# YESTERDAY'S AIRLINES

> Dedicated to investigating aviation history and the world of 1:400 and 1:600 scale die-cast model airliners


## Posts

- [Karachi Connies: PIA's L-1049s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/karachi-connies-pias-l-1049s/): Nowadays Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is not thought of as a leader in civil aviation. Like its Indian neighbour Air […]
- [Pacific Rockets: Fijian One-Elevens](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/pacific-rockets-fijian-one-elevens/): Air Pacific was one of only two customers in the Oceania region to equip itself with Britain’s BAC One-Eleven. Though […]
- [Air Crane LCC: Jiangxi Air](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-crane-lcc-jiangxi-air/): The low cost revolution is slowly coming to China now that the government and CAAC see the benefits that LCCs […]
- [Shandong Success: Xinxing 737-300s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/shandong-success-xinxing-737-300s/): During the early to mid-1990s China’s first nominally independent (though not private) airlines began to come into existence. The equipment […]
- [USAir's PSA Hubris: A West Coast Disaster](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/usairs-psa-hubris-a-west-coast-disaster/): The USAir purchase of Pacific Southwest Airlines was yet another result of the turbulence and merger panic flooding the US […]
- [A Hell of A Gamble: PSA's 146 Smiliners](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/a-hell-of-a-gamble-psas-146-smiliners/): Deregulation changed the state of play in the Californian market, where unregulated intra-state airlines like PSA and Air California had […]
- [TAESA Pt3: DC-9 Disaster](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/taesa-pt3-dc-9-disaster/): TAESA had come through the crisis of the mid-90s albeit with a large debt burden, modified ownership and a much […]
- [TAESA Pt2: Old is New](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/taesa-pt2-old-is-new/): After 5 years of operations Transportes Aéreos Ejecutivos (TAESA) had appeared to carve itself a strong and profitable position in […]
- [TAESA Pt1: The Little Airline That Could](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/taesa-pt1-the-little-airline-that-could/): TAESA (Transportes Aéreos Ejecutivos) Lineas Aéreas was begun in April 1988 operating executive jets and began scheduled passenger operations in […]
- [Flight 455 & the Cuban DC-8s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/flight-455-the-cuban-dc-8s/): Communist Cuba has been largely cutoff from the West for over 50 years with some form of detente only beginning […]
- [Highflyer Brought Down to Earth: Globe Air](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/highflyer-brought-down-to-earth-globe-air/): In the early 1950s Basel was the major charter gateway into Switzerland, however the traffic was dominated by foreign airlines. […]
- [Godwits to Korus: 737-200s in New Zealand](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/godwits-to-korus-737-200s-in-new-zealand/): The Boeing 737 has had a long and fruitful service in New Zealand especially in the guise of the series […]
- [Last Minute Korus: NZ's 737-300s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/last-minute-korus-nzs-737-300s/): By the late 1990s the Boeing 737-300 was not new technology and had been superseded in Boeing’s catalogue by the […]
- [Scottish Virgin: Highland Express](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/scottish-virgin-highland-express/): Scotland has never had a successful national airline (except I guess Loganair), although several carriers have traded on a Scottish […]
- [Arrow Jets: Frontier's 727s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/arrow-jets-frontiers-727s/): During the 1960s the local service airlines of the United States were growing fast. Not only were they re-equipping their […]
- [Teague 737: PLUNA's First Jet](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/teague-737-plunas-first-jet/): South American nations are no strangers to turbulent histories, replete with dictators and revolutions, and yet Uruguay has been one […]
- [Israeli Upstart: MAOF Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/israeli-upstart-maof-airlines/): El Al has ruled the Israeli skies ever since Israel came into being and like its home nation is a […]
- [Berlin Fat Alberts: Pan Am 737-200s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/berlin-fat-alberts-pan-am-737-200s/): ​Pan Am throughout its history operated a diverse and expansive route network that covered most of the globe at one […]
- [Holiday: A Euro 737-300 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/holiday-a-euro-737-300-wishlist/): The Panda Models 737-300 mould (once used by Aeroclassics also) is massively under-used. Panda has shown some interest in it, […]
- [Squashed Eggs: AA's Astrojet Livery](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/squashed-eggs-aas-astrojet-livery/): American Airlines is renowned for keeping its classic Red, White and Blue scheme from 1968-2013 but the livery before it […]
- [Tens & Trouble: Spantax in the 80s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tens-trouble-spantax-in-the-80s/): By 1978 Spantax had grown to become one of the largest charter airlines in Europe, despite not necessarily having the […]
- [Capt Rudi’s Maseratis: Spantax Convair 990s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/capt-rudis-maseratis-spantax-convair-990s/): During the 1950s and 60s, as in the USA, many small airlines were begun by individuals and would go on […]
- [Pariah No More: SAA’s 747-400s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/pariah-no-more-saas-747-400s/): Apartheid made South Africa an international pariah and its national airline unwelcome across most of Africa. The purchase of 747SPs […]
- [United Airlines | Boeing 737-322 | N327UA | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/united-airlines-boeing-737-322-n327ua-gemini-jets/): I ordered this model well before the release appeared, off of the back of the Gemini photos, which due to […]
- [An Ordinary Boeing: A 737-400 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/an-ordinary-boeing-a-737-400-wishlist/): The late 1980s and early 1990s are a curiously poorly represented period in 1:400 scale. NG Models has been making […]
- [Parrot Jumbo: Air Gabon’s 747](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/parrot-jumbo-air-gabons-747/): The history of African flag carriers is something I always find interesting. Not only are they exotic but they often […]
- [Talofa: The Rise, Fall & Rise of Polynesian Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/talofa-the-rise-fall-rise-of-polynesian-airlines/): The Pacific islands have a proud history of colourful flag carriers, however the majority of the region’s airlines have struggled […]
- [Premier Pacific: Hawaiian's Long-haul Adventure](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/premier-pacific-hawaiians-long-haul-adventure/): Hawaiian Airlines was faced with the same range of challenges in the deregulated 1980s as other legacy carriers – increased […]
- [Hope & Despair: Air Congo's Struggle](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hope-despair-air-congos-struggle/): European colonialism has left a bitter legacy in many African nations, but probably none has been so disgraceful and damaging […]
- [Whisper It: A Bristol Britannia Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/whisper-it-a-bristol-britannia-wishlist/): Considering there were only 85 aircraft made you could argue the Bristol Britannia has had a fair run out in […]
- [Block's Third Way: Air Holland](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/blocks-third-way-air-holland/): Nowadays the charter market is undersiege from low cost airlines, and customers empowered by the internet to create their own […]
- [Karnali & Gandaki: The Nepalese 757s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/karnali-gandaki-the-nepalese-757s/): Few nations are as dependent on air travel as Nepal. Not only has it no access to the sea but […]
- [Persistence over Performance: Qantas Comet IVs](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/persistence-over-performance-qantas-comet-ivs/): Qantas had always been a well-run flag carrier and as such had shown little interest in Britain’s reborn Comet 4. […]
- [Rise of the Jetset: Air 2000's First Decade](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/rise-of-the-jetset-air-2000s-first-decade/): The UK charter airline scene has always been ultra-competitive and highly susceptible to economic downturns, which disproportionally impact spending on […]
- [Classic A320s: A Wishlist 1987-95](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/classic-a320s-a-wishlist-1987-95/): The A320 family is hardly under-represented in 1:400 scale. Even so most manufacturers are fixated on the now and looking […]
- [Eastern Bloc Boeings Pt1: Polish 767s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/eastern-bloc-boeings-pt1-polish-767s/): ​The gradual, and then sudden, changes that Gorbachev’s policy of Glasnost brought to Eastern Europe provided both a series of […]
- [High Country: Chinese 757s in the Himalayas](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/high-country-chinese-757s-in-the-himalayas/): ​The Boeing 757 is renowned for having some grunt, which is one of the reasons it has gained a second […]
- [Soviet Airbuses in China: Xinjiang's IL-86s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/soviet-airbuses-in-china-xinjiangs-il-86s/): Even when it was first put into service the Soviet IL-86 was hardly a picture of modernity or efficiency, so […]
- [Earning Their Wings: Eastern 757s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/earning-their-wings-eastern-757s/): ​Eastern struggled through the deregulation era, even prior to the Lorenzo led Texas Air takeover, however one of the few […]
- [Lan Tens: DC-10s in Chile](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lan-tens-dc-10s-in-chile/): The 1980s were a time of crisis and transition at Chile’s national airline Lan Chile. During that period the airline […]
- [The First Flying Dream: Gutelman’s TEA](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-first-flying-dream-gutelmans-tea/): Prior to European Open Skies several airlines attempted to get around restrictive regulations by creating a Pan-European airline grouping, albeit […]
- [TACA: El Centromericano One-Elevens](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/taca-el-centromericano-one-elevens/): TACA had a complicated series of owners throughout its history, however these rarely stopped it from achieving and it was […]
- [The 757 Story Pt2: Engines & Sales](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-757-story-pt2-engines-sales/): By the time the design of the new Boeing 757 was finalized in 1979 it was clear it would be […]
- [The 757 Story Pt1: From 727-300, to 7N7, to 757](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-757-story-pt1-from-727-300-to-7n7-to-757/): The Boeing 727-200 Advanced was spectacularly successful during the 1970s but although orders were flooding in Boeing didn’t rest on […]
- [Constant Crisis: AVENSA 1994-2004](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/constant-crisis-avensa-1994-2004/): Nowadays Venezuela is in a sorry state, wracked by economic collapse, hyper-inflation and a dictatorial regime. The pathway to this […]
- [Eastern A300s: A Marriage Made In Heaven](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/eastern-a300s-a-marriage-made-in-heaven/): By the 1970s it had been years since the US majors had bought any foreign aircraft and the new Airbus […]
- [Big Fokkers: An F100 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/big-fokkers-an-f100-wishlist/): Production of the F100 in 1:400 scale has been rather lopsided with only a small variety of models made focusing […]
- [Killed by Debt: Air Florida 1982-1984](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/killed-by-debt-air-florida-1982-1984/): The loss of Ed Acker to Air Florida’s greatest rival Pan Am in September 1981 was undoubtedly a serious blow […]
- [Air Florida Across the Atlantic: Palm DC-10s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-florida-across-the-atlantic-palm-dc-10s/): Air Florida was, thanks to its President Ed Acker, one of the darlings of the first years of deregulation and […]
- [Acker’s Gamble: Air Florida 1979-1982](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ackers-gamble-air-florida-1979-1982/): With deregulation of the airlines in the USA the expectation was that an intrastate airline like Air Florida would be […]
- [Escape from Dar: Kenya Airways Birth](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/escape-from-dar-kenya-airways-birth/): The main trio of East African nations, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have a long history of co-operation but also rivalry. […]
- [The BA Shuttle: Bringing the Regions to Heathrow](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-ba-shuttle-bringing-the-regions-to-heathrow/): The Eastern Air Lines shuttle was a pioneering idea in the busy US North-east market offering no-reservation guaranteed seat service […]
- [Con Job: Braniff Mk III](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/con-job-braniff-mk-iii/): The third incarnation of Braniff International is as good a reason as you are ever likely to find for letting […]
- [Desert Sun: Fokker 70s in the America West](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/desert-sun-fokker-70s-in-the-america-west/): In the early 90s, just prior to the Regional jet revolution, Fokker’s line of twinjets were rather squeezed in at […]
- [Empress Sydney: CP's Only 707](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/empress-sydney-cps-only-707/): Aside from its experiment with the Bristol Britannia Canadian Pacific had been a stalwart Douglas customer since the 1940s. Despite […]
- [Air India’s Revolution: Jetley’s Sun 1987-90](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-indias-revolution-jetleys-sun-1987-90/): As with many developing nation’s national carriers, that have had long glorious histories, Air India is today a model of […]
- [Eastern Cross the Atlantic: New Mark 10s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/eastern-cross-the-atlantic-new-mark-10s/): Towards the end of the 1970s Eastern Airlines was in a period of cautious expansion and with deregulation upon the […]
- [Bleeding Edge: Oasis Hong Kong](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bleeding-edge-oasis-hong-kong/): There’s no doubt that low cost airlines have radically altered the face of the industry within the last twenty years, […]
- [National Goes International: MIA-LHR 1970](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/national-goes-international-mia-lhr-1970/): During the regulated era of US aviation the realm of long-haul international flights was primarily the domain of Pan Am […]
- [Hainan Airlines: The Beginning of a Dynasty](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hainan-airlines-the-beginning-of-a-dynasty/): The HNA Group has grown to become a behemoth of an organisation owning stakes in such diverse organisations as The […]
- [Three Swallows Pt2: Go Getters Go Ozark](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/three-swallows-pt2-go-getters-go-ozark/): During its first 20 years of operation Ozark had fulfilled exactly the promise that the local service airlines had been […]
- [Three Swallows Pt1: Get Up & Go Ozark](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/three-swallows-pt1-get-up-go-ozark/): Ozark was St Louis’s hometown airline and as with many of the local service airlines was a true pioneer of […]
- [Cuban Commandos: Aerovias Q and Cuba Aeropostal](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/cuban-commandos-aerovias-q-and-cuba-aeropostal/): Despite almost constant political turmoil and rampant corruption Cuba was, by the mid-1950s, doing well by many measures. Accordingly, civil […]
- [Not B4 Time: An A300 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/not-b4-time-an-a300-wishlist/): There have been nearly 260 A300s made in 1:400 scale with 159 of them coming from the excellent Aeroclassics mould. […]
- [C-GRYN: 707 Voyager from OZ to Canada](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/c-gryn-707-voyager-from-oz-to-canada/): Charter operations in Canada have a long and colourful history and much like charter services in Europe an impressive variety […]
- [Interchanges: Through Plane Service in the Regulated Era](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/interchanges-through-plane-service-in-the-regulated-era/): Nowadays if you are an airline operating within the US domestic market and you wish to serve a route pair […]
- [Jet Clipper Eights: Pan Am DC-8-30s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jet-clipper-eights-pan-am-dc-8-30s/): The battle between the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 was yet another of the classic duels between competing manufacturers during […]
- [Aviacsa Pt2: Pakal Falls](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aviacsa-pt2-pakal-falls/): Aviacsa entered into the 21st Century as Mexico’s leading private airline and a serious competitive force to the nationalised Mexicana […]
- [Aviacsa Pt1: Pakal Expands](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aviacsa-pt1-pakal-expands/): Consorcio Aviacsa, S.A. de C.V. (commonly known as Aviacsa) grew from a struggling small regional airline into Mexico’s 3rd largest […]
- [Vienna Longer Haul: Austrian A340s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/vienna-longer-haul-austrian-a340s/): By the early 90s the A310s had proved their value and given Austrian the start they needed on long haul […]
- [Vienna Long Haul: Austrian A310s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/vienna-long-haul-austrian-a310s/): Austrian Airlines was for many years purely a regional European national airline and although it had dabbled in long haul […]
- [The Elegance Campaign: Braniff’s Ultra Look](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-elegance-campaign-braniffs-ultra-look/): The rise and fall of Harding Lawrence’s Braniff International is so well known that in aviation it has become something […]
- [Lunarejo’s Courier: Aero Continente](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lunarejos-courier-aero-continente/): There is a ‘fine’ tradition of dodgy airlines in Africa and Latin America but few have had the success that […]
- [Panda Buses: Sichuan's A320s, the First in China](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/panda-buses-sichuans-a320s-the-first-in-china/): Sichuan province is one of China’s most important and diverse. Today its home airline has grown into as major carrier […]
- [Project Omaha: Piedmont’s Florida Shuttle](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/project-omaha-piedmonts-florida-shuttle/): After initially being against deregulation Piedmont grabbed the opportunity with both hands. They had already turned Charlotte into a major […]
