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Boeing 747-400 Detailed Mould Comparison

Updated: June 2021
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The 747-400 is nowadays seen as a classic, but it remains one of the most important airliners ever made, bridging the gap between the first generation widebodies and the big twins, and selling nearly 700 units to fuel long haul air travel growth during the 1990s. Unsurprisingly the very first Gemini Jets were 747-400s, but perhaps more surprisingly the original mould, albeit in modified form, still remains in use. Since these first Geminis there have been plenty of 747-400 moulds and in this detailed review I am not going to try and cover every available mould - there are simply too many and some are incredibly obscure.
Instead this review will focus on the 4 most important moulds, which account, in various forms for the majority of 400 scale 747-400 production, plus the new JC Wings version.
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The moulds to be compared in this detailed comparison will be the following:
  • Dragon Wings 1999 Mould - Also used by Jet-X
  • Gemini Jets 1999 Mould - Also used by JC Wings
  • Big Bird 2003 Mould - Also used by Aeroclassics, Witty Wings / Apollo and Big Bird Mk3
  • Phoenix 2007 Mould - updated in the 2010s
  • JC Wings 2020 Mould

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The large gap between new moulds from 2007-2020 illustrates how the stock of the 747-400 has fallen in 400 scale, although both the original Gemini mould and Big Bird mould have been used on and off throughout this period. The Gemini Jets mould has been modified multiple times to keep it up to date (rear seam removal, aerials, rolling gear) and this review will use one of the most up to date versions. The Big Bird mould has been used by various brands, most recently Big Bird Mk3 who fitted it with aerials. ​
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

​The models to be used in this review are as follows:
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Note: Images of the KLM are courtesy of Denny Payne - all others are from my collection.
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Dragon Mould
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Gemini Jets Mould (Updated Versions)
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Big Bird Mould (Updated with Aerials)
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Phoenix Mould
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New JC Wings Mould
The review will take the form of a comparison of various areas of each mould to the real aircraft, with a score out of 5 allotted for each mould for each area. Adding the combined scores together gives you the winner. 


Scoring


​NOSE / NOSEGEAR
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NOSE: Getting the nose shape correct is fundamental to the mould looking like a 747. The clear winners for me are the old Dragon and BigBird, with the latter slightly better. Both get the angle down past the cockpit correct and have nice tapering noses and the correct angles.

The old Gemini and new JC Wings share a lot in common at the nose and I suspect the former was partly used to make the latter. They both are good, although not helped by the cockpit printing, but both I feel don't quite get the forehead or curve down to the nosecone quite right. The new JC is a little better shaped than the Gemini but there isn't a lot in it.

The Phoenix is for me the worst of the bunch. Although the nose has been improved since the earliest versions it is too chunky and rounded and not tapered enough. I also tend to think the cockpit angle isn't deep enough, although the cockpit printing is better.
NOSEGEAR: Obviously the Dragon has the weakest landing gear, which isn't surprising considering its age and lack of updating. Still it is at least the right height. The Big Bird doesn't have rolling gear but does have a really nicely detailed gear leg, good sized doors and is again the correct height.

Once again the old Gemini and new JC share features. Both get the gear leg height wrong and are too short. The Gemini gear is a bit chunky and the gear door is too large, while the new JC Wings gear has really nice detailing and a good sized door but is just too short. 

The Phoenix nosegear is actually quite good. They paint the gear a more metallic colour, it is the right height and has some good detailing.
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WING FUSELAGE JOIN / ENGINES & PYLONS
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General Electric CF6 Engines

Left: Pratt & Whitney Engines
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WING / FUSELAGE JOIN: You have to hand it to Dragon - their moulds were seamless when nobody else's where and the area of the wing/fuselage join is excellent, especially when considering this is a diecast to plastic join. The Big Bird is a cradle mount mould, but the seam follows the fairing well and has a tight fit with the wings. The Gemini mould is similar to the Big Bird in this respect.

Even ignoring the crazy wing angle (more on that later) the Phoenix is not as good as it ought to be. Firstly Phoenix are always poor with the fairings on their moulds. It isn't big enough or the correct shape. Plus the gap between the wing and fuselage is quite large.

​The new JC is the best since the Dragon Wings mould. It also has the most complex and accurate wingtop join line of them all.
ENGINES & PYLONS: Of the models above all have CF6 engines aside from the Northwest, which has Pratts (as does the United in the photo). Visually the difference isn't huge. Once again the plastic components of the Dragon mould help it with the engines. The pylon attaches to the wing cleanly and hangs well. It is well shaped and the engine has nice detailing too. It is only let down by its age, which means silver solid fanblades. The Big Bird has good pylons for the time but the metal attachment to the wings isn't great (although better than on the Gemini). The rear shape of the pylons and overall nacelle shape isn't as good as the Dragon, and yes it has solid silvery fanblades.

The Gemini has a famously chunky pylon join to the wing but the rear of the pylon and engine shape is good. Once again the engines are silvery and solid inside. The new JC Wings mould has resolved the pylon attachment issue and has new style see through engines. On the minus side the hot section of the engine isn't as nice as on the much older Gemini.

