At first I thought the overwing reg was messed up, but it seems that's indeed the position on the real aircraft:
Pic here
By the way, the engines still seem to be tilted
Panda Models November Announcements
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At first I thought the overwing reg was messed up, but it seems that's indeed the position on the real aircraft:
Pic here
By the way, the engines still seem to be tilted
Jazajia
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At first I thought the overwing reg was messed up, but it seems that's indeed the position on the real aircraft:
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Pic here
By the way, the engines still seem to be tilted
I’m sure if one looks hard enough there will always be imperfections, but Panda is as reliable as it can get in 1:400. They benefit from not being your average market flooder like every other well-established 1:400 brand (something has to give when so many models are regularly pumped out), and by not overcomplicating things like the “innovators.”
How does Panda take advantage of economies of scale with their modest production runs? I have to guess it is because of the exclusives they produce. It is easy to focus on putting out an all around good product when demand is already guaranteed.
Indeed! Panda is one of my favorite brands currently. Their moulds are stunning.
JJ Skippy
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Panda could very well be The Chosen One for the collectors I know that want some Frontier tails on a high quality mould… sucks it could be a retailer exclusive at that point, but considering how long NG has been asked to do them, some are willing to take anything they can get — myself included.
Just don’t let the price be well over average retail, like what Legacy Jets is doing, and we should be fine
Unboxing Aviation
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Panda needs to make a United 767-300er
This is 100% correct. Panda production runs per model are actually quite high - 500ish. If you add the number of models they make for themselves nowadays (very modest) to the number being made for other brands and retailers (very high) then they are easily one of the largest in 400 scale.
Unfortunately, the downside of this is that the models are mainly made for where the market is more active and people aren't complaining about it being flooded (a complaint I only hear from the US somewhat ironically considering people's annoyance with the lack of US releases). That means a lot of Chinese models.
For example currently there are 19 737NGs announced using the Panda mould and 17 are Chinese. There were 21 others made in 2025 of which only 5 weren't Chinese. The same goes for 767s - almost every possible Chinese 767 has been made already on the Panda mould aside from I think China Yunnan, Shanghai nc, Shanghai Star Alliance and SF.
No point in hoping for US material from Panda unless you have a US brand asking them to make it (like V1:400). And retailer exclusives and sub-brand models are almost always more expensive than standards outside China anyway.
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