- [Stretching Australia’s Wings: Compass Mk1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/stretching-australias-wings-compass-mk1/): November 1990 marked the date that the Australian domestic airline market was finally fully deregulated, however unlike in other markets […]
- [Minerve Magic: French Deregulation Pioneer](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/minerve-magic-french-deregulation-pioneer/): Charter airlines have come and gone regularly and many barely merit a mention. Some however deserve recognition and Minerve definitely […]
- [Southern Flight: Südflug Seven Seas](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/southern-flight-sudflug-seven-seas/): Südflug International was a pioneer of aviation in Germany. It was the first airline in West Germany after the war, […]
- [Hippie Express: Loftleidir's Low Cost Long-haul](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hippie-express-loftleidirs-low-cost-long-haul/): Iceland sits in a fortuitous position in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Wow Air is currently leveraging this benefit […]
- [Western to World: Seaboard's Golden Sixties](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/western-to-world-seaboards-golden-sixties/): By 1960 Seaboard and Western had seen both the highs and lows. It had grown from a charter airline to […]
- [East Meets West: Malev’s First 737s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/east-meets-west-malevs-first-737s/): Nowadays the end of Cold War seems obvious and the thought that the Soviet Union could have persisted bizarre; however […]
- [Malta's Military Lease: Air Malta's 707-3F5C](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/maltas-military-lease-air-maltas-707-3f5c/): The Republic of Malta consists of a pair of islands (Malta and Gozo) close to Sicily in the central Mediterranean. […]
- [Eights to the Orient: Northwest DC-8s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/eights-to-the-orient-northwest-dc-8s/): By the late 1950s Northwest had solidified its place as a prime mover across the Pacific Ocean, but the landscape […]
- [Transcon Luxury: Northwest’s Unique Strats](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/transcon-luxury-northwests-unique-strats/): Boeing delivered only 55 Stratocruisers, and the civilian programme was always a footnote compared to the almost 900 KC-97 tanker […]
- [Independence Pt2: The Atlanta Bicentennials](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/independence-pt2-the-atlanta-bicentennials/): As far as I’m aware none of the other US airlines went as far as ONA and Braniff to paint […]
- [Independence: ONA Celebrates the Bicentennial](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/independence-ona-celebrates-the-bicentennial/): 1976 marked the 200th anniversary of the US declaration of independence. The new nation wasn’t recognised by Britain, and the […]
- [Red Dragon: Airways International Cymru](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/red-dragon-airways-international-cymru/): The 1980s was a time of diverse charter activity in the United Kingdom as various travel companies began to align […]
- [Jumbo Troubles: TWA's 747s in the 70s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jumbo-troubles-twas-747s-in-the-70s/): The Boeing 747 signalled a step change in the size and cost of the airline industry. Eagerly acquired by the […]
- [Shooting Star Pt2: Ansett New Zealand's 90s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/shooting-star-pt2-ansett-new-zealands-90s/): Competing in the New Zealand domestic market had proved as tough as expected for the young comptitor, which had gone […]
- [Shooting Star Pt1: Newmans - Ansett NZ](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/shooting-star-pt1-newmans-ansett-nz/): The New Zealand domestic market had long been the realm of National Airways Corporation (NAC) and later, post-merger, Air New […]
- [Bahamas Airways Pt2: Swire's Flamingo](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bahamas-airways-pt2-swires-flamingo/): Bahamas Airways had for many years been rather a thorn in the side of BOAC and by 1968 the British […]
- [Bahamas Airways Pt 1: Money for Nothing](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bahamas-airways-pt-1-money-for-nothing/): Following WW2 the UK still owned a vast empire. Britain’s flag carrier BOAC continued to play an important role in […]
- [The Last Pax 707s: Saha's Tanker Troopers](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-last-pax-707s-sahas-tanker-troopers/): The rather hilariously named “axis of evil” countries have certainly been a boon for the aviation enthusiast. If you can […]
- [TZ Tens: American Trans Air 1973-1986](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tz-tens-american-trans-air-1973-1986/): Deregulation of the US airline industry gave a lot of companies, both new and existing, their opportunity to take on […]
- [Giraffe Survivor: Air Tanzania Corporation](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/giraffe-survivor-air-tanzania-corporation/): Too often the history of African national airlines reads like a black comedy of dodgy dealings, rampant cronyism and flagrant […]
- [All Around the World: Lan's Air Cruises](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/all-around-the-world-lans-air-cruises/): Round the world flights were a feature of several major airlines route networks (Pan Am for example) and at times […]
- [Bad Luck Blues: Braniff's Dallas Cowboys Jet](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bad-luck-blues-braniffs-dallas-cowboys-jet/): By late 1981 Braniff International was in severe trouble. Braniff’s President and Chairman Harding Lawrence had believed that airline deregulation […]
- [New Life to Old Jumbos: 747-400BCF and BDSFs](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/new-life-to-old-jumbos-747-400bcf-and-bdsfs/): The concept of converting used passenger jets to freighters is an old tradition that has been going since the Second […]
- [Whistling Dixie: Air South](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/whistling-dixie-air-south/): The sea of red-ink that flowed out of the US airline industry during the 1980s, thanks to fare wars and […]
- [Future Echoes: Lufthansa Express](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/future-echoes-lufthansa-express/): It’s not just since the 2000s that the big European carriers have been taking a hard look at how to […]
- [Tsuru in Full Flight: JAL in the 1960s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tsuru-in-full-flight-jal-in-the-1960s/): The first civil jetliners outside the Soviet Union were designed for long range travel. That left many airlines, including JAL, […]
- [Wings of the New Japan: JAL's First Decade](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/wings-of-the-new-japan-jals-first-decade/): The economic miracle which Japan achieved in the late 50s and 1960s was a vindication of the postwar policies of […]
- [FM Superbuses: Shanghai's Short-term A321s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/fm-superbuses-shanghais-short-term-a321s/): Shanghai Airlines is one of China’s oldest airline brands but throughout its history it has been a staunch Boeing customer […]
- [Ansett's Last Props: The F50 Euroglider](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ansetts-last-props-the-f50-euroglider/): The Fokker F27 had a long and distinguished career in Australia with the government airline, Trans Australia Airlines, and its […]
- [Howard Hughes' Jetstreams: TWA L-1649s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/howard-hughes-jetstreams-twa-l-1649s/): Lockheed’s Constellation programme was a great success both for civilian and military marks but coming towards the end of the […]
- [KLM 3TENS: Intra-european Widebodies](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/klm-3tens-intra-european-widebodies/): The Dutch national airline, KLM, made an order for A310s in April 1979 but, unlike most of the type’s European […]
- [Six Survivors: Canadian Pacific's Versatile DC-6Bs](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/six-survivors-canadian-pacifics-versatile-dc-6bs/): Canadian Pacific turned to the trusty Douglas DC-6B to carry it through the 1950s, but even though the type was […]
- [Cramming Them In: HK Express' New Airbuses](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/cramming-them-in-hk-express-new-airbuses/): HK Express has been a major factor in the infiltration of low cost travel options into Cathay Pacific’s Hong Kong […]
- [Peruvian Tristars in the 90s: Faucett/AeroPerú's L-1011s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/peruvian-tristars-in-the-90s-faucett-aeroperus-l-1011s/): As Peru entered the 1990s both its largest airlines, AeroPerú and Faucett Perú, had serious financial problems. These forced the […]
- [Unshining Path: AeroPerú in the 1980s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/unshining-path-aeroperu-in-the-1980s/): During the 1970s the Peruvian military government had successfully built up its new flag carrier AeroPerú into a seemingly well […]
- [Covering Peru Like the Sun: AeroPerú in the 1970s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/covering-peru-like-the-sun-aeroperu-in-the-1970s/): The collapse of APSA in 1971 was rather humiliating for the Peruvian military government and left the country without a […]
- [PBA Maxes Out: Provincetown-Boston in the 80s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/pba-maxes-out-provincetown-boston-in-the-80s/): Provincetown-Boston Airways (PBA) started operations in 1949 and was consistently profitable for over 30 years. In 1980 its founder John […]
- [Cherry Blossom Pacemakers: Piedmont YS-11s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/cherry-blossom-pacemakers-piedmont-ys-11s/): In the mid-60s the local service airlines were well into their graduation from DC-3 centric fleets to those based predominantly […]
- [Starting from Scratch: The NAMC YS-11](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/starting-from-scratch-the-namc-ys-11/): The YS-11 programme remains something of a controversial topic in its native Japan. Some see it as an epic adventure […]
- [Shenzhen Airlines | Airbus A321-271NX | B-32CF | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/shenzhen-airlines-airbus-a321-271nx-b-32cf-ng-models/): The A320 series is rapidly forming a significant chunk of NG’s now massive release schedule, but I admit very few […]
- [China Cargo Airlines | Boeing 777-F6N | B-220E | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-cargo-airlines-boeing-777-f6n-b-220e-jc-wings/): Getting your hands on JC Wings releases seems increasingly difficult, as it is often unclear when they actually get released […]
- [Aeroflot | Ilyushin Il-62M | CCCP-86492 | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeroflot-ilyushin-il-62m-cccp-86492-gemini-jets/): The appalling conduct of Russia hasn’t dampened the release of more Soviet-era and Russian jets in 400 scale and that’s […]
- [Lan Chile | Airbus A340-313X | CC-CQA | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lan-chile-airbus-a340-313x-cc-cqa-aeroclassics/): Working on my best moulds in 400 scale series it became clear that I have rather ignored the Airbus A340 series and […]
- [Flying Colors of the USA: The Sneaky Snake](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/flying-colors-of-the-usa-the-sneaky-snake/): The philosophical and literal union (they married) between Mary Wells of the marketing firm Wells Rich Greene and Harding Lawrence, […]
- [Flying Colors: Braniff's 727-227 Advanceds](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/flying-colors-braniffs-727-227-advanceds/): Harding Lawrence had taken over the leadership of Braniff in 1965 and changed not only the airline but also the […]
- [The Last Jellybeans: Braniff's First 727-227s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-last-jellybeans-braniffs-first-727-227s/): By the end of the 1960s the dynamic leadership of Harding Lawrence had turned Braniff from a little known Texan […]
- [Airbus Industries | Airbus A321-253NY | F-WXLR HYJLwings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-industries-airbus-a321-253ny-f-wxlr-hyjlwings/): HYJLwings is a brand gradually becoming more visible to Western collectors as there are now a few stores outside China […]
- [PLAAF | Tupolev Tu-154M | B-4029 | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/plaaf-tupolev-tu-154m-b-4029-ng-models/): NG Models produced the mould samples for its Tu-154s back in April 2022 and May’s announcements included the first release […]
- [Hainan Airlines | Boeing 787-9 | B-1540 | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hainan-airlines-boeing-787-9-b-1540-jc-wings/): JC Wings can be a frustrating brand. At times they can produce the most wonderful models on excellent moulds, but […]
- [Buckskin: The Tragic End of Mohawk Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/buckskin-the-tragic-end-of-mohawk-airlines/): Mohawk Airlines has always been one of my favourite airlines. It achieved a lot with little and its Indian head […]
- [CP Air | Boeing 727-217Adv | C-GCPB | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/cp-air-boeing-727-217adv-c-gcpb-gemini-jets/): The cost of models nowadays, and postage too, means that I try and be careful with what I buy, although […]
- [Air America: Total Tristars](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-america-total-tristars/): One Air America is well known as the CIA’s own private airline and was of course  immortalised in a rather […]
- [Southwest Airlines | Boeing 737 MAX-8 | N871HK | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/southwest-airlines-boeing-737-max-8-n871hk-ng-models/): With the MAX back in the air, and orders and deliveries back in full swing, the stage is set for […]
- [Air America | Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 1 | N372EA | Buchannan Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-america-lockheed-l-1011-tristar-1-n372ea-buchannan-models/): Buchannan Models is a newish brand, related to NG Models, that is producing a range of models focusing on aircraft […]
- [AeroSvit Airlines | Airbus A320-212 | UR-DAI | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aerosvit-airlines-airbus-a320-212-ur-dai-aeroclassics/): When it comes to variety Aeroclassics are the brand to beat and this Ukrainian A320 is probably the most interesting […]
- [Capital Airlines | Airbus A330-243 | B-8981 | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/capital-airlines-airbus-a330-243-b-8981-jc-wings/): Anyone who collects a reasonably wide range of models will not always be able to buy what they consider to […]
- [Kampuchean Crustys: 134 Peacemakers](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/kampuchean-crustys-134-peacemakers/): Thankfully there are few nations with the genocidal recent history of Cambodia, a nation that, since independence in 1953, has […]
- [Alia Royal Jordanian | Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 500 | JY-AGC | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/alia-royal-jordanian-lockheed-l-1011-tristar-500-jy-agc-ng-models/): NG Models has entered a release rhythm nowadays that means classic collectors have to settle for only 2 or 3 […]
- [China Southern Airlines | Boeing 777-31BER | B-2007 | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-southern-airlines-boeing-777-31ber-b-2007-phoenix-models/): For a time in the late 2000s and early 2010s Phoenix were a real trendsetter in 400 scale. They were […]
- [Camber Cravings: An IL-86 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/camber-cravings-an-il-86-wishlist/): JC Wings has a variety of excellent moulds that barely get any use. A good deal of the blame for […]
- [Candid About the Camber: Aeroflot's IL-86 Airbus](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/candid-about-the-camber-aeroflots-il-86-airbus/): The Ilyushin IL-86 ‘Camber’ encapsulates a big chunk of what was wrong with the Soviet Union, but also some of […]
- [Virgin Atlantic | Airbus A350-1041 | G-VEVE | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/virgin-atlantic-airbus-a350-1041-g-veve-ng-models/): NG Models have been filling out their mould catalogue, plugging gaps in the existing families with the like of the […]
- [TWA | Boeing 717-200 | N418TW | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/twa-boeing-717-200-n418tw-gemini-jets/): This model is a 2021 release so not new, but I don’t get to review many Gemini Jets releases and […]
- [Flyglobespan | Boeing 737-683 | G-CDRB | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/flyglobespan-boeing-737-683-g-cdrb-ng-models/): It is no secret that I have been finding much of NG’s recent output a little boring, however overall the […]
- [Aeroflot | Tupolev Tu-154M | CCCP-85662 | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeroflot-tupolev-tu-154m-cccp-85662-ng-models/): After looking in detail at the most recent Aeroclassics Tu-154 yesterday it seems only appropriate to take a look at […]
- [Air Ukraine | Tupolev Tu-154M | UR-85707 | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-ukraine-tupolev-tu-154m-ur-85707-aeroclassics/): In a sea of 400 scale releases that all look the same Aeroclassics can at least be relied upon to […]
- [All Nippon Airways | Boeing 787-9 | JA873A Star Wars | Jet Hut](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/all-nippon-airways-boeing-787-9-ja873a-star-wars-jet-hut/): Just recently I have been taking a closer look at the Boeing 787-9 in 400 scale but I left out […]
- [Republic Airlines Pt1: 1979-1984 Bigger Is Better?](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/republic-airlines-pt1-1979-1984-bigger-is-better/): There have been few more torrid times in aviation in the USA than the 1980s. Deregulation had brought competition and […]
- [Republic Airlines Pt2: 1984-1986 - Wolf to Northwest](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/republic-airlines-pt2-1984-1986-wolf-to-northwest/): The first five years of Republic Airlines existence had not been kind. This was largely due to the disastrous Hughes […]
- [Frontier Airlines | Convair CV-580 | N73117 | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/frontier-airlines-convair-cv-580-n73117-gemini-jets/): Several of the US local service airlines have been poorly represented in 400 scale. Partly this has been down to […]
- [Czech Camels: CSA (and Alitalia) Tu-104s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/czech-camels-csa-and-alitalia-tu-104s/): The Tupolev Tu-104 was an impressive achievement that made the West stand up and take notice of Soviet engineering capability, […]
- [Aeroflot | Tupolev Tu-104 | CCCP-L5415 | Retro Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeroflot-tupolev-tu-104-cccp-l5415-retro-models/): I’ve been reviewing a few Aeroflot models recently, which illustrates the increased interest in Soviet-era airliners in 400 scale over […]
- [Tapestry A320s: Air 2000 Airbuses](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tapestry-a320s-air-2000-airbuses/): The UK charter airline scene at the dawn of the 1990s was dominated by the BAC One-Eleven, Boeing 737-200 and […]
