Skyjets400 Gemini Japan Air Lines DC-8 Delivery colors

Bill G · 09-19-2001, 04:57 PM

Check out Skyjets400. The new DC-8 is out. Japan Air Lines DC-8 in delivery colors. It's fantastic!

Bill

Steve · 09-19-2001, 05:01 PM

Very nice!!

Steve

Ozz · 09-19-2001, 05:03 PM

WOOHOO!! I was hoping this would be released in a real scale!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Sentinel Chicken · 09-19-2001, 05:09 PM

Finally! One of the coolest DC-8 liveries ever! Back in May there was a discussion here on what we all thought the next Skyjets release would be and ContinentalCrew wanted to know why I was going to put my money down on JAL back then. Here's what I posted back then in response:

"...here's why I'm betting on JAL as the next Skyjets release- We haven't yet had a DC-8 from Asia- we got'em from N. America and Europe, no problem. Of all the Asian carriers, JAL's history is very closely intertwined with the DC-8 ever since they introduced the DC-8-32 on the Tokyo-San Francisco route- their first jet route, in 1960, followed closely by the Tokyo-Hong Kong route later that same year. The following year JAL inaugurates polar service to London-Heathrow and Copenhagen. All of it on DC-8s."

"Until the 747s were placed in revenue service, the DC-8 was the standard long-haul jet for JAL. Just look at their route expansion in the 60s- all thanks to the DC-8. As a matter of fact, when I think of Asian/Pacific Rim carriers, 4 names come to mind- Cathay, Singapore, QANTAS, and JAL. Singapore is the youngest and never had a DC-8. Cathay and QANTAS used 707s. Only JAL used the DC-8 and had a network that is still extensive to this day. "

"The Tsurumaru (crane) logo that is now famous wasn't introduced until 1965, five years after the DC-8s entered service. It would be neat to see the DC-8 in the delivery livery AS WELL as the Tsurumaru livery. I'd get BOTH!"

KICKA$$! (One pleased barnyard fowl)

Bill G · 09-19-2001, 05:23 PM

Do you see any swallows in your crystal ball? I think I would rather have a crystal ball than pink feet, right Kevin O?

Bill

Steve · 09-19-2001, 05:27 PM

Hopefully the release version will have a Real Metal belly!

Steve

BillTse · 09-19-2001, 06:24 PM

Yep, this is a really nice release and I'll definitely add it to my collection.

Hey Doc, isn't that the crane just behind the cockpit?

NEADC9 · 09-19-2001, 06:47 PM

I'm probably a party of one here but is does not do much for me.

Pete Hamel · 09-19-2001, 07:21 PM

No doubt I'll get this one. Really nice.

Pete

tdh8192 · 09-19-2001, 07:52 PM

Am I getting this one?

Is the Pope Catholic?

Does a bear crap in the woods?

Is George Dubya a complete and total... wait a minute - lets not go down that route again.

Yes, I will be ordering this little gem.

NEADC9 · 09-19-2001, 08:02 PM

Hey Tom D,

That was a great reply. It had me chuckling!

Sentinel Chicken · 09-19-2001, 09:21 PM

BillTse, you sure are right. Sad, I never noticed the crane logo there before. Shows you how much I drink on a nightly basis. Now where did I leave that daggum bottle opener?

Tom, now that was funny. Nice to see some humor creeping back into this forum. Let's hope for your sake the other end of the political spectrum is in a good mood.

BillG, Kevin is going to really kick your a$$ on of these days. Maybe he won't even help the next time you have to recover from another Hillbilly Fire Sale. Yee-haw!

And where the hell are those swallows, anyhow?

As an interesting aside, I found the following image below on a website for antiques. Apparently these are 17th century Japanese porcelain antique plates. The design of the plates, of course, is what caught my eye. I believe the description of these was that they were "Arita porcelain" or whatever that means. I wonder if these designs were the inspiration for the Tsurumaru logo that JAL uses.......

egonzinc · 09-19-2001, 09:24 PM

Fantastic Release!
Looks beautiful!
E

ANTHONY F DUVA JR · 09-19-2001, 09:24 PM

JAL 60s colors are VERY aesthetically pleasing - all those stripes.

justplaneobsessed · 09-19-2001, 09:51 PM

Beautiful. Now this one is a must have.

Edwin

AlphaSigOU · 09-19-2001, 11:36 PM

Looks real good. Would have liked them to model JA8007 Yoshino instead of JA8001 Fuji, but I'll go for it anyway.

Coincidentally, JA8007 Yoshino was the DC-8 that took Ian Fleming on his research trip to Japan for writing You Only Live Twice -- in fact, it even gets a mention in passing in the book! (Next to collecting die-cast aircraft, I am also a James Bond fanatic.)

