Usage of the Panda Models 737-300 remains rather disappointing as it has only recently been used for a handful of models and most of those have been Asian retailer exclusives. What have been ignored are the large number of European and American 737-300s available to be made. Back in April 2020 I did a wishlist for the Europeans and now I turn to the States.
Coverage of US 737-300s hasn’t been awful – thanks largely to Aeroclassics using the Panda mould in the past. They produced 24 737-300s including some really sought after and nice models such as USAir and Piedmont. That doesn’t mean there isn’t still scope for plenty more US series 300s.
1980s and Trunk Airlines
It is surprising that so many of these haven’t been made or have only been made eons ago by Dragon Wings (aside from the Saul Bass United made recently very poorly by Gemini). I am especially surprised nobody has attempted a CO 737-300!
Southwest Airlines
There have been 11 Southwest 737-300s made and Aeroclassics covered the standard schemes, however the only special schemes made using the Desert Gold scheme were a pair of old Herpas. Meanwhile all the wingletted Canyon Blue Gemini versions use the horrible Phoenix mould. So there is plenty of scope for proper treatments of the following:
Frontier Airlines
- EI-CHH Mallard / Mustang
- N303FL Grizzly Cub / Hawk
- N304FL Moose / Red Wolf
- N305FA Canadian Lynx
- N306FL Snow Hare / Pelican
- N307FL Dolphin / Dolphin
- N308FL Pronghorn / Pronghorn
- N309FL Puffin / Puffin
- N310FL Eagle / Eagle
- N311FL Fawn / Fawn
- N312FL M. Ram / M. Ram
- N313FL Bear / Bear
- N314FL Lynx / Cat
- N315FL Puffin / Puffin
- N316FL Fox / Wolf
- N317FL Bison Head / Bison
- N318FL Heron / Snow Egret
- N319FL Fox / Fox
- N578US Kit Fox Cubs / Polar Bear Cubs
Western Pacific
West Pac briefly lit up the skies with their logojets. There have been a few in 400 scale made but the only decent effort was the Colorado Springs version by Aeroclassics leaving all of these open for production:
90s Startups
Summary
In terms of airlines this is actually quite a short list but in terms of liveries it is much longer. I think many of these schemes would sell very well and many are made more viable by how similar they are too each other. Let’s hope that unlike the Euro list this one gets more traction.