- [Aeroflot | Tupolev Tu-204-300C | RA-64010 | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeroflot-tupolev-tu-204-300c-ra-64010-ng-models/): There is now plenty of healthy competition for Tu-204s in 400 scale with active moulds from Panda and NG plus […]
- [Unijet's Airline: Leisure International](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/unijets-airline-leisure-international/): The UK charter market has always been volatile, with economic downturns and upticks providing opportunity and disaster. During the 1990s […]
- [Aeroméxico | Boeing 767-3Q8ER | XA-APB | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeromexico-boeing-767-3q8er-xa-apb-jc-wings/): JC Wings has spent a lot of money in recent times producing high quality new state of the art 400 […]
- [China Southern | Boeing B747-41BF | B-2473 | Gemini Jets Interactive Series](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-southern-boeing-b747-41bf-b-2473-gemini-jets-interactive-series/): This is my first Gemini purchase of 2022 and my first acquisition of an interactive series model using the brand […]
- [World Airways | Douglas DC-8-63 | N805WA | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/world-airways-douglas-dc-8-63-n805wa-aeroclassics/): Aeroclassics is still my favourite brand in many ways. They make models nobody else will, make a fabulous diversity of […]
- [China Southern | Airbus A319-153N | B-328A | Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-southern-airbus-a319-153n-b-328a-panda-models/): The A319neo is far from a strong seller, however even so it is surprising that the type has gained so […]
- [Aeroflot | Tupolev Tu-204 | CCCP-64003 | Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeroflot-tupolev-tu-204-cccp-64003-panda-models/): Despite my anger at the actions of the Russian state the appearance of so much Soviet-era metal in 400 scale […]
- [Mistakes On A Plane: B-HNO Goes PACIIC](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mistakes-on-a-plane-b-hno-goes-paciic/): Cathay has had a torrid time of it in the past 5 years hit by storms on several fronts that […]
- [China Southern Airlines | Boeing 737-86N | B-1781 | Vitality Zhuhai | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-southern-airlines-boeing-737-86n-b-1781-vitality-zhuhai-ng-models/): Chinese airlines have a large percentage of the world’s special schemes. Whereas the majority of special colours elsewhere represent a […]
- [KLM | Boeing 737-406 | PH-BDY | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/klm-boeing-737-406-ph-bdy-jc-wings/): Narrowbody airliners from the 1980s and 1990s do not get a lot of coverage in 400 scale so along with […]
- [Airbus Industries | Airbus A350-1041 | F-WLXV | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-industries-airbus-a350-1041-f-wlxv-aviation400/): The A350-1000 is an attractive aircraft but I admit I hate the variant number. Getting to 1000 shows the peril […]
- [Scots in Manchester: Loganair in the 1980s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/scots-in-manchester-loganair-in-the-1980s/): 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of ‘Scotland’s Airline’ Loganair. The 1980s would see its survival assured by new ownership and […]
- [Shrink Wrap: A Revisited Tristar 500 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/shrink-wrap-a-revisited-tristar-500-wishlist/): The Tristar 500 is another of the classic moulds owned by NG Models they seem to have rather lost faith […]
- [Triskelion: Manx Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/triskelion-manx-airlines/): Islands have a unique need for strong air services and the islands surrounding Great Britain have historically had many regional […]
- [Freeport Bound: Laker Airways Bahamas](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/freeport-bound-laker-airways-bahamas/): Sir Freddie Laker is of course renowned for Laker Airways and his low-cost Skytrain services, which were killed unfairly in […]
- [Persian Perfection: Iranian Tu-154Ms](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/persian-perfection-iranian-tu-154ms/): The Tu-154 eventually gathered a rather poor reputation in Iran with nicknames such as ‘Death Bird’ due to various crashes, […]
- [Camelot: Excalibur Airways](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/camelot-excalibur-airways/): The charter airline industry has always been a turbulent one but that hasn’t stopped many from getting into it. The […]
- [Mahan Air | Airbus A340-642 | EP-MMR | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mahan-air-airbus-a340-642-ep-mmr-phoenix-models/): I admit that Phoenix haven’t been one of my favourite brands in 400 scale. They mostly produce an uninspiring bunch […]
- [Taban Airlines & Iran's Only EP- 757](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/taban-airlines-irans-only-ep-757/): I find Iran’s aviation scene to be vibrant and interesting, the more so due to the sanctions the country’s airlines […]
- [All Nippon Airways | Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 1 | JA8501 | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/all-nippon-airways-lockheed-l-1011-tristar-1-ja8501-ng-models/): NG Models’ issue producing natural metal finishes on their Tristars has been well documented and sadly they don’t appear to […]
- [Piedmont Airlines | Fairchild FH-227B | N709U | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/piedmont-airlines-fairchild-fh-227b-n709u-aeroclassics/): Prop releases in 400 scale are nowadays incredibly rare and piston engined releases even rarer. It isn’t that the moulds […]
- [Coot Dreams: An Updated IL-18 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/coot-dreams-an-updated-il-18-wishlist/): The IL-18 was a contemporary of the Britannia, Vanguard and Electra as one of the few big turboprops to see […]
- [Boeing House Colours | Boeing 777-9X | N779XW | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-house-colours-boeing-777-9x-n779xw-jc-wings/): JC Wings continue to innovate and it is just as well, as modern aircraft continue to be rather uninspiring, now […]
- [Cathay Pacific | Boeing 747-8F | B-LJA | Interactive Series | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/cathay-pacific-boeing-747-8f-b-lja-interactive-series-jc-wings/): The interactive series of 747-8F freighters in 400 scale (and now a series 400 too) is an area where Gemini […]
- [Icelandair | Boeing 757-208 | TF-FII | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/icelandair-boeing-757-208-tf-fii-ng-models/): I haven’t reviewed a NG Models 757 for a long time, not since before the reviews transferred over to this […]
- [Yankee Alberts: US Boeing 737-300s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/yankee-alberts-us-boeing-737-300s/): Usage of the Panda Models 737-300 remains rather disappointing as it has only recently been used for a handful of […]
- [Thai Airways Int | Boeing 737-4D7 | HS-TDH | Miniature Models / Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/thai-airways-int-boeing-737-4d7-hs-tdh-miniature-models-panda-models/): There seems to be a lot of competition for Asian airliners even when they are relatively obscure. After all, Thai […]
- [British Airways | Boeing 737-236 Adv | G-BKYN | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/british-airways-boeing-737-236-adv-g-bkyn-aeroclassics/): July’s Aeroclassics announcements included some relatively obscure hybrid 737-200s, which nice as they were (and my Aviogenex is still in […]
- [Etihad Airways | Airbus A330-243 | A6-EYH | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/etihad-airways-airbus-a330-243-a6-eyh-ng-models/): There has definitely been a swing in NG’s general production towards more modern releases in the past year or so. […]
- [Air Koryo | Tupolev Tu-204-300 | P-632 | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-koryo-tupolev-tu-204-300-p-632-ng-models/): I admit to being slightly disappointed with NG’s output this calendar year, but I was very pleased and surprised when […]
- [TAME | Lockheed L-188A Electra | HC-AZY | El Aviador Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tame-lockheed-l-188a-electra-hc-azy-el-aviador-models/): Turboprop or Piston powered releases in 400 scale are nowadays few and far between and typically the almost solely made […]
- [Vistara | Airbus A320-251Neo | VT-TNC | Panda Models / Prairie Diecast](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/vistara-airbus-a320-251neo-vt-tnc-panda-models-prairie-diecast/): The Indian aviation scene is one that is rapidly maturing and, previous to Covid, growing fast. After many years of […]
- [Tabriz Feather: Eram Air](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tabriz-feather-eram-air/): Iranian aviation is famous for keeping elderly aircraft in the air, but that achievement shouldn’t overshadow what is a vibrant […]
- [All Nippon | Airbus A380-841 | JA381A | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/all-nippon-airbus-a380-841-ja381a-jc-wings/): The A380 has received a lot of criticism, much of it unfair, and certainly Covid has not done the type […]
- [Short Stuff: 737-500 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/short-stuff-737-500-wishlist/): Despite selling 389 units the 737-500 has not had an impressive run out in 400 scale where only just over […]
- [Shamrock 500s: Aer Lingus 737s Pt2](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/shamrock-500s-aer-lingus-737s-pt2/): The 737 had proved the foundation for Aer Lingus’ growth in the 1970s and 80s so it was natural that […]
- [Shamrock 200s: Aer Lingus 737s Pt1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/shamrock-200s-aer-lingus-737s-pt1/): The colourful fleet of green Shamrock jets of Aer Lingus has connected the Republic of Ireland to Europe for many […]
- [Panda Models Chinese New Year Releases](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/panda-models-chinese-new-year-releases/): Fantasy releases are not usually my cup of tea but I just acquired one from a short series of them […]
- [Air Great Wall: From Chongqing to Ningbo](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-great-wall-from-chongqing-to-ningbo/): I am a major fan not only of Chinese airlines but also obscure airlines so an obscure Chinese airline is […]
- [Birch Tree: Samara Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/birch-tree-samara-airlines/): The 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union produced a dazzling array of new airlines, many of which […]
- [Bamako Trijet: TZ-ADR and Air Mali](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bamako-trijet-tz-adr-and-air-mali/): Mali, like almost all African nations, has a rather torrid history since independence but also a colourful and interesting national […]
- [British Caledonian | Boeing 747-211B | G-GLYN | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/british-caledonian-boeing-747-211b-g-glyn-aeroclassics/): Both Aeroclassics and NG Models have been releasing quite a few models that can be seen as replacements for older […]
- [Short 757ski: A Tu-204-300 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/short-757ski-a-tu-204-300-wishlist/): It isn’t often I get to do a wishlist for an aircraft that had only ten units built – perhaps […]
- [Lost Potential: A TU-204-100 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lost-potential-a-tu-204-100-wishlist/): The Tupolev Tu-204 was robbed of a Tu-154 style production run by the collapse of the Soviet Union, which is […]
- [A Selfish 73G Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/a-selfish-73g-wishlist/): With NG Models and Panda now making new 737-700 moulds it opens up a substantial space for replacement and new […]
- [Faucett Peru | Douglas DC-8-53 | OB-R-1223 | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/faucett-peru-douglas-dc-8-53-ob-r-1223-aeroclassics/): Aeroclassics have always been a rather exclusive brand, producing models in relatively small numbers, but in recent years the production […]
- [A Crusty Crusade: Tu-134 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/a-crusty-crusade-tu-134-wishlist/): A Tu-134 had been one of the holy grail missing moulds in 400 scale and now thanks to Panda Models […]
- [TACA International | Airbus A321-231 | N567TA | El Aviador](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/taca-international-airbus-a321-231-n567ta-el-aviador/): There are relatively few models made for the Central and South American market and 90% of those that are come […]
- [China Eastern Airlines | Boeing 777-39LER | B-2002 | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-eastern-airlines-boeing-777-39ler-b-2002-aviation400/): It can be difficult choosing between the releases for major Asian liveries as they tend to be duplicated by Phoenix, […]
- [Aeroflot | Yakovlev Yak-42 | CCCP-19751 | De Agostini](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeroflot-yakovlev-yak-42-cccp-19751-de-agostini/): De Agostini is a major Italian corporation, which has a publishing arm producing magazines in combination with scale models, which […]
- [Air Koryo | Tupolev Tu-134B-3 | P-814 | Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-koryo-tupolev-tu-134b-3-p-814-panda-models/): Panda Models ​didn’t release a lot in 2020 and a good chunk of what they did release was for specific customers […]
- [Lufthansa Express | Boeing 737-530 | D-ABIL | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lufthansa-express-boeing-737-530-d-abil-jc-wings/): The 737 Classic family hasn’t got a great run in 400 scale to date and unsurprisingly the series 500 has […]
- [Airbus Industries | Airbus A330-743L Beluga XL | F-WBXL | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-industries-airbus-a330-743l-beluga-xl-f-wbxl-jc-wings/): JC Wings have proven themselves, along with NG Models and Aviation400, to be a brand that are keen to pioneer […]
- [Pineapple: The Hawaii Express](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/pineapple-the-hawaii-express/): ​Finding profitability on the long routes between the American mainland and Hawaii has proved elusive for many. In fact, on several […]
- [Boeing House Colours | Boeing 737-683 | N7376 | Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-house-colours-boeing-737-683-n7376-panda-models/): Panda Models is a company who have obviously had some challenges in the past few years, however they also have […]
- [Obscure Russians 2: Transeuropean Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/obscure-russians-2-transeuropean-airlines/): During the mid-late 1990s there was a wide variety of rather obscure airlines being formed within Russia following the collapse […]
- [Airbus Industries | Airbus A340-642 | F-WWCC | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-industries-airbus-a340-642-f-wwcc-jc-wings/): The relationship between JC Wings and Gemini Jets appears to have been of major benefit to both as Gemini has […]
- [Neverland Bound: JAS Peter Pan DC-10](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/neverland-bound-jas-peter-pan-dc-10/): Special airline colours are nowadays ten a penny and there are few major airlines without some form of promotional livery […]
- [FedEx’s Passenger Dreams: Combi 737-200s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/fedexs-passenger-dreams-combi-737-200s/): It is always a surprise when information pertaining to an airline / aircraft combination is hard to find, especially when […]
- [Chester to California: Alaska Airlines 1978-1982](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/chester-to-california-alaska-airlines-1978-1982/): Alaska Airlines had improved its situation in the 1970s but found itself once again in a precarious financial position just […]
- [Arctic Whistle-Pigs: Nordair FH-227s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/arctic-whistle-pigs-nordair-fh-227s/): By 1970 Nordair was well-established as one of the five regulated regional airlines providing a variety of services both charter […]
- [Wilbourne’s Dream: Air Wisconsin 1965-1992](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/wilbournes-dream-air-wisconsin-1965-1992/): The growth of air travel in the USA was such that by the mid-60s there was an increasing role for […]
- [Alternate Reality: Air India Tristars](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/alternate-reality-air-india-tristars/): With just 200 standard-length Tristars built and only 50 shorter series 500 the number of first line operators of the […]
- [Happy Island, Unhappy Airline: Air Aruba](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/happy-island-unhappy-airline-air-aruba/): The pride of any small nation having its own national airline is tempered by the incredibly competitive nature of the […]
- [Blue Streak: The Convair 990 & American Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/blue-streak-the-convair-990-american-airlines/): The Convair 990 was an unmitigated disaster for the Convair Division of General Dynamics. A product of a misguided attempt […]
- [Enigmatic Finnish Charter: Finlantic](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/enigmatic-finnish-charter-finlantic/): Some airlines are so obscure that even with an extensive aviation themed library and access to the entire internet it […]
- [Greater Bay Airlines | Boeing 737-800 | B-KJA | Aero Polaris](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/greater-bay-airlines-boeing-737-800-b-kja-aero-polaris/): HYJLwings had been a semi-independent brand since 2017, producing a good range of models (mostly A321s), often in partnership with […]
- [United Airlines | Boeing 787-10 | N12003 | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/united-airlines-boeing-787-10-n12003-aviation400/): Given my classic leanings, and lack of sales in China, the 787-10 is not a major fixture in my collection, […]
- [YU ModeL A300 - Nearly Ready / First Releases](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/yu-model-a300-nearly-ready-first-releases/): The gestation of the new YU ModeL A300 mould has taken a little while, but it is important to remember […]
- [House Colours | Boeing 747-121 | N7470 | HX Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/house-colours-boeing-747-121-n7470-hx-models/): 2024 has seen a lot of chatter around 747 classics, but not a lot of delivery. NG Models have tried […]
- [Continental Airlines | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | N68060 | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/continental-airlines-mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10-30-n68060-aeroclassics/): The Continental globe scheme has become a rather iconic livery, so it is surprising that it has taken until late […]
- [TACA | Boeing 737-3T0 | N75356 | El Aviador](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/taca-boeing-737-3t0-n75356-el-aviador/): El Aviador are back in 400 scale after a couple of years absence, with their 13th release. There are plenty […]
- [Caledonian Airways | Airbus A320-231 | G-BVYB | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/caledonian-airways-airbus-a320-231-g-bvyb-phoenix-models/): I have 149 A320s in my collection from a wide range of brands. Twenty three of them are made by […]
- [Air Senegal | Airbus A330-941 | 6V-ANB | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-senegal-airbus-a330-941-6v-anb-aviation400/): Considering the relatively small order backlog for the A330neo family, competition in 400 scale for the type has been suprisingly […]
