The aircraft also revolutionized Herpa, the Franconian model manufacturer of vehicle models. There is hardly a model of aircraft that Herpa does not reproduce on a small scale. The model range has been continuously expanded to include civil and military aviation aircraft types, as well as accessories for airport dioramas, miniature worlds or model trains. At the 1:500 scale alone, more than 3,500 models of more than 100 different aircraft types and almost 600 airlines have been created, from Lufthansa, Ryanair, Eurowings, Air France to Emirates. The permanent increase in the quality of aircraft models and the increasing level of detail also speak for themselves. In 1990, a Boeing B-52 was launched for the first time. In 1932, exactly 90 years ago, the Junkers Ju-52/3m took off on its maiden flight, the most important quarter-powered version of the legendary Auntie Ju. The Lufthansa Ju-52 is a classic and an uninterrupted favorite of the Herpa range, practically since the early days of the Wings series (item no. 019040). Less known is that British European Airways operated ten Ju-52s between 1946 and 1948. The British government created BEA in 1946, initially for European flights, but from 1947 onwards also for domestic flights. To do this, BEA flew with a motley fleet, which included ten Ju-52s captured to defeated Germany. As "Junkers" sounds like "junk" in English, the BEA renamed the aircraft "Jupiter" without further delay. They were used exclusively on domestic routes. Although they were quite popular with flight crews, the lack of spare parts for BMW engines led to a rapid end of service after only two years.