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Old 09-16-2005, 08:58 PM   #1
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Default 1:400 Ground Support Equipment

Can anyone point me to any websites that offer a good selection of Ground Support Equipment for 1:400 scale models?

It seems 1:500 scale has more support for Ground Equipment. At least at airplanesshop.com anyway.

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Old 09-16-2005, 10:22 PM   #2
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6526498417

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Old 09-17-2005, 06:39 AM   #3
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Default Big Bird 1:400 GSE

http://www.bigbirdaviationmodels.com...il?v=1&pid=367

About $25.00 US conversion on the British Pound price. Great set. Two jetways and enough support equipment for two planes. Fast shipping from Great Britain and I don't think he charges extra for shipping. It's included in the price.
Highly recommend this guy. I've purchased a few of these and they're great sets. Jetways are identical to Herpa 500 but in 400 scale and a lot of the GSE is functional with moving parts.
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Thanks for both of those links! Those items seem to be what I'm looking for!

I still wish there was more of a selection for the 1:400 models. Herpa went bilistic with the 1:500 and forgot about the 1:400. I thought 1:400 was more popular?

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Exclamation 1/400 Gse

There is also a GSE-set made by Herpa: http://www.herpa.de/pics/560948.jpg

The best and most detailed GSE vehicles so far are the ones made by Dragon, here you can see photos of them:
http://www.delftblue.de/400_scale/GSE_400.htm

Also Aeroclassics made some GSE parts (most parts metal), but there are only available together with airliner sets in different c/s and contains some classic vehicles.

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Old 09-17-2005, 02:28 PM   #6
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There is also a GSE-set made by Herpa: http://www.herpa.de/pics/560948.jpg

The best and most detailed GSE vehicles so far are the ones made by Dragon, here you can see photos of them:
http://www.delftblue.de/400_scale/GSE_400.htm

Also Aeroclassics made some GSE parts (most parts metal), but there are only available together with airliner sets in different c/s and contains some classic vehicles.

Stefan

Wow! The 2nd link are really detailed! Thanks for sharing!

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