- [New Brand: Aero Polaris](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/new-brand-aero-polaris/): It was a sad day when earlier in the year HYJLwings announced they were stopping production, however at the time […]
- [Qantas | Boeing 787-9 | VH-ZNH | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/qantas-boeing-787-9-vh-znh-phoenix-models/): Phoenix Models is a company that is living up to its name, as in the past couple of years it […]
- [Reno Air | McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 | N905RA | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/reno-air-mcdonnell-douglas-md-90-30-n905ra-gemini-jets/): US Deregulation era airlines from the 1990s have been curiously rather ignored in 400 scale throughout its history. So there’s […]
- [Air Tanzania | Boeing 787-8 | 5H-TCG | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-tanzania-boeing-787-8-5h-tcg-aviation400/): Aside from Ethiopian, RAM and Egyptair there aren’t many successful African flag carriers left operating long-haul services, but in 2024 […]
- [Mohawk Airlines | Convair CV-440 | N4403 | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mohawk-airlines-convair-cv-440-n4403-aeroclassics/): When it comes to piston propliners Aeroclassics effectively has the market to itself, as even though JC Wings has a […]
- [Nippon Darts: A NAMC YS-11 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/nippon-darts-a-namc-ys-11-wishlist/): The NAMC YS-11 is a type easy to ignore by Western collectors but that shoul;dn’t be the case as it […]
- [China Southern Airlines | Airbus A350-941 | B-32FR | Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-southern-airlines-airbus-a350-941-b-32fr-panda-models/): Panda Models announced an A350 back in November 2023, although the images at the time were of a series 1000, […]
- [Air Mike to Continental Micronesia](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-mike-to-continental-micronesia/): By the end of the 1980s Air Micronesia was going from strength to strength, whereas its shareholder and partner Continental […]
- [Eastern Air Lines | Boeing 727-254Adv | N548PS | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/eastern-air-lines-boeing-727-254adv-n548ps-aeroclassics/): The importance of Aeroclassics in my collection, and showcasing the history of US airlines, cannot be overstated. There have been […]
- [Trust in Mike: Air Micronesia](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/trust-in-mike-air-micronesia/): The sheer size of the Pacific Ocean has made air travel both a necessity and a significant challenge. In the […]
- [Continental Airlines | Boeing 777-224ER | N76010 | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/continental-airlines-boeing-777-224er-n76010-phoenix-models/): Continental Airlines has been poorly treated in recent years, almost forgotten it seems. So my Continental globe fleet still has […]
- [Gotta Go: Rebirth at HK Express](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/gotta-go-rebirth-at-hk-express/): I last wrote about HK Express back in May 2017, but since then the world has changed. Hong Kong’s airlines […]
- [Air Canada Express | DHC-8-300 | C-GKTA | 3D Design Deck](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-canada-express-dhc-8-300-c-gkta-3d-design-deck/): 3D printing has come a long way in a short time, but although increasingly I am seeing a lot of […]
- [Bombardier | DHC-8-Q200 | C-FBCS | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bombardier-dhc-8-q200-c-fbcs-jc-wings/): It was only a couple of weeks ago that I took a look at a new Saab 340 release and the smallest moulds […]
- [American Airlines | Boeing 767-223 | N313AA | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/american-airlines-boeing-767-223-n313aa-ng-models/): I have owned an American Airlines 767-200 made by Gemini Jets in 2005 for well over a decade, and recently […]
- [Pan Am | Boeing 707-321B Adv | N435PA | BigBird Mk3](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/pan-am-boeing-707-321b-adv-n435pa-bigbird-mk3/): Classic four-holer jets are a real rarity in 400 scale aside from the output of Aeroclassics. Of over 350 707-320s […]
- [German Tu-154s: 'Interflug' to Open Skies](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/german-tu-154s-interflug-to-open-skies/): Even though East Germany was an important member of the Warsaw Pact it’s national airline, Interflug, never operated the Tu-154 […]
- [Bar Harbor Airlines (Eastern Express) | Saab 340 | N407BH | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bar-harbor-airlines-eastern-express-saab-340-n407bh-gemini-jets/): This is just my 2nd Gemini Jets acquisition of 2024, which points to their output not often fitting my collection […]
- [Super Air Jet | Airbus A320-232 | PK-STQ | Panda Models / Airshop Diecast](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/super-air-jet-airbus-a320-232-pk-stq-panda-models-airshop-diecast/): There has been a steady stream of retailer exclusives coming out of Indonesia, which has allowed the country’s representation in […]
- [House Colours | Boeing 747-121 | N7470 | NG Lite](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/house-colours-boeing-747-121-n7470-ng-lite/): NG Models has struggled with producing a 747 classic mould, which is surprising given the quality of the rest of […]
- [Air Canada | Boeing 747-433M | C-GAGM | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-canada-boeing-747-433m-c-gagm-jc-wings/): The JC Wings mould is now over four years old, but despite its quality I haven’t bought that many, as […]
- [AirBridgeCargo | Ilyushin Il-96-400T | RA-96103 | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbridgecargo-ilyushin-il-96-400t-ra-96103-phoenix-models/): Increasingly, there aren’t a lot of new moulds that can be made in 400 scale that haven’t been made before, […]
- [American Airlines | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | N589AA | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/american-airlines-mcdonnell-douglas-md-83-n589aa-ng-models/): I’m a little late in receiving my NG MD-80s but I couldn’t let them go by without giving one the […]
- [Qantas | Airbus A380-842 | VH-OQD | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/qantas-airbus-a380-842-vh-oqd-aviation400/): I have developed something of a soft spot for the big Airbus, a type that I feel has been rather […]
- [FL's Gambit: Frontier Horizon](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/fls-gambit-frontier-horizon/): Deregulation of the US aviation market wasn’t kind to the local service airlines. They faced being gobbled up by rampant […]
- [Frontier Horizon | Boeing 727-23 | N1973 | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/frontier-horizon-boeing-727-23-n1973-aeroclassics/): If there is one thing 2024 has taught us so far it is that most 400 scale brands are not […]
- [Aeroflot Don | Ilyushin Il-86 | RA-86110 | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeroflot-don-ilyushin-il-86-ra-86110-jc-wings/): I regularly bemoan the decision making at JC Wings, a company that has so much potential but frankly doesn’t seem […]
- [Juneyao Airlines | Boeing 787-9 | B-209R | NG Models | Ultimate Collection](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/juneyao-airlines-boeing-787-9-b-209r-ng-models-ultimate-collection/): I have been rather dismissive of cartoony liveries. I can’t stand Hello Kitty from Eva Air and am not a […]
- [ZIPPER: Air Canada's Western LCC](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/zipper-air-canadas-western-lcc/): The advent of low cost carriers led to a raft of legacy airlines setting up low cost subsidiaries across the […]
- [JetBlue Airways | Airbus A320-232 | N599JB | Altitude Models / Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jetblue-airways-airbus-a320-232-n599jb-altitude-models-panda-models/): There have been a lot of retailer exclusives made in recent times, which is great for getting a greater diversity […]
- [Egyptair | Airbus A340-312 | A4O-LE | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/egyptair-airbus-a340-312-a4o-le-phoenix-models/): Since June 2023 Phoenix Models have made or announced 11 A340-300s as part of what i see as their rebirth […]
- [Sichuan Airlines | Airbus A350-941 | B-32AG | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/sichuan-airlines-airbus-a350-941-b-32ag-ng-models/): NG Models have always shown a strong tendency to tinker with their moulds to improve them (something that has also […]
- [Boeing House Clrs | Boeing 737-7H4 | N737X | Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-house-clrs-boeing-737-7h4-n737x-panda-models/): Panda Models appear to be in a growth phase after several years of stagnation. Until recently they had no active […]
- [United Airlines | Boeing 767-424ER | N76055 | Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/united-airlines-boeing-767-424er-n76055-panda-models/): The 767-400 is in effect a slightly reheated version of the classic 767 that was never going to be a […]
- [Antonov Design Bureau | Antonov An-225 Mriya | CCCP-82060 | YY Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/antonov-design-bureau-antonov-an-225-mriya-cccp-82060-yy-wings/): Since I wrote about the new YY Wings 747-8s they have begun to appear in the Western market on eBay, […]
- [AeroGal | Boeing 757-236 | HC-CHC | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aerogal-boeing-757-236-hc-chc-ng-models/): The diversity in NG Models release sets has been rather lacking of recent, both in terms of airlines and aircraft […]
- [KLM Cityhopper | Embraer E195-E2 | PH-NXE | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/klm-cityhopper-embraer-e195-e2-ph-nxe-gemini-jets/): Running Yesterday’s Airlines I think it is important to keep up to date with the scale and that sometimes means […]
- [HYJLwings Legend: Air Transat A330 C-GITS - The Azores Glider](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hyjlwings-legend-air-transat-a330-c-gits-the-azores-glider/): It was way back in October 2022 that HYJLwings announced they would be making a model of the Air Transat A330 […]
- [Air China | Boeing 747-8I | B-2479 | YY Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-china-boeing-747-8i-b-2479-yy-wings/): There is a lot of new mould production going on in 400 scale and also a lot of new brands […]
- [Air Travel's Spicy Girls of Hunan](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-travels-spicy-girls-of-hunan/): Collecting model airliners can give you a window into other cultures, which can sometimes seem bizarre by Western standards. Chinese […]
- [Return of the Blue Box / Jet-X A300](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/return-of-the-blue-box-jet-x-a300/): JC Wings has a huge mould back catalogue thanks to it being formed from the brands Blue Box and Jet-X, […]
- [TAA's Prop-jet Dominance Pt2: ANA - Ansett](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/taas-prop-jet-dominance-pt2-ana-ansett/): If the Convair 240 ensured TAA was able to survive its formative years the Vickers Viscount proved more than capable […]
- [TAA's Prop-jet Dominance Pt1: Viscounts vs DC-6s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/taas-prop-jet-dominance-pt1-viscounts-vs-dc-6s/): Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) had from its creation been the trendsetter in the Australian market, introducing Convair 240s which enabled […]
- [Air China | Airbus A330-243 | B-6076 'Capital Pavillion / Zi Chen' | NG Models - Ultimate Collection](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-china-airbus-a330-243-b-6076-capital-pavillion-zi-chen-ng-models-ultimate-collection/): I’ve been quite critical of NG Models recently, but even so it is hard to deny that the majority of […]
- [Tiny - Mr Bean 747-400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tiny-mr-bean-747-400/): Every now and then some weird 400 scale models appear advertising something not airline related. In 2021 there was the Bruce […]
- [Air Gabon | Boeing 767-266ER | TR-LFH | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-gabon-boeing-767-266er-tr-lfh-aeroclassics/): Aeroclassics has had, and continues to have, some well publicised QC issues with production over the past few years but […]
- [Garuda Indoesia | Boeing 737-8U3WL | PK-GFM | Panda Models / Airshop Diecast](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/garuda-indoesia-boeing-737-8u3wl-pk-gfm-panda-models-airshop-diecast/): Even though I’m now back in the UK I still buy a lot of models from abroad and sometimes I […]
- [KD Avia: Connecting Russia to Europe](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/kd-avia-connecting-russia-to-europe/): Following the breakup of the USSR various Aeroflot directorates gained their independence and spawned a wide variety of successor airlines, […]
- [China Postal Airlines | Boeing 777-200LRF | B-221X | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-postal-airlines-boeing-777-200lrf-b-221x-jc-wings/): There has been a lot of innovation in 400 scale in recent years and while it hasn’t all been a […]
- [Maiden Voyager: Virgin's Early Years 84-86](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/maiden-voyager-virgins-early-years-84-86/): Nowadays Virgin Atlantic seems like part of the aviation establishment, having cemented its place at Heathrow, become part-owned by Delta […]
- [Virgin Blue | Embraer E190AR | VH-ZPI | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/virgin-blue-embraer-e190ar-vh-zpi-jc-wings/): Regional types have long been the preserve of JC Wings thanks to a spurt of regional mould building at the […]
- [Air China | Airbus A320-232WL | B-8743 | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-china-airbus-a320-232wl-b-8743-aviation400/): Aviation400 have made something of a stir with their modern widebody moulds featuring nav beacons, and now magnetic gear, but […]
- [Hawaiian Airlines | Boeing 787-9 | N780HA | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hawaiian-airlines-boeing-787-9-n780ha-aviation400/): Some brands in 400 scale are content to rest on their laurels. They churn out the same models to the […]
- [Aeroflot | Tupolev Tu-154 | CCCP-85000 | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeroflot-tupolev-tu-154-cccp-85000-ng-models/): I’ve been rather critical of NG Models’ usage of their Tu-154 moulds and in over a year this is only […]
- [Speedbird Charter 236s: Air Europe's 757s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/speedbird-charter-236s-air-europes-757s/): Managing the seasonal nature of the charter airline business has historically led to several airlines switching capacity across the Atlantic […]
- [American Airlines | Boeing 767-323ER | N377AN | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/american-airlines-boeing-767-323er-n377an-phoenix-models/): Phoenix has continued to release more US models in 2023 than it probably has produced in its entire history before. […]
- [Compass Ten: Australia's Only A310](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/compass-ten-australias-only-a310/): Compass Airlines was the first attempt to compete against the duopoly of Ansett and Australian Airlines when market deregulation finally […]
- [Air Afrique | Airbus A310-304 | TU-TAZ | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-afrique-airbus-a310-304-tu-taz-aeroclassics/): One of the things I love about Aeroclassics is their interest in making colourful classic African airliners of the sort […]
- [Virgin Atlantic | Airbus A330-941 | G-VTOM | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/virgin-atlantic-airbus-a330-941-g-vtom-aviation400/): Whereas NG Models have recently rolled back on added features such as pivoting maingear and see through fanblades Aviation400 continue […]
- [BOAC Fantasy | Boeing 747-8I | G-BOAC | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boac-fantasy-boeing-747-8i-g-boac-ng-models/): NG Models have a penchant for the odd fantasy model, especially for debut releases for moulds. So there has been […]
- [Savage Capitalism: AVENSA 1985-1994](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/savage-capitalism-avensa-1985-1994/): By the mid-1980s the good times for Venezuela were well and truly over. The currency had been devalued in 1983 […]
- [Short Screwdriver: MD-87 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/short-screwdriver-md-87-wishlist/): There were only 75 MD-87s built but if you lived in Europe the type was a common visitor to most […]
- [Mad Dog Central 2: An Old World MD-80 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mad-dog-central-2-an-old-world-md-80-wishlist/): In part 1 I looked at the possibilities for MD-80s for the Americas but of course the type has been […]
- [Mad Dog Central 1: An Americas MD-80 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mad-dog-central-1-an-americas-md-80-wishlist/): The MD-80 has not had a lot of love in 400 scale. There have been over 100 made, albeit that […]
- [The Haas-Turner AC-EA Tristar Swap Deal](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-haas-turner-ac-ea-tristar-swap-deal/): Buchannan Models has been producing more exclusive smaller runs of models using the NG Models Tristar and 757 moulds for […]
- [Kras Air | Tupolev Tu-154M | RA-85694 | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/kras-air-tupolev-tu-154m-ra-85694-phoenix-models/): By all accounts Phoenix are having a stonking good year with an excellent diversity of releases including a good number […]
- [Atlas Air (Pre-delivery) | Boeing 747-8F | N863GT | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/atlas-air-pre-delivery-boeing-747-8f-n863gt-ng-models/): It was just over six months ago now that I reviewed the samples for the NG Models 747-8s and although […]
- [Ukraine Air Force | Antonov An-26 | Blue 48 | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ukraine-air-force-antonov-an-26-blue-48-jc-wings/): There is plenty of new mould creation going on in 400 scale, spurred mainly by NG Models and Aviation400, but […]
- [N533PA: Pan Am's Twice Around the World 747](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/n533pa-pan-ams-twice-around-the-world-747/): Pan Am was an airline used to grand gestures and though by the mid-70s it was in serious trouble, due […]
- [TAM Brasil | Fokker 100 | PT-MRA | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tam-brasil-fokker-100-pt-mra-gemini-jets/): The Fokker 100, or if you’re being pedantic the Fokker 28 Mk 0100, was a significant success for the Dutch […]
- [Delta Air Lines | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | N806DE | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/delta-air-lines-mcdonnell-douglas-md-11-n806de-phoenix-models/): Few would have foreseen the change 2023 has brought to Phoenix. For a long time they produced mainly the same […]
- [Prins Johan Friso: Virgin's Only 767](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/prins-johan-friso-virgins-only-767/): I recently posted about Aer Lingus and its short usage of the 767-300 but it wasn’t alone in the British Isles in […]
- [Continental Airlines | Boeing 777-224ER | N77014 | 'Peter Max' | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/continental-airlines-boeing-777-224er-n77014-peter-max-ng-models/): NG Models have been using their 777 moulds a lot, with 54 released or announced in only about a year […]
