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Garry Russell
The Ministry
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by Garry Russell » 04 Jul 2008, 20:56
Ho Alex
Sorry mate
I hope it hasn't flown like that
It's a montrosity
.especially the so called BOAC side
What's with this modern trend of painting unsuitable types in old classic liveies???
Garry
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AlexP
Trident
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by AlexP » 04 Jul 2008, 21:17
Owww :-( , I didn’t mean to cause offence. I really do rather like it.
Admittedly to my untrained eye I can't vouch for it’s accuracy (and by that I mean the scheme itself and not the aircraft it’s applied to!!
)
Certainly, to my mind it’s much better than the usual mundane GA stuff and the reasons stated for its inception seem worthy.
Perhaps if it was applied with a little more attention to detail?
Alex
Garry Russell
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by Garry Russell » 04 Jul 2008, 21:35
No offence Alex
It could have been natural aluminium on the bottom or light grey for both not that awful silver fox
But I have a hate of either the wrong aircraft of the right aircraft wrong livery
What has Cherokees got to do with the service fleets of BEA or BOAC?
The Eagle DC 6 for example is wearing a livery designed for a natural metal bottom and that grey looks all wrong.
The Air France and KLM were so bad I couldn't look at them.
I'm just one of those do it properly or not at all types
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Garry
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SkippyBing
Concorde
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by SkippyBing » 04 Jul 2008, 22:43
I like it, a lot.
I can see why they didn't leave the bottom in natural Aluminium as it's a corrosion problem, especially if it's not 100% aluminium. If the BA aero club want to keep their heritage alive by painting their aircraft up in pseudo appropriate schemes then it seems a good idea to me, rather than dressing them all in the same bland of the moment BA scheme. As neither airline actually ever flew the Piper Cherokee I can't see how it's wrong per se.
cstorey
Concorde
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by cstorey » 04 Jul 2008, 22:51
Well, I like both the schemes. The club has flown the Cherokee for as long as I can remember
jonesey2k
Vintage Pair
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by jonesey2k » 04 Jul 2008, 23:03
I want one
Now where did I put that Dreamfleet Dakota paintkit...
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Techy111
Battle of Britain
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by Techy111 » 05 Jul 2008, 20:04
Jonesey.......NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....! ! !
Don't do it mate........
You'll get castrated.....or do i mean ostrasized..... :think: ......maybe its "sent to Coventry".....
Tony
Prop Jockey
Vulcan
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by Prop Jockey » 05 Jul 2008, 22:07
Hey - when you've flown
this .............................
thats not a bad paint scheme !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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jonesey2k
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by jonesey2k » 13 Jul 2008, 15:07
I saw this at Duxford yesterday. What a cracking looking little aeroplane
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