Lastly the Phoenix. As with several Phoenix moulds the pylons appear to be too tall, which means the engines hang too low, and also at a funny angle. The join with the wing isn't much better than the much older BigBird. It's a bit of a mess overall. The engine core is solid.
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WING ANGLE
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WING ANGLE: The 747 has a graceful gently curving wing angle and I admit it is hard to find photos of the real thing from the front that will have the same angle as the model shots. The Dragon, Big Bird and Gemini moulds all have roughly the same wing flex, which when I hold them in front of the photo above roughly match it. The Dragon is the tallest of the three, the Gemini is a little straight and the Big Bird probably has the nicest curve.

The Phoenix has a lower wing, which in my opinion is too low, although this is probably exacerbated by the engine pylons and lack of engine ground clearance. The wing also doesn't really curve much at all it just goes straight. Phoenix 747s often look as though the wingtip is almost lower than the fuselage join.

​The new JC Wings has the opposite problem i.e. the wings don't flex down at their outer edge. Now this is a flaps down model so maybe the wing is different on the flaps up version, but I doubt it. The wing height at its tip does look too high, but it doesn't impact the look of the model as much as the low wings of the Phoenix do.
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TAIL & TAILCONE
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Tailshape isn't a problem with any of the moulds. The Gemini and BigBird tails are about a mm thinner along the top line. The oldest three tails all have no free rudder (a feature introduced later) while the Phoenix and new JC Wings both do, however Phoenix have done theirs poorly. This isn't the only Phoenix mould where the tail join clearly is way too narrow and the gap beneath the rudder much too wide. It looks very odd. The Dragon also has a typical Dragon feature - poor attachment of the plastic tail to the diecast fuselage.

The Phoenix also has an outlier tailcone as there is just a hole, with no attempt to show the shape of the APU tailpipe. The new JC Wings tailcone tries to add some extra detail in. I'm not sure it is a total success, as it also doesn't really show the APU piping, but it is a nice attempt.
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FUSELAGE DETAILING / PRINTING
All the models made using the Dragon Wings mould, and the majority of models made using the Gemini and BigBird moulds don't come with aerials. However a decent number of the Gemini made versions now have aerials attached and a very small number of Big Bird Mk3 releases do too. The Phoenix and new JC Wings moulds obviously do come with aerials as those moulds are much newer.
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The Dragon mould (above) has limited printing detail, which is no surprise given its age. Dragon didn't always do a great job on the cockpit windows either, although this NW release is excellent. What Dragon could offer was detailed etching on the wings and some nice definition of the nosegear doors and intakes around the wing fairing.
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The late version Big Bird (above) and Gemini (below) both have high quality printing and good mould detailing on the underside. The Big Bird has better shaped cockpit windows. The cockpit on the Gemini angles down too steeply in the centre and is a little too large.
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The Phoenix mould (below) shows typical lack of effort by Phoenix. This model was made in 2020 and yet there are no maingear doors printed on whatsoever. Also the shape and detailing of the underside intakes is sloppy and the whole model has the usual ultra glossy look of Phoenix. On the plus side the cockpit windows are printed very well.
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The new JC Wings mould has excellent printing and lots of it, plus good detailing of the underside intakes. Obviously this is a flaps down version too but I'm not giving it extra marks for that.
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Both of these are JC releases but the Yangtze uses the Gemini mould. Both have cockpit windows that are too large and not the right shape in the middle.
One issue I do have with the new JC Wings 747 is the cockpit printing. It appears similar to the Gemini mould's but if anything the windows are even larger and the central ones angle downwards even further. It does impact the overall look of the model as the cockpit ought to be straight across the top and the central windows should not go down the nose as far as they do on the JC Wings. As you can see the Phoenix and Big Bird moulds are much superior in this area.
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JC Wings Cockpit
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Big Bird Cockpit
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Phoenix Cockpit


Summary

Given the maximum score in this review is 35 all the moulds can be improved, even the newest. In fact, I am surprised that the new JC Wings mould isn't scoring better. It appears to be more based on the original Gemini version than a clean sheet especially in the nose and cockpit region. That isn't necessarily a major issue but I would like to see the landing gear height increased slightly and the cockpit window printing changed at least.

The old Big Bird mould still shows it inherent quality, especially when updated with aerials. If that could be made seamless and have the engine/wing join updated the mould would be near perfect. Even the ancient Dragon Wings mould in non-updated form still scores very well, showing that there is no strong reason, as of yet, to replace your Dragon 747s.
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What isn't surprising is the very poor performance of the Phoenix 747. It is widely known that I consider it one of the worst moulds in 400 scale and this detailed look at it doesn't change my opinion. It is demonstrably weak in most areas aside from the landing gear and cockpit printing. Please don't buy it. It is such a shame that Phoenix keep on pumping out models using it.
It'll be interesting to see what 2021 and 2022 bring for the 747 in 400 scale. I still doubt that JC Wings will use their new mould very much, and certainly not for large numbers of classic schemes. Will NG Models come to the fore with their own 747-400? I hope so, but only time will tell.
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