JA8007 Yoshino Photo courtesy Airliners.net (www.airliners.net) The photos show it later converted to a -53.

"Errrrrrrr... just a drink. A Martini, shaken, not stirred." (Hard to reproduce Sir Sean Connery's Scottish burr on text!

)

ltu1542hvy · 09-20-2001, 12:10 AM

It's beautiful. I'm not going to order it. I already have!

- Bill

N. Eberhard · 09-20-2001, 12:52 AM

My starjets version is officially for sale since we have the real deal 1:400 coming.

Louis · 09-20-2001, 12:58 AM

Can't wait for this!

AirDar · 09-20-2001, 02:16 AM

Very nice retro livery. It will be neat to display it next to the Northwest and watch them duke it out for landing priority!

It WILL make it into my collection...

DeltaFlot · 09-20-2001, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ozz
WOOHOO!! I was hoping this would be released in a real scale!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!

The exact words I was thinking of. Thanks Skyjets!

Tony Sepanski · 09-20-2001, 12:08 PM

Man oh man oh man, are they on a roll. First the kickass Alitalia, followed by the Aeronaves. Then NWA in delivery colors, which I can't wait for. Now (I'm with Chicken on this one) one of the best DC-8 liveries ever!

This is great!

Chansen · 09-20-2001, 01:52 PM

I will get this one!

09-19-2001, 04:57 PM	#1
Bill G Insane Collector Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 1,215	Skyjets400 Gemini Japan Air Lines DC-8 Delivery colors Check out Skyjets400. The new DC-8 is out. Japan Air Lines DC-8 in delivery colors. It's fantastic! Bill __________________ *Ozark Flies Your Way* FEES DON'T FLY AT SOUTHWEST

09-19-2001, 05:03 PM	#3
Ozz Insane Collector Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada (CYVR) Age: 50 Posts: 2,763	WOOHOO!! I was hoping this would be released in a real scale! Thank you, thank you, thank you! __________________ Ozz ORANGE IS BEAUTIFUL *GO WESTJET!!!* We need more CPAir/CDN and don't forget PWA and BA Landor!

09-19-2001, 05:09 PM	#4
Sentinel Chicken Go-Getters Go Ozark Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: DFW/THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Posts: 4,167	Ha! I knew it would finally come! Finally! One of the coolest DC-8 liveries ever! Back in May there was a discussion here on what we all thought the next Skyjets release would be and ContinentalCrew wanted to know why I was going to put my money down on JAL back then. Here's what I posted back then in response: "...here's why I'm betting on JAL as the next Skyjets release- We haven't yet had a DC-8 from Asia- we got'em from N. America and Europe, no problem. Of all the Asian carriers, JAL's history is very closely intertwined with the DC-8 ever since they introduced the DC-8-32 on the Tokyo-San Francisco route- their first jet route, in 1960, followed closely by the Tokyo-Hong Kong route later that same year. The following year JAL inaugurates polar service to London-Heathrow and Copenhagen. All of it on DC-8s." "Until the 747s were placed in revenue service, the DC-8 was the standard long-haul jet for JAL. Just look at their route expansion in the 60s- all thanks to the DC-8. As a matter of fact, when I think of Asian/Pacific Rim carriers, 4 names come to mind- Cathay, Singapore, QANTAS, and JAL. Singapore is the youngest and never had a DC-8. Cathay and QANTAS used 707s. Only JAL used the DC-8 and had a network that is still extensive to this day. " "The Tsurumaru (crane) logo that is now famous wasn't introduced until 1965, five years after the DC-8s entered service. It would be neat to see the DC-8 in the delivery livery AS WELL as the Tsurumaru livery. I'd get BOTH!" KICKA$$! (One pleased barnyard fowl) __________________ *Piss on noise abatement!*

09-19-2001, 05:23 PM	#5
Bill G Insane Collector Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 1,215	Hey Chicken Do you see any swallows in your crystal ball? I think I would rather have a crystal ball than pink feet, right Kevin O? Bill __________________ *Ozark Flies Your Way* FEES DON'T FLY AT SOUTHWEST

09-19-2001, 07:52 PM	#10
tdh8192 Mmmm... pep'roni pizza Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,241	Am I getting this one? Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear crap in the woods? Is George Dubya a complete and total... wait a minute - lets not go down that route again. Yes, I will be ordering this little gem. __________________ - Tom

09-19-2001, 05:01 PM	#2
Steve Master Collector Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 835	Very nice!! Steve

09-19-2001, 05:27 PM	#6
Steve Master Collector Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 835	Hopefully the release version will have a Real Metal belly! Steve

09-19-2001, 06:24 PM	#7
BillTse Senior Collector Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 355	Yep, this is a really nice release and I'll definitely add it to my collection. Hey Doc, isn't that the crane just behind the cockpit?

