new, a new manufacturer. Their moulds are superb, but those cockpit windows are enough to make me decide not to buy any more. That's my achilles heel with these models. If the cockpit windows are wrong and there's not real way I can correct them myself, no sale. I even bought the VS 744 in 1:250 but when I saw the thing in my hand, not only the cockpit windows but the mould itself was unacceptable to me and I gifted it to a friend without even bothering to take it out of the box.

Also I was made to understand in 2 auctions that the EI A333 and FN A343 were 1:200 scale like the First Choice 763 and KLM 738, and not 1:250! I guess its not entirely the sellers fault as no scale is mentioned on the boxes, but if they sell models on a regular basis, they ought to have realised that these are not 1:200.

It still would be interesting to see what new releases they bring out from time to time, especially the A330, A340 and 777 but unless they correct the cockpit window issues, I won't be buying anymore.

karun83 · 01-14-2008, 07:32 AM

i bought an AIR ARABIA A320 made by Premier Planes from the inflight shopping of Air Arabia recently enroute to SHJ from MUM... I liked the cockpit, coz tats the main part of an A320, if I am not wrong!! I say so coz many manufacturers make a wierd cockpit for the A320/A321 usually....

My Air Arabia has great detailing... !!

mjabbasi · 01-14-2008, 06:31 PM

I also have the 1:200 Air Arabia A320 and its made by Wooster not PP.

PIA_7772ER · 01-14-2008, 09:49 PM

I bought two Boeing 747-400 while on my trip to Dubai last year.

One was current colours BA, the other Virgin Atlantic. Both came with white stand and looked pretty good.

karun83 · 01-15-2008, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by mjabbasi


	I also have the 1:200 Air Arabia A320 and its made by Wooster not PP.

moin, mine is a Premier Planes!! is clearly embossed at the bottom of the fuselage!!! i know you must have seen the Wooster thing in the model database here on dac.com. But I donno bout the wooster version, but mine is made by Premier Planes for sure!!

Also I saw in ur custom collection, you have mentioned the Kingfisher Airlines A321 as being made by Flight Miniatures. Well sorry to correct you, its made by Long Prosper not Flight Miniatures, as Flight Miniatures does not make 1:100 scale models!! you can check that out on the FM site itself...

1:200Freak · 01-15-2008, 11:33 AM

Karun, you are dealing directly with the Gods here! You may be struck down by bolts of lightning and claps of thunder!!

karun83 · 01-17-2008, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by 1:200Freak


	Karun, you are dealing directly with the Gods here! You may be struck down by bolts of lightning and claps of thunder!!

oh i am ELECTROCUTED!!!!

mjabbasi · 01-17-2008, 02:34 AM

Ok, it seems then Air Arabia changed the manufacturer of their models, because the one I have is by Wooster which I bought in the UK. At one time the Air Arabia site even showed the complete list of items they sell on board and the model of the A320 at the time was by Wooster.

As for the KF A320, LP and FM are one and the same. Same moulds, same packaging, pretty much like Hogan/Herpa. There are alot of models you won't find on the FM website such as the KF A321, Olympic 727, 742, Thai and Iberia A346, Etihad A332 and A343, RJ DHC-Q400 and A342, Sama 733, Virgin Nigeria A320 etc. These are all made by FM who make alot of models that don't appear on their website.

karun83 · 01-17-2008, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mjabbasi


	Ok, it seems then Air Arabia changed the manufacturer of their models, because the one I have is by Wooster which I bought in the UK. At one time the Air Arabia site even showed the complete list of items they sell on board and the model of the A320 at the time was by Wooster. As for the KF A320, LP and FM are one and the same. Same moulds, same packaging, pretty much like Hogan/Herpa. There are alot of models you won't find on the FM website such as the KF A321, Olympic 727, 742, Thai and Iberia A346, Etihad A332 and A343, RJ DHC-Q400 and A342, Sama 733, Virgin Nigeria A320 etc. These are all made by FM who make alot of models that don't appear on their website.

thanx buddy....great piece of info...!!!

mjabbasi · 01-17-2008, 12:15 PM

No problem. Actually Long Prosper was their older name. They changed the name to Flight Miniatures later on as it was probably more appealing and relevant to the products they sold.

