– Welcome back, today I'm visiting my favourite local aeroplane model shop. (upbeat music) Hey, Elliot. – Hey, Sam, welcome to
Geminijets headquarters. I've picked out a few really
good models that I think they're your personal favourites, 'cause I'm pretty sure you've flown probably on every one of these planes. This is a very special
100th anniversary plane with lovely detail. I know this one's very special to you because you're one of the
few people that actually has flown nonstop from London to Sydney. And here we have a Dreamlifter. This is an interesting plane, this is used by Boeing
to transport fuselage, parts of their new aircraft, we even have the detail where
the tail opens and closes.
It's magnetic, so it
gives a nice close seal. – This is really, really cool. And all your wheels are
rollable as well, right? – Yup. Turn this or not. – Oh, you can even turn the gears, wow. – Engine fan blades spin
also if you blow in them, the engine fan blades spin. (blows air) The next aircraft we've picked
is the Thai Royal Barge. The details on this model as you can see, we've taken a lot of time
to represent it accurately. And one of our bestselling
models is the Emirates A380, it's displayed in the special Expo livery, Expo liveries come in a blue livery, an orange livery, and a green livery. After that is the famous
747-8, operated by Lufthansa. And the next one is the
British Airways 747-400 featured in the Landor livery. This model also has our special setup that includes flaps down configuration, full-span leading edge flaps, full-span trailing edge
flaps that are triple slotted to represent an actual
747's landing configuration. – Sometime I often sit here if you look at my British Airways video, 14 kilo, and I can look straight into
these Rolls-Royce engine, and then seeing the
leading slats extended down for landing configuration,
this is as real as you can get.
– For your viewers, Geminijets would like to give away three KLM 747 models. This is for the retirement at the end of this month of the KLM 747. We're going to give away a
1:200 scale 747 diecast model, a 400 scale version in a collector's box, this is all diecast. And we're going to give
away a third model, which is the cargo version
of the KLM 747-400. – I just want to let everyone know I knew Elliot for long time. I've been a Geminijet
collector from day one. This aeroplane as you can see
the United 747-400 battleship grey was one of their very
first Geminijets model in 1998. – That is correct, Sam, we
started with four models. It was this one, there were
two Virgin Atlantic 747-400s, and we did an Air China 747-400.
– That's right, the worst seller ever. – Worst seller ever but it's sold out now. So, Sam, one of the advantages
of coming to the Geminijets headquarters is it's
actually like a museum.
We have every single model on
display both in 1:400 scale and 1:200 scale that
we have ever produced. So anybody that is a
collector of this stuff that comes in and sees this is absolutely wowed by
the fact that they can see every single Geminijets
model we've ever produced. My personal favourite actually
is a Northwest 747-400. And the main reason for
that is when I started this business, I was
back and forth overseas, back and forth to Asia from the U.S. on a Northwest 747, both a 200 and a 400. So this one's got a little
personal favourite in my heart. – Talk about Northwest, I also
remember this model you made. This is the 50th anniversary of Northwest, it's called a WorldPlane.
They have all their major Pacific cities painted on the fuselage. – Yep, it was an interesting model, this was actually the fifth
Geminijet we produced. So we move on to the centre cabinet that's got a lot of historical planes. Actually, me personally, I like the historical planes better. But we do have to cater to a world market and a lot of our collectors
are younger folks, they're not as interested as
much in the historical planes, so that's why we do a
lot of current stuff, but we also do some of
the more historical ones. One of my personal favourites
is this Dominicana 707. I actually flew on this exact plane between Miami and Puerto Plata
in the Dominican Republic. This was back, I believe,
in the early '80s.
We even did some special livery aircraft. This was the Concord that was leased from British Airways
to Singapore Airlines. So on one side it's British Airways. Then on the other side,
it's Singapore Airlines. And the real aircraft was
actually painted this way. – Look at this. This is the Braniff,
right, this Braniff Calder. – That's the Calder artist,
it was a famous artist, commissioned by Braniff,
he painted a DC-8-62, which is in your hand. They also painted a 727-200. – So the thing is you look
at this engine colour here, they got a little, like a
horse kind of animal on it, a very creative, very
creative paint scheme really.
Very little with little SAP and ATR, and also like Lockheed Electra, you got, you know, all
sort of DC-6, DC-7, YS-11. You made all the props? – Yes, we did, Sam.
– Wow, look at this one. – These cabinets are almost
like an aviation museum, not just for Geminijets
but we try to represent as many airframes that
actually flew over the years, and we go back over 50, 60 years in history in these cabinets.