- [ITA Airways | Airbus A350-941 | EI-IFF | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ita-airways-airbus-a350-941-ei-iff-aviation400/): The future of the new Italian flag carrier appears more secure with the recent purchase of a 41% stake by […]
- [Jet Prop Stopgaps: Viscounts in Hawaii](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jet-prop-stopgaps-viscounts-in-hawaii/): The Vickers Viscount sold well, but although it got sales all around the world the USA was relatively lukewarm to […]
- [All Nippon Airways | Boeing 747SR-81 | JA8152 | BigBird Mk3](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/all-nippon-airways-boeing-747sr-81-ja8152-bigbird-mk3/): BigBird Mk3 continued its rebirth recently with a trio of new 747 classics that come with the Ciero stickers and […]
- [Budget Oryx: Qatar Airways Early Years](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/budget-oryx-qatar-airways-early-years/): The rise of the ME3 has been nothing short of meteoric and nowadays this area of the world appears to […]
- [Short-lived Shamrocks: Aer Lingus 767-300s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/short-lived-shamrocks-aer-lingus-767-300s/): Some airlines have ordered new aircraft and operated them only briefly due to changing operational needs and financial problems. Aer […]
- [Air Mauritius | Boeing 747SP-44 | 3B-NAG | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-mauritius-boeing-747sp-44-3b-nag-gemini-jets/): There are regularly times when a collector accepts compromises when buying models, and let’s face it very few models are […]
- [Jetstar Airways | Airbus A320-232 | VH-VQH | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jetstar-airways-airbus-a320-232-vh-vqh-ng-models/): NG Models is beginning to attract criticism for its current release strategy, which is focused on mainly modern releases and […]
- [HiFlying in Palau: Pacific Flier](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hiflying-in-palau-pacific-flier/): Airline’s come and go with some frequency, but some are more interesting than others and few short-lived attempts get a […]
- [No Carnival: Pan Am II 1996-1998](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/no-carnival-pan-am-ii-1996-1998/): The glory of the Pan Am name made it almost inevitable that it would return following the original’s demise. Interestingly […]
- [Russian Navy | Tupolev Tu-134UBL | RF-12037 | Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/russian-navy-tupolev-tu-134ubl-rf-12037-panda-models/): Lack of innovation is a remark used to complain about certain manufacturers, often by incumbents who themselves aren’t showing a […]
- [The A319neo Struggles To Find A Niche](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-a319neo-struggles-to-find-a-niche/): The A319 has been an important and successful member of the A320 family, especially in the early 2000s. It’s successor, […]
- [Singapore Airlines | Airbus A380-841 | 9V-SKI | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/singapore-airlines-airbus-a380-841-9v-ski-aviation400/): Aviation400 continue to take some time to get their models to market and don’t release the sort of volume of […]
- [Kangaroos & Marlins: Air Pacific Goes Long-Haul](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/kangaroos-marlins-air-pacific-goes-long-haul/): Air Pacific’s first foray into long-haul flights was an expensive failure, however the airline wasn’t to be denied and tried […]
- [The Career of DC-10-30 CN 47848 / LN 136: From New Zealand to the US via Fiji](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-career-of-dc-10-30-cn-47848-ln-136-from-new-zealand-to-the-us-via-fiji/): When I investigate the histories of models in my collection it is always an interesting moment when I realise that […]
- [Bishkek Blunder: Tretyakovo Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bishkek-blunder-tretyakovo-airlines/): The myriad of new airlines formed in the twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union was amazing, but […]
- [Soviet Super-Charger: The Tu-144](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/soviet-super-charger-the-tu-144/): The Tupolev 144 (NATO codename ‘Charger’) is a magnificent looking airliner that pushed Soviet technology to the brink and beyond […]
- [Aeroflot | Tupolev Tu-144S | CCCP-77144 | Herpa](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeroflot-tupolev-tu-144s-cccp-77144-herpa/): 400 scale always seems like a side-hobby for Herpa, who have dabbled for over two decades but never produced more […]
- [Flying Bear: Perm Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/flying-bear-perm-airlines/): Perm is a city of just over 1 million people in central Russia. Long a crossroads and the gateway to […]
- [Far Eastern Classics: Il-62 'Basics'](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/far-eastern-classics-il-62-basics/): The Il-62 (NATO codename ‘Classic’), in 1967, finally gave the Soviet Union a long-haul jet airliner, albeit one comparable to […]
- [PLAAF | Ilyushin Il-76TD | 21141 | YY Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/plaaf-ilyushin-il-76td-21141-yy-wings/): Last week I reviewed a Legacy Jets branded A320, so it seems only right that this week I look at […]
- [AirTran | Airbus A320-233 | N951LF | Legacy Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airtran-airbus-a320-233-n951lf-legacy-jets/): HX Models, like several others, make plenty of models for others and that has enabled the creation of new brands […]
- [USAF | Boeing B-52H Stratofortress | 61-0028 | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/usaf-boeing-b-52h-stratofortress-61-0028-gemini-jets/): I’ve been getting a lot more interested in military models recently and Gemini Jets MACs line is the last in […]
- [Donghai Airlines | Boeing 737-8Q8 | B-7100 | Aero Polaris](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/donghai-airlines-boeing-737-8q8-b-7100-aero-polaris/): Initially I was sceptical about Aero Polaris, however from some AI generated beginnings they have proven themselves as one of […]
- [Eastern Air Lines | Boeing 727-225Adv | N8836E | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/eastern-air-lines-boeing-727-225adv-n8836e-aeroclassics/): It has been over a year since I reviewed an Aeroclassics release, despite the fact that I’ve bought 55 of […]
- [Palmdale Pretties: A Standard Tristar Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/palmdale-pretties-a-standard-tristar-wishlist/): It was 2019 that the NG and Lockness Tristar moulds debuted and you’d have thought that would mean an avalanche […]
- [Special Needs: A 747SP Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/special-needs-a-747sp-wishlist/): NG Models have had their 747SP mould in use since August 2020 and I admit to being rather disappointed by […]
- [Royal Canadian Air Force | McDonnell Douglas CF-188A Hornet | 188784 | 3D Design Deck](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/royal-canadian-air-force-mcdonnell-douglas-cf-188a-hornet-188784-3d-design-deck/): The ambition and innovation being shown by 3D Design Deck appears to know no limits, and I’m all in for […]
- [United Airlines | Boeing 727-222 | N7620U | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/united-airlines-boeing-727-222-n7620u-gemini-jets/): The reappearance of the Gemini Jets Boeing 727 moulds has been very welcome, although the majority of their output has […]
- [China Southern Airlines | Airbus A350-941 | B-308T Vibrant Bay Area | NG Models Ultimate Collection](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-southern-airlines-airbus-a350-941-b-308t-vibrant-bay-area-ng-models-ultimate-collection/): The technology to produce 400 scale models has come so far nowadays that it feels as if almost anything is […]
- [China Southern Airlines | Airbus A319-132 | B-6208 | JET Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-southern-airlines-airbus-a319-132-b-6208-jet-models/): There has been massive change in 400 scale in the past few years, but one change that hasn’t really filtered […]
- [Air Transat | Airbus A330-243 | C-GITS | Kylin Model](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-transat-airbus-a330-243-c-gits-kylin-model/): Kylin Models is a new brand, representing a factory with plenty of experience making 400 scale models for others, that […]
- [The Lucky Dash: A DHC-8 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-lucky-dash-a-dhc-8-wishlist/): Until recently the DHC-8-100/200/300 was one of the most under-represented regional aircraft in 400 scale that had an existing mould. […]
- [Horizon Air | DeHavilland Canada DHC-8-202 | N345PH | 3D Design Deck](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/horizon-air-dehavilland-canada-dhc-8-202-n345ph-3d-design-deck/): 3D Design Deck is really making a name for itself in 400 scale and has proven the combination of 3D […]
- [Airbus Industries | Airbus A330-841 | F-WTTO | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-industries-airbus-a330-841-f-wtto-ng-models/): NG Models gets a lot of stick but I’m still finding that even with some lacklustre release choices they usually […]
- [Stretch Stopgaps: National's Super Sixties](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/stretch-stopgaps-nationals-super-sixties/): The stretch DC-8 super 61/63s were the first ‘Jumbo Jets’, indeed Flying Tigers even had that title painted on theirs, […]
- [Boeing 737 MAX 10 | N27751 | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-max-10-n27751-ng-models/): Nearly 9 years after the variant was launched, and 6 years after it was originally slated for service entry, the […]
- [JC Wings In A Nutshell: The 'New' 737-200 That Isn't](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jc-wings-in-a-nutshell-the-new-737-200-that-isnt/): JC Wings is an odd company. At times its products can be brilliant and at times they can be appalling. […]
- [Mesa Airlines | Beechcraft 1900D | N3YV | 3D Design Deck](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mesa-airlines-beechcraft-1900d-n3yv-3d-design-deck/): Regional aircraft types have not been well covered in 400 scale. This isn’t too surprising given their small size and […]
- [YTO Cargo | Boeing 767-33AERF | B-221F | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/yto-cargo-boeing-767-33aerf-b-221f-jc-wings/): There are several new 767-300s on the market, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you should ignore those coming from […]
- [Delta Air Lines | Boeing 767-232 | N102DA | Z2 Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/delta-air-lines-boeing-767-232-n102da-z2-models/): The majority of models made by smaller 400 scale brands have been aimed at their home markets, which has led […]
- [New JC Wings / Gemini 737-800 Coming](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/new-jc-wings-gemini-737-800-coming/): JC Wings has advertised a large volume of new 400 scale moulds, but often takes a long time to get […]
- [Korean Air | Boeing 747SP-B5 | HL7456 | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/korean-air-boeing-747sp-b5-hl7456-ng-models/): Has NG Models lost its way in recent years? It obviously hasn’t been helped by the threat of tariffs, but […]
- [Garuda Indonesia | Bombardier CRJ-1000ER | PK-GRF | JC Wings / Airshop Diecast](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/garuda-indonesia-bombardier-crj-1000er-pk-grf-jc-wings-airshop-diecast/): JC Wings output for 2025 was disappointing. There were far too many ‘future’ announcements and no way near enough actually […]
- [Shanghai Trijets: The MD-11 in China](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/shanghai-trijets-the-md-11-in-china/): The MD-11 as a passenger aircraft was not a wild success. Failing initially to meet performance guarantees and suffering a […]
- [China Eastern Cargo | McDonnell Douglas MD-11F | B-2170 | HX Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-eastern-cargo-mcdonnell-douglas-md-11f-b-2170-hx-models/): As the old saying goes ‘you wait ages for a bus and then two come along at once’. That saying […]
- [Hainan Airlines | Airbus A330-941 | B-32MU | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hainan-airlines-airbus-a330-941-b-32mu-ng-models/): There was much criticism in 2025 of NG Models failure to use their impressive mould catalogue effectively. That has impacted […]
- [Northwest's Orphan Mad Dogs](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/northwests-orphan-mad-dogs/): Deregulation brought incredible turbulence to the previously rather placid US airline system and this was only mad worse by the […]
- [CAAC | Airbus A300B4-605R | B-2306 | YU ModeL](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/caac-airbus-a300b4-605r-b-2306-yu-model/): The creation of a new Airbus A300 mould by YU ModeL has been a labour of love, but also a […]
- [Spring Airlines | Airbus A320-214 | B-6646 | Kylin Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/spring-airlines-airbus-a320-214-b-6646-kylin-models/): It may seem like almost every new release is Chinese nowadays, but outside the Big 3 Chinese airlines a lot […]
- [Dutch Jungle-Jets: Aero Perú Fellowships](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/dutch-jungle-jets-aero-peru-fellowships/): The Dutch Fokker 28 Fellowship proved to be a hardy design that after first flying in 1967 provided strong competition, […]
- [Singapore Airlines | Airbus A340-541 | 9V-SQE | HX Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/singapore-airlines-airbus-a340-541-9v-sqe-hx-models/): There’s something special about four engine airliners that twinjets just can’t replicate, and although it lost the sales race to […]
- [China Eastern Airlines | Fokker 100 | B-2231 | Undefined Collectibles](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-eastern-airlines-fokker-100-b-2231-undefined-collectibles/): Nearly a quarter (440) of all 1,666 400 scale releases in 2025 have been Chinese airliners, but as with other […]
- [Qantas' Aboriginal Ties: Wunala Dreaming](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/qantas-aboriginal-ties-wunala-dreaming/): The relationship between the, principally white, settlers of Australia and the native Aboriginal population has been one of exploitation, theft […]
- [Korean Air | Boeing 737-9B5ER | HL8248 | Flaps Down | HX Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/korean-air-boeing-737-9b5er-hl8248-flaps-down-hx-models/): HX Models have been expanding quickly in 400 scale and making a name for themselves, mostly off the back of […]
- [Qantas | Boeing 747-338 | VH-EBU Nalanji Dreaming | HX Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/qantas-boeing-747-338-vh-ebu-nalanji-dreaming-hx-models/): The 747-300 was very much a stopgap design between the series 200 and next generation series 400. That status accounts […]
- [Super Advanced: Cruzeiro & VARIG 737-200s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/super-advanced-cruzeiro-varig-737-200s/): From the mid-1970s the Boeing 737-200 Advanced model became the backbone of the fleets of the three major Brasilian airlines […]
- [Air China | Boeing 767-2J6ER | B-2556 | C Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-china-boeing-767-2j6er-b-2556-c-models/): Much like the A340, the 767 is a type that hadn’t seen a lot of love in 400 scale for […]
- [USAF | Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit | 88-0330 | 3D Design Deck](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/usaf-northrop-grumman-b-2-spirit-88-0330-3d-design-deck/): In addition to its line of regional types, 3D Design Deck has also created an increasing range of military aircraft. […]
- [Air Canada Express | DHC-8-Q400 | C-GGNZ | 3D Design Deck](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-canada-express-dhc-8-q400-c-ggnz-3d-design-deck/): I have been impressed with how far 3D Design Deck (3DD) have come in only a couple of years. They […]
- [US Air Force | Lockheed C-5A Galaxy | 68-0226 | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/us-air-force-lockheed-c-5a-galaxy-68-0226-gemini-jets/): In the past year I’ve been getting into military models in a big way. This has meant picking up a […]
- [Emirates' Boeing A340s!](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/emirates-boeing-a340s/): It isn’t often you see a company selling its competitor’s products, especially when they are multi-million dollar airliners. However, when […]
- [Emirates | Airbus A340-313 | A6-EKS | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/emirates-airbus-a340-313-a6-eks-aviation400/): The Airbus A340 looks like it is becoming hot property again in 400 scale after years of being rather ignored. […]
- [Royal Regret: Canada 3000's Calamity](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/royal-regret-canada-3000s-calamity/): Following Canadian’s takeover of Wardair in 1989, Canada 3000 would quickly grow to become Canada’s largest charter airline and one […]
- [C3 to India: The Rise & Fall of Canada 3000](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/c3-to-india-the-rise-fall-of-canada-3000/): Deregulation has brought its share of turbulence to the Canadian aviation scene as it has elsewhere. With Canadian Airlines on […]
- [British Airways | Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde 102 | G-BOAA | ARD Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/british-airways-aerospatiale-bac-concorde-102-g-boaa-ard-models/): Aviation Retail Direct (ARD) is a longstanding bricks and mortar store in the UK that has always made exclusive releases, […]
- [Multimark to Motionmark: CP's DC-10s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/multimark-to-motionmark-cps-dc-10s/): CP Air had been solidly profitable throughout the 1960s and first half of the 1970s, but in 1975 it recorded […]
- [Binter Canarias | Embraer E195-E2 | EC-OEA | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/binter-canarias-embraer-e195-e2-ec-oea-gemini-jets/): There have been relatively slim pickings for European collectors of modern narrowbodies in 2025, with by my count only 6 […]
- [Ecuatoriana Pt3: VASP to the Rescue?](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ecuatoriana-pt3-vasp-to-the-rescue/): Ecuatoriana’s cessation of operations in 1993 had been something of a shock as the airline’s financial condition was unknown even […]
- [Ecuatoriana Pt2: The Rainbow Fleet](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ecuatoriana-pt2-the-rainbow-fleet/): Ecuatoriana dazzled the aviation world with its amazing special livery variations during the 1970s, as discussed in part 1.  From 1979 […]
- [TAAG Angola | Boeing 777-3M2ER | D2-TEK | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/taag-angola-boeing-777-3m2er-d2-tek-aviation400/): Aviation400 is a progressive brand in 400 scale that has introduced a selection of innovative features (or gimmicks depending on […]
- [Ecuatoriana - Jungle Jet Masterpieces](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ecuatoriana-jungle-jet-masterpieces/): Special schemes are everywhere nowadays but back in the 70s Ecuatoriana produced a fleet of special schemes which have never […]
