Gemini Jets
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Las Vegas, Nevada
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, United States
United States
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founded in 2000. The product line is named Geminijetplan, but ADI (Airliners Distributing Inc.) is the founding no company holding the reproduction licenses from airlines and aircraft manufacturers, examples including Boeing
Boeing
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and Airbus
Airbus
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. ADI make and market aircraft in several different scales, all scales possess superior quality, and detailed printed graphics. The company produce replicas of commercial and military aircraft
Aircraft
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in various scales including the popular 1:400, 1:250, 1:200 and 1:72.
GeminiJets uses aircraft manufacturers' blueprints and airlines Pantone
Pantone
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colour charts to create accurate duplication.
GeminiJets is one of the world's leading manufacturers of diecast aircraft replicas. The models are sold worldwide, and sell at different prices depending on local demand. GeminiJets has also designed and manufactured two model airports and model airport accessories in its most popular scale range, 1:400. The first model airport comes with 22 jetways, various logo stickers (airlines and sponsors) and comes with lights that illuminate the interior of the terminal. The airport also includes a movable monorail system. 6 AA batteries required for the lights, airport vehicles and model aircraft are sold separately.
GeminiJets package their products inside card boxes with graphics of the airline printed on the box as well as the GeminiJets logo and logos of the airline, aircraft and manufacturer along with a licencing badge. The majority of GeminiJets' product boxes feature a protective plastic (or foam) casing, a liftable flap to view the product and information about the particular aircraft the boxing houses including technical specification and aircraft history.
GeminiJets currently has several production lines, each in a different scale, and targeting a particular area: either commercial or military:
- GeminiJets 1:400 - Limited Edition: Commercial aircraft - usually between 1500 to 3000 pieces
- GeminiMACS 1:400 - Limited Edition: Military transport aircraft - usually 1500 to 2000 pieces
- Gemini Select 1:400 - Limited Edition: Commercial aircraft - 500 pieces per release.
- Gemini 250 - Limited Edition: Commercial aircraft in the 1:250 scale - 750 pieces per release
- Gemini 200 - Limited Edition: Commercial aircraft in the 1:200 scale - 600 pieces per release
- GeminiACES 1:72 - Limited Edition: World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and Cold WarCold WarThe Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
military aircraft.
This is part of GeminiJets' corporate statement: "Our models are highly collectible and are all limited editions. As with all limited edition collectibles, it is our policy not to reissue models which have previously sold out. We have gone to great lengths to provide you a diecast metal airliner that replicates your favorite aircraft, without sacrificing accuracy. We use aircraft manufacturers' blueprints and Pantone color charts to assure accurate duplication."
New releases
- 1.Lot Polish Airlines 737-500 1/400
- 2.Hawaiian Airlines 767-300WL 1/400
- 3.Air Koryo Concorde 1/400
- 4.Air Greenland Airbus A380 1/400
- 5.Aeroflot Boeing 757 1/400
- 6.WestJet Boeing 747-8i 1/400
- 7.American Airlines 767-300WL 1/200
- 8.American Airlines DC-3 1/200
- 9.Northwest Airlines 727-200 1/200
- 10.United Express ERJ-145 1/200W
- 11.AeroMexico Boeing 747-400 1/200
- 12.Icelandair Airbus A330 1/200
- 13.RAF C-17 Globemarster GeminiMACS
- 14.Alien Spaceship 1/1