Sam, aside from the passenger planes, we even make Russian cargo planes. This is the An-124 Ruslan. – [Sam] Yeah, I've flown that one too. – Yep, you were pretty
fortunate to do that because not many people could fly on a Volga-Dnepr An-124 Ruslan. So, Sam, over on this side of the store, we have the 120 museum collection. Over here is a lot of
737s and Triple Sevens. One of my personal favourites
is this Alaska More to Love. This was not an easy livery to replicate. It's a fade from a red
into a very dark blue. – [Sam] Yeah, that's amazing,
the gradient on that scheme. – We really focus on the various liveries of an airline like Alaska, this
is the special Salmon plane, an actual fish painted
on the entire aircraft.
The standard livery here, this
was a Boeing special edition to support, Alaska
Airlines supported Boeing. Retro planes for American, we have the Mendoowoorrji
version of the Qantas 737. Okay, so some of our
more interesting liveries are the Iceland Air
special edition planes. These were very difficult
to do also similar to the More to Love on the Alaska. A lot of work goes into
the printing of these. This is all computer-generated
and printed. The base colours are
all sprayed on by hand but the actual intricate
liveries are done by computer. This is a classic 747-100 that was flown by American Airlines– – [Sam] Wow, this is
unbelievable, look at that colour. Look at the chrome on
the American 747, wow. – It's actually polish metal. Back in the '60 and '70s,
a lot of airlines operated their aircraft in a bare
polish metal livery. Sadly, even though this
was widely accepted and loved by everyone,
today's modern airlines use a lot more composite,
which of course is not metal, so we've lost all the looks
of the polish metal planes.
– [Sam] Oh, it's called Eurowhite. – Yes. – Wow, look at this. The Emirates A380 with the
animal, united for wildlife. By the way, your model's really heavy. Like, this is really heavy,
you can even do like a dumbbell and flexing your muscle, and
practising on your model. How heavy these models
are, let me check them out. Wow, 3.8 pound for this 200 scale 380, that's a lot of weight. It's definitely not a plastic model. – No, Sam, it's not, that's the advantage of having a diecast
model, it gives you value. – You know why I collect your model is because I've flown
lots of these planes, I can personally relate to these models. I want to ask you this, you produce limited
editions on all the models, so once they sold out, does
the value goes up over time? – Yeah, the value will
go up because once we run the production, that's
it, it is not reproduced. It is a one-time production. So it guarantees that the model will not be available from
the manufacturer anymore.
So over time, Sam, what people will do is they'll put these models on eBay. You could see a gradual
increase in the value of these models as the years go on, because once they're produced, they are technically discontinued. So once they're discontinued,
the value does go up on that. So, Sam, in addition to the models, we're making accessories, including a full airport
terminal, air bridges, mats and everything to give
the collector a full display. The terminals actually light up. – [Sam] Oh wow, there's actually power inside your terminal, wow, look at that. Wow, very cool. So, Elliot, which airport
does this represent? – Well, I mean, I took cues from airports all around the world.
It really doesn't represent
one given airport, but the collector can
use their imagination as to what airport they want to make it. We have a night effect look with the terminal lighting all up. It really, it gives you an impressive look of what the airport looks
like in the evening. – Wow, there's even a A380
gates upper deck bridge. – Yes, there is.
– That's amazing. You know, it cheers me
up a lot when I come to the model shop because
this is why I love aviation and collecting diecast model. It really brings good energy out during a difficult time
like this, right, Elliot. – I totally agree. Collectors enjoy turning to
their hobbies in times of stress and we're hoping to keep
everybody happy with models. (likes bubbling) Sam, welcome to the Geminijets warehouse, which is also in Las Vegas. Similar to a Costco or Sam's Club, we have similar racks as they do. But instead of toilet paper
and cleaning supplies, we have Geminijets models. – [Sam] All these are models
inside, aeroplane models? – Yes, all aeroplane models,
nothing but aeroplane models.
– [Sam] How many model you think
you have in this warehouse? – Well, we normally have
about $2 to 2.5 million worth of inventory but
with the Chinese New Year and production slowdowns
due to the coronavirus, our warehouse is much
thinner than it normally is. These racks, normally,
are completely packed. Floor area is usually packed with pallets. Models stacked even in the aisles here. We should be probably
in the next two months, we'll be back up to full
production at that time, and the racks will be full again, the floor will be filled up. And we try to keep things
so real here at Geminijets, we even use real aircraft stands to get up to our higher
parts of the shelves. This exact same type of equipment when people are working on a 737 aircraft. – So, Elliot, there are boxes and boxes going up all the level to the
roof, how many aeroplane models you think you have in your warehouse? – I figure, we, Sam, we probably got about 15 and 25,000
models in stock right now.
– 15 to 25,000 aeroplane models in this warehouse, that's insane. That tells you how many
collectors out there, collecting these diecast
model, that's incredible. I'd like to think myself as one of the biggest aeroplane
model collector out there, I've been collecting since the late '90s. I'm sure that many of you, like me, you have lots and lots
of aeroplane collections. At the end of the video, I'm wondering, are you already a
aeroplane model collector? If so, what is your
favourite aeroplane model? Share with us in the comments below. Thank you for watching. (upbeat music) (logo pops).