- [Silent Giants: A300s in Brasil](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/silent-giants-a300s-in-brasil/): The A300 was an excellent product and yet Airbus really struggled to sell the type at first. Eventually, however, it […]
- [Cathay Cargo | Boeing 747-467F | B-LID | YY Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/cathay-cargo-boeing-747-467f-b-lid-yy-wings/): It is still unclear what the difference is between YY Wings and HX Models, but for all intents and purposes […]
- [Aeroflot | Ilyushin Il-62 | CCCP-86675 | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeroflot-ilyushin-il-62-cccp-86675-phoenix-models/): Whereas most 400 scale manufacturers focus on Airbuses and Boeings Phoenix have put their recent new mould efforts firmly into […]
- [Choo Choo: JetTrain Runs Out of Steam](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/choo-choo-jettrain-runs-out-of-steam/): I love the stories of the deregulated era US airline industry, and during the 1980s and 90s there were a […]
- [CityFlyer Express (British Airways) | ATR-72-212 | G-BYTP | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/cityflyer-express-british-airways-atr-72-212-g-bytp-jc-wings/): 400 scale seems increasingly dominated by widebody releases and the Airbus/Boeing duopoly, to the exclusion of everything else. Thankfully there […]
- [Northrop Grumman | Lockheed L-1011 Tristar | N140SC | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/northrop-grumman-lockheed-l-1011-tristar-n140sc-ng-models/): NG Models hasn’t had a great 2025 by any measure, but they are still releasing the odd winner aimed at […]
- [Etihad Airways | Airbus A340-642 | A6-EHJ | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2017 | HX Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/etihad-airways-airbus-a340-642-a6-ehj-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-2017-hx-models/): HX Models have been making a splash in 400 scale in 2025 mainly with their 747s, but they also have […]
- [Finnair | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | OH-LMT | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/finnair-mcdonnell-douglas-md-82-oh-lmt-phoenix-models/): I had been expecting to review MD-80s in 2025 but I hadn’t expected them to come from Phoenix Models who, […]
- [Etihad Airways | Boeing 787-10 | A6-BMA | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/etihad-airways-boeing-787-10-a6-bma-ng-models/): It was May the last time that I reviewed an NG Models release here at the site, 9 reviews ago. […]
- [Air Pacific | Boeing 767-3X2ER | DQ-FJC | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-pacific-boeing-767-3x2er-dq-fjc-phoenix-models/): Diversity has been a big talking point recently in 400 scale, although partly driven somewhat ironically by American collectors complaining […]
- [Smiling Widebodies: PSA's Tristar Gamble](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/smiling-widebodies-psas-tristar-gamble/): Pacific Southwest had proven without a doubt during the 1950s and 60s that small well run airlines could compete against […]
- [Kylin Model: New Contender & Manufacturer](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/kylin-model-new-contender-manufacturer/): The number of new brands popping up in 400 scale continues to rise, but the majority are using 3rd parties […]
- [Grinningbirds: PSA 1967-1970](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/grinningbirds-psa-1967-1970/): Within a decade PSA had gone from being a small piston airline operation to the major player in the Californian […]
- [Jet California: PSA 1957-1967](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jet-california-psa-1957-1967/): By 1957 PSA had succeeded where hundreds of others had failed. By staying within California they had avoided the CAB’s […]
- [Poor Sailor's Airline: PSA 1949-1958](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/poor-sailors-airline-psa-1949-1958/): Pacific Southwest Airlines, or PSA for short, was one of the great postwar US airline stories and it is forever […]
- [Delta's Short-lived Short 727-95s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/deltas-short-lived-short-727-95s/): By 1972, the year that Delta acquired Northeast Airlines, it had risen to the mid-rank of the US Trunk majors, […]
- [Pan Am | Boeing 747-121 | N747PA 'Jet Clipper America' | HX Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/pan-am-boeing-747-121-n747pa-jet-clipper-america-hx-models/): HX Models has been swiftly expanding its mould catalogue, releases and retailer reach in 400 scale with a focus on […]
- [Chester & the Multi-Mark: Alaska's Orange 727](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/chester-the-multi-mark-alaskas-orange-727/): Alaska Airlines was one of the airlines that took the post-deregulation era by the scruff of the neck and ran […]
- [Frontier Airlines | McDonnell Douglas MD-81 | N859HA | Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/frontier-airlines-mcdonnell-douglas-md-81-n859ha-gemini-jets/): I’m a massive collector of US jets from the 1980s and a few years ago I’d have bitten your hand […]
- [The 2nd Return of HYJLwings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-2nd-return-of-hyjlwings/): HYJLwings has long been one of my favourite brands. Beginning in 2016 they pioneered the creation of the first great […]
- [Atlas Air | Boeing 777-F16 | N703GT | Gemini Jets Interactive Series](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/atlas-air-boeing-777-f16-n703gt-gemini-jets-interactive-series/): I don’t acquire a lot of Gemini Jets models, mainly because they rarely meet my collection criteria, however they remain […]
- [Short CRJs Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/short-crjs-wishlist/): The CRJ-100/200 has to be one of the most important civil aircraft of the past 40 years as more than […]
- [Air Canada | Bombardier CRJ-100ER | C-FWJT | 3D Design Deck](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-canada-bombardier-crj-100er-c-fwjt-3d-design-deck/): 3D Design Deck have come a long way since they started up and have found an excellent niche producing smaller […]
- [Boeing House Livery | Boeing 767-432ER | N76400 | Patriot Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-house-livery-boeing-767-432er-n76400-patriot-models/): Over the past year Patriot Models have built a reputation for top quality premium models, often of unusual non-airline subjects. […]
- [New Brand: Radscale Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/new-brand-radscale-models/): It’s not all ultra-sleek spinning fans and rolling gear in 400 scale. Increasingly there are also brands at the lower […]
- [Thai VietJet Air | Airbus A321-211 | HS-VKM | Panda Models / CNX Model Store](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/thai-vietjet-air-airbus-a321-211-hs-vkm-panda-models-cnx-model-store/): The past 5 years has seen an increase in the number of models being made for small brands and retailers […]
- [MDC/UHB UDF Demonstrator | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 | N980DC | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mdc-uhb-udf-demonstrator-mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-81-n980dc-jc-wings/): JC Wings make some great models but their distribution is patchy, so much so that I’ve only just received this […]
- [China Eastern | Airbus A320-214SL | B-8393 | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-eastern-airbus-a320-214sl-b-8393-ng-models/): It is almost impossible to collect 400 scale models and not own quite a few Airbus A320s as the family […]
- [Air China | COMAC C919-100ER | B-919X | Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-china-comac-c919-100er-b-919x-panda-models/): The Chinese airliner business gets few plaudits from the West, but is clearly growing into a substantial contender, at least […]
- [China Eastern | Airbus A350-941 | B-323H | Aero Polaris](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-eastern-airbus-a350-941-b-323h-aero-polaris/): When Aero Polaris first appeared late last year as a reincarnation of HYJLwings its first mould announced was an Airbus […]
- [Garuda Indonesia | Bombardier CRJ-1000ER | PK-GRA | JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/garuda-indonesia-bombardier-crj-1000er-pk-gra-jc-wings/): JC Wings has always been the manufacturer that has focused on regional props and jet moulds (and by extension enabled […]
- [Air China | Boeing 777-39LER | B-2006 | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-china-boeing-777-39ler-b-2006-ng-models/): NG Models has a history of tinkering with its moulds, despite them usually being the best anyway. There are almost […]
- [Qantas | Airbus A380-842 | VH-OQH | Apollo Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/qantas-airbus-a380-842-vh-oqh-apollo-models/): Competition is stronger than ever in 400 scale and part of that has been a strong competitive response to new […]
- [Super Stretch 70s: A DC-8-71/73 Wishlist](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/super-stretch-70s-a-dc-8-71-73-wishlist/): The Super 70 was a successful programme to re-engine the DC-8-60s and give them a new lease of life in […]
- [American Airlines | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | N214AA | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/american-airlines-mcdonnell-douglas-md-82-n214aa-ng-models/): NG Models can frustrate in terms of their release choices and mould usage, but its hard to deny the quality […]
- [Golden Light: Pan Am’s Interchange DC-8-62](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/golden-light-pan-ams-interchange-dc-8-62/): Pan Am had initially ordered more Douglas DC-8s than Boeing 707s, but although it took delivery of 19 of the […]
- [Swissair | Douglas DC-8-62 | HB-IDL | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/swissair-douglas-dc-8-62-hb-idl-aeroclassics/): When it comes to Douglas products Aeroclassics has the best. Be it a piston propliner or a Diesel Nine you […]
- [Air Southwest | De Havilland Canada DHC-8-314 | G-WOWD | 3D Design Deck](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-southwest-de-havilland-canada-dhc-8-314-g-wowd-3d-design-deck/): 3D Printing has come a long way in a short time and at the forefront of what is possible in […]
- [Edelweiss Air | Airbus A350-941 | HB-IHC | Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/edelweiss-air-airbus-a350-941-hb-ihc-aviation400/): Aviation400 have gradually been updating all their moulds with magnetic gear, however it has been taking them a while to […]
- [Boeing House | Boeing 747SP-21 | N40135 | NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-house-boeing-747sp-21-n40135-ng-models/): It has been nearly three years since I last reviewed an NG 747SP here at the site, and that has […]
- [China Southern Airlines | Airbus A380-841 | B-6136 | HX Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-southern-airlines-airbus-a380-841-b-6136-hx-models/): The factory behind the HX Models brand has been undertaking a burst of new 400 scale mould production focused on […]
- [China Airlines | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | B-152 | C Models / Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-airlines-mcdonnell-douglas-md-11-b-152-c-models-panda-models/): Much like the 767, the MD-11 is a type in 400 scale that has not seen much attention for a […]
- [Air Sahara | Boeing 767-322ER | VT-SDL | VTJets / Panda Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-sahara-boeing-767-322er-vt-sdl-vtjets-panda-models/): If 2024 was a year when the 767-400 featured strongly, 2025 looks like a year when the Boeing 767-200/300 will […]
- [10 Tanker Air Carrier | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | N612AX | Patriot Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/10-tanker-air-carrier-mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10-30-n612ax-patriot-models/): Yesterday, I unboxed the Patriot Models DC-10-10 prototype over at the Youtube channel, but most of Patriot’s production recently has required […]
- [Cathay Pacific | Boeing 747-467 | B-HOX | YY Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/cathay-pacific-boeing-747-467-b-hox-yy-wings/): There has been a lot of activity in the 747 classic space in the past year, but despite that the […]
- [Olympic Airways | Airbus A300B4-203 | SX-BEE | Aeroclassics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/olympic-airways-airbus-a300b4-203-sx-bee-aeroclassics/): When I was a child, about twice a year my dad would drive me up to Heathrow and I’d get […]
- [Monarch Airlines | Airbus A330-243 | G-SMAN | Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/monarch-airlines-airbus-a330-243-g-sman-phoenix-models/): The UK has a rich history of charter airlines, nowadays heavily diminished by the internet and low-cost carriers. The loss […]
- [Air Road Cargo: Xiamen's First All-Cargo Airline](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-road-cargo-xiamens-first-all-cargo-airline/): With Covid firmly behind it China’s air traffic stats have regained their impressive growth. It has just been reported that […]

## Pages

- [Airbus A319 & A320 NEO 1:400 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a319320-neo/): Modified: May 2022 The need for larger aircraft and replacements for older 757 fleets has seen a lot of the […]
- [Airbus A319 & A320 CEO 1:400 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a319320-ceo/): Modified: May 2022 With the increasing dominance of Airbus and the only real competition being Boeing the A320 family continues […]
- [Airbus A318 1:400 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a318/): Modified: July 2022 Conspicuous by its absence from the recent unveiling of the NG Models Airbus A320 family moulds was […]
- [Airbus A310 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a3101/)
- [JC Wings Airbus A310 New Mould Sample in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a310/): Modified: November 2021 At the end of September I reported on a pair of new 400 scale moulds being developed […]
- [Airbus A300 Moulds in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a3001/)
- [Airbus A300 Moulds in 1:600 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a300/)
- [Airbus A300 Update in 1:400 Scale by Phoenix](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a300-update/)
- [Airbus A300 in 1:400 Scale by Yu ModeLs](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a300-first-look/)
- [Air China Special Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-china-special-liveries/)
- [Aeroméxico Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aeromeacutexico-liveries/)
- [Airbus A350-900 Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/a350-detailed-comparison/)
- [Airbus A350-900 Detailed Mould Comparison v4](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/a350-detailed-comparison-v4/)
- [Boeing 737-800 Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/737800-detailed-comparison/)
- [2025 - The Year In Review](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/2025-year-in-review/)
- [2024 - The Year In Review](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/2024-year-in-review/)
- [1:400 SCALE HISTORY](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/1400-history/): 400 Scale has existed since 1996 and since then tens of thousands of models have been produced by hundreds of […]
- [TucanoLine](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tucanoline/)
- [The Plane that Almost Killed a Legend: Pan Am & the 747](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-early-years-pt2-pan-am/)
- [Vickers Viscount G1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/vickers-viscount/)
- [Boeing P-8 Poseidon Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-p-8-poseidon/)
- [Douglas DC-6 G1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-6/): Douglas DC-6s Images from the collection of David Fidler unless stated
- [Airbus A320ceo & A320neo​Detailed Mould Scoring Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a320ceo-neo/)
- [Boeing 777-300ER Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/77w-detailed-comparison/)
- [Boeing 777-200 Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/772-detailed-comparison/)
- [2023 - The Year In Review](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/2023-year-in-review/)
- [2023 - Diversity in 400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/2023-diversity-in-400-scale/)
- [Comparing 2023 Big Bird Mould 747s: Aeroclassics & Big Bird Mk3​](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/2020s-bigbird-747s/)
- [Mexican Airline Development from 1988-2014: Part 2](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/2005-2014-low-cost-in-mexico/)
- [Mexican Airline Development from 1988-2014](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/1988-2005-competition-arrives/)
- [Schabak 1:600 Scale Die-cast Airliners](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/1600-scale-2/)
- [1:400 History Pt3: 2008-2015](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/1400-history-pt3-2008-2015/)
- [1:400 History Pt2: 2001-2008](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/1400-history-pt2-2001-2008/): The period from 2001 until 2008 was a time of a great expansion of 1:400 scale models and model brands. […]
- [1:400 History Pt1: 1996-2001](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/1400-history-pt1-1996-2000/): Disclaimer: I started collecting 1:400 scale around 2009 and so there is a lot of ancient history that I did […]
- [Fokker F27 / Fairchild F-27​​ in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/fokker-f27-fairchild-f-27-in-1400-scale/): Fokker F27 / Fairchild F-27​​ in 1:400 Scale UPDATED: JANUARY 2026 The Dutch Fokker F27 Friendship was easily the most […]
- [About](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/about/): About & Contact I have been an avgeek ever since I was a young child and started Yesterday’s Airlines in […]
- [Livery Histories](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/livery-histories/): Airline Livery Histories Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus […]
- [MODEL REVIEWS](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/1400-model-reviews/): Detailed individual model reviews scoring each model out of 30 based on mould quality, livery replication and print / quality […]
- [1:600 SCALE](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/1600-scale/): 1:600 Scale Die-cast Models Before there was 400 scale and before there were Herpa’s 500 scale, the world of diecast […]
- [1:400 MOULDS](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/1400-moulds/): 1:400 Moulds Die-cast 400 scale model airliners are produced using injection moulds and the accuracy of a mould for a […]
- [AURORA Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aurora-models/): AURORA Models YEARS: 2003-2006 # OF MODELS MADE: 17 AURORA Models was the name chosen by Don Kaylor, the owner […]
- [Home](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/): Dedicated to investigating aviation history and the world of 1:400 and 1:600 scale die-cast model airliners Latest Updates: 02/06/26: Model […]
- [Boeing 777-300/300ER in 1:400 Scale by NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-777-300300er/)
