Hasegawa Geek Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Hi, after 10 years of searching for this kit, I was able to find it in Switzerland. It was never advertised and I only knew about it from a friend who said he saw it for sale in 1986 at ZRH. It was clearly for the Swiss market so I can not confirm if it was sold in any other European countries. I know that they also included Swissair decals in the Air France 747-200 kit, which I have yet to see. The price tag is from Franz Carl Weber, a Swiss toy store. I don't know if the date is "September 1990" or if that is the price. Someone can help? Unfortunately, the kit did not have the instruction guide with it. I'd like to know if they included a separate decal guide for the Swissair decals or not. Does anybody have photos of the 747-200 Swiss kit or an instruction guide for this kit? Do we know if Hasegawa added decals to any other kits for different airlines i.e. Iberia, etc. Thank you! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I think some other Hasegawa kits are very rare unless someone knows otherwise. To me the MU-2 JASDF one and the civvy MU-2 ? with longer fuselage are two rare ones that come to mind plus the Beech T-34 Mentor is another. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Stk probably means piece so each. 2 prices might be something like alternatives for Swiss francs or German marks. Especially where tourists might visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) Stk is indeed short for Stück (piece). The 9.90 is the price, chf9.90. The 22.0089 is probably a stock/item number. Edited January 9, 2021 by buzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
112 Squadron Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) The box is from 1980. Subsequently, the kit was released by Hasegawa in the colors of other airlines that operated the DC-10 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hasegawa-lc002-mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10--246120 Edited January 10, 2021 by 112 Squadron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasegawa Geek Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Thanks for the clarification on the price tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 As swiss, I fully agree, the price is 9.90. (we only rounded to 0.05 at this time). First is probably item number. Alex Ah, memories... I remember some kits I bought at the Franz Carl Weber in Spreitenbach many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasegawa Geek Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 6 hours ago, alex said: As swiss, I fully agree, the price is 9.90. (we only rounded to 0.05 at this time). First is probably item number. Alex Ah, memories... I remember some kits I bought at the Franz Carl Weber in Spreitenbach many years ago. Thank you. Do you have any source of Swiss modeling forums or shops that I could find the 747-200 Swissair kit? I would pay big money for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 No unfortunately, I am just on a German speaking forum (modellboard.net), but only few swiss there. I'm not really aware of a dedicated Swiss modeling site. There is a swiss auction site (ricardo.ch), but only few models there. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 09/01/2021 at 21:35, Hasegawa Geek said: Hi, after 10 years of searching for this kit, I was able to find it in Switzerland. It was never advertised and I only knew about it from a friend who said he saw it for sale in 1986 at ZRH. It was clearly for the Swiss market so I can not confirm if it was sold in any other European countries. I know that they also included Swissair decals in the Air France 747-200 kit, which I have yet to see. The price tag is from Franz Carl Weber, a Swiss toy store. I don't know if the date is "September 1990" or if that is the price. Someone can help? Unfortunately, the kit did not have the instruction guide with it. I'd like to know if they included a separate decal guide for the Swissair decals or not. Does anybody have photos of the 747-200 Swiss kit or an instruction guide for this kit? Do we know if Hasegawa added decals to any other kits for different airlines i.e. Iberia, etc. Thank you! I have both the DC-10 and 747 kits with the Swissair decals There are no instructions for the Swissair decals,just for the Alitalia/Air France respectively. 9.90 is the price of the kit from back then. I know because,in the 90s Franz Carl Weber had a huge stock of model kits also many Hasegawas.I spent a lot of time (and my pocket money) there as a child😊😉 I will look in my stash if I can find that 747 kit and take some photos later Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) Here are the promised photos of the Air France/Swissair 747-200 Edited January 11, 2021 by Alex1978 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasegawa Geek Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Alex, thanks so much, thats amazing! What surprises me is that the box doesn't have the "Swissair decals included" sticker on the box. Safe to assume all the Air France 742 kits being sold in Switzerland would have those decals? Do we know if any other Hasegawa kits had Swissair decals added? Edited January 12, 2021 by Hasegawa Geek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Hasegawa Geek said: Alex, thanks so much, thats amazing! What surprises me is that the box doesn't have the "Swissair decals included" sticker on the box. Safe to assume all the Air France 742 kits being sold in Switzerland would have those decals? Do we know if any other Hasegawa kits had Swissair decals added? You are welcome. I have another Air France 747 that I bought on a Swiss auction platform and that did not include Swissair decals.I was also surprised to find them in the other boxing as,as you stated,no sticker on the box mentions it. So,I am not sure how Hasegawa dealt with that kit. The only other Swissair kits are the MD-11 and the 747-300,these were official Swissair boxings with respective box arts. As Hasegawa did not produce any other airliner Swissair operated back then,the DC-10 and the 747-200 together with the above mentioned official boxings are it. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Garard Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 8:00 AM, Paul J said: I think some other Hasegawa kits are very rare unless someone knows otherwise. To me the MU-2 JASDF one and the civvy MU-2 ? with longer fuselage are two rare ones that come to mind plus the Beech T-34 Mentor is another. Paul, The longer MU-2J is being re-released: https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-mitsubishi-mu-2j-flight-check-squadron-w-towing-vehicle-hsg02370 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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