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An Ordinary Boeing: A 737-400 Wishlist

4/12/2019

5 Comments

 
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The late 1980s and early 1990s are a curiously poorly represented period in 1:400 scale. NG Models has been making good use of its 757 to fill the gap but there are large numbers of MD-80s, early A320s and 737 classics that have been neglected. Panda already has an excellent 737-300 but hasn't been using it as much as I'd like. Now they are producing a series 400, which is a major gap in production. Here's a look at what they ought to make with the new casting.
​The Boeing 737-400 has to be about as close to an average airplane as any can get. A simple stretch of the series 300 it entered service late enough to avoid the glory that the 300 acquired in reimagining the 737 line and lacked the range to make it a true contender in the US market. Even so nearly 500 of the type were produced and it has seen service with a wide range of airlines.
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The Gemini 737-400 is not bad although it does tend to tail-sit
​The story was somewhat different in Europe, where its higher capacity was more useful than long range and where it sold well. Even so it never seemed to me as exciting as the MD-80 or A320 that it competed against. 
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​In 1:400 scale there have been several moulds (from Herpa, Dragon Wings, Gemini Jets and Phoenix) but none have been world-beating. The Gemini Jets casting (once used by Phoenix and latterly by JC Wings) is the best in my opinion. There have been just under 70 releases all told but the majority of them typically don’t represent the type in its prime, when it was operated by national carriers, and focus on its later years (or later colours from original operators). The fact I own only 4 737-400 models is telling of this point.
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There is plenty of scope for new models of the type, with almost anything made already ripe for a re-release (and lots of what has been made not worth re-releasing). Therefore, it is great to see Panda Models announce they will be making a new 737-400. It is annoying that both of their first two releases are the sort of rather pointless niche models I’m not interested in, but hopefully they’ll get on track and maybe this wishlist can help illustrate what they ought to be doing with the new mould :)
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Certainly the following 65 schemes cover the 737-400 during its glory years.

British Isles
The series 400 got strong usage in the British Isles not just with charter airlines but also with the flag carriers of both the UK and Republic of Ireland:
British Airways
Two Gemini releases have covered the Chatham dockyard and one of the world tails. A landor release is screaming out to be made as the G-DOC* series of 737-400s were the workhorse of the short haul fleet during the 1990s:
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
Aer Lingus operated all versions of the 737 from 200-500 before switching to Airbus.
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Konstantin von Wedelstaedt [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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Pedro Aragão [CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL]
British Midland also was a long time operator of the series 400 and of course one of their aircraft crashed near the M1 motorway on approach to East Midlands in 1989:
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Pedro Aragão [CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
​In the realms of Charter airlines there are plenty of opportunities:
  • Air UK Leisure
  • Air Europe
  • Dan Air
  • Inter European
  • Novair
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Pedro Aragão [CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Pedro Aragão [CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL]
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Pedro Aragão [CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL]
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Torsten Maiwald [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]

The Low Countries
All 3 flag carriers of the Benelux nations used series 400s and all could be seen regularly at Heathrow. 
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Adrian Pingstone [Public domain]
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Pieter van Marion from Netherlands [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Arcturus [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]
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JetPix [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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Pedro Aragão [CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL]
Belgium also had a decent representation in the charter market:
  • Air Belgium
  • Eurobelgian
  • Sobelair
  • Virgin Express
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Alain Durand [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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Pedro Aragão [CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL]
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Alain Durand [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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Pedro Aragão [CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL]

Rest of Europe
The 737-400 was a member of the fleets of many other major European airlines. Many of these operated 737-300s or 500s but some, like Olympic, only operated the series 400.
  • Braathens SAFE
  • Icelandair
  • Air Berlin
  • Lufthansa
  • Hapag Lloyd
  • Corsair
  • Malev
  • CSA
  • LOT
  • Olympic
  • Turkish
  • Ukraine Int
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Pedro Aragão [CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL]
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Alasdair McLellan [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
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Pedro Aragao [CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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JetPix [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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Konstantin von Wedelstaedt [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Kuba Bożanowski from Warsaw, Poland [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]
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François Roche [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Konstantin von Wedelstaedt [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]

Africa
The 737-400 has received a lot of usage in South Africa with Comair and Kulula (and some existing 1:400 models) but it is the North African operator Royal Air Maroc, I'd like to see more. 
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]