- [Boeing 777-300 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-777-300/)
- [Boeing 777-200/200ER in 1:400 Scale by NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-777-2001/)
- [Boeing 777-200 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-777-200/)
- [Boeing 767-400ER 1:400 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-767-4001/): Modified: November 2023 Until recently 400 scale collectors had to make do with a handful of 767-400s on two old […]
- [Boeing 767-400 Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-767-400/)
- [Boeing 767-300 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-767-300/)
- [Boeing 767-200/300 in 1:400 Scale by NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-767-200300/)
- [Boeing 767-200 Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-767-2001/)
- [Boeing 767-200 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-767-200/)
- [Boeing 757-300 in 1:400 Scale by NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-757-3001/)
- [Boeing 757-300 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-757-300/)
- [DT Custom Models - B757s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-757-200s/)
- [Boeing 757-200 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-757-200/)
- [The NG Models Boeing 757-200 in 1:200 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-757-200-1200/)
- [Boeing 747SP Moulds in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747sp1/)
- [Boeing 747SP Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747sp/)
- [Boeing 747-400LCF Dreamlifter in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747lcf-dreamlifter/)
- [Boeing 747 Space Shuttle Carriers (SCA) in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-scas/)
- [Boeing 747-8I/8F in 1:400 Scale by NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-8i1/)
- [Boeing 747-8I Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-8i/)
- [Boeing 747-8I/8F in 1:400 Scale by NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-8f/)
- [Boeing 747-8F Interactive Series in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-8-interactive/)
- [Boeing 747-400 1:400 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-4002/): Modified: September 2023 The classic 747s are surely the most anticipated moulds from NG to date and have been on […]
- [Boeing 747-400 Pax Variants in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-4001/)
- [Boeing 747-400 Detailed Mould Comparison - 2025 VERSION](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-400-2025/)
- [Boeing 747-400 Detailed Mould Comparison - 2021 VERSION](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-400-2021/)
- [Boeing 747-300 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-300/)
- [Boeing 747-200 1:400 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-200/): Modified: September 2023 A new 747-100/200 mould is probably even more sought after in 400 scale than the 747-400 and […]
- [Boeing 747-100/200 Moulds in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-1002001/)
- [Boeing 747-100/200 Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-100200/)
- [Boeing 747-100 1:400 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-747-100/): Modified: May 2024 Back in September last year I exclusively reviewed the NG Models 747-200 sample and of all the […]
- [Boeing 737-700/800/900 1:200 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737ngs-1200/): Modified: October 2023 It was only in August that the 200 scale mould for the 737-600 debuted and at the […]
- [Boeing 737 MAX-8 / MAX-9 1:200 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737max-1200/): Modified: October 2023 Given the sudden appearance of both 737NGs in 200 scale and 737 MAXs in 400 scale from […]
- [Boeing 737 MAX in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-max/)
- [Boeing 737 MAX-8 & MAX-9 1:400 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-max-8max-9/): Modified: December 2022 The MAX has had a service entry to rival the original De Havilland Comet and the McDonnell […]
- [Boeing 737 MAX-7 & MAX-10 1:400 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-max-7max-10/): Modified: October 2023 It was December last year that NG Models sent me the samples for the 737 MAX-8 and […]
- [Boeing 737-700/800/900 Next Generation Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-700800900/)
- [Boeing 737-600/700/900 1:400 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-600700900/): Modified: January 2021 NG Models have big plans for 2021, but with the announcement that they had 10 new moulds […]
- [Boeing 737-600 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-600/)
- [Boeing 737-600 1:400 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-600-refresh/): Modified: May 2022 When NG Models produced their sample moulds to complete their 737 Next Generation lineup in January 2021 […]
- [Boeing 737-600 1:200 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-600-1200/): Modified: August 2023 NG Models continue their progression into 200 scale with their second non-Chinese and non-regional airliner following the […]
- [Boeing 737-500 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-500/)
- [Boeing 737-400 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-400/)
- [Boeing 737-300 Series 1:400 Scale Moulds](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-300/)
- [Boeing 737-100/200 Series Moulds in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-737-100200/)
- [Boeing 727-200 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-727-200/)
- [Boeing 727-100 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-727-100/)
- [Boeing 717-200 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-717/)
- [Boeing 707-320/420 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-707-320420/)
- [BOAC Liveries 1940-1974](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boac-liveries-1939-1974/)
- [Blue Box & Magic Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/blue-box-magic-models/)
- [Black Box Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/black-box-models/)
- [Big Bird 400 Your Craftsman](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/big-bird-400-your-craftsman/)
- [Best Boeings Pt5: 777/787](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/best-boeing-pt5-777787/)
- [Best Boeings Pt4: 757/767](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/best-boeing-pt4-757767/)
- [Best Boeing Pt3: 747s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/best-boeing-pt3-747s/)
- [Best Boeing Pt2: 737s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/best-boeing-pt2-737s/): Below is my view on the best 400 scale moulds for a selection of Boeing types based on buying a […]
- [Best Boeing Pt1: B377-B727](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/best-boeing-pt1-b377-b727/)
- [The Best Airbus Pt2: A330-A380](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/best-airbus-pt2-a330-a380/)
- [Best Airbus Pt1: A300-A321](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/best-airbus-pt1-a300-a321/): Below is my view on the best 400 scale moulds for a selection of Airbus Industries types based on buying […]
- [23rd Beijing Hobby Expo China (HEC) Preview](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/beijing-hobby-expo-2025/)
- [BEA Liveries 1946-1974](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bea-liveries-1946-1974/)
- [British Aerospace BAE-146 / Avro RJ-85/100 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bae-146-avro-rj-85-100/): Updated: July 2023 The BAE 146 has always seemed a little odd to me. In some ways a trendsetter, whilst […]
- [BAC One-Eleven G1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bac-one-eleven/)
- [The BAC One-Eleven 500 in 400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bac-one-eleven-500/)
- [BAC One-Eleven Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bac-one-eleven-200-400/)
- [British Airways Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ba-liveries-1974-2015/)
- [British Airways Genealogy Part 3](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ba-genealogy-pt3/)
- [British Airways Genealogy Part 2](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ba-genealogy-pt2/)
- [ba-genealogy-pt1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ba-genealogy-pt1/)
- [Phoenix 747s - Why They Are Bad & Why You Shouldn't Buy Them!](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/awful-phoenix-747s/)
- [AVIC AG600M Kunlong 1:200 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/avic-ag600m-1200/): Modified: November 2022 200 Scale has not been a strong focus for NG Models so far but that still means […]
- [The First Aviation400 (2007-2012)](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aviation400-2007-2012/)
- [Aircraft / Airline Stickers](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/av-history/aviation-stickers/)
- [AV HISTORY](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/av-history/): Aviation has a rich history and 400 scale airliners and associated memorabilia are a great way to explore it. This […]
- [Antonov An-225​ in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/antonov-an-225/)
- [All Nippon Airways Flying Honu A380s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ana-a380s-flying-honu/): A big thanks to JC Wings for providing me with these 3 A380s models, which have enabled me to write […]
- [American Airlines Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/american-airlines-liveries/)
- [american--twa-genealogy](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/american-twa-genealogy/)
- [AirShop Diecast](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/1400-history/airshop-diecast/)
- [Airline Development](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airline-development/): Within this area I want to explore the development of nation’s airliner markets over time with a focus on entry […]
- [Airbus A380 1:400 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a380/): Modified: March 2026 It has been a while since NG delivered a new mould in 400 scale, partly because they […]
- [AV400's New Airbus A380 Mould Sample in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a380-metal-sample/): It was June last year that I received AV400’s Airbus A380 resin sample mould and obviously things have moved on […]
- [The Third & Final Aviation400 A380 Sample - With Detachable Magnetic Landing Gear](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a380-final-sample/): Updated: June 24, 2022 Aviation400’s Airbus A380 has now entered production and in the past fortnight they have announced 11 […]
- [Airbus A380 Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a380-800/)
- [Airbus A350-900/1000​ Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a350-9001000/)
- [Airbus A350-1000 1:400 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a350-1000/): Modified: July 2022 NG Models continues to flesh out its product line filling in the gaps of existing families. Having […]
- [Airbus A340-600 Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a340-600/)
- [Airbus A340-200/300 1:400 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a340-200300/): Modified: September 2022 Ever since it was noticed that the plastic cradle for the NG Models A330 could also accommodate […]
- [Airbus A330-743L Beluga XL Moulds in 1:400 Scale & Detailed Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a330-beluga-xl1/)
- [Airbus A330-743L Beluga XL in 1:400 Scale by NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a330-beluga-xl/): Modified: January 2019 I guess one of the fringe benefits of manufacturing aircraft is that if you need a special […]
- [Airbus A330-900neo 1:400 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a330-900neo/)
- [Airbus A330-900 Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a330-900/)
- [Airbus A330NEO 1:400 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a330-800900/): Modified: September 2022 I’m back from the 2023 Amsterdam Aviation Fair and I have a truckload of model samples to […]
- [Airbus A330-200F in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a330-200f/)
- [A330-200/300 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a330-200300/): Updated: September 2021 A selection of Phoenix A330-300s The A330 began life as the poor brother of the A330/340 family […]
- [Airbus A321 CEO & NEO 1:400 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a321ceo-neo/): Modified: June 2022 Airbus has shown an impressive ability over the years to build up members of their aircraft family […]
- [Airbus A320 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a3201/)
- [Airbus A320 CEO 1:400 Scale New Mould Samples by Aviation400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airbus-a320/): Modified: November 2022 Following hot on the heels of the new NG Models A320 family mould Aviation400 has also decided […]
- [McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-101/)
- [McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Moulds in 1:600 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10/)
- [Wau: Malaysia Airlines A380s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/malaysia-a380s-wau-jets/)
- [low-cost-long-haul](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/low-cost-long-haul/)
- [Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lockheed-super-connie/)
- [Lockheed L-188 Electra G1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lockheed-l-188-electra1/)
- [Lockheed L-188 Electra Moulds in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lockheed-l-188-electra/)
- [Lockheed L-1649 Starliner in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lockheed-l-1649-starliner/)
- [Lockheed L-1049 G1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lockheed-l-1049-super-connie/)
- [Lockheed L-1011 Tristar Moulds in 1:600 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lockheed-l-1011-tristar/)
- [Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 500 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lockheed-l-1011-tristar-500/)
- [Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 1/100/200 in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lockheed-l-1011-tristar-1-tristar-200/)
- [Lockheed L-049/L-649/L-749 Constellations in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/lockheed-constellation/)
- [Airline Livery Histories](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/liveries/): Many airlines have worn a wide variety of different colour schemes / liveries throughout their history. In this area of […]
- [Landor Associates Designed Airline Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/landor-liveries/)
- [Taegeuk​: Korean Air & Asiana A380s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/korean-a380s-taegeuk/): Published: February 2023 A big thanks to Aviation400 for providing me with these A380 models. Check out my reviews of this mould, […]
- [Boeing 787-9 in 1:400 Scale by Jet Hut](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jethut_7879_example/)
- [Jet-X Phase Two: 2006-2012](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jet-x-part-2-2006-2012/)
- [Jet-X Phase One: 2000-2006](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jet-x-part-1-2000-2006/)
- [JC Wings / Flightline400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jc-wings-pt1/)
- [The Evolution of the JC Wings / Gemini Jets 2016 Airbus A320 Mould](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jc-wings-a320-upgrades/)
- [The 2020 JC Wings / Gemini Jets Boeing 747-400 Mould](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jc-wings-747-400s/)
- [Fly The Rainbow: Japan Air System's Kurosawa MD-90s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jas-kurosawa-md-90s/)
- [JAL Collection Mould Reviews](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/jal-collection-reviews/): I have managed to acquire a good number of the different moulds that have been made for the De Agostini […]
- [Iranian Airline Development 1980-2021](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/iran_avdevelopment/)
- [Ilyushin Il-96-400 in 1:400 Scale by Phoenix Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ilyushin-il-96-400/)
- [DT Custom Models - Il-86s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ilyushin-il-86s/)
- [Ilyushin Il-86 / Il-96 in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ilyushin-il-86il-96/)
- [The Ilyushin Il-76 & Beriev A-50 in 400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ilyushin-il-76/): Updated: June 2026 ​The Soviet-era produced vast numbers of aircraft but very few of them have garnered much respect in […]
- [DT Custom Models - Il-62s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ilyushin-il-62s/)
- [Ilyushin Il-62 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ilyushin-il-62/)
- [The Ilyushin Il-18 in 400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ilyushin-il-18/)
- [HYJLwings: Phase 2](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hyjlwings-phase-2/)
- [HYJLwings: Phase 1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hyjl-wings-phase-1/)
- [Herpa Magic 1:600 Scale Mould Photos](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/herpa-magic-mould-photos/)
- [Herpa Magic 1:600 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/herpa-magic-600-scale/)
- [Herpa Boeing 737 Classics](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/herpa-737s/)
- [Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Tridents  Moulds - Aeroclassics vs Gemini](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hawker-siddeley-trident/)
- [Hawker Siddeley HS 748​ Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hawker-siddeley-hs748/)
- [Handley Page HPR.7 Dart Herald​ in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/handley-page-herald/)
- [Hainan Airlines Group Genealogy](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/hainan-airlines-group/)
- [Twin Model Sets in 1:400 Scale by Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/gj-twin-sets/)
- [Triple Model Sets in 1:400 Scale by Gemini Jets](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/gj-triple-sets/)
- [Aeroclassics Generation One](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/1400-history/generation-one-history/): Thanks to Andrew Klein for his assistance in writing this article. YEARS: 1999-2003 # OF GEN 1 MODELS MADE: 104 […]
- [Gemini Jets: 1998-2004](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/gemini-jets/): YEARS: 1998-STILL IN BUSINESS # OF 1:400 MODEL VARIETIES MADE: 2,200+ Including the sub-brands: DreamJets Biggest Bird and models made […]
- [The Gemini Jets DC-10 Mould](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/gemini-jets-dc-10-mould/)
- [Fokker F70 / F100 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/fokker-f70f100/)
- [Fokker F28 Fellowship in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/fokker-f28-fellowship/)
- [Flaps Down Models in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/flaps-down-models/)
- [Boeing 767-200/300 Final Samples in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/final-767-samples-0624/): Modified: June 2024 As is NG’s new policy the new 767 moulds have recently been available for collectors as samples […]
