Herpa Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 "Qualiflyer" – HB-IWB "Graubünden" 1/500 537087

Founded in 1998, the Qualiflyer Group was a short-lived airline alliance with a joint frequent flyer program, which, among others, included Swissair, TAP Portugal, Austrian Airlines, Sabena from Belgium and AOM of France. However, with the bankruptcy of Swissair in 2002, the group dissolved after a short time. Some aircraft received a special coat of paint with a blue belly and Qualiflyer logo to promote the alliance. The "Graubünden" was one of two MD-11 trijets at Swissair, which were painted accordingly. In collaboration with the artists of "Hands of God", Eurowings and Borussia Dortmund, Herpa offers the "Fanairbus" in no less than five variants: as a die-cast metal model in the 1/500 (item no. 536981) and 1/400 scales (item no. 562829), as a highly-detailed and fully-assembled collectors’ model in 1/200 (item no. 572750), and as part of the popular Snap-Fit series in 1/200 as well (item no. 613927), but also in the 1/100 scale as the largest version of the five (item no. 613934).