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  • Schabak out of business

    Heard that some one else is taking over after they went out of business, production will go to China.


  • #2
    Well it happens when you make a pretty crappy product.

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    • #3
      never knew 'Schabak' existed lol

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      • #4
        Ohhh, tooo bad, no more 1:600 scale planes, I'm soo sad .

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        • #5
          Too bad for them, they had opportunity to improve, or even RE-SHAPE !!! instead they kept thinking as if they were still back in the 70s when almost nobody competed with them. Let them pay for their (numerous) mistakes ...
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          • #6
            somehow I'm not really surprised

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            • #7
              I actually liked schabak. I inherited my brothers huge collection of schabak planes when I was 4 or 5, and that got me into collecting in the first place. 1:600 was the perfect size to start a collection I think, but I have to say they age horribly. Most of mine are from the 80s and early 90s, and the paint has faded or pealed off of most of a number of them.

              But to their credit, they had the biggest selection I've ever seen in any model company.
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              • #8
                I actually like the Schabak models. I still have a ton of the 1:600, probably around 200-300. I liked how relatively inexpensive they were & the huge variety they had, even though there were a few things I wish they would've made models of (ERJ-145, E-170, NW Airlink RJ-85, AirTran, jetBlue, Frontier A-319, America West new colors, etc).

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by DeltaRules
                  I actually like the Schabak models. I still have a ton of the 1:600, probably around 200-300. I liked how relatively inexpensive they were & the huge variety they had, even though there were a few things I wish they would've made models of (ERJ-145, E-170, NW Airlink RJ-85, AirTran, jetBlue, Frontier A-319, America West new colors, etc).

                  DeltaRules
                  how small would a 1:600 ERJ be?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Chris@YYZ
                    how small would a 1:600 ERJ be?
                    Probably around the size of Herpa's 1:1000 A380 model .

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by DAL767-400ER
                      Probably around the size of Herpa's 1:1000 A380 model .
                      damn, got a pic?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Chris@YYZ
                        damn, got a pic?
                        Nothing true to scale, just enlarged.

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                        • #13
                          They made 1:600 scale CRJ-200s. Probably aren't more than an inch & a half long. They made a Brasilia model, too. Never thought I'd see a model that small.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by DeltaRules
                            They made 1:600 scale CRJ-200s. Probably aren't more than an inch & a half long. They made a Brasilia model, too. Never thought I'd see a model that small.

                            DeltaRules
                            1:600 Brasilia!

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Chris@YYZ
                              1:600 Brasilia!
                              Ya, I have a Skywest one. Tiny. Very Tiny.
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