Posted by Diecast Airplane Store on Jun 7th 2026
Six Decades of Wide-Body Heritage, Cast in 1:400
New Release · HX Models 1:400
Six Decades of Wide-Body Heritage, Cast in 1:400
HX Models opens pre-orders on a lineup that runs from the Pan Am and TWA jumbos of 1970 to ANA's Hawaiian honu and Korean Air's newest colors. A retrospective of the range, and how to reserve yours.
The Curator's Desk | HX Models | 1:400 Die-Cast | Pre-Order Window Open
There are release lists, and then there are release lists that read like a syllabus in wide-body history. This HX Models run is the latter. In a single 1:400 catalog you can line up the two airlines that first put the Boeing 747 into the sky, the Airbus super-jumbo that carries holidaymakers to Honolulu beneath painted sea turtles, one of the longest-legged four-engine jets ever built, and a brand-new livery that has barely dried on the real aircraft. We walked the full lineup so you can decide where your shelf space goes.
Shipping update
Good news for collectors who pre-ordered earlier HX Models releases: those have now shipped from the manufacturer and are due to arrive with us later this month.
The Marquee
Lufthansa, One Hundred Years On
Lufthansa traces its name back to 1926, and HX Models marks the centenary with anniversary colors on two of the carrier's flagships: the Airbus A380 D-AIMH and the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental D-ABYN. Both wear the commemorative scheme that pairs the modern crane logo with a nod to the airline's heritage, and both are offered in standard and flaps-down configurations.
If you collect by flagship rather than by airline, this is the pair to anchor the shelf. The A380 is the largest passenger aircraft ever built; the 747-8I is the final, longest evolution of the original jumbo. Owning the two together is a tidy way to bookend the wide-body era under a single livery.
View the release →$66.95
Golden Age
Pan Am's Clippers: Where the 747 Began
No airline is more bound to the Boeing 747 than Pan American World Airways, which launched the type into scheduled service in January 1970 and named every aircraft a "Clipper" after its flying-boat ancestors. HX Models brings two of those early 747-100s back in 1:400: Clipper Crest of the Wave N748PA and Clipper Dashing Wave N749PA.
The white-crown, blue-globe Pan Am scheme remains one of the most requested liveries among collectors, and these are faithful renderings of it on the unmistakable short-upper-deck 747-100 silhouette. Standard and flaps-down versions are both on the list.
View the release →$64.95
American Icon
TWA's Twin-Globe Jumbos
Trans World Airlines was the other great early 747 operator, and its red-striped, twin-globe identity is pure jet-age Americana. HX Models offers three of TWA's 747-100s, N53111, N93105 and N93107, each available standard and flaps-down.
Three registrations means you can build a small TWA jumbo fleet rather than settling for a single tail, a rare luxury in 1:400 and an easy way to give a display case some depth.
View the release →$58.95
Modern Classic
ANA's Flying Honu: All Three Turtles
Few modern liveries are as beloved as ANA's Flying Honu, the trio of Airbus A380s painted as Hawaiian green sea turtles for the Tokyo–Honolulu route. HX Models has the complete set in 1:400: the blue Lani JA381A, the green turtle JA382A, and the orange turtle JA383A.
These only make sense as a set, three super-jumbos in graduated color that look spectacular lined up together. Each is offered standard and flaps-down, so you can mirror a takeoff configuration across the row if you like.
View the release →$66.95
Long-Haul Legend
Thai Airways and the A340-500
The Airbus A340-500 was, for a moment in the mid-2000s, one of the longest-range airliners in the world, and Thai Airways flew a small fleet of them on its most demanding routes. HX Models reissues four in the carrier's elegant purple-and-gold scheme: HS-TLA through HS-TLD, standard and flaps-down.
Four-engine, four-tailed and increasingly rare in real life, the A340-500 is a connoisseur's airframe. The full registration run lets serious Thai or quad-jet collectors complete the set.
View the release →$56.95
Just Landed
Korean Air's New Livery, in Miniature
Rounding out the release is the freshest scheme of the lot: an Airbus A321neo HL8509 wearing Korean Air's refreshed livery. It is the kind of brand-new color that collectors usually wait months to see modeled, and HX Models has it ready to pre-order in standard and flaps-down.
At the most accessible price point in the lineup, it is also the easy add-on, a contemporary single-aisle to sit alongside the heritage heavy metal above.
View the release →$50.95
A Note for Collectors
Standard or Flaps-Down?
Almost every aircraft in this release comes in two versions: standard (clean configuration) and flaps-down, with the leading-edge and trailing-edge devices extended as they would be on approach or departure. Flaps-down models carry a small premium and a different mold detail, and many collectors buy both to show the same airframe in two phases of flight. Whichever you prefer, reserve early, flaps-down runs tend to be the first to sell through.
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Pre-ordering reserves your aircraft from the production run and guarantees your allocation before it sells through.