Pencil Twins: A 757-300 Wishlist

Even though the 757-300 only sold 55 units to 7 customers it has recorded a strong service record and worn a surprisingly high number of liveries.

Coverage to date has been patchy and the only airline or lineage of 757-300s especially well covered so far has been Icelandair where all 3 major versions are present on the NG Models or updated Gemini / JC mould. Here is a selection of 757-300s that in late 2026 need to be remade or made for the first time, ideally using the NG Models mould.

House Colours

American Trans Air / ATA Airlines

An important early operator only made by Gemini Jets all the way back in 2004!

Continental – United

The CO/UA 757-300s operated in basically the same livery for their entire lives until recently. The CO birds were delivered without winglets originally. There haven’t been any modern versions of these 3:

Northwest – Delta

As far as I’m aware there are 3 NW livery variants. The classic bowling shoe and the two NWA variants (silver and light grey). With Delta only one scheme has been worn but winglets were fitted to make two variants.

Gemini Jets has made recent NWA silver body and Delta with winglet versions but the rest remain untouched for years.

JMC Air / Thomas Cook UK

Condor

By my count there has been an astonishing at least 15 livery variants for the 757-300 in Condor service of which only 7 have been made in the past 10 years. The rest need a remake and include:

Arkia

Transavia

The Dutch airline leased a couple of 757-300s from Condor, which wore this hybrid scheme.

AMSTERDAM AUGUST 2003 TRANSAVIA BOEING 757-300 D-ABOF LEASED FROM CONDOR

Azur Air Ukraine / Skyline Express

One of the most recent operators was Azur Air Ukraine. In 2023 it rebranded to Skyline Express Airlines.

UR-AZP AYT 09.07.2021

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