Welcome to the Airline Hobby eStore!
Latest News:
A decal shipment from MASP is due in stock any day. We will ship out back orders as quickly as we can.
A shipment of Flying Fish resin products has arrived, including the DC-9-32F kit, and re-stocks of other versions.
We have another Welsh shipment due to arrive any day. included are more Air Canada E190's, more Proteus 1/72 scale Convairs, and the new Welsh Canadair Argus and Yukon kits.
A second Authentic Airliners shipment has arrived, with a very limited number of 757's. Limit one per customer!
A 1/72 scale Antonov 24 by Amodel is now in stock, in limited quantities.
The Czech Models 1/48 scale Grumman Goose is back in stock.
The Zvezda Boeing 767-300 kit is now expected to arrive early July 2009. Decal is for the current Aeroflot scheme, and Boeing's 'house' scheme. The kit is coming with GE CF6 engines. Search ZVE-7005, it's available for pre-order.
An Authentic Airliners shipment has arrived.... Now in stock are AA's 707, 727 and 737-200 engine parts. *Update* The 727 engines and #2 intakes have proven very popular. We have received a re-stock of series 100 #2 intakes (oval shape), and are awaiting more engines and -200 intakes.
We have some new ExtraTech etch brass sets in stock, for the Revell Germany Boeing 737-800, Daco-Skyline Boeing 737-300/-400/-500 and the Zvesda / Revell Germany Ilyushin 86 kits.
We just received a small shipment of Heller models, including the DC-6 and L.749 Constellation in 1/72, and the Boeing 727 and 747 in 1/125.
Some new Hogan Wings snap together plastic models have just arrived, including their new 1/200 scale Boeing 747-400LCF 'Dreamlifter'.
We just received Contrails Models latest releases, including the 737-900 conversion fuselage and a set of "Pan Am" style airstairs. The 767 APB Winglets will be here shortly.
Another BraZ shipment has arrived... We have received a batch of BraZ new resin Ground Service Equipment, all now available to order (search BZ4G). We have received more Airbus A.340-500/-600 conversion kits, we hope enough to complete all orders on hand. More have been ordered, hopefully here by late May. Again, note, these are NOT complete kits, and require a Revell Germany A.330-300 or A.340-300 kit to provide sections of fuselage and nose and wing main landing gear.
The Revell Germany C-17A Globemaster III kit is back in stock. We have some great decals by Draw Decals, inclding some interesting "Flights of Fancy" schemes for a commercial variant.
The Minicraft Eastern DC-8-63 (M14543) is back in stock. The DC-8-61 has apparently been postponed indefinitely due to continued problems with the fit of the engine pylons to the wing.
Revell Germany has announced a 1/144 scale kit of the Boeing 787-800 'Dreamliner', tentatively scheduled for release in November 2009. Box art we've seen suggests it will have a decal for the Boeing "Dreamliner" scheme. We will open up the item for pre-order as further details are available.
AirlineFan.com has released an interesting new book titled 'Air-to-Air Ultimate Airline Photography'. It's semi-hard cover, and features an impressive selection of air to air airliner photographs.
Revell Germany has re-released their Airbus A.320 kit with Lufthansa markings, as kit RV4267. It comes with CFM56 engines only. Also just arrived the 1/72 scale DC-3 (RV4234) with Finnair and Ilmavoimat markings.
I am expanding the range of products offered in this estore. In particular, I am expanding the selection of airliner and aviation DVD's following the popularity of the Air Utopia DVD's we added in May. I have added the airlinehobby.com range, along with the Avion range.
World Airline Fleets News is now available in our estore! This monthly magazine is particularly well known for its excellent photographic content. Please note.... if you place a "Standing Order" for WAFN, the $5 handling charge will be waived.
The Hasegawa Boeing 737-700(W) with All Nippon 'gold' cs and Boeing 737-800(W) with JAL markings have arrived. Update: The 737-800(W) is also now available with standard All Nippon markings, and the -700(W) will shortly be available with ANA 'Business Jet' markings.
RBX Decals are now in stock! These are laser printed in Brasil, this decal line features purely Brazilian subjects.
Draw Decals and TwoSix Decals both continue to release new decals at steady paces. Keep an eye on the "Latest Decal Arrivals" and the resepective categories for details!
InFormation has changed its business name to Contrails Models. For the time being, I have changed the category name to reflect both names. Note the "INF" product prefixes have now been changed to "CM".
The eStore
In this system you will find every product offered by AHS. Plastic Kits, Decals, Diecast and Pre-Finished models and selected Magazines and DVD's – they are all here.
"Handling" Charge
All orders under $25.00 before shipping will be charged a $5.00 handling charge. This is automatically added to the postage charge at checkout time, and will appear on your final invoice mailed with your order. This handling charge will NOT apply to back order shipments, and will NOT apply to "standing orders" for monthly magazines (e.g. WAFN).
A customer asked "If I place a small second order, that ships with a another order already "In Process", will the Handling charge apply"? Answer is "No".... but please remind me in the Checkout Notes of the other order! I will combine and if the new total before shipping is over $25, the Handling Charge will not apply.
