DH89 Rapide Fleet Repaints

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DH89 Rapide Fleet Repaints

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Hi Guy's,

Here is the first of 12 planned repaints for VA Fleet Rapides with no current paint. As these become available, I'll modify this thread accordingly ;-) A full list of Rapides without paints is below.. those with an asterix indicate availability.

ACPR*
ACYM*
ACYR*
AEML*
AERN*
AERZ*
AFFF*
AGHI*
AGLE*
AGLR**
AGSI*
AGSJ*
AIDL*
AGTM*
Additional paints as I stumble over them..
AIYR*
AGSH*
AGLP*
AJHO*
AHGC*
AGTM Boot kit*. Two options for giving AGTM shiney boots/nacelles.. high shine and lower shine. Backup your original wings_t.bmp in case you prefer to use the dynamic shine offered by the model ;-) TMboots

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A crisis of conscience. Having poured over the shots of AGJG I took last weekend and noticing her top wing stripes were RED/BLUE and NOT Red/White/Blue.. I've put together a pack to change all aircraft with top stripes to RED/BLUE. The paints concerned are AGLR, AGHI, AGSJ, AERZ and AGLPwt. Download all 5 textures in one pack HERE


First out of the paintshop is ACPR now updated to show later fin logo (see AGLE below).
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No.2 is AGLE
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No.3 is very similar to the above.. full post war RAS AGLRpostwar
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No.4 AGLR as seen during wartime service with Railway Air Services LRwartime
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No.5 An unusual mix and match for AFFF. Shown here (highlighted by lightning leaving Ronaldsway) as she looked at some point in late 1945.. almost back to RAS livery but still having to wear fin and side flashes. It's impossible to tell from B&W shots exactly how her side/wing reg were painted when the ref photograph was taken so I've 'best guessed' at standard RAS green with red outer.. FFFpostwarInterim
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No.6 A popular and frequent visitor to many airshows in the UK.. G-AEML
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No.7 Another wartime/early postwar paint.. this time for AGHI
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No.8 This one and subsequent derivatives very nearly didn't happen. Despite looking very basic, this has been without doubt the most difficult paint to do. The rather dodgy lines on the nose took 7hrs work (and I still don't like em) plus the black piping on the fuse (reproduced by kind permission of Mark Beaumont off his AKIF4 paint) took him many hours of painstaking work! Anyhow.. don't look too close and it doesn't look too bad :lol: Here you go.. G-AERN
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No.9 Olley Air Service Ltd circa 1945 G-AGSI
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No.10 Another variation on a theme.. this time for Isle of Man Air Services Ltd G-AGSJ
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Note.. SJ popped back into the paintshop after I took this shot. I couldn't decide if her spinners were silver or black and in the end decided for black as they'd gone to the trouble to paint her nacelles and boots that colour ;-)

No.11 Air Commerce circa 1945 G-AERZ
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No's 12 and 13.. Peas in a pod, both pre-war Olley Air Services. First G-ACYR
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and finally, G-ACYM
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I couldn't find repaints for AGTM or AIDL so here's..
No.14 Air Atlantiques G-AIDL
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TM to follow ;-)
No.15 And here she is.. G-AGTM
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Additional paints on an as and when schedule..
No.16 First is the 'Classic' Classic Wings G-AIYR
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No.17 Found this one loafing.. Alderney Airlines G-AGSH
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No.18 Another variation on the RAS wartime paint seen here on G-AGLP
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Note.. this file contains only the fuse and wing textures so drag and drop/copy the others into this folder from another paint ;-)

No.19. Brushes out again after 2 aquisitions. This time, G-AJHO wearing the colours of Brooklands Aviation Ltd GAJHO
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No.20. Final one for this batch.. G-AHGC of Scillonia Airways GAHGC
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Re: DH89 Rapide Fleet Repaints

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Nice one Dave :thumbsup:

No stopping you now :lol:

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

Someone here has a lot to answer for with regard to the unlikely marriage between me and paint :think: What else can I do to avoid the April VA Awards ;-)

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Can't think who?

Perhaps he better leave the country if he hasn't already :think:

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Thanks for letting GLE jump the queue.
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Hi Simon :)

I thought you might appreciate that ;-) Can't have my Rapide pilots flying with someone elses clothes on! :worried:

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Sorry Dave hasn't anyone told you about the CBFS Nudist Club we don't fly with any clothes on!
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Excellent bunch of repaints

Cheers Dave

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Lovely stuff Dave, I can feel a spell of low and slow on the cards for me :thumbsup:

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Cheers Guy's ;-)

More to come but it's difficult interpreting B&W so taking a bit longer than I'd hoped :worried:

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