Paint kits for Vickers Viscount and Viking

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Re: Paint kits for Vickers Viscount and Viking

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That looks very nice indeed! :thumbsup:
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Very smart :thumbsup: ...even the Aer Lingus wings :lol:
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Testflight over East Germany

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Very nice...and sharp too :welldone:

Just one small point :worried: it would almost certainly have had the reg on the top of the wing too. :hide:
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Re: Paint kits for Vickers Viscount and Viking

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Ah, a model airplane helps

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I have found an interesting website (in german).

http://www.save-a-viking.org/de/vikings_d.html
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Yes :agree: ...providing they have researched and have it right.

Most models I see contain at least on error...for example, doors represented by a black outline :wall:
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The nose is black on the original image.

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Well :agree: ...case in point...still any source is useful even if all it does is confirm a colour or an identity.
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Ups, i found another picture in a different light.

http://www.flugzeugbilder.de/show.php?id=310520

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Possible it was at some time blue then changed.

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