Price Guarantee
Prices shown on this site can only be honoured for 'in stock' items. If an item is out of stock, and in particular if it is imported, prices are subject to adjustment.
"Complete Order" Policy
Since re-launching this site two years ago, I have made it my policy to attempt to send "complete orders", with a minimum of "back order" items. This saves you shipping $$$, and saves me a lot of time. With over 7,000 items listed here, it is very difficult to keep all items in stock all the time. Hence I pull and pack as much of every order that I can, then place orders for the missing items. Most of my suppliers are able to fill these orders quickly, however some take months to complete and ship my orders. Hence, I have modified this policy, and will now only hold orders for a select group of highly responsive suppliers. Out of stock items from all other suppliers will be back ordered. Who are these "highly responsive" suppliers? The current list includes, but is not limited to, Draw Decals, TwoSix, Contrails, GeminiJets, InFlight, Dragon WIngs, JetX, F-Rsin, Avigraphics, Flying Colors, RBX Decals, Daco Skyline.
Shipping - U.S. Destinations:
U.S. domestic shipments will be sent by US Postal Service (USPS) Priority Post, with "Signature Required" Delivery Confirmation. Only small 'decal only' orders (under 8 ounces, generally up to 12 decals) will be sent by USPS domestic First Class mail. If you want to avoid the $1.95 extra cost for "Signature Confirmation" on Priority Post packages (already included in the quoted postage), please let us know in the "Additional Comments or Special Instructions:" box at checkout. As always, postage charged is at cost, and excess paid is always refunded.
Note, however, that ALL U.S. orders sent to office or work address, or to anywhere other than your Billing Address, must be sent Priority Post with "Signature Required" Delivery Confirmation.
Also, the USPS recently changed how shipping costs are calculated for "large" parcels. Basically, anything sent Priority Post that exceeds 1,728 cubic inches (e.g. 12" x 12" x 12" or any variation) is done by volume. In such cases, unless you ask me to ship to a USPS PO box, I will ship via UPS Ground, saving you considerable expense. UPS cannot deliver to a USPS PO Box.
Note, we will NOT ship to a Hotel under any circumstances! While we appreciate that international airline crews would like to save money by sending a parcel to their crew hotel, we have repeatedly found that such arrangements usually result in a lost package, while the the carrier (whether FedEx, UPS or the Post Office) insists it was delivered, and will not honour the insurance. We have recently experienced another loss under these circumstances, hence the revision to our policy.
Shipping - International Destinations:
Shipments outside the U.S. are always via the U.S Postal Service to your country's Postal Service. Packages under 4 pounds weight and under 36" L+W+H are sent by USPS Air Mail. Tracking is not available. Larger and/or heavier parcels are sent by USPS International Priority Post, and a tracking number is provided.
Please note that the USPS has 10 different rates for international packages. While this site can quote Canadian rates separately, there is only one option in the system for the other nine rates. I have programed the most commonly used rate.
International FedEx and UPS services are available at your request, at cost plus a $10 surcharge to cover the extensive paperwork required!
Shipping Insurance:
Insurance is available to most countries. Our experience is that very few parcels are ever truly lost, and we have experienced exactly one in 18 years. All other "missing" parcels have shown up eventually, either at their intended destination or back here.
As a matter of policy, we insure all parcels exceeding $200.00 U.S.D. at our expense. We may insure lower value parcels at our discression. Based on individual experiences, we may require that a customer insure all packages regardless of value.
We do file claims with the US Postal Service if a parcel is reported missing, and a reasonable length of time has passed. We cooperate fully with their investigations, and so far we have assisted the USPS (and through the USPS, one foreign Post Office) with two Mail Fraud convictions.
Based on our experience with shipping to certain countries, Insurance may be mandatory. As insurance is not available on International First Class mail, packages to these countries will only be sent by USPS International Priority Post.
Shipping insurance is not available to certain countries, and consequently AHS will not insure packages to these countries. The current list includes, but is not limited to Mexico.
Finally, due to the complete unreliability of postal services in some countries, AHS can no longer ship via the mail to certain countries. AHS has removed these countries from the estore. If you live in one of these countries (and cannot make alternate delivery arrangements) please contact us by email to discuss options.
A Comment re Credit Card Sales:
This system is set up to accept VISA, Mastercard, Discover and American Express. However all we do when you place your order is Validate the card - we do NOT charge it! We finalize and charge once we pull and pack your order, calculate shipping, and can charge accurately.
Personal Cheques
With regrets, we will no longer accept a Personal Cheque for payment due to a recent rash of NSF cheques.
Shipping Charges:
This system cannot perfectly calculate your shipping costs. It has no idea how big a box is needed, or it's weight! My policy continues to be that you will be charged exact shipping, and your order will be adjusted accordingly. So, if paying by PayPal, please anticipate that you might get a refund, or might be asked to pay the extra required. Note we do not charge "Handling" fees.
Shipping Paints:
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