- [Boeing 767-400ER 1:400 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/final-764-sample-0624/): Modified: June 2024 Of the 767 samples I was sent last November it was the 767-400 that required the most […]
- [Fairchild Hiller FH-227 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/fairchild-hiller-fh-227/)
- [Fairchild FH-227 G1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/fairchild-fh-227/)
- [El Aviador 400 Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/el-aviador-400/)
- [Eastern Air Lines Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/eastern-air-lines-liveries/)
- [DT Custom Models - Tu-134s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/dtcustom_tu134s/)
- [DT Custom Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/dt-custom-models/): 400 scale on the whole is very collegial and I have been lucky enough to become friends with some very […]
- [Dragon Wings Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/dragon-wings/): YEARS: 1997-2014 # OF MODELS MADE: 1400+ Including the sub-brands: Big Shooter DoDo Flying Colors SuperWings TwinStar Hong Kong based […]
- [Douglas DC-9 G1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-9/)
- [Douglas DC-9 Noses](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-9-old/)
- [Douglas DC-9-41/51 Moulds in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-9-4151/)
- [Douglas DC-9-30 Moulds in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-9-30/)
- [Douglas DC-9-10 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-9-10/)
- [Douglas DC-8 Super 70 Series Moulds](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-8-70s/)
- [Douglas DC-8 Super 60 Series Moulds](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-8-60s/)
- [Douglas DC-8-10-50 Moulds in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-8-10-50/)
- [Douglas DC-7C in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-7c/)
- [Douglas DC-7 in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-7/)
- [Douglas DC-6 Moulds in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-61/)
- [Dakota Face-off: DC-3 Moulds in 1:400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/douglas-dc-3-c-47/)
- [Detailed Mould Comparisons](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/detailed-mould-scoring/): Different manufacturer’s mould’s go head to head to see whose is the best as they are scored on a variety […]
- [Delta Air Lines Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/delta-air-lines-liveries/)
- [delta--northwest-genealogy](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/delta-northwest-genealogy/)
- [de Havilland DH-106 Comet 3/4 Moulds in 1:400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/de-havilland-dh-106-comet/)
- [Curtiss C-46 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/curtiss-c-46/)
- [cookie-policy](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/cookie-policy/): COOKIE POLICY Last updated May 10, 2026 This Cookie Policy explains how Yesterday’s Airlines (“Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our“) uses […]
- [Convair 880/990 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/convair-cv-880990/)
- [Convairliner CV-240-580 Moulds in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/convair-cv-240-580/)
- [Continental Airlines Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/continental-airlines-liveries/)
- [Aerospatiale / BAC Concorde​ in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/concorde/)
- [The COMAC C919 Achieves Certification & Looks to the Future](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/comac-c919-certification/)
- [Comac C919 in 1:100 Scale by NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/comac-c919-1100/)
- [Comac ARJ21-700 Xianfeng in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/comac-arj21/)
- [Comac ARJ21-700 Xianfeng in 1:200 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/comac-arj21-1200/)
- [Chinese Airline Development](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china1/): Click the images below for a visual look at the history of Chinese airlines up to 2014: CAAC Genealogy – […]
- [Collecting Chinese Airliners in 400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china/)
- [China Southern Special Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/china-southern-specials/)
- [NG Models Aeroflot Chartered Tu-154s Updated](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/chartered-154s/)
- [Canadian Regional Operators](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/canadian-regionals/)
- [Canadian Scheduled Mainline Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/canadian-mainline/)
- [Canadian Charter Airlines & Low Cost Carriers](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/canadian-charters-lccs/)
- [Airline Development in Canada 1937-2014](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/canada/)
- [British United: Island & Ferry Divisions](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/buia-buaf-genealogies/)
- [braniff--eastern--us-airways-genealogy](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/braniff-eastern-us-airways-genealogy/)
- [Bombardier CRJ​ Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/bombardier-crj-100200/)
- [Boeing B-377 Stratocruiser in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-b-377-stratocruiser/)
- [Boeing 787 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-787/)
- [July 2021 Progress Update: AV400's New Boeing 787 Mould Sample in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-787-update-july-21/): Thanks to Aviation400 for providing me with these exclusive photos. I’ve reported on the new AV400 Boeing 787 several times […]
- [Boeing 787-9 Detailed Mould Comparison](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-787-9/)
- [Boeing 787-8 1:400 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/boeing-787-8/): Modified: August 2022 Only last month when I debuted the new A350-1000 sample from NG Models I mentioned that NG’s […]
- [400 Scale Model Aircraft Wishlists](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/400-scale-model-aircraft-wishlists/): There are so many aircraft/airline combination wishlists that haven’t been made in 400 scale yet. Here are some suggestions per […]
- [Airliners](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airliners/): Issues 1-4 Spring 1988-Winter 1988 Airliners, published by the World Transport Press Inc in the USA, was probably the best […]
- [Skyliners](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/skyliners/): In 2026 the concept of actually publishing high quality print books on the subject of aviation almost seems obsolete, but […]
- [An Airline & Its Aircraft](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/an-airline-its-aircraft/): Reginald Edward George Davies, better known as R.E.G Davies, is one of the most important aviation authors in history and […]
- [World Airline Fleets News](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/world-airline-fleets-news/): So many aviation magazines have come and gone but few were as excellent and useful as World Airline Fleets News […]
- [Airline Quarterly](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airline-quarterly/): Back in 2019 I had the opportunity to acquire a boatload of magazines from a collector in Auckland and along […]
- [Airline Markings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airline-markings/): During the 1980s and 1990s prior to the internet there was a rich literature of airline book series and magazines […]
- [Aviation Books & Magazines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/aviation-books-magazines/): There has been a wide range of aviation editorial content published over the years. Nowadays in the age of the […]
- [Air Portfolios](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/air-portfolios/): The 1980s was the beginning of a golden age of aviation publishing when colour printing became cheap enough to be […]
- [Model News Blog](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/model-news-blog/): Exploring the latest news in 400 scale models
- [Airline History](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/airline-history/): The history of airlines told through my collection of 400 scale diecast airliner models.
- [Zinc Rot](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/zinc-rot/)
- [Yu ModeLs](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/yu-models/)
- [Yakovlev Yak-42​ in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/yakovlev-yak-42/)
- [Xi'an Y-20 Kunpeng in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/xian-y-20/)
- [North American XB-70 in 1:400 Scale by JC Wings](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/xb-70-valkyrie/)
- [Witty Wings / Apollo Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/witty-wings-apollo/)
- [Western Airlines Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/western-airlines-liveries/)
- [Vickers Viscount in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/vickers-viscount1/)
- [Vickers VC10 G1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/vickers-vc10/)
- [Vickers Super VC10s in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/vickers-vc10-supers/)
- [Vickers VC10 Standards in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/vickers-vc10-standards/)
- [Vickers Vanguard G1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/vickers-vanguard/)
- [Airline Development in the United States of America](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/united-states/): The Regulated Era 1938-1978 The Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 was responsible for the creation of the Civil Aeronautics Board […]
- [Airline Development in the United Kingdom 1945-2014](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/united-kingdom/)
- [United Airlines Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/united-airlines-liveries/)
- [united--continental-genealogy](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/united-continental-genealogy/)
- [UK Charter Airline Genealogy Part 2](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/uk-charter-airlines-pt2/)
- [UK Charter Airline Genealogy Part 1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/uk-charter-airlines-pt1/)
- [Tupolev Tu-204 / Tu-214 / Tu-234 in 1:400 Scale by NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tupolev-tu-204tu-214tu-234/)
- [DT Custom Models - Tu-204s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tupolev-tu-204s/)
- [Tupolev Tu-204 / Tu-214 / Tu-234 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tupolev-tu-204/)
- [DT Customs Tupolev Tu-154s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tupolev-tu-154s/)
- [Tupolev TU-154 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tupolev-tu-154b-2m/)
- [Tupolev Tu-154s in 1:400 Scale by NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tupolev-tu-154/)
- [Tupolev Tu-104 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/tupolev-tu-104/)
- [US Trunk & Local Service Airline Development](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/trunk-local-service-airlines/)
- [Trans World Airlines Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/trans-world-airlines-liveries/)
- [The De Agostini JAL Collection](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-jal-collection/): INTRODUCTION I have written multiple times concerning the JAL Collection of magazines published by De Agostini in Japan, each of […]
- [Boeing 747 - The Early Years Pt1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-early-years-pt1/)
- [The Breakup of CAAC and the Big Three](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-big-three/)
- [The Best Moulds](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/the-best-moulds/): One of the primary aims of Yesterday’s Airlines is to help educate collectors, giving them the information they need to […]
- [Territorial Airline Development in the US Market](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/territorial-airlines/)
- [supplemental-airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/supplemental-airlines/)
- [Sovereign Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/sovereign-models/)
- [South African Airline Development](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/south-africa/)
- [Tiddlers: The Smallest Aircraft in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/smallest-moulds-in-1400/): Modified: July 2024 400 Scale is dominated by modern widebody and narrowbody jets, but even an A320 is relatively large […]
- [Skyjets400](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/skyjets400/)
- [Silver Wings Collectors Model Series](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/silver-wings/)
- [Sichuan Airlines Panda Route A350s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/sichuan-panda-route-a350s/)
- [Short 360 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/shorts-360/)
- [Short 707s: Boeing 707-120/138 & 720 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/short-boeing-707s-720s/)
- [Seattle Models Co (SMA)](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/seattle-models-co-sma/)
- [Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle in 1/400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/se-210-caravelle/)
- [Schuco 1:600 Scale Model Airliners of the 1960s/70s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/schuco-1960-70s/)
- [Schabak Model Window Variants](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/schabak-window-variants/)
- [Schabak Model Wheel Variants](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/schabak-wheel-variants/)
- [Schabak Non-Airline Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/schabak-non-airline-models/)
- [Schabak Airliner Mould Reviews](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/schabak-moulds/)
- [Schabak Decal Cracking](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/schabak-decal-cracking/)
- [Schabak Airline Numbers](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/schabak-airline-numbers/)
- [Russian Airline Development](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/russia/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/privacy-policy/): PRIVACY POLICY Last updated May 10, 2026 This Privacy Notice for Yesterday’s Airlines (‘we‘, ‘us‘, or ‘our‘), describes how and […]
- [Phoenix Models History Pt​2: Phoenix Takes Flight](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/phoenix-pt2-new-moulds/)
- [Phoenix Models History Pt1](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/phoenix-models1/)
- [DT Custom Models - Tu-154Ms](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/phoenix-custom-tu-154s/)
- [China Pt2: The Big Six in the 1990s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/part-2-the-big-six-in-the-1990s/)
- [Chinese Airline Industry Blossoms: 1984-2002](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/part-1-chinas-airlines-industry-blossoms-1984-2002/)
- [Panda Models Retailer Exclusives 2022](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/panda-exclusives-2022/)
- [Panda Models Retailer Exclusives 2015-2021](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/panda-exclusives-2015-2021/)
- [Pan American Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/pan-am-liveries/)
- [Other Chinese Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/other-chinese-airlines/)
- [Northwest Airlines Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/northwest-airlines-liveries/)
- [Northeast Airlines Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/northeast-airlines-liveries/)
- [NG MODELS 200 SCALE SAMPLE MOULD REVIEWS](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ngmodelssamples200/)
- [NG Models 400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ngmodelssamples/)
- [NG Models: The Story So Far](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ng-models/)
- [NG Models Boeing 747SP New Mould Sample in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ng-models-b747sp/): Modified: August 2020 The 747SP is one of those aircraft types that although it has had a decent representation in […]
- [NG Models' Favourite Airlines](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ng-models-airlines/)
- [NG Models Airbus A350 New Mould Sample in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ng-models-a350/): Modified: August 2020 It was last January that I reviewed the first sample of NG Models’ Airbus A350, which at […]
- [NG Models 757 Mould Production Gallery](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ng-models-757-production/)
- [NG Models Production in 2023](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ng-models-2023-to-date/)
- [DT Custom Models - Tu-154B-2s](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ng-model-custom-tu-154s/)
- [DT Custom Models - Tu-154B-2s Pt2](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ng-model-custom-tu-154s-pt2/)
- [NG & Classic Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ng-classics-production/)
- [All 5 Boeing 747 Mould Samples by NG Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/ng-747s-together/)
- [New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/new-mould-samples/): I have good relationships with several manufacturers in 400 scale and have been lucky enough to be exclusively sent sample […]
- [National Airlines Liveries](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/national-airlines-liveries/)
- [The NAMC YS-11 in 400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/namc-ys-11/)
- [MP4 Models](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mp4-models/)
- [1:400 Scale Mould History Overviews](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mould-reviews/): The 1:400 die-cast model airliner scene really got started around 1999 and since then there has been a wide range […]
- [DIECAST AIRCRAFT MODEL NEWS](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/model-news/): There’s always something going on in 400 scale and in this area of the site I capture news and views […]
- [Airport Model Dioramas](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/model-airports/)
- [Mexicana 1991-1996 Livery Tails](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mexicana-livery-tails/)
- [Mexican Airlines: A Genealogy](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mexican-airline-genealogy/)
- [McDonnell Douglas MD-90 in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mcdonnell-douglas-md-90/)
- [McDonnell Douglas MD-87 1:400 Scale New Mould Sample](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mcdonnell-douglas-md-87/): Modified: October 2023 Once again NG Models’ interest in completing aircraft families, and not just producing the obvious best selling […]
- [McDonnell Douglas MD-80​ 1:400 Scale New Mould Samples](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mcdonnell-douglas-md-801/): Modified: October 2023 NG has been criticised for producing the same new moulds as the competition have done and of […]
- [Standard Body McDonnell Douglas MD-80s in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mcdonnell-douglas-md-80/)
- [McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Moulds in 1:400 Scale](https://yesterdaysairlines.com/mcdonnell-douglas-md-11/)


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