Asia
737s weren't as common in Asia prior to the advent of low-cost carriers and 737NGs but the series 400 did quite well as once again passenger load was more important than range. This is also an area that has received some decent attention from the Chinese based 1:400 operators. Thai Airways has for example been well covered already.
  • Asiana
  • Garuda Indonesia
  • Hainan Airlines
  • China Xinhua Airlines
  • Japan Air Lines
  • Japan Transocean
  • Malaysia Airlines
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Amayagan [CC0]
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Gerry Stegemeier [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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aeroprints.com [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
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shimin [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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byeangel from Tsingtao, China [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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G B_NZ [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Amayagan [CC0]
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aeroprints.com [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
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Richard Vandervord [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]
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Jakkrit Prasertwit [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]

Oceania
Both the major Australian carriers operated 737-300s but only Australian / Qantas took the larger 400. They were joined by Virgin Blue also in the early 2000s. Air Nauru also operated a single 737-400 from its island home.
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John Wheatley [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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Ercan Karakas [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]
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Robert Frola [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]
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Grahame Hutchison [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]

USA
The 737-400 didn't sell well in the US market except for fleets with Alaska and Piedmont. The latter was the launch customer and is probably the most deserving 1:400 737-400 yet to be made. 
  • Alaska
  • Aloha
  • Markair
  • Piedmont
  • USAir
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Eddie Maloney from North Las Vegas, USA [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Airwim [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]
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Airwim [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]
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Airwim [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Torsten Maiwald [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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JetPix [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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Torsten Maiwald [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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JetPix [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
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Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]

Latin America
The series 400 was operated by the old big three in Brazil albeit in small numbers complementing their series 300s.
  • Transbrasil
  • Varig
  • VASP
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Torsten Maiwald [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)]
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Summary
​There's clearly a wide range of liveries to be made. Many have also been worn by the 737-300 or 737-500 too but neither of those types has been well represented in 1:400 scale so far either. If I had to pick my top 10 then it would be:
  1. Piedmont (Blue stripe)
  2. Air UK Leisure
  3. ​British Airways (Landor)
  4. Dan Air
  5. Braathens S.A.F.E (original colours)
  6. Markair
  7. Novair
  8. British Midland (original colours)
  9. Icelandair
  10. KLM (original colours)

What are your most wanted 737-400s?
5 Comments
William Franklin
4/12/2019 07:04:58 pm

I would love to see one in British Midland colours.

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Richard Stretton
4/12/2019 07:17:55 pm

Good call not sure how I missed them out! I've added both schemes in thanks for the reminder.

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BWI-ROCMan
4/12/2019 07:26:52 pm

Thank you for doing all this research. I didn't realize how well-represented the 737-400 was among national and vacation carriers. I grew up in USAir and (last years) Piedmont territory, so the 737-400 was a regular at home ROC.

The big gap for me as an American are the Piedmont liveries. Piedmont blue-stripe does seem to me the place to start for the US.

There was also a niche USA Detroit City Airport -based low-fare carrier called Pro Air that flew the 734 in several tail colors in the late 90's. I have a 1999 timetable for them that shows BWI, LGA, MDW, ATL, and other destinations.

Jim

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Richie
4/12/2019 08:08:35 pm

I would love MarkAir, CSA and JAL in 734, they would be an excellent addition to my collection, also Avior - Venezuela apparently has a large fleet of second hand 734. On the 733 I would love to see some of the Latin American airlines Aviateca, Taca, Sahsa, Avensa, Boliviana de Aviacion, A. Argentinas.

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Garry
6/12/2019 03:46:23 pm

I hate the B737 in any version as its old,ugly and now dangerous too it seems with the MAX version being pushed to do things it was not meant to be able to do!

I will never fly on a B737 max on any airline ! I will look for airlines that use Airbus A319,A320,A321,NEOS or XL's as they are being called or even Bombardier CS series and Embraer aircraft at that size! Why? Better,new,modern and reliable ! MUCH BETTER onboard space and comfort in all classes too !! Boeing is a cheap skate,should have done a complete new design for the 21st century by now! They have the development knowledge from the Dreamliner for smaller version etc in the form of a replacement for the B737's and a new B797 as a B757 replacement we keep hearing about US airlines want ! Thats why United finally had enough and put a massive order in for the A321 Neo XLR or ULR ? Cannot wait for a B797 to arrive as it be another 10 yrs almost!

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