09-19-2001, 06:47 PM	#8
NEADC9 Insane Collector Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Franklin, MA Posts: 981	I'm probably a party of one here but is does not do much for me.

09-19-2001, 07:21 PM	#9
Pete Hamel Master Collector Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida USA Posts: 908	No doubt I'll get this one. Really nice. Pete

09-19-2001, 08:02 PM	#11
NEADC9 Insane Collector Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Franklin, MA Posts: 981	Hey Tom D, That was a great reply. It had me chuckling!

09-19-2001, 09:21 PM	#12
Sentinel Chicken Go-Getters Go Ozark Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: DFW/THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Posts: 4,167	BillTse, you sure are right. Sad, I never noticed the crane logo there before. Shows you how much I drink on a nightly basis. Now where did I leave that daggum bottle opener? Tom, now that was funny. Nice to see some humor creeping back into this forum. Let's hope for your sake the other end of the political spectrum is in a good mood. BillG, Kevin is going to really kick your a$$ on of these days. Maybe he won't even help the next time you have to recover from another Hillbilly Fire Sale. Yee-haw! And where the hell are those swallows, anyhow? As an interesting aside, I found the following image below on a website for antiques. Apparently these are 17th century Japanese porcelain antique plates. The design of the plates, of course, is what caught my eye. I believe the description of these was that they were "Arita porcelain" or whatever that means. I wonder if these designs were the inspiration for the Tsurumaru logo that JAL uses....... __________________ *Piss on noise abatement!*

09-19-2001, 09:24 PM	#13
egonzinc Insane Collector Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Guaynabo,Puerto Rico, USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,732	Fantastic Release! Looks beautiful! E

09-19-2001, 09:24 PM	#14
ANTHONY F DUVA JR ^~.. Maximum R & B ..~^ Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Land of a thousand dances Posts: 3,059	JAL 60s colors are VERY aesthetically pleasing - all those stripes. __________________ FLY DUVA AIR's LUXURIOUS, DOUBLE-DECK BOEING "STRATO" CLIPPER !

09-19-2001, 09:51 PM	#15
justplaneobsessed Insane Collector Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Quezon City, MM, Philippines Posts: 1,884	Beautiful. Now this one is a must have. Edwin

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09-19-2001, 11:36 PM	#16
AlphaSigOU Insane Collector Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Wylie, Texas Age: 43 Posts: 1,419	Looks real good. Would have liked them to model JA8007 Yoshino instead of JA8001 Fuji, but I'll go for it anyway. Coincidentally, JA8007 Yoshino was the DC-8 that took Ian Fleming on his research trip to Japan for writing You Only Live Twice -- in fact, it even gets a mention in passing in the book! (Next to collecting die-cast aircraft, I am also a James Bond fanatic.) JA8007 Yoshino Photo courtesy Airliners.net (www.airliners.net) The photos show it later converted to a -53. "Errrrrrrr... just a drink. A Martini, shaken, not stirred." (Hard to reproduce Sir Sean Connery's Scottish burr on text! ) __________________ *Chuck Corway (AlphaSigOU)* *Causa latet vis est notissima* -- the cause is hidden, the results are well known. James Bond: "I'll take the full odds on the ten, two hundred on the hard way, the limit on all the numbers, two hundred and fifty on the eleven, thank you very much." Plenty O'Toole: "Hey! You've played this game before!" James Bond: "Just once." *REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!! REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!!! REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 11!!!!*

09-20-2001, 12:10 AM	#17
ltu1542hvy Master Collector Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Durham, North Carolina Age: 42 Posts: 738	It's beautiful. I'm not going to order it. I already have! - Bill

09-20-2001, 12:52 AM	#18
N. Eberhard Dr. Diecast I presume? Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Age: 44 Posts: 3,424	My starjets version is officially for sale since we have the real deal 1:400 coming.

09-20-2001, 12:58 AM	#19
Louis Master Collector Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Posts: 767	Can't wait for this!

09-20-2001, 02:16 AM	#20
AirDar I'm watching you... Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Land of BBQ & thin chips Posts: 1,787	Niiiice! Very nice retro livery. It will be neat to display it next to the Northwest and watch them duke it out for landing priority! It WILL make it into my collection... __________________ Dar~ Yours is not to question why, Yours is but to BUY or DIE!

09-20-2001, 12:08 PM	#22
Tony Sepanski Master Collector Join Date: May 2000 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 798	Man oh man oh man, are they on a roll. First the kickass Alitalia, followed by the Aeronaves. Then NWA in delivery colors, which I can't wait for. Now (I'm with Chicken on this one) one of the best DC-8 liveries ever! This is great!

09-20-2001, 01:52 PM	#23
Chansen Insane Collector Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 2,966	I will get this one!