1:200Freak · 01-17-2008, 12:22 PM

Nice to see you back, Moin

iberia727 · 02-16-2008, 10:28 AM

From airspotters I'm waiting Premier Planes Air Europa A330-200, B737-800 with winglets (never aviable in AE inflight shop) & Ryan Air B737-800 with winglets.

Also I have an Easyjet A319, buyed onboard with wrong IAE V2500 engines!!!

hansonator69 · 02-21-2008, 05:58 PM

I have the Premier Planes Virgin Atlantic B747-400 but it has RR engines instead of GE which is wrong.

mjabbasi · 03-03-2008, 05:15 PM

I had the VS 744 but it had the correct engines. Either way I didn't like it and gave it away. PP has this problem of just offering 1 engine type regardless of the airline. Their 737, 767, A319, A320 and A330 moulds are excellent but their cockpit window printing is horrible. Just ruins a perfectly good mould.

Here is my My Travel A333. Those engines are again incorrect and supposed to be RR but they are instead GE, but damn good GE's! One of the best I've seen in small scale:

Besides I think its high time that PP be added to the manufacturers list on the database here.

hansonator69 · 03-04-2008, 01:23 AM

Moin, I agree that they have to be added to the manufacturers list. I'm loving the detail and accuracy of the mold and engines but it's shame about the cokcpit windows.

01-06-2008, 05:19 AM	#1
mjabbasi Insane Collector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 2,258 Country:	Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 Picked these up for around $10 to $15 each. The moulds are very good to excellent except that they too suffer the problems of wonky cockpit windows and cabin windows that are a bit too high. The wing and engine details on the A340 are almost identical to the 1:200 Hogan/Herpa A340. If only they'd correct the cockpit and cabin windows and add frames to them, the models would be almost perfect. Aer Lingus A333: Don't know about anyone else, but thats one hell of an amazing GE engine: Finnair A343: KLM 772: This is almost identical to the 777 P&W engine whereas KLM has GE90:

01-09-2008, 02:37 PM	#3
1:200Freak AP-BHV / AP-BHW / AP-BID Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,493 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 I'd like to know where you pick up these "models" for $10-15?

01-09-2008, 04:17 PM	#4
B-16707 i need more space Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,428 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 keep in mind that i think moin doesnt include shipping costs. premier planes is really doing a good thing. like a much better FM!

01-09-2008, 04:25 PM	#5
1:200Freak AP-BHV / AP-BHW / AP-BID Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,493 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 It's still a good price even without the shipping costs.

01-09-2008, 05:48 PM	#6
mjabbasi Insane Collector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 2,258 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 Bought from the e-bay UK site and shipped to a UK address. Shipping cost, around $5 for all 3.

01-12-2008, 06:35 PM	#8
mjabbasi Insane Collector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 2,258 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 Thanks Peewee. Actually these PP models were just an experiment of mine with something new, a new manufacturer. Their moulds are superb, but those cockpit windows are enough to make me decide not to buy any more. That's my achilles heel with these models. If the cockpit windows are wrong and there's not real way I can correct them myself, no sale. I even bought the VS 744 in 1:250 but when I saw the thing in my hand, not only the cockpit windows but the mould itself was unacceptable to me and I gifted it to a friend without even bothering to take it out of the box. Also I was made to understand in 2 auctions that the EI A333 and FN A343 were 1:200 scale like the First Choice 763 and KLM 738, and not 1:250! I guess its not entirely the sellers fault as no scale is mentioned on the boxes, but if they sell models on a regular basis, they ought to have realised that these are not 1:200. It still would be interesting to see what new releases they bring out from time to time, especially the A330, A340 and 777 but unless they correct the cockpit window issues, I won't be buying anymore.

01-14-2008, 07:32 AM	#9
karun83 The Delhi Daredevil Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 373 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 i bought an AIR ARABIA A320 made by Premier Planes from the inflight shopping of Air Arabia recently enroute to SHJ from MUM... I liked the cockpit, coz tats the main part of an A320, if I am not wrong!! I say so coz many manufacturers make a wierd cockpit for the A320/A321 usually.... My Air Arabia has great detailing... !!

01-14-2008, 06:31 PM	#10
mjabbasi Insane Collector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 2,258 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 I also have the 1:200 Air Arabia A320 and its made by Wooster not PP.

01-14-2008, 09:49 PM	#11
PIA_7772ER Master Collector Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 728	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 I bought two Boeing 747-400 while on my trip to Dubai last year. One was current colours BA, the other Virgin Atlantic. Both came with white stand and looked pretty good.

01-15-2008, 11:33 AM	#13
1:200Freak AP-BHV / AP-BHW / AP-BID Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,493 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 Karun, you are dealing directly with the Gods here! You may be struck down by bolts of lightning and claps of thunder!!

01-17-2008, 02:34 AM	#15
mjabbasi Insane Collector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 2,258 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 Ok, it seems then Air Arabia changed the manufacturer of their models, because the one I have is by Wooster which I bought in the UK. At one time the Air Arabia site even showed the complete list of items they sell on board and the model of the A320 at the time was by Wooster. As for the KF A320, LP and FM are one and the same. Same moulds, same packaging, pretty much like Hogan/Herpa. There are alot of models you won't find on the FM website such as the KF A321, Olympic 727, 742, Thai and Iberia A346, Etihad A332 and A343, RJ DHC-Q400 and A342, Sama 733, Virgin Nigeria A320 etc. These are all made by FM who make alot of models that don't appear on their website.

01-17-2008, 12:15 PM	#17
mjabbasi Insane Collector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 2,258 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 No problem. Actually Long Prosper was their older name. They changed the name to Flight Miniatures later on as it was probably more appealing and relevant to the products they sold.

01-17-2008, 12:22 PM	#18
1:200Freak AP-BHV / AP-BHW / AP-BID Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,493 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 Nice to see you back, Moin

02-16-2008, 10:28 AM	#19
iberia727 Señor Collector Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Barcelona Age: 39 Posts: 266 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 From airspotters I'm waiting Premier Planes Air Europa A330-200, B737-800 with winglets (never aviable in AE inflight shop) & Ryan Air B737-800 with winglets. Also I have an Easyjet A319, buyed onboard with wrong IAE V2500 engines!!!

02-21-2008, 05:58 PM	#20
hansonator69 Sick of Chinese spies Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 14 Posts: 127 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 I have the Premier Planes Virgin Atlantic B747-400 but it has RR engines instead of GE which is wrong.

03-03-2008, 05:15 PM	#21
mjabbasi Insane Collector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 2,258 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 I had the VS 744 but it had the correct engines. Either way I didn't like it and gave it away. PP has this problem of just offering 1 engine type regardless of the airline. Their 737, 767, A319, A320 and A330 moulds are excellent but their cockpit window printing is horrible. Just ruins a perfectly good mould. Here is my My Travel A333. Those engines are again incorrect and supposed to be RR but they are instead GE, but damn good GE's! One of the best I've seen in small scale: Besides I think its high time that PP be added to the manufacturers list on the database here.

03-04-2008, 01:23 AM	#22
hansonator69 Sick of Chinese spies Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 14 Posts: 127 Country:	Re: Premier Planes A330, A340 & 777 Moin, I agree that they have to be added to the manufacturers list. I'm loving the detail and accuracy of the mold and engines but it's shame about the cokcpit windows.