Not my pictures, the first one is from Richard Stretton on the MADb website. This shows the Panda mould, which is excellent. In the first photo (Panda), I have circled three areas that I feel immediately differentiate the Panda vs HX tooling. The second shows the HX tooling. The HX detailing on the engines, specifically the hot sections, is more accurate with the hot section being a darker metallic gray. The engine logo on the HX is also more clear, and the subtle detail of the two vertical panel lines on the cowling are a nice touch.
The detailing around the HX #2 engine is better at the intake as well as hot section. Additionally, I think that the #2 engine on the HX model is a little beefier, which I feel is more representative as well. I also feel that the HX engine pylons cleaner/crisper.
Where I do think Panda got it better, is the shape of the winglet. The real winglet has a slight curve downward on the top, but HX seemed to have modelled the winglet on being inflight, with the winglet sloping up. This is exactly how JC modelled the winglet as well for their 1:200 version, so this is what leads me to believe this a scaled down clone.
One more thing that is not so obvious from these pictures, is the landing gear. I do think that Panda's landing gear struts are slightly better, but HX does have more detailing with the wheel hubs.
Finally, I will also add that I do think Panda got the shape of the cockpit windows a little better, but they are pretty close.
All in all, when displayed, these two models fare very well against each other. I don't think anyone can go wrong with either.
Panda:
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HX:
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Real Deal:
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. I kind of said it wasn't my first choice or second choice actually. I'd buy